Medical School Interview Dates and Invitation Dates in the UK
If you are still waiting for an invitation to a medical school interview, don’t despair. Most medical schools will only give you one or two weeks’ notice. Here is the list of all medical schools, their interview dates and the time by which you should expect to have received your invitation.
Don’t wait until you have been invited to train for your interview. Once you have received your invitation letter, you won’t have much time to prepare and many of the medical school interview courses will be full.
| University | Interview dates | Interview invites sent | Interview Type |
| Aberdeen | November – 28 February | Invites are usually sent before end December | MMI |
| Barts / The London | November – 28 February | Invites are usually sent before end December | Traditional |
| Birmingham | November – 15 February. | At least two weeks before the interview, though there can be exceptions | MMI |
| Brighton and Sussex | First week of January | 1-15 December | MMI |
| Bristol | November – April l | Throughout the interview period. Notice period can be anything between 3 days and 2 weeks | MMI |
| Cambridge | First three weeks of December | Up to two weeks before interview | Traditional |
| Cardiff | 4 Dec 2017 – 14Dec 2017 and 16 Jan 2018 – 26 Jan 2018 | From November | MMI |
| Dundee | December – January | Usually two weeks before | MMI |
| Edinburgh | No interview | N/A | N/A |
| Exeter | 4th – 9th Dec 2017. | About 2 weeks before the interview | MMI |
| Glasgow | December – February | About 2 weeks before the interview | Traditional |
| Hull York | December – January | About 2 weeks before the interview | MMI |
| Imperial | December – March | About 2 weeks before the interview | Traditional |
| Keele | December – March | About 2 weeks before the interivew | MMI |
| King’s | End of November – end of March | Usually a month before the interview but could be as little as the week before. | MMI |
| Lancaster | January – February | 2 weeks before the interview | MMI |
| Leeds | December – January | Around Christmas | MMI |
| Leicester | November – February | Two weeks before the interview | MMI |
| Liverpool | 29th January 2018; 5th February 2018; 12th February 2018 | First two weeks of January | MMI |
| Manchester | Early 2018 | By end 2017 | MMI |
| Newcastle | Late January – late February | About a month before the interview | MMI |
| Norwich | December – March | About two weeks before the interview | MMI |
| Nottingham | Last two weeks of December | From early December | MMI |
| Oxford | 14/15 Dec 2017 | By 28th November 2017. | Traditional |
| Plymouth | Early December | Mid November | Traditional |
| Queen’s Belfast | 17, 18, 19 and March 2018 | Mid February | MMI |
| Sheffield | December – January | By 18 Nov 2017 | MMI |
| Southampton | 1st, 6th, 26th, 27th, 28th February; 1st, 5th, 6th March | About two weeks before | Traditional |
| St Andrews | December – March | About two weeks before. | MMI |
| St George’s | December – April | In December or January | MMI |
| UCL | December – March | About two weeks before | Traditional |
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