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InterviewMMI-style
University of Edinburgh
Stations3 (2 individual + 1 group)
Total lengthHalf day
Interviewers1 selector per station
When23 Nov 2026 – 11 Feb 2027
PlacesAbout 800 interviewed
Interviews and offers in recent years
| Entry | Applicants | Interviewed |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 entry | 1,909 | 839 |
| 2024 entry | 1,760 | 767 |
| 2023 entry | 2,380 | 803 |
Offers from the waiting list: not published by this university.
What these figures cover: MBChB, all fee statuses. Interviewed = invited to the Assessment Day. Offer totals are not clearly labelled in Edinburgh's tables, so they are not shown.
Figures are as published by the university or released under Freedom of Information. Definitions differ between schools, so compare with care. A dash means the figure was not published.
Key dates
- In-person days: 23, 24, 25 and 30 November 2026.
- In-person days: 1, 2, 9 and 10 December 2026.
- In-person days: 28 and 29 January 2027, and 2 and 3 February 2027.
- HCP-Med in-person day: 27 January 2027.
- Online MBChB days: 9, 10 and 11 February 2027.
- You will hear the outcome by the end of March 2027.
How the interview works
- You will attend an Assessment Day lasting half a day.
- You will rotate between two individual stations and one group station.
- Each station is scored independently by one selector.
- Selectors ask pre-determined questions and record marks on marksheets.
- The half-day also includes information about studying medicine in Edinburgh.
- Assessment Days are held in person at the Usher Building, Edinburgh BioQuarter.
- Applicants living outside the UK and Ireland are interviewed online.
What they assess
- Core attributes of doctors, taken from the Medical Schools Council statement on core values
How it's scored and how offers are made
- Your Assessment Day scores make up 50% of your final score.
- Your academic score (achieved and predicted grades) makes up 25%.
- Your UCAT score, by decile, makes up 17.5%.
- Your UCAT Situational Judgement Test band makes up 7.5%.
- Applicants are ranked, and offers go to the highest-ranked within each fee category.
- More offers are made than places, because not everyone accepts.
- All scores are compared before any decision is made.