Nottingham 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 Nottingham interviews for Medicine BMBS (Hons) with multiple mini interviews (MMI): six scenarios, including at least one role play. Interviews run from 15 December 2026 to 29 January 2027, and offers usually follow in March. On the most recent figures released (2023/24), 27% of applications led to an interview. This page sets out the Nottingham medicine interview from the University's own course page and published figures: who is shortlisted, the format and timing, what the interviewers assess, how Nottingham compares with other UK medical schools, and the questions applicants have reported.

Key Takeaways

• Format: multiple mini interviews (MMI): six scenarios, including at least one role play; online or in person.
• Dates: interviews run from 15 December 2026 to 29 January 2027, and offers usually follow in March.
• Numbers: 27% of applications led to an interview; the share offered a place is not published.

In This Article

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

1. The Nottingham medicine interview at a glance

The University of Nottingham interviews for Medicine BMBS (Hons) with multiple mini interviews (MMI): six scenarios, including at least one role play. Interviews run from 15 December 2026 to 29 January 2027, and offers usually follow in March. In 2023/24, 27% of applications led to an interview (763 of 2,833); the school does not publish the share offered a place. These are the latest figures Nottingham has released. That puts Nottingham 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 Nottingham 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 Nottingham beside every other school, and medicine interview rates compares the figures.

2. Who is invited

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

• Applicants meeting the academic entry requirements and SJT band 1-3, ranked on GCSE score (eight GCSEs) and UCAT score (component raw scores, verbal reasoning counted twice), no fixed threshold
• UCAT only for applicants without GCSEs or with a degree
• Confirmed elite athletes meeting minimum requirements may fast-track to interview

The other steps it describes:

• UCAT required: SJT band 4 not considered
• Predicted A levels not used
• Personal statement and reference not used for interview selection, reviewed after interview
• Offers on interview performance alone, subject to grades, occupational health assessment, DBS clearance (no pre-existing DBS), no fitness-to-practise issues and a Medical Schools Council Excluded Students Database check
• Maximum three interviews across Nottingham medicine courses

3. The format: stations, timing and interviewers

The course page does not state 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 Nottingham assesses

The University of Nottingham lists the qualities the interview assesses:

• Good communication and listening skills, understanding of professional issues such as teamwork, respect for patients and the contribution of allied professions (Medical Schools Council guidelines)
• Knowledge of the profession and the scope of a doctor's role

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 Nottingham compares

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 Imperial (29%) and Kent and Medway (29%).

6. Questions reported at Nottingham medicine interviews

No question reported at Nottingham can be traced to a university page or a first-hand account; our dataset holds 43 attributed to Nottingham 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 Nottingham

The University of Nottingham also interviews for Graduate Entry Medicine BMBS (Hons) and Medicine with a Foundation Year BMBS (Hons). For Graduate Entry Medicine BMBS (Hons), the course page gives the format (MMI) and the dates (9 and 11 December 2026). For Medicine with a Foundation Year BMBS (Hons), the course page gives the format (MMI), the number of interviews (six scenarios, including at least one role play) and the dates (15 December 2026 to 29 January 2027; offers typically during March).

8. How this page was built

The format, timing, dates, shortlisting and assessment criteria come from the University of Nottingham Medicine BMBS (Hons) course page, and the applications and interviews 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 Nottingham 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 and, for the role play, the actor. 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 Nottingham medicine interview format?

Multiple mini interviews (MMI): six scenarios, including at least one role play; online or in person. The course page gives the length: up to one hour.

When are Nottingham medicine interviews?

Interviews run from 15 December 2026 to 29 January 2027, and offers usually follow in March.

What percentage of applicants get a medicine interview at Nottingham?

In 2023/24, 27% of applications led to an interview; the share offered a place is not published.

What does Nottingham look for at interview?

The University of Nottingham says the interview assesses good communication and listening skills, understanding of professional issues such as teamwork, respect for patients and the contribution of allied professions (Medical Schools Council guidelines), and knowledge of the profession and the scope of a doctor's role.

References

• University of Nottingham: Medicine BMBS (Hons) course page - https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/studywithus/ugstudy/courses/UG/Medicine-BMBS-U6UBMBSC3.html
• University of Nottingham: medicine admissions figures - https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/admissions_statistics_for_underg_36