Cardiff Medicine Interview 2026-27: Format and Rates

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

Cardiff University interviews for Medicine (MBBCh) with multiple mini interviews (MMI). The course page does not publish interview dates, so the invitation gives yours. On the most recent figures released (2024 entry), 20% of applications led to an interview and 80% of interviewees received an offer. This page sets out the Cardiff medicine interview from the University's own course page and published figures: who is shortlisted, the format and timing, what the interviewers assess, how Cardiff compares with other UK medical schools, and the questions applicants have reported.

Key Takeaways

In This Article

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

1. The Cardiff medicine interview at a glance

Cardiff University interviews for Medicine (MBBCh) with multiple mini interviews (MMI). The course page does not publish interview dates, so the invitation gives yours. For 2024 entry, 20% of applications led to an interview (801 of 3,911), and 80% of those interviewed received an offer. That puts Cardiff among the more selective UK medical schools at the interview stage: the median school interviews 53% of its applications.

Everything on this page is what Cardiff University publishes on its course and admissions pages or has released under freedom of information, read on 18 October 2026. The page on medicine interview dates by school puts Cardiff beside every other school, and medicine interview rates compares the figures.

2. Who is invited

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

The other steps it describes:

3. The format: stations, timing and interviewers

What the course page says
Formatmultiple mini interviews (MMI)
Modeonline or in person

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

An MMI is a circuit: you move from station to station, each with its own interviewer and its own task, and each is scored on its own, so a poor station does not follow you to the next.

4. What Cardiff assesses

Cardiff University lists the qualities the interview assesses:

Topics include the Cardiff course, ethics, a medical career, the NHS, teamwork, self-directed learning, motivation, empathy, resilience and communication.

These are the criteria the stations 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 Cardiff compares

Cardiff medicine interview, in figures: bar chart: at Cardiff 20% of medicine applications led to an interview against a UK median of 53%, and 80% of interviewees were offered a place against a median of 68%.
Cardiff medicine interview, in figures: bar chart: at Cardiff 20% of medicine applications led to an interview against a UK median of 53%, and 80% of interviewees were offered a place against a median of 68%.
CardiffLowest UK schoolMedian UK schoolHighest UK school
Share of applications interviewed20%14%53%95%
Share of interviewees offered a place80%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 Keele (14%) and Nottingham (27%).

6. Questions reported at Cardiff medicine interviews

No question reported at Cardiff can be traced to a university page or a first-hand account; our dataset holds 84 attributed to Cardiff by preparation companies, which are not reproduced for that reason. The station types are the same across UK MMIs, so the sourced examples on MMI questions and medicine interview questions are the ones to practise with.

7. Other medicine routes at Cardiff

Cardiff University also interviews for Medicine: Graduate Entry (MBBCh). For Medicine: Graduate Entry (MBBCh), the course page gives the format (MMI).

8. How this page was built

The format, timing, dates, shortlisting and assessment criteria come from the Cardiff University Medicine (MBBCh) course page, and the applications, interviews and offers from the school's freedom of information response. 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 Cardiff gives, then prepare for the format named above and nothing else: short stations reward a clear first sentence and an example, not a build-up. 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 Cardiff medicine interview format?

Multiple mini interviews (MMI); online or in person.

When are Cardiff medicine interviews?

Cardiff University does not publish interview dates on the course page; the invitation gives the date.

What percentage of applicants get a medicine interview at Cardiff?

For 2024 entry, 20% of applications led to an interview, and 80% of those interviewed received an offer.

What does Cardiff look for at interview?

Cardiff University says the interview assesses thinking on your feet, awareness of issues important to the profession, critical appraisal of information, communicating ideas and personal qualities.

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