Entry requirements for Medicine with a Gateway Year

Minimum age

• Be aged 17 or over on the 1 October in the year you enrol on to the programme

Fee status

• Be classified as having UK (home) status according to UKCISA guidance and be domiciled in the UK
• Applications for this programme from outside the UK are not accepted

Contextual data

• Meet the contextual data eligibility criteria

GCSEs

• 5 GCSEs (or equivalent) in the grade range 9/A* - C/4 by the time of application
• Achieved, or be working towards, grade 4/C or better in GCSE English Language. If you have an alternative qualification or if English is not your first language you must meet an English Language qualification equivalent
• Achieved, or be working towards, grade 4/c or better in GCSE Maths (or equivalent)
• GCSE resits to achieve the entry requirement are accepted
• Applicants whose education system does not include an equivalent to GCSEs will be scored for interview selection according to an upscaled UCAT

A levels

• Achieved or be working towards three A levels: BBC including B in Biology and Chemistry, or an equivalent qualification
• We accept the third A level in any subject (excluding General Studies, Critical Thinking, Citizenship and Applied Science)
• A levels must be studied and awarded concurrently
• Applications from applicants predicted to achieve AAB or above are not accepted
• Applicants who are resitting will be expected to meet the balance of BBC in their resits

UCAT (admissions test)

• Sit the UCAT in the same year as applying to us
• Achieve an SJT Band score of 1, 2, or 3
• UCAT offer a bursary to cover the test fee for UK students who meet their eligibility criteria for the bursary. You can apply for this even if you have already paid for your test
• We strongly recommend you apply for the bursary (if you are eligible) as we will take this into consideration when we review your application to us as part of the eligibility criteria for the Medicine with a Gateway Year programme

Previous study

• Be applying with no more than five academic years between completing compulsory pre-16 education and the start of the Medicine with a Gateway Year programme
• Not have previously enrolled on another foundation or degree programme
• Must not currently be studying at an Independent School, or have previously studied at an Independent School

Applicants are eligible for this programme if:

• They meet one of the following criteria:
  • Are a care leaver or care experienced*
  • Hold refugee status

Or:

• They fulfil two of the following contextual data criteria:
  • Your home postcode is in an area of low participation (your POLAR4 Young Participation quintile should be 1 or 2 to qualify). You can check your postcode on the Office for Students website
  • Your parents do not have a higher education qualification, such as a certificate, diploma or degree
  • You applied for and received the UCAT Bursary

Or:

• They have certified completion of one of the following widening participation programmes within two years of application (applicants who are resitting Year 13 or who are applying from a single gap year are eligible under this criteria):
  • Hull York Medical School Pathways to Medicine programme
  • Realising Opportunities programme
  • University of York Black Access programme
  • University of York Next Step York programme
  • University of York Yorway programme

Or:

• Have certified completion of one of the following widening participation programmes in the year of application (applicants who are resitting Year 13 or who are applying from a single gap year are not eligible under this criteria):
  • Hull York Medical School Year 12 Summer School/Residential
  • York Experience Summer School

*The term 'care leaver' means that you are care experienced and that you will have been in the care of your local authority for at least 13 weeks at any time since the age of 14 (the 13 weeks does not need to have been all one go). This care will have finished on, or after, your 16th birthday.

The term 'care experienced' refers to anyone who has been, or is currently, in care. This care may have been provided in many different settings, including living with foster carers; living in a residential children's home; being looked after at home under a supervision order; living with friends or relatives in kinship care.

If you are unsure whether you have care leaver status, you can check with your leaving care team, personal adviser or see the Coram Voice website for more support.

Regional prioritisation

Although applications from UK students are accepted, priority will be given to applicants from within the Hull York Medical School region who receive priority at all stages of the application process.

Applicants are considered to be within the Hull York Medical School region if their permanent address as stated on their UCAS application is in one of the following Local Education Authorities:

• City of York
• Darlington
• East Riding of Yorkshire
• Hartlepool
• Hull
• Middlesbrough
• North East Lincolnshire
• North Lincolnshire
• North Yorkshire
• Redcar & Cleveland
• Stockton-On-Tees

Applicants will be requested to complete a form to confirm eligibility for entry under one of the contextual data eligibility criteria shortly after the UCAS application deadline of 15 October. Applicants who do not complete the form by the specified deadline will not be considered eligible for entry to this programme.

Participation on the listed widening participation programmes will be verified with the programme providers.