Newcastle is a well-established medical school with a five-year MBBS built around case-based learning and early clinical contact. It scores grades and UCAT into one total and ranks applicants for interview — and it's strict on the SJT, so your score does real work here.
Newcastle scores applicants out of 100 from their grades (up to 40) and UCAT, then ranks for interview. There's no fixed cut-off — the line is set by each year's pool — but the SJT rule is firm: Band 1 or 2 is essential, Band 3 may scrape through only with an exceptional cognitive score, and Band 4 rules you out. On the current /2700 scale, competitive applicants sit comfortably above average.
Newcastle rewards a strong UCAT and a clean SJT band. If your cognitive score is good and your SJT is Band 1 or 2, it's a solid target. If your SJT is Band 3 or worse, think hard — it can sink an otherwise strong application here. Check your percentile and your SJT band before committing.
Check your percentile →AAA (ABB for eligible contextual applicants), typically including Biology or Chemistry.
Your best eight GCSEs are scored, including English Language, English Literature, Maths and science.
Newcastle looks for realistic insight into medicine and caring roles, and what you reflected on — not a set number of hours.
MMI. A multiple mini-interview testing communication and thinking under pressure.
Eligible contextual applicants are considered against a lower (ABB) academic offer.
Paraphrased themes from student discussion: impressions, not facts. Visit and judge for yourself.
There's no fixed cut-off — Newcastle ranks a combined grades-and-UCAT score, and the line moves each year. Aim comfortably above average, and make sure your SJT is Band 1 or 2, because Band 4 disqualifies you and Band 3 rarely gets through.
Very. Band 1 or 2 is essential; Band 3 only scrapes through with an exceptional cognitive score; Band 4 rules you out entirely.
AAA for standard applicants, with a lower ABB offer for eligible contextual applicants. Your best eight GCSEs are also scored.
See where your UCAT lands in percentiles, then build the score Newcastle is looking for, or talk it through with a 98th-percentile tutor, free.