When Are Med School Interview Invites Being Sent Out?

Planned Interview Schedules For UK Medical Schools

Below we list when each university is running their Medicine interviews for 2025 entry. For those where information is known, we also mention when that university will be sending out their invites to interview for this season.

• Aberdeen University – They’re holding MMIs starting on the 18th of December.
• Anglia Ruskin University – MMIs are held at their Chelmsford campus between Monday 6 January and Thursday 16 January 2025.
• Aston University – The MMIs are online and normally take place between December and March in your year of application.
• Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry – Online interviews planned for January and February.
• Birmingham University – Invitations will be sent by the end of December. Interviews will take place in January and February.
• Brighton and Sussex Medical School – Admission interviews will take place from December 2024 through to March 2025. Interviews will be conducted as either an in-person interview or online via Zoom for those unable to attend due to mitigating circumstances.
• Bristol University – MMIs are held between December and February.
• Brunel University – MMIs will start in November 2024 for international students and in February 2025 for UK students. The MMIs will be conducted online
• University of Buckingham – They will send out interview invites before the end of the year, and begin MMIs in February,
• Cardiff University – They expect to have communicated with all applicants by mid-December. The interviews for entry 2025 will be in person for home (fee status) applicants and online for overseas (fee status) applicants.
• University of Central Lancashire – The interviews are usually held at their Preston Campus between December and April. For international students, they may interview in other locations across the world.
• Dundee University – They hold their in-person interviews in December and online interviews in January.
• Edge Hill – Expect MMIs between December and February.
• Edinburgh University –  Applicants who apply prior to 15 October 2024 and are invited to their Assessment Days should receive the outcome of their application by the following March.
• Exeter University – Invites are sent in November, and online MMIs take place between December and February.
• Glasgow University – Invitations are usually sent between November and February and the interviews will be held online for 2025 entry.
• Hull York Medical School – For 2025 entry, Home and EU candidates attend interviews in-person at the University of Hull and University of York campuses, and overseas tuition fee status applicants attend interviews online.
• Imperial College London – The format is an online asynchronous interview in January followed by a live interview in February.
• Keele University – MMIs will take place online from December 2024 to April 2025.
• Kent and Medway Medical School – They’re holding MMIs from January; invitations are sent out in late November and December.
• King’s College London – Interviews are held between November and May and you must be available for interview in order to be considered for admission.

• Lancaster University – They interview until late February and no offers are made until all the interviews are finished.
• Leicester University – Interview invitations are sent out by email in late November. MMIs are planned for December, January and February.
• Leeds University – MMIs happen between January and February.
• Liverpool University – Interviews are currently expected to run on weekdays from the 20 January 2025 to 7 February 2025 for home students. The online interviews for international students are potentially scheduled for the 6^th and 7^th February 2025.
• Manchester University – Interviews will usually be held between December and early March.
• Newcastle University – Invitations will be sent by the end of November. Their MMIs usually run between December and February.
• Norwich Medical School, UEA – Interviews are expected to take place in person between November 2024 and March 2025.
• Nottingham University – Their online MMIs happen between December and March.
• Plymouth University – They usually interview between January and February via Zoom but have not confirmed this for 2025 entry.
• Queen’s University Belfast – Queen’s medical interviews can take place any time between December and March; international students will take place online, while home applicants can complete them in person.
• University of St Andrews – Invitations to attend an interview will be emailed to applicants at various times from November up to April. Interviews usually take place online on dates in late November and early December and then in the following January, February and March.
• St George’s, University of London – Their MMIs happen between November and December, usually in person.
• Sheffield University – MMIs for 2025 entry will take place in on 2-5 December 2024 and 13-21 January 2025, and online panel interviews will be held on 28-31 January 2025.
• Sunderland University – MMIs will take place in person during December and early January.
• Cambridge University and Oxford University – For both of these Medical Schools, you should expect to face a traditional panel interview in December, but check your college for specifics.
• UCL – Expect MMIs in person for home students and online for international students between December and March. There will be a week’s notice for the interview – students must confirm attendance within 5 days.
• University of Worcester – They’re planning to hold interviews in the week commencing 4th March.
• University of Chester – Students should expect their interviews in December.
• Ulster University – Medicine interviews for Ulster University usually start in December and run until February
• Swansea – Online panel interviews are expected to happen between January and March.
• Warwick University – Their 2025 MMIs will be held in person from December 16–19, 2024. International applicants who are unable to attend in person can take an online MMI on January 15, 2025.
• University of Southampton – Interviews will be held in person at the Southampton campus between January and March. They aim to provide the Home/UK applicants with 2–3 weeks notice and international applicants with 5–6 weeks notice.

What Can You Do To Prepare Right Now?

To prepare for your Medical School interviews, make sure you:

• Read our Interview Guide 
• Know what MMI and panel interviews are
• Understand how to prepare for interviews
• Familiarise yourself with NHS hot topics and medical ethics
• Look at example interview questions
• Check out school-by-school interview tips