Exeter BMBS Medicine interview 2026: dates, questions, format and success rate

Exeter interviews 37% of BMBS Medicine applicants, online or in person, and offers a place to 68% of those interviewed.

Figures from exeter.ac.uk, checked 18 October 2026.

At a glance

When: Dec-Mar
Format: MMI stations, Online or in person
Who's interviewed: Shortlisted on the Exeter score: UCAT + academic qualifications weighted for direct school leavers, GAMSAT score for others (achieved grades get an uplift) (654 of 1,777 last cycle)
Before it: UCAT (direct school leavers) or GAMSAT (degree holders, or more than two years since A levels)

Before: 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/GAMSAT may be used again to choose offers after interview; health questionnaire and occupational health screening; offers conditional on an enhanced DBS check
Interviews: Dec-Mar, online or in person
They assess: "Non-academic qualities such as communication skills, reflectiveness and empathy", in the university's own words

Applied: 1,777. Interviewed: 654. Offered: 442 (2021 (application cycle, as labelled in a March 2022 reply)).

Reported by 3 sources: What is the difference between empathy and sympathy, and which does a doctor need?
Reported by 3 sources: If you are not offered a place this year, what will you do?
Reported by 2 sources: Why medicine?

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

Dec-Mar.

Online or in person, as MMI stations.

37%, and 68% of those interviewed got an offer.

UCAT (direct school leavers) or GAMSAT (degree holders, or more than two years since A levels).