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InterviewMMI
Queen's University Belfast
Stations9 (+3 rest)
Time per station5 min + 1 min reading
Total lengthOver 1 hour
WhenDecember–February
Places236 Home, 36 International
Interviews and offers in recent years
| Entry | Offers | Offers from waiting list |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 entry | 487 | 32 |
| 2025 entry | 480 | 45 |
| 2024 entry | 432 | 64 |
| 2023 entry | 333 | 48 |
| 2022 entry | 305 | 40 |
What these figures cover: All applicant categories. Offers are those made by the May UCAS deadline; waiting-list offers are places accepted from the reserve list over the summer.
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
- Interviews run on fixed dates between December and February.
- Your date, venue and registration time are in your invitation email.
- Alternative dates cannot be offered outside the published dates.
- Most decisions are made at the end of March.
- Final decisions are made by late April.
How the interview works
- Home applicants have an in-person MMI at the Medical Biology Centre, Queen's University Belfast.
- International applicants have an online MMI with seven stations.
- The home circuit has 12 stations: nine question stations and three rest stations.
- At five stations an interviewer asks you questions.
- At four stations you interact with a role-player while the interviewer watches and marks.
- You read the station information outside the room for one minute.
- You then spend five minutes inside the station.
- A voice warning sounds when one minute remains.
- If you finish early, you stay for the full five minutes.
- You may ask for a question to be repeated; it will be repeated exactly.
- At rest stations you wear earphones and use the time to clear your mind.
- Interviewers are staff who teach medical students.
- The interview lasts over an hour.
What they assess
- Communication skills
- Empathy
- Moral reasoning
- Problem-solving
How it's scored and how offers are made
- Every station carries equal marks.
- Marks cannot be changed afterwards.
- After all interviews, candidates are placed in rank order.
- Offers are made on interview ranking alone.
- If two candidates tie for one place, the one with the higher UCAT SJT score gets the offer.
- If you are interviewed, there is at least a 1 in 2 chance of an offer.
- Places that become free in August or September are offered in rank order.
- Offer holders are not told their rank.