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Important: This programme is only open to Home fee status applicants. International students should apply to the 5-year Medicine MBBS (A100) instead.
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Last reviewed: October 2026 · Entry year covered: 2027
Queen Mary GEM Medicine is a graduate entry programme with its own set of admissions criteria. This guide covers entry requirements, the application process, and what distinguishes this programme for 2027 entry.
The Graduate Entry Medicine programme at Queen Mary University of London (Barts and The London) is a 4-year accelerated route into medicine designed specifically for graduates. Queen Mary publishes 39 places for September 2027. It does not publish how many applications it receives, so we will not quote a competition ratio — but with 39 places nationally advertised and a hard UCAT gate at the fourth decile, treat this as one of the most competitive graduate routes in the UK.
Queen Mary's GEM programme is built around a Molecular or Biomedical Science degree, but there is a second route in: graduates of any other discipline can apply if they also hold passes at A-level of at least BB in Chemistry or Biology plus one further science subject from Chemistry, Biology, Physics or Maths (or those subjects offered through an alternative accepted qualification). The intense competition means you need an exceptional application either way.
Very Competitive: Queen Mary publishes 39 places for September 2027. It does not publish application numbers, so we will not quote a ratio — but with a hard UCAT floor at the fourth decile and no offers made without interview, thorough preparation is essential.
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| Requirement | Detail |
|---|---|
| Minimum Classification | 2:1 (Upper Second Class Honours) |
| Subject Area | A Molecular or Biomedical Science, from Queen Mary's defined list: Biomedical Sciences, Biomedicine, Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Genetics, Human Anatomy, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical Chemistry or Pharmacy. Other degree subjects are accepted only alongside two science A-Levels (see below). |
| Degree Status | Must be completed or in final year at time of application |
| Institution | UK university or equivalent recognised institution |
There are two ways to meet Queen Mary's academic requirement for A101, and which one applies to you depends entirely on your degree subject:
Important: A 2:1 in a non-science subject is not sufficient on its own. If your degree is not on Queen Mary's Molecular or Biomedical Science list, you must also hold the two science A-Levels at BB. Check your degree title against the list above before you use one of your four choices here.
If your 2:1 is in one of the listed Molecular or Biomedical Science subjects, you do not need science A-Levels for A101. If your 2:1 is in any other subject, you must hold BB in Chemistry or Biology plus one further science subject from Chemistry, Biology, Physics or Maths.
"Queen Mary GEM is reachable from a non-science degree, but only if you have the two science A-Levels at BB to go with it. The clean route is a 2:1 in one of their listed molecular or biomedical sciences. Check your degree title against that list before you commit a choice here, because this is the single thing applicants most often get wrong about Barts. And with 38 applicants for every place, your application needs to be outstanding either way."
— Dr. Ash, Future Doc
All applicants must sit the UCAT in the same year they apply. Given the intense competition for places, a strong UCAT score is particularly important for GEM applicants.
| Aspect | Detail |
|---|---|
| Required Test | UCAT |
| Cut-off Score | Fourth decile or above. Applications scoring below the fourth decile do not progress past first shortlisting. |
| How It's Used | Significant factor in shortlisting due to high application volume |
| SJT Consideration | SJT Bands 1-3 required. Band 4 applicants are excluded at the first shortlisting stage. |
With 39 places, a strong UCAT score is essential for GEM applicants. Queen Mary publishes a floor of the fourth decile: score below it and your application will not pass first shortlisting. An SJT band of 1, 2 or 3 is also required at that same stage. Clearing the floor is not enough — Queen Mary says explicitly that there is no guarantee of an interview above the fourth decile, and that applicants are then selected on a weighted score which for graduates may combine UCAT with a weighted scoring of the degree. Aim well above the floor.
Note: The UCAT format changed in July 2025 with the removal of Abstract Reasoning, reducing the maximum score from 3,600 to 2,700. Cut-off scores and statistics from previous years may not directly apply to the current format.
Interviews are mandatory — no offers are made without one. Note a discrepancy worth checking before you prepare: Queen Mary's A101 selection criteria page describes an online interview with a panel of typically two senior academic or clinical staff plus a medical student and sometimes a lay selector, rather than an MMI circuit. Confirm the format for your cycle with the Faculty before you build your preparation around either.
| Aspect | Detail |
|---|---|
| Format | Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) |
| Number of Stations | Not published by Queen Mary for A101 |
| Duration per Station | Not published by Queen Mary for A101 |
| Interview Period | January and February, held online, as published on Queen Mary's A101 selection criteria page |
| Panel | Typically two members of senior academic or clinical staff, a medical student, and sometimes a lay selector |
| What's Assessed | Motivation and the reality of a career in medicine; initiative, resilience and maturity; teamwork; organisation and problem solving; contribution to university life; communication skills |
| Possible outcomes | Offer (conditional on qualifications and non-academic clearance), rejection, or waiting list — waiting-list candidates who are unplaced elsewhere may be reconsidered after the summer examination results |
| Personal statement | Not scored at any point, before, during or after interview. Your interview panel may still have access to your UCAS application and ask questions from it. |
As a graduate applicant, you may face additional or specific questions about:
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Queen Mary publishes its place number and its UCAT floor. It does not publish application volumes, interview numbers or offer rates, so the rest of this table says so rather than guessing.
| Metric | Figure |
|---|---|
| Places (September 2027) | 39 |
| Annual Applications | Not published by Queen Mary |
| Application:Place Ratio | Not published by Queen Mary |
| Interview invitations | Not published by Queen Mary |
| UCAT floor | Fourth decile overall and SJT Bands 1–3. Below either and the application is rejected at first shortlisting. Queen Mary adds: “It is not possible to predict what the thresholds will be in any individual year, nor to use data from previous years to predict subsequent years' thresholds.” |
| UCAT exemptions or waivers | Never granted — “UCAT exemptions/waivers are not granted under any circumstances.” Queen Mary's advice if you cannot sit it is to reapply next cycle. |
Not accepted
The Graduate Entry Medicine programme is only open to Home fee status applicants. If you're an international student, you should apply to the 5-year Medicine MBBS (A100) programme.
Not permitted
Deferrals and deferred entry applications are not accepted for this programme. If you cannot start in the year you apply, you would need to reapply the following year.
Not permitted
Transfers into the Graduate Entry programme from other courses are not accepted.
Considered
Re-applicants are welcome to apply again. You will need to demonstrate how your application has improved since your previous attempt.
As a graduate applicant, Queen Mary expects you to have substantial relevant experience that demonstrates your understanding of and commitment to medicine:
All successful applicants must obtain satisfactory occupational health clearance before enrolment. This includes immunisation requirements and health screening.
An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is required for all successful applicants.
A contextual offer is an adjustment a university makes for applicants whose circumstances have made their education harder than the grades alone suggest. Universities use them because they recognise that two students with the same predicted grades have not always had the same run at them. They are a formal, published part of the admissions process — not a favour, and not something you have to argue for.
What the adjustment actually is varies by school, and it matters more than most applicants realise. Depending on where you apply, qualifying can mean: a lower grade offer; being ranked against other widening participation applicants rather than the whole field; a guaranteed or prioritised interview; a lower admissions test threshold or extra shortlisting points; relaxed GCSE or subject requirements; or access to a separate gateway or foundation year route.
Queen Mary runs one of the best widening participation packages in UK medicine — a one-grade contextual reduction, and for applicants off its sustained access schemes, an automatic interview. The problem for you is that it is built for school leavers, and A101 is not named anywhere in it.
Here is what Queen Mary actually publishes, so you can see why.
Standard contextual offer — one of:
Enhanced contextual offer — you are a care leaver (looked after for at least 13 weeks since the age of 14), or you have successfully completed one of Queen Mary's verifiable access activities: Access to Queen Mary, Bridge the Gap, Realising Opportunities, or Pathways to Law (Law programmes only).
| How it helps | What that means for you |
|---|---|
| One-grade contextual reduction (Medicine, Dentistry, Law) | Queen Mary's standard contextual offer is up to a two-grade reduction, but one grade only for Medicine, Dentistry and Law. On the five-year A100 that means AAA instead of A*AA. A101 publishes no A-level grade offer to reduce — its requirement is a 2:1 degree, with BB in two sciences only for non-bioscience graduates. Queen Mary also states that it can only consider applicants taking A-levels, Scottish Highers or the IB Diploma for a contextual offer, and that you must be taking your A-levels in the current cycle or have completed them in the previous one. |
| Enhanced offer + guaranteed interview | AAA plus an automatic interview for applicants off a sustained access scheme, or AAB for care leavers. The guarantee is conditional on meeting minimum GCSE requirements, being predicted at least AAA, and being within or above the UCAT fourth decile with SJT Bands 1–3. A graduate applicant has no predicted A-level grades, so the condition cannot be met. Bridge the Gap — the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry's flagship scheme — is explicitly limited to Medicine A100 and Dentistry A200 only. |
| Internal progression from Queen Mary bioscience degrees | This is the one route that is relevant to a graduate. Queen Mary publishes a pathway under which the highest-ranked students on its Biomedical Sciences, Neuroscience, Pharmacology and Medical Genetics programmes are guaranteed an interview for the five-year A100 MBBS. It is performance-based rather than deprivation-based, and it points at A100 rather than A101 — but if you are currently a Queen Mary bioscience undergraduate, it is worth reading before you commit a UCAS choice. |
| Automatic assessment | No separate application. Queen Mary assesses eligibility from your UCAS form and publishes a Contextual Admissions Eligibility Checker for 2027 entry on its contextual admissions page. Check it rather than guessing. |
What to do about it. If contextual status is material to your application, confirm directly with the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry whether any part of the scheme can be applied to a graduate-entry applicant, and get the answer in writing before you spend a UCAS choice here. Then build your shortlist around graduate-entry courses that publish a contextual mechanism explicitly.
For a side-by-side comparison, see every UK medical and dental school's widening participation scheme.
| Fee Status | Annual Tuition |
|---|---|
| Home (UK) | £10,050 |
| International | Not applicable — A101 does not accept international applicants |
Queen Mary publishes £9,790 as its UK undergraduate fee for students starting from September 2026 and has not yet published a separate 2027/28 figure. The £10,050 above is England's regulated fee cap for 2027/28, which Queen Mary charges. The international row is not a gap in our research: the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry's admissions policy states that “the 4-year Graduate Entry MBBS programme (A101) does not accept international applicants for entry”. Confirm the home figure with Queen Mary before you apply.
Note also that if you are from the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, Queen Mary charges a higher rate for the clinical years of the MBBS and BDS programmes.
Funding. This is a second degree. Graduate-entry medicine funding in England works differently from a first degree — typically you self-fund part of year one and the NHS contributes from a later year. Check your entitlement with Student Finance England and Queen Mary's Advice and Counselling Service before you commit, not after you hold an offer. Queen Mary also points applicants at the Barts and The London Alumni Association Benevolent Funds, which offer hardship grants to medical and dental students.
The 4-year GEM programme condenses the standard 5-year curriculum into an accelerated format:
Intensive coverage of biomedical sciences with early clinical integration. The pace is demanding, building on the assumption that graduates have strong study skills and can manage intensive learning.
GEM students join the main cohort for clinical rotations. Placements span medicine, surgery, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, psychiatry, general practice, and specialist areas across Barts Health NHS Trust hospitals.
Clinical training takes place at:
"The Queen Mary GEM programme is intense, but incredibly rewarding. You're condensing five years into four, so the workload is significant. But as a graduate, you bring maturity, life experience, and proven study skills that help you thrive. The clinical exposure at Barts is second to none, East London's diversity means you'll see things other medical students never encounter."
— Dr. Ash, Future Doc
Applying to medical school requires more than meeting the minimum entry requirements. Here are practical steps to strengthen your application:
For an overview of all UK medical schools and how they compare, see the UK Medical Schools hub page.
No, Queen Mary requires a minimum 2:1 for Graduate Entry Medicine. If you have a 2:2, you may want to consider other medical schools with different entry requirements, or apply to the 5-year programme if you meet the A-Level requirements.
Effectively, yes — or science A-Levels instead. Queen Mary's standard requirement is a 2:1 in a Molecular or Biomedical Science from a defined list (Biomedical Sciences, Biomedicine, Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Genetics, Human Anatomy, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical Chemistry or Pharmacy). If your 2:1 is in any other subject, such as a humanities, arts, business or social science degree, you must additionally hold A-Levels at grade BB in Chemistry or Biology plus one further science subject from Chemistry, Biology, Physics or Maths.
It depends on your degree. With a 2:1 in one of Queen Mary's listed Molecular or Biomedical Science subjects, no science A-Levels are needed. With a 2:1 in any other subject, you must hold BB in Chemistry or Biology plus one further science subject from Chemistry, Biology, Physics or Maths.
Focus on three areas: achieve an excellent UCAT score (well above average), craft an outstanding personal statement that demonstrates genuine motivation and reflective insight, and prepare thoroughly for the MMI. Working with experienced coaches like Future Doc who understand what Queen Mary is looking for can give you a significant advantage.
No, Queen Mary requires the UCAT for all medicine programmes, including Graduate Entry. They do not accept the GAMSAT.
No, deferrals are not permitted for the Graduate Entry programme. If you cannot start in the year you apply, you would need to reapply the following year.
The Graduate Entry programme is condensed, with Year 1 covering foundational content at an accelerated pace. You join the standard programme students for clinical years (Years 2-4 for GEM, which correspond to Years 3-5 for the 5-year programme). The final qualification is identical: MBBS.
Graduate medicine students are eligible for NHS bursary support in the later years of their course. However, you should be prepared to self-fund the earlier years. Student finance arrangements differ for graduate entry students, so check the latest funding information before applying.
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Last updated: February 2026. Information verified against Queen Mary University of London admissions pages and Medical Schools Council guidance.
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