When are medical school offers sent out?

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Every year, the question “When are medical school offers sent out?” is asked.

To help students wondering when their medical school interview invitation or medical offer/decision should be made by, we’ve created the table below using historical data from past students and information from the universities themselves!

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Medical School	Interview Style	Interview Dates	Decision Dates
Aberdeen	MMI	Interviews start around the 14th December and end in February. You will receive an invite by email and be allowed to choose a time slot.	Decisions sent out in March/April time.
Aston	MMI	Aston will send out interview invitations between December and March.	As Aston is a new medical school there is no historical data to suggest when decisions will be made or sent out.
East Anglia	MMI	Interview invites are sent out for MBBS Medicine (A100) at the end of November each year and interview throughout December, January, and February.	Decisions are sent out in March.
Barts	Traditional	Interviews take place in January and February.	Decisions will be sent out during March.
Birmingham	MMI	Interviews take place in December, January and February. You can expect interview invitations until February.	Decisions will be made and sent out in March.
Brighton & Sussex	MMI	Brighton & Sussex interview through December and January.	Decisions will begin to be sent out in February, with some still coming through in March.
Bristol	MMI	Interviews take place through late November – Mid February on specific dates.	The university states they try to make offers once all applicants have been interviewed to ensure fairness.
Cambridge	Traditional	Interviews are held in December with invitations for these interviews going out in late November.	Decisions are usually sent out to applicants in mid-January.
Cardiff	MMI	Interviews at Cardiff are in the MMI style held on two weeks in December and two weeks in January. Invitations are sent out in early December.	Decisions begin to be sent out in late February.
Dundee	MMI	Interviews are held in December and January.	Decisions are usually made at some point in March.
Edinburgh	–	Edinburgh historically only interviewed graduate and mature applicants, however, from 2020 school leavers will also be interviewed.	As this is the first year interviews for school leavers take place, we do not know. Decisions are usually sent out in March.
Exeter	MMI	Interviews run from late November till the late February.	Decisions are sent out in March.
Glasgow	Traditional	Interviews are conducted in a traditional style from the 10th of December at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary or in the medical school in February, usually around the 10th as well.	Decisions are sent out in March.
Hull York	MMI	Interviews are held in December and January.	Decisions are sent out in week commencing 1st February.
Imperial	Traditional	Interviews are held from December through to March.	Decisions are usually made within 3 weeks of your interview date.
Keele	MMI	Interviews are held from December all the way through to March.	Decisions are usually made within 4 weeks of the interview date.
King’s	MMI	King’s interview in January and March.	Decisions are usually sent out within 3 weeks of interview date.
Lancaster	MMI	Interviews are held in January and February, with interview invitations going out in December and January.	Decisions are sent out relatively late in comparison with other universities in April.
Leeds	MMI	Leeds interview invitations will begin to go out in December in batches. Those unsuccessful in gaining an interview will be informed between November and February.	Decisions will be made by late March.
Leicester	MMI	Interviews will be held from early December up until late February.	Decisions usually begin to be released in early February.
Liverpool	MMI	Liverpool has three MMI interview dates on the 28th January, 4th February and 11th February.	Decisions are usually sent out in early-mid March.
Manchester	MMI	MMI interviews are held in December – February. Interview invitations are sent late November to early December.	All decisions will be sent out by mid-March, with most coming sooner as they send in batches.
Newscastle	MMI	Between 17th December and the 30th of January. Applicants will be given at least two weeks’ notice prior to their interview.	Decisions to undergrad students are usually made in mid-March.
Norwich	MMI	Interview invitations are sent out at the end of November for interviews held through December to February.	Decisions are sent out during March.
Lincoln	MMI	Lincoln interviews invitations were sent out in December.	There is, unfortunately, no historical data to suggest when decisions will be sent out.
Nottingham	MMI	Interviews are held from December to March.	Offers usually come out around mid-March.
Oxford	Traditional	Oxford interviews are held in mid-December.	Decisions are sent very soon after the Near Year holiday.
Plymouth	MMI	MMI interview dates are on the 14th, 15th, 16th, 23rd and 24th of January.	–
Queen’s	MMI	Interviews are held on the 16th, 17th, 18th January and the 13th of March.	Decisions made from mid-April.
Southampton	Selection Day	Interviews are held from early December (6th) up until early March (4th). Interview invitations will be sent around two weeks before the interview date.	Decisions made within 2-4 weeks of the interview date.
Sheffield	MMI	Interviews are held early compared to other medical schools, beginning in late November and finishing by mid-December.	Decisions sent out on track in March.
St Andrews	MMI	Interviews are held on a few days in December, then from January to early March.	Decisions are sent out in early March once interviews are complete.
St George’s	MMI	Interviews take place from December to April.	Decisions will be made periodically through the interview period.
Sunderland	MMI	Interviews are held in December to early February. Invitations for an interview go out in early December.	As this is the first year there is no historical data to suggest when decisions are sent out.
Swansea	Selection Day	Interview invitations are sent from December 2019 onwards for a selection centre in March.	–
UCL	MMI	Interviews run from December through to March. Candidates are usually given at least 2 weeks’ notice before their interview.	Decisions are usually sent out within 2 weeks of your interview.