KMMS’s five applicant groups, the two UCAT totals on its own pages, and the rules that decide a 2027-entry application.
Book a Free ConsultationKent and Medway Medical School (KMMS) is the medical school run jointly by Canterbury Christ Church University and the University of Kent; for its five-year BM BS (UCAS code A100, institution K31) it “does not use predicted grades at all”. The UCAS deadline for 2027 entry was 15 October 2026. KMMS’s 2027-entry page reports a 2025-6 UCAT threshold of 1850 (the 47th centile) and does not necessarily commit to the same, or similar threshold for 2027 entry.
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Book a Free Consultation Message us on WhatsAppKMMS’s Entry Requirements 2027 page says applicants “will be divided into five groups, which have different procedures applicable”, and describes its policies and procedures as “different to most UK medical schools”. The group changes the minimum entry requirements at stage 1, the UCAT threshold at stage 2a (KMMS’s stage grid says it “may differ from group A” for Groups B and D), what stage 2b looks at (your grades against your school’s results, or a score), and whether an extra online assessment can be set. Work out your group before reading anything else on this page.
| Group | Who KMMS places in it (2027-entry page) | What stage 2b looks at |
|---|---|---|
| A | Pre A level or IB students, with GCSEs achieved at an English school that has performance data | Achieved GCSEs, compared with the school’s average |
| B | Students who have achieved A levels or the IB at an English school with data and are on a gap year, and students in the final year of an acceptable, relevant Bachelor’s degree | Achieved A levels or IB, compared with the school’s average |
| C | Others: no school data, Scottish and international qualifications, no GCSEs, applicants educated at home, and Access to HE (Medicine) applicants | A subjective judgement in which the reference and personal statement “will therefore be important”; an online assessment may be set |
| D | Applicants who already hold a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject | A score built from the UCAT (SJT included), degree classification and evidence that favours NHS service in the Kent region |
| E | International applicants with overseas fee status | A subjective judgement in which the reference and personal statement are important; an online assessment may be set |
KMMS states the principle in two sentences: “Postgraduate applicants are not contextualised, but scored. This also applies to other applicants with no reliable school performance data.” For Groups C, D and E it reserves the right to set an online assessment “at no cost to the applicant”. The 2027-entry page names it as the Casper test (Acuity Insights) “in 2026-7” in the Group C text, and “in 2025-6” in the Group D and Group E text.
Where you went to school matters as well. KMMS’s 2027-entry page says state schools in Wales “currently have public data which can be used for contextualisation” in both Group A and Group B, while state schools in Scotland and Northern Ireland “report their results variably and in a different format to English schools”, so KMMS “may make direct enquiries to those schools, or consider those applicants in group C”. Its Group C text also names “applicants from Scotland, and some Northern Irish schools” among those without school data. Home applicants with international secondary school qualifications are also considered in Group C, using their UK equivalencies.
Stage 1 checks whether you meet the minimums. KMMS says it operates “minimum admission requirements at stage 1, which are interpreted strictly”, and that it does not accept any variances “except through the extenuating circumstances process”. The minimums below come from the 2027-entry page unless another source is named.
| Requirement | What KMMS asks for (2027 entry) |
|---|---|
| GCSE | Five subjects at grade 9 to 6 (A* to B), including English Language, Maths, Biology, Chemistry and Physics, or Double Science and one other subject. English Language and Maths are required in every case: the KMMS Prospectus 2027 says the five must include them, and that Double Science is accepted “as an alternative to the three separate sciences”. Offering only two separate sciences needs an extenuating circumstances application. |
| A level | AAB minimum (Group B), including Chemistry and/or Biology. If both are not offered, the other must be one of Physics, Maths, Psychology or Computer Science. Critical Thinking and General Studies are not accepted, and a pass in the practical endorsement is required for any science A level. KMMS says Group A’s A level and IB subject requirements “are detailed as per group B requirements”. |
| IB Diploma | 34 minimum (Group B), with Chemistry and/or Biology at Higher Level and a minimum score of 6 in both Higher Level sciences; if both are not offered at Higher Level, the second science must be Physics, Maths or Psychology. |
| How many, and when | Only three A levels or the IB Diploma are accepted at level 3. Group A applicants “should be sitting 3 A-levels or the IB at a single sitting in the summer of Year 13, within 2 years of starting Year 12”; a longer period of study needs an extenuating circumstances application. |
| Resits | No A-level resits except through the extenuating circumstances policy. GCSE resits count towards the minimums if they are completed, with final results, before applying. |
| Not accepted | BTEC and T Level qualifications, and BTEC or the IB Career-related Programme in place of A levels or the IB Diploma. |
| Recency | Qualifications other than degrees should, as a guide, be “within the last 3 years before application”. |
The IB figure depends on which page you read. The 2027-entry page lists 34 as the minimum for post-IB applicants. The KMMS Prospectus 2027 gives “36/34” points, and the University of Kent BM BS course page shows “36/34 points overall” in its summary but 34 points overall in its detailed requirements. The same two documents list the A-level offer as AAB/AAA (prospectus) and a typical offer of AAA/AAB (Kent), in line with the AAA-or-AAB offer KMMS sets for Group A (see below). Ask KMMS admissions which IB figure applies to you before relying on either.
One rule catches applicants who have already started higher study. KMMS “will not accept applicants who present with A level or other Level 3 qualifications who have already completed Level 4 or higher qualifications, such as a Foundation course, or degree-level study”. Those applicants need an Access to HE (Medicine) qualification instead. Students sitting the UCAT in 2027 for 2028 entry, and Group C and E applicants preparing a personal statement for 2028 entry (for whom KMMS’s 2027-entry page says the reference and personal statement “will therefore be important”), can book a free consultation with our UCAT and personal statement tutors.
If you miss a minimum for a documented reason, the extenuating circumstances process is not optional: KMMS says “It is mandatory to use this process if the application does not meet minimum requirements, otherwise the application will be automatically rejected”, and its deadline “is only 7 days after the UCAS deadline”. KMMS also says it “cannot adjust any mark or grade awarded by an exam board or university”, and that it is not likely to accept extenuation where minimum grades were missed for “undocumented, retrospective or less serious reasons”. What it can do is waive a requirement (for example GCSEs, for applicants who were not studying the GCSE curriculum) or partially waive one (for example allowing level 3 resits that are not usually allowed). Our guide to which UK medical schools accept A-level resits covers the policies elsewhere.
Every KMMS applicant sits the UCAT. The 2027-entry page says “KMMS requires all applicants to sit the UCAT, and uses (generous) UCAT thresholds”, and that all applicants “will need to have sat the UCAT examination in the year of application”. For 2027 entry that was the 2026 UCAT, whose last test day was 24 September 2026.
KMMS publishes the threshold it operated in the previous cycle, not a figure for the next one. Its 2027-entry page reports, for Group A: “KMMS operated a selection threshold of total UCAT score 1850 or above (corresponding to the 47th centile) and UCAT SJT band 3 or above, in 2025-6.” It adds: “KMMS does not necessarily commit to the same, or similar threshold for selection for 2027 entry.” KMMS’s Apply to KMMS page says the same thing another way: “we are unable to define this threshold in advance”. KMMS’s older Entry Requirements 2026 page gives a different total for the same cycle label.
| Group | KMMS 2027-entry page (threshold it reports for 2025-6) | KMMS 2026-entry page (threshold it reports for 2025-6) |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1850 or above, SJT band 3 or above | 2490 or above, SJT band 3 or above |
| B | 1850 or above, SJT band 2 or above | 2490 or above, SJT band 3 or above |
| C | 1850 or above, SJT band 3 or above (non-graduate applicants); otherwise follows school-leaver or degree-holder status | Follows school-leaver or degree-holder status |
| D | 1850 or above, SJT band 2 or above | 2490 or above (“47th centile of 2024 UCAT candidates”), SJT band 2 or above |
| E | Follows school-leaver or degree-holder status | Follows school-leaver or degree-holder status |
Both pages call their total the 47th centile and label it 2025-6, and the UCAT itself changed between the two figures. The UCAT Consortium says that “In 2025, Abstract Reasoning was removed from the UCAT”, and that scores from 2024 “are not directly comparable with those from 2025 onwards”. Its national statistics, which cover all UCAT candidates rather than KMMS applicants, show where each total sits:
Read together, 2490 reads as a total of the four cognitive subtests (including Abstract Reasoning) that 2024 candidates sat, and 1850 as a total of the three cognitive subtests scored since 2025. None of these national decile figures is a KMMS threshold, and KMMS has not committed to 1850 for 2027 entry.
The Situational Judgement Test is reported in four bands, “with band 1 being the highest”, according to the UCAT Consortium’s format and scoring page (read on 17 October 2026). KMMS’s Apply page says it “will not consider applications from anyone with a band 4 score”. Above that, the band KMMS lists depends on your group, and its two pages disagree for Group B, as the table shows. In the UCAT Consortium’s 2026 national statistics, 15% of candidates were in band 1, 40% in band 2, 34% in band 3 and 11% in band 4. On those rounded figures, band 2 or above covered about 55% of candidates (15 + 40) and band 3 or above about 89% (15 + 40 + 34).
KMMS repeats one warning in every group’s UCAT section: “because there is a stage 2b after the UCAT selection, high UCAT scorers will not necessarily be selected over lower scorers who still pass the threshold.” For Group D, the UCAT score, SJT included, also feeds the stage 2b score. Students sitting the UCAT in 2027 for 2028 entry can read how our UCAT tutors work.
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Book a Free Consultation Message us on WhatsAppFor applicants in Groups A and B who clear the UCAT threshold, stage 2b compares them with their own school. KMMS’s 2027-entry page says “The underlying concept is to consider academic attainment relative to the average for the applicant’s school, at both GCSE and A level”, and “We therefore replace absolute grade attainments with relative attainment based on schooling.” Group A applicants are compared on their achieved GCSEs; Group B applicants on their achieved A levels or IB.
KMMS’s Lead for Admissions, Dr Philip Chan, described the data in a KMMS news article of 27 January 2025: the school contextualises applicants based on their school’s average attainment, “utilising data such as the percentage of students achieving AAB in qualifying subjects for post-A Levels and the Attainment 8 metric”. For schools in England, KMMS’s page points applicants to the gov.uk school performance service for their school’s information.
Independent schools are handled differently. For Group A, KMMS says state schools in England “report their GCSE attainment accurately and are audited for this; but many independent schools do not”, so applicants from independent schools are “contextualised against the GCSE/A level achievements publicised by their school”, for the relevant year if possible and otherwise for any year with information available.
The same principle sets the offer. KMMS’s standard conditional offer for Group A is “either AAA or AAB in any order (unless specified) in three A Levels, taken in the same examination year”, and KMMS decides which “by the A-level average attainment of their current school”. Group B applicants are not affected: their requirement is AAB. KMMS adds: “We do not use postcodes or family data to determine lower offers for applicants.” Its Apply page calls this a “Contextualise Everyone scheme” under which KMMS “does not seek additional ‘contextual’ information”, and gives “special consideration” to applicants at schools in the Kent & Medway Progression Federation (KMPF) or at a partner school or college of either university. Our guide to contextual admissions and reduced offers covers the flags other universities use.
KMMS has published a measure of the result. In the 27 January 2025 article it reported: “Over the last four years, KMMS has interviewed 37% and admitted 38% widening participation applicants, and exceeding sector averages.” The article adds that the system “does not collect or utilise traditional widening participation characteristics from any applicants”.
Students still in Year 12 can also look at KMMS’s Future Doctors programme. Its Year 12 mentorship “runs for four months, from July (Year 12) to October (Year 13)”, gives priority to students who have taken part in the Virtual Medical Society and to students attending non-selective state schools, and KMMS says “You do not need to be applying to KMMS to take part in this programme.”
Applicants who already hold a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject apply through UCAS as Group D. KMMS considers applicants “who have a UK upper second class honours (or equivalent) degree in relevant subjects”. “Masters degrees are not usually considered”, and degrees in osteopathy, chiropractic, naturopathy or other alternative or complementary medical practices are not accepted. KMMS will not check or approve degree transcripts before it receives a formal application through UCAS.
KMMS publishes a list of degree subjects and says “this list is indicative only, and does not guarantee that KMMS will accept or not accept particular degree courses”. Two details in it are easy to miss: several clinical degrees, including Nursing, Pharmacy and Paramedic Science, sit in the acceptable column, while Chemistry sits in the column headed “Not accepted previously, depending on transcript”.
| Acceptable degree subjects | Accepted previously, depending on transcript | Not accepted previously, depending on transcript |
|---|---|---|
| Biology | Biochemistry | Chemistry |
| Biomedical sciences | Zoology | Medicinal Chemistry |
| Physiological Sciences | Neuroscience | Chemistry with Biomedicine |
| Psychology | Pharmacology | Biomedical Engineering |
| Clinical Studies | Forensic Science | Chemical Engineering |
| Medical Science | Global Health | Mechanical Engineering |
| Nursing | Speech Therapy | |
| Physiotherapy | Occupational Therapy | |
| Pharmacy | Orthoptics | |
| Operating Department Practice | Therapeutic Radiology | |
| Clinical Psychology | Podiatry | |
| Dentistry | ||
| Radiography | ||
| Paramedic Science | ||
| Optometry |
If your degree subject is not accepted, KMMS says your “only pathway to KMMS is through the Access route”, and it will not accept degree holders who present A levels or other level 3 qualifications, even in subjects they have not studied before.
Group D is scored rather than contextualised. KMMS says Group D applicants are “scored according to criteria relating to UCAT score, including SJT score, degree classification, as well as evidence that favours NHS service in the Kent region”. It reserves the right to set an online assessment, which “was Casper (Acuity Insights) in 2025-6”, and says it “does not necessarily commit to the same, or similar scoring system for selection for 2027 entry”.
Students in the final year of an acceptable, relevant Bachelor’s degree apply as Group B, on their achieved A levels, and KMMS’s standard conditional offer for them is a 2:1. KMMS does not accept applications from students enrolled on a Bachelor’s course at another university who are not in their final year, and “does not accept transfer students from other medical universities”.
The Access to HE (Medicine) route has its own arithmetic. KMMS accepts only courses that match the QAA’s Access to Higher Education (Medicine) subject descriptor of 2021, and asks for “a minimum of 45 credits at Level 3 with 30 credits at Distinction and 15 at Merit”, including “15 credits in Chemistry or Biology with at least 12 graded level 3 credits at Distinction”. Access applicants also need GCSE English Language at grade B/6 or above. KMMS will not consider Access applicants who have sat Level 3 examinations within the previous 3 years, or who are still enrolled with pending results, and says “We will not approve particular providers or courses before application.”
Applying in Group C or E for 2028 entry? KMMS’s 2027-entry page says the reference and personal statement “will therefore be important” for these groups. Our expert personal statement tutors help applicants set out their motivation, experience and reflection clearly within the UCAS format, and our UCAT tutors help those sitting the test in 2027.
Book a Free Consultation Message us on WhatsAppDegree holders should check funding early. KMMS’s Funding your degree page says students starting in September 2026 who already hold a degree “will not be entitled to a Tuition Fee Loan, but you will still be eligible for a Maintenance Loan”, and that from January 2027 students who normally live in England apply through the Lifelong Learning Entitlement, under which “students who choose medicine as a second degree will be able to access tuition fee and maintenance support for those years not covered by the NHS”. Our list of graduate entry medicine programmes covers graduate-entry courses at other UK schools.
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Applicants shortlisted after stage 2 are “invited via their KentVision account to book an available appointment for the Multi-Station Mini Interview (MMI)”. KMMS publishes the format it used before, not a confirmed 2027-entry format:
The same paragraph of the 2027-entry page then says KMMS “does not commit to the same number or type of stations for 2026 entry, although we will likely retain the same time formats”, wording that still names 2026 entry. Treat every detail above as the previous format.
KMMS’s Apply page says it plans MMIs “over several days in December in Canterbury”, with a system for choosing a date and time, no particular dress code, and parents or friends welcome to come but “will not be permitted to sit with you during the MMI or in the waiting room”. The same page lists “MMI Dates for 2027 Entry”, but the home-applicant dates under that heading are in December 2025, so rely on the dates in your own invitation.
Every applicant invited to an MMI “will be required to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA)”, which is why this page describes only what KMMS publishes about station types and timings. KMMS lists the qualities it is trying to identify:
| When | What happens (2027 entry) | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2026 | Last UCAT test day | UCAT Consortium |
| 15 October 2026 | UCAS deadline (course A100, institution K31) | KMMS Prospectus 2027; UCAT Consortium |
| 7 days after the UCAS deadline | Extenuating circumstances deadline | KMMS extenuating circumstances page |
| Early November | UCAT results delivered to universities | UCAT Consortium |
| December (no year given) | MMIs planned “over several days in December in Canterbury” | KMMS Apply page |
| January to May | “The first offers should be posted in January, through Kent Vision and UCAS, with subsequent offers up to May.” | KMMS 2027-entry page |
| Early March 2027 | “Offers start to go out in batches” | KMMS Apply page, key dates |
| May 2027 | Decision deadline | KMMS Apply page, key dates |
The two KMMS pages disagree on when offers begin: the 2027-entry page says January, and the Apply page’s key dates say early March 2027. KMMS also says it is “open to holding further MMIs in Feb/March”, depending on the response to its first batches of offers, and that it sends rejections in stages, “corresponding to stage 1 and stage 2a rejections”.
KMMS limits repeat applications: “Second (repeat) applications are considered. If an applicant is applying for the third time, the application will only be considered if they have not been previously interviewed. Fourth time (or greater) applications will not be considered.” Our guide to reapplying to medicine after rejection covers how to diagnose a rejection and plan the next application.
References have their own rules. KMMS says references are mandatory and “KMMS never agrees to waive references”, so a UCAS application stating that the reference is waived is automatically rejected. The referee must be a relevant academic referee if the applicant is within 3 years of their most recent course of study (an employment reference is acceptable after that), must send the reference from a workplace email address, and cannot be a friend, a relative, a professional with a therapeutic relationship, or anyone “being paid by the applicant (including private tutors)”.
Applications must also be complete and true: “Incomplete or untrue applications, for example, with omitted or incorrect examination results, will be disqualified.” Every applicant must be 18 by the date of the first clinical placement in term 1 (usually early November). Offers carry health and disclosure conditions, including mandatory vaccinations (COVID included) and an enhanced DBS check; if those conditions are not satisfied, KMMS says it “may withdraw your offer to study”. The KMMS Prospectus 2027 says the DBS and Occupational Health check “will be arranged and paid for by KMMS”. The prospectus also states: “KMMS does not accept deferred entry applicants or transfers from other medical schools.” Students sitting the UCAT in 2027 for 2028 entry, and Group C and E applicants preparing a personal statement for 2028 entry, can book a free consultation with our UCAT and personal statement tutors.
Applicants with overseas fee status form Group E. KMMS assesses international school qualifications by their UK equivalencies under University of Kent policies, asks degree holders for the equivalent of a UK Bachelor’s Honours degree at 2:1, and expects GCSE-equivalent requirements to be met. The UCAT threshold for Group E follows the applicant’s status as a school leaver (Groups A and B) or degree holder (Group D). KMMS lists these English language scores:
| English language test | KMMS required score (2027-entry page) |
|---|---|
| IELTS Academic | 7.0 overall and a minimum of 7.0 in each component (Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening) |
| Cambridge English (including CAE and CPE) | 191 overall with a minimum of 184 in Writing, Reading, Speaking and Listening |
| TOEFL iBT | 104 overall including at least 26 in all components |
| PTE Academic (Pearson) | 70 overall with 70 in each component |
The test must have been taken no more than two years before the course start date, at a UKVI-approved centre, and KMMS does not accept IGCSE English as a second language. KMMS says an in-country qualification or A level, IGCSE or IB English may mean a test is not required, assessed individually for Student Visa applicants. For the IB, its list includes Higher Level English A, or A2 or B, at grade 6, Standard Level English A at grade 6 or A2 or B at grade 7, and Standard Level Literature and Performance or ab initio at grade 6.
Group E’s stage 2b is a subjective judgement in which, KMMS says, “Your reference and personal statement will therefore be important in this process”, with an online assessment that “was the Casper test (Acuity Insights) in 2025-6”. KMMS’s funding page lists the international fee as £49,700 for 2026/27, and says fees for continuing students rise by no more than RPI + 3% in each academic year except where regulated; the University of Kent course page lists the 2027-entry international fee as “TBC”. The KMMS Prospectus 2027 also notes that “admission to the Foundation Programme by overseas students is dependent on government policy at the time students graduate”. Our UCAS personal statement help for international students covers the statement for overseas applicants.
For home students, the University of Kent course page lists a tuition fee of £10,050 for 2027 entry; KMMS’s own funding page gives £9,790 for 2026/27. From the fifth year of study, eligible students receive an NHS Bursary “in place of government funding”. For student finance applications, KMMS gives the Student Loan Company course code as 869289.
For students starting in September 2026, KMMS’s Financial Support Package gives eligible students £1,000 per year of study. Eligibility includes a household income of £35,000 or less as assessed by Student Finance England, alongside further criteria, and KMMS says “You are not eligible for the KMMS FSP if you already hold an undergraduate degree.”
| KMMS scholarship (2026/27 round) | Value | Basis KMMS states |
|---|---|---|
| Christopher and Henry Oldfield Support Scholarship | Tuition fee waiver for 4 years at the home rate (£9,790 for 26/27) | Financial need |
| Christopher and Henry Oldfield Academic Scholarship | Tuition fee waiver for 4 years at the home rate | High academic achievement; the primary metric is A level performance relative to the school’s average |
| Kingsman Scholarship | £9,790 per annum for 4 years | An outstanding applicant with exceptional academic excellence |
| Widening Participation Scholarship | £1,500 maintenance per annum, totalling £7,500 over 5 years | Those most in need; 4 awards |
The deadline for the 2026/27 round on KMMS’s scholarships page was 12 July 2026. Applications could only be made through the applicant portal after an offer, and KMMS’s funding page says scholarships are open to offer holders who have firmly accepted a KMMS offer.
The BM BS is a five-year, full-time degree awarded jointly by Canterbury Christ Church University and the University of Kent, starting in September 2027 for this cycle. KMMS says its programme is based on Brighton and Sussex Medical School’s integrated curriculum. The 2027 prospectus says clinical placements begin “within the first term of your course”; KMMS’s course page describes six one-week clinical placements in Year 1 and six in Year 2, with Years 3, 4 and 5 based mainly “in and around an acute care hospital trust in Kent and Medway”. Assessment includes very short answer and single best answer questions, essays and OSCEs.
KMMS opened in September 2020 and was granted full General Medical Council accreditation, joining the list of institutions authorised to award UK primary medical qualifications as of 9 April 2025. The 2027 prospectus describes “just over 500 students in total” and partnerships with nearly 100 GP surgeries and “the 4 local acute care hospital trusts”. In a news article of 29 April 2025, KMMS reported that early indications showed 44% of its first graduating cohort staying in the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Deanery for the Foundation Programme, and the 2027 prospectus says “100% of our first cohort are now undertaking the Foundation Programme in the NHS”.
The 2027 prospectus also notes that “the University of Kent is merging with the University of Greenwich (Greenwich) to create a new, combined university, the London and South East University Group (LASEUG)” from 1 August 2026 (a name it says is subject to completion of consultation), that this “will not impact the student experience”, and that KMMS is working with the GMC to continue its accreditation under the new partnership. KMMS lists 2027 open days on its visit page: a virtual open day on 24 March 2027 and an open day on 5 June 2027. To set KMMS against other schools, see our UK medical school guides, and for an overview of our medicine admissions support, the medicine preparation hub.
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Book a Free Consultation Message us on WhatsAppNo. KMMS's 2027-entry page says "KMMS does not use predicted grades at all", and adds that this includes degree predictions. Pre-A-level applicants (Group A) are shortlisted on their achieved GCSEs, which must include five subjects at grade 9 to 6, compared with their school's average. Applicants who already hold A levels or the IB (Group B) are assessed on those achieved grades against their school's average. For Group A, the conditional offer is AAA or AAB, set by the A-level average attainment of the applicant's current school.
KMMS's Apply page says it is unable to define the UCAT threshold in advance. Its 2027-entry page reports a threshold of 1850 (the 47th centile) in the 2025-6 cycle, with SJT band 3 or above for Group A and non-graduate Group C applicants and band 2 or above for Group D; for Group B, the 2027-entry page lists band 2 and the 2026-entry page band 3. KMMS says it "does not necessarily commit to the same, or similar threshold for selection for 2027 entry". The 2490 on its 2026-entry page sits between the national 4th and 5th deciles of the 2024 UCAT's four cognitive subtests, according to UCAT Consortium statistics.
Not normally. KMMS says it "does not accept A level re-sits" except through its extenuating circumstances policy. KMMS says Group A applicants "should be sitting 3 A-levels or the IB at a single sitting in the summer of Year 13, within 2 years of starting Year 12". GCSE resits are different: KMMS accepts them towards its minimum of five GCSEs at grade 9 to 6, as long as they are completed and the final results obtained before applying. The extenuating circumstances deadline is 7 days after the UCAS deadline.
KMMS asks for a UK 2:1 (or equivalent) in a relevant subject and publishes a list it calls "indicative only". On that list, Nursing, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy and Paramedic Science sit in the acceptable column, while Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering sit under "Not accepted previously, depending on transcript". KMMS will not check transcripts before a UCAS application. If your degree subject is not accepted, KMMS says your only pathway is the Access to HE (Medicine) route, which needs at least 45 Level 3 credits, 30 of them at Distinction and 15 at Merit.
KMMS considers a second application. A third application is considered only if the applicant has "not been previously interviewed", in KMMS's words, and KMMS says "Fourth time (or greater) applications will not be considered." Every application needs a UCAT sat in the year of application, and KMMS's minimums still apply: qualifications other than degrees should, as a guide, be within the last 3 years before application. For 2027 entry the UCAS deadline was 15 October 2026, and KMMS sends rejections in stages corresponding to stage 1 and stage 2a.
No. KMMS says references from "friends, family, or professionals with a therapeutic relationship or who are being paid by the applicant (including private tutors) are not accepted by KMMS". The reference must come from a relevant academic referee if you are within 3 years of your most recent course of study; after that, KMMS says an employment reference is acceptable. It must be sent from the referee's workplace email address, not a personal one. References are mandatory: KMMS "never agrees to waive references", and an application that states a reference is waived is automatically rejected.
KMMS contextualises every Group A and Group B applicant rather than asking for extra contextual information. Its standard conditional offer for Group A is AAA or AAB, decided by the A-level average attainment of the applicant's current school, while Group B applicants need AAB. KMMS says "We do not use postcodes or family data to determine lower offers for applicants." Its Apply page adds "special consideration" for applicants at Kent & Medway Progression Federation schools or partner schools of either university. In January 2025 KMMS reported interviewing 37% and admitting 38% widening participation applicants over the previous four years.
KMMS's funding page lists £49,700 for international students in 2026/27, and says fees for continuing students rise by no more than RPI + 3% in each academic year of study except where regulated. The University of Kent course page lists the 2027-entry international fee as TBC, against £10,050 for UK students. International applicants with qualifications obtained outside the UK need an accepted English qualification, such as IELTS Academic 7.0 overall with 7.0 in each component, although KMMS says an in-country qualification or A level, IGCSE or IB English may mean a test is not required.
Our expert tutors help students sitting the UCAT in 2027 prepare for it, and help Group C and E applicants with the personal statement, which KMMS’s 2027-entry page says “will therefore be important” for those groups.
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