Leeds 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 Leeds interviews for Medicine and Surgery MBChB with multiple mini interviews (MMI): eight stations of six minutes, with two minutes to read each one. Home applicants interview in person on 4, 5 and 6 January 2027; overseas applicants interview online. On the most recent figures released (2025 entry), 43% of applications led to an interview and 54% of interviewees received an offer. This page sets out the Leeds medicine interview from the University's own course page and published figures: who is shortlisted, the format and timing, what the interviewers assess, how Leeds compares with other UK medical schools, and the questions applicants have reported.
Key Takeaways
- Format: multiple mini interviews (MMI): eight stations of six minutes, with two minutes to read each one; in person for Home applicants, online for overseas applicants.
- Dates: Home applicants interview in person on 4, 5 and 6 January 2027; overseas applicants interview online.
- Numbers: 43% of applications led to an interview; 54% of interviewees were offered a place.
In This Article
- The Leeds medicine interview at a glance
- Who is invited
- The format: stations, timing and interviewers
- What Leeds assesses
- How Leeds compares
- Questions reported at Leeds medicine interviews
- Other medicine routes at Leeds
- How this page was built
- What to do next
1. The Leeds medicine interview at a glance
The University of Leeds interviews for Medicine and Surgery MBChB with multiple mini interviews (MMI): eight stations of six minutes, with two minutes to read each one. Home applicants interview in person on 4, 5 and 6 January 2027; overseas applicants interview online. For 2025 entry, 43% of applications led to an interview (860 of 1,998), and 54% of those interviewed received an offer. That puts Leeds in the middle of UK medical schools at the interview stage: the median school interviews 53% of its applications.
Everything on this page is what the University of Leeds 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 Leeds beside every other school, and medicine interview rates compares the figures.
2. Who is invited
How Leeds chooses who to interview, as its pages describe it:
- Eligible applicants ranked on a points score (top eight GCSEs, top three predicted grades, overall UCAT, extra points for contextual criteria)
- The highest-ranked are shortlisted
- This covers Home and overseas applicants
The other steps it describes:
- UCAT required, used in the shortlisting score with no fixed cut-off
- Access to Leeds contextual scheme (A2L application submitted with the UCAS application)
- Personal statement not formally scored for shortlisting (Medical Schools Council guidance) but used to prepare for interview
- Values-based recruitment
- Offers depend entirely on interview performance
- Enhanced DBS and occupational health screening on entry
3. The format: stations, timing and interviewers
| What the course page says | |
|---|---|
| Format | multiple mini interviews (MMI): eight stations of six minutes, with two minutes to read each one |
| Length | eight stations of six minutes, plus two minutes reading time outside each station |
| Mode | in person for Home applicants, online for overseas applicants |
| Interviewers | one interviewer per station |
| Dates | face-to-face 4, 5 and 6 January 2027 |
The course page does not state 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. Leeds runs eight stations of six minutes each.
4. What Leeds assesses
The University of Leeds lists the non-academic qualities the interview assesses:
- Values and attributes such as communication skills, ethical reasoning and problem solving
- Values and behaviours against the NHS Constitution (values-based recruitment)
No clinical or scientific knowledge is tested.
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 Leeds compares
| Leeds | Lowest UK school | Median UK school | Highest UK school | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share of applications interviewed | 43% | 14% | 53% | 95% |
| Share of interviewees offered a place | 54% | 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 Dundee (43%) and Brunel (44%).
6. Questions reported at Leeds medicine interviews
No question reported at Leeds can be traced to a university page or a first-hand account; our dataset holds 62 attributed to Leeds 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 Leeds
The University of Leeds also interviews for Gateway Year to Medicine MBChB. For Gateway Year to Medicine MBChB, the course page gives the format (MMI), the number of interviews (eight stations), and the dates (face-to-face 4, 5 and 6 January 2027).
8. How this page was built
The format, timing, dates, shortlisting and assessment criteria come from the University of Leeds Medicine and Surgery MBChB 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 Leeds gives, then prepare for the format named above and nothing else: six-minute 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 Leeds medicine interview format?
Multiple mini interviews (MMI): eight stations of six minutes, with two minutes to read each one; in person for Home applicants, online for overseas applicants. The course page gives the length: eight stations of six minutes, plus two minutes reading time outside each station.
When are Leeds medicine interviews?
Home applicants interview in person on 4, 5 and 6 January 2027; overseas applicants interview online.
What percentage of applicants get a medicine interview at Leeds?
For 2025 entry, 43% of applications led to an interview, and 54% of those interviewed received an offer.
What does Leeds look for at interview?
The University of Leeds says the interview assesses values and attributes such as communication skills, ethical reasoning and problem solving, and values and behaviours against the NHS Constitution (values-based recruitment).
References
- University of Leeds: Medicine and Surgery MBChB course page - https://courses.leeds.ac.uk/5580/medicine-and-surgery-mbchb
- University of Leeds: medicine admissions figures - https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/mbchb_medicine_admissions_statis_19