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InterviewMMI
University of Sheffield
Stations8
When8 Jan–4 Feb 2027
Places~1,100 Home + 100 Intl interviewed (A100)
Interviews and offers in recent years
| Entry | Applicants | Interviewed |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 entry | 1,135 | 722 |
| 2023 entry | 1,795 | 513 |
| 2022 entry | 1,702 | 467 |
Offers from the waiting list: not published by this university.
What these figures cover: MBChB A100. Freedom of Information figures for Home, non-contextual school-leaver applicants only, so they undercount the full intake. Offer numbers were not provided.
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
- Home MMIs run from 8 January to 4 February 2027.
- International interviews are held virtually on 12–14 January 2027.
- You must be available throughout the interview period.
- Decisions are shared in February or March 2027.
How the interview works
- Home applicants attend multiple mini-interviews (MMIs) in person.
- International applicants have a virtual online panel interview.
- The MMI is typically divided into eight sections.
- Section 1: Knowledge of Sheffield.
- Section 2: Medicine in a wider context.
- Section 3: Good medical practice.
- Section 4: Attitudes and values.
- Section 5: The candidate as a person.
- Section 6: Communication skills.
- Section 7: Ethics.
- Section 8: Information processing.
- Interviewers will not have read your personal statement, but may ask about common personal statement topics.
- Interviewers include medical educators, hospital doctors, GPs, nurses, pharmacists, biomedical scientists, medical students and lay people.
What they assess
- Knowledge of Sheffield
- Understanding of medicine in a wider context
- Good medical practice
- Attitudes and values
- You as a person
- Communication skills
- Ethics
- Information processing
How it's scored and how offers are made
- Each MMI section is scored 1–5.
- 5 is Excellent, 4 Good, 3 Satisfactory, 2 Borderline and 1 Unsatisfactory.
- Your UCAT SJT is converted to a 1–5 score by quartile.
- 1st quartile scores 5, 2nd scores 4, 3rd scores 3 and 4th scores 2.
- MMI and SJT scores are added for a total out of 45.
- Applicants scoring 3 or more in every MMI section and the SJT are prioritised.
- All applicants are then ranked on total score to decide offers.
- Unsuccessful applicants may go on a reserve list or be considered for Biomedical Science or Orthoptics.
- Offers are subject to references, health clearance and an enhanced DBS check.