If you are planning to apply to the Medicine or Medicine with a Gateway Year and have experienced personal, health or educational circumstances that have negatively affected your ability to meet our minimum entry requirements, we encourage you to let us know by completing our exceptional circumstances form (below).
We cannot consider exceptional circumstances if you have already met or exceeded our published minimum entry requirements.
We will require formal supportive evidence of your exceptional circumstances to inform our decisions and the applicant is responsible for ensuring the required evidence is submitted in advance of our exceptional circumstances deadline.
We will not consider late submissions for consideration of exceptional circumstances.
We will consider the following on a case by case basis:
| Circumstance |
Possible concession |
| I have achieved fewer than the required number of GCSEs. |
If the circumstances are approved, we will upscale the score for the GCSEs you have achieved. Please contact us ahead of the Exceptional Circumstances deadline to discuss. |
| It has taken me longer than three years to complete my A levels. |
If the circumstances are approved, we may allow your application to pass this element of our screening process, to be considered as part of our selection for interview ranking. Please contact us ahead of the Exceptional Circumstances deadline to discuss. |
| I do not have the correct A level or Degree grades, but I have completed relevant postgraduate study and / or very relevant work experience. |
If the circumstances are approved, we may allow your application to pass this element of our screening process, to be considered as part of our selection for interview ranking. Please contact us ahead of the Exceptional Circumstances deadline to discuss. |
| I was certified as eligible for extra time after sitting my UCAT, so did not take the UCATSEN. |
If the circumstances are approved by UCAT, we may take this into account if you are ranked on the borderline in our selection for interview ranking. Please contact us ahead of the Exceptional Circumstances deadline to discuss. |
We will not consider the following circumstances:
| Circumstance |
Reason |
| I have achieved lower than the required grade Maths GCSE. |
We are happy to accept resits for GCSEs, so would expect you to resit your Maths GCSE to achieve a B/6. |
| I have achieved lower than the required grade in English language GCSE. |
We are happy to accept resits for GCSEs, so would expect you to resit your English Language GCSE to achieve the required grade. |
| I am currently resitting A levels or equivalent, but achieved lower than BBB in my first attempt. |
We will not consider applicants who have a grade lower than B (or equivalent) in any of their Level 3 qualifications. |
| I did not sit my UCAT test this summer. |
We use the UCAT as part of our application process and cannot consider applications without a UCAT result. |
| I was unwell on the day of my UCAT test, and this was not taken into account at the time. |
UCAT have a fit to sit policy. You should reschedule your UCAT test if there are circumstances that would prevent you from performing as expected. We recommend booking your test earlier in the cycle to allow for this. |
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I have educational circumstances that haven't already been mitigated by an examination board or taken into account prior to awarding marks for formal assessments, such as coursework.
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We cannot consider retrospective mitigation for educational circumstances that were not submitted for mitigation to an examination board or not taken into account as this responsibility lies with the school /college or university.
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How to apply for consideration of exceptional circumstances
Please let us know your exceptional circumstances in this online form.
This form is open to applications from 1 June. The deadline for completing this form is 6pm GMT on 29 September in the year of your application. We cannot guarantee consideration of circumstances submitted after this date.
If you have submitted your form by the deadline, we will let you know if we are able to make a concession on your application by 5pm GMT on 10 October.