Barts Medicine Interview 2026-27: Format, Dates, Rates

By Michael Thompson · Education Specialist; 10 years teaching the IB at Bromsgrove School · Published 26 October 2026 · Updated 28 October 2026

Queen Mary University of London (Barts) interviews for Medicine MBBS 5 Years (A100) with a panel interview. Interviews run from January to February. On the most recent figures released (2026 UCAS cycle, Home applicants), 75% of applications led to an interview and 77% of interviewees received an offer. This page sets out the Barts medicine interview from the University's own course page and published figures: who is shortlisted, the format and timing, what the interviewers assess, how Barts compares with other UK medical schools, and the questions applicants have reported.

Key Takeaways

In This Article

  1. The Barts medicine interview at a glance
  2. Who is invited
  3. The format: interviews, timing and interviewers
  4. What Barts assesses
  5. How Barts compares
  6. Questions reported at Barts medicine interviews
  7. Other medicine routes at Barts
  8. How this page was built
  9. What to do next

1. The Barts medicine interview at a glance

Queen Mary University of London (Barts) interviews for Medicine MBBS 5 Years (A100) with a panel interview. Interviews run from January to February. In the 2026 UCAS cycle (Home applicants), 75% of applications led to an interview (1,294 of 1,732), and 77% of those interviewed received an offer. That puts Barts among the schools that interview the largest share of applicants, so the selection happens at the interview: the median school interviews 53% of its applications.

Everything on this page is what Queen Mary University of London publishes on its course and admissions pages, read on 18 October 2026. The page on medicine interview dates by school puts Barts beside every other school, and medicine interview rates compares the figures.

2. Who is invited

How Barts chooses who to interview, as its pages describe it:

The other steps it describes:

3. The format: interviews, timing and interviewers

What the course page says
Formata panel interview
Modeonline
Interviewerstypically two members of senior academic or clinical staff and sometimes a lay selector
DatesJanuary to February

The course page does not state the length or whether there is a task before the interview.

A panel interview is one conversation with the same interviewers throughout, so the thread of what you say matters across the whole interview rather than station by station.

4. What Barts assesses

Queen Mary University of London lists the qualities the interview assesses:

These are the criteria the interviewers score against, and the reason to prepare examples from your own experience that show each one, rather than a speech about wanting to be a doctor.

5. How Barts compares

Barts medicine interview, in figures: bar chart: at Barts (QMUL) 75% of medicine applications led to an interview against a UK median of 53%, and 77% of interviewees were offered a place against a median of 68%.
Barts medicine interview, in figures: bar chart: at Barts (QMUL) 75% of medicine applications led to an interview against a UK median of 53%, and 77% of interviewees were offered a place against a median of 68%.
BartsLowest UK schoolMedian UK schoolHighest UK school
Share of applications interviewed75%14%53%95%
Share of interviewees offered a place77%14%68%88%

The comparison is across the 32 UK medical schools that publish or have released interview counts for their standard-entry course (27 of them also give offers); the figures are applications, not people, because every applicant has up to four medicine choices. The nearest schools by interview share are Birmingham (75%) and Plymouth (73%).

6. Questions reported at Barts medicine interviews

No question reported at Barts can be traced to a university page or a first-hand account; our dataset holds 93 attributed to Barts by preparation companies, which are not reproduced for that reason. The sourced examples on medicine interview questions cover the motivation, ethics and teamwork questions a panel asks.

7. Other medicine routes at Barts

Queen Mary University of London also interviews for Medicine Graduate Entry Programme (A101). For Medicine Graduate Entry Programme (A101), the course page gives the format (panel) and the dates (January to February).

8. How this page was built

The format, timing, dates, shortlisting and assessment criteria come from the Queen Mary University of London Medicine MBBS 5 Years (A100) course page, and the applications, interviews and offers from the school's own admissions figures. Each page was read on 18 October 2026 and the figures exported on 21 October 2026; nothing is estimated, and where the school does not publish a figure the page says so. Interview arrangements change between cycles, so the course page is the final word and this page is the comparison.

9. What to do next

Check the dates and the notice Barts gives, then prepare for the format named above and nothing else: a panel rewards a thread you can hold for the whole conversation. Work through the assessment list and write one example from your own experience against each criterion. Then practise out loud and timed, with someone who will play the interviewer. The guide to how to get into medicine covers the UCAT and the four-choice rule, and the hub page on Oxbridge and medicine interviews 2026 links every interview page on this site.

FAQ

What is the Barts medicine interview format?

A panel interview; online.

When are Barts medicine interviews?

Interviews run from January to February.

What percentage of applicants get a medicine interview at Barts?

In the 2026 UCAS cycle (Home applicants), 75% of applications led to an interview, and 77% of those interviewed received an offer.

What does Barts look for at interview?

Queen Mary University of London says the interview assesses motivation and reality of a career in medicine, initiative, resilience and maturity, teamwork, organisation and problem solving, and contribution to university life, among other qualities.

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