Birmingham Medicine and Surgery MBChB interview 2026: dates, questions, format and success rate

Birmingham interviews 75% of Medicine and Surgery MBChB applicants, online or in person, and offers a place to 81% of those interviewed.

Figures from birmingham.ac.uk, checked 2 November 2026.

At a glance

When: Invitations December-January (Interviews January and February)
Format: MMI stations, Online or in person (Academic staff, clinical staff, professional services staff and trained senior medical students)
How many: Home: 6 or 7 stations
Length: 8 min per station, including 2 min preparation (6 stations)
Who's interviewed: Home standard applicants ranked on an application score (45% GCSE, 40% UCAT total, 15% contextual; max 10), over 1,100 interviewed (1,219 of 1,633 last cycle)
Before it: UCAT required, no cut-off

Before: UCAT required, no cut-off; SJT band scored at interview stage and weighted equally with each MMI station; offers on MMI + SJT only, with a likely minimum standard per station; personal statement and reference considered before and after interview; DBS check (police check for international) and health screening before admission; no reapplication after rejection at interview
Interviews: Home: 6 or 7 stations, Invitations December-January, online or in person
Each one: 8 min per station, including 2 min preparation, with Academic staff, clinical staff, professional services staff and trained senior medical students
In the room: Role-play with a professional role-player
They assess: "Commitment and insight into medicine, communication, ability to evaluate information, empathy, self-insight and reflection, ethical reasoning, data analysis and interpretation, professionalism, rapport with a role-player", in the university's own words

Applied: 1,633. Interviewed: 1,219. Offered: 985 (2026 entry (2025-26 cycle)).

Official sample question: Why do you want to study medicine?
Official sample question: What makes a good doctor?
Official sample question: in this station you will be engaging with one of the professional role-players used for training and assessing healthcare students. You are expected to interact with the role player as if the situation is real.

Every question reported for this course is open with a free account.

Invitations December-January.

Online or in person, as MMI stations.

8 min per station, including 2 min preparation. Home: 6 or 7 stations.

75%, and 81% of those interviewed got an offer.

UCAT required, no cut-off.