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Hull York Medical School

FormatMultiple Mini Interviews (MMIs)
Online or in personIn person (Home), online (Overseas)
Latest guidance2027 entry
Stations5 in person; 6 online
Places904 interviewed, 796 offers (2025)

Interviews and offers in recent years

904interviewed (2025 entry)
796offers made
About 88%of interviewees received an offer
EntryApplicantsInterviewedOffers
2025 entry1,625904796
2025 entryGateway Year416119111

Offers from the waiting list: not published by this university.

What these figures cover: MB BS. Only the 2025-entry figures are published.

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.

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How the interview works

  • You will do Multiple Mini Interviews: a series of short stations.
  • Panels include health professionals, academics, senior medical students and people outside medicine.
  • Home applicants are interviewed in person at the University of Hull or University of York.
  • Online interviews are not offered to Home applicants.
  • Overseas applicants are interviewed online.
  • The interview does not test medical knowledge.
  • In person, you do a group exercise in a group of up to 10, led by PBL tutors.
  • In person, you do two mini-interviews and a student station, each with two questions and two interviewers.
  • You get five minutes' thinking time before the first question at these stations.
  • The student station is run by senior HYMS students.
  • In the scenario station, you watch a video of a character through over-ear headphones and answer questions during and after it.
  • Online, you do three mini-interviews and a student station, each with one question and two minutes' thinking time.
  • Online, you also do a video scenario station and a group exercise in a group of up to 6.

What they assess

  • Collaborative group working
  • Insight into a medical career
  • Understanding of NHS Constitution values
  • Motivation for a medical career
  • Awareness of current medical issues
  • Communication skills
  • Understanding of and motivation for the HYMS MB BS course
  • Personal qualities, such as empathy, resilience and tolerance of ambiguity
  • Critical thinking

How it's scored and how offers are made

  • Your interview is scored out of 90.
  • In person, the group exercise is worth 22 points.
  • In person, each mini-interview, the student station and the scenario station are worth 17 points.
  • Online, each of the six stations is worth 15 points.
  • In the group exercise you are scored on participation and contribution by a tutor and an observing medical student.
  • At mini-interview and student stations, two interviewers score you independently.
  • Up to 10 contextual points are added to your interview score, adjusted by interview performance.
  • Online interviews do not include contextual points.
  • Applicants are ranked by total score, and offers are made after all interviews are completed.
  • The offer cut-off changes each year.

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