Exeter 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

The University of Exeter interviews for BMBS Medicine with multiple mini interviews (MMI). Interviews run from December to March. On the most recent figures released (2021), 37% of applications led to an interview and 68% of interviewees received an offer. This page sets out the Exeter medicine interview from the University's own course page and published figures: who is shortlisted, the format and timing, what the interviewers assess, how Exeter compares with other UK medical schools, and the questions applicants have reported.

Key Takeaways

Format: multiple mini interviews (MMI); online or in person.
Dates: interviews run from December to March.
Numbers: 37% of applications led to an interview; 68% of interviewees were offered a place.

1. The Exeter medicine interview at a glance

The University of Exeter interviews for BMBS Medicine with multiple mini interviews (MMI). Interviews run from December to March. In 2021, 37% of applications led to an interview (654 of 1,777), and 68% of those interviewed received an offer. These are the latest figures Exeter has released. That puts Exeter 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 the University of Exeter 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 Exeter beside every other school, and medicine interview rates compares the figures.

2. Who is invited

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

Shortlisted on the Exeter score: UCAT and academic qualifications weighted for direct school leavers, GAMSAT score for others (achieved grades get an uplift)
About 700 interviewed in total, about 30 of them international

The other steps it describes:

UCAT (direct school leavers) or GAMSAT (degree holders, or more than two years since A levels)
UCAT threshold set in November
Personal statement not scored
UCAT or GAMSAT may be used again to choose offers after interview
Health questionnaire and occupational health screening
Offers conditional on an enhanced DBS check

3. The format: stations, timing and interviewers

	What the course page says
Format	multiple mini interviews (MMI)
Mode	online or in person
Dates	December to March

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

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 Exeter assesses

The University of Exeter says the interview assesses non-academic qualities such as communication skills, reflectiveness and empathy.

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 Exeter compares

Exeter medicine interview, in figures: bar chart: at Exeter 37% of medicine applications led to an interview against a UK median of 53%, and 68% of interviewees were offered a place against a median of 68%.

	Exeter	Lowest UK school	Median UK school	Highest UK school
Share of applications interviewed	37%	14%	53%	95%
Share of interviewees offered a place	68%	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 Edge Hill (34%) and King's (41%).

6. Questions reported at Exeter medicine interviews

No question reported at Exeter can be traced to a university page or a first-hand account; our dataset holds 99 attributed to Exeter 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. How this page was built

The format, timing, dates, shortlisting and assessment criteria come from the University of Exeter BMBS Medicine 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.

8. What to do next

Check the dates and the notice Exeter 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 Exeter medicine interview format?

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

When are Exeter medicine interviews?

Interviews run from December to March.

What percentage of applicants get a medicine interview at Exeter?

In 2021, 37% of applications led to an interview, and 68% of those interviewed received an offer.

What does Exeter look for at interview?