Imperial College London - Medicine

Highlights

• Duration of degree is 6 years
• Must be 18 years old at start of program
• No resit is allowed
• Domestic admit rate is 11%; whereas international admit rate is 3%

Academic Requirements

• Subjects required: Biology and Chemistry
• A level:
  • A*AA all in same sitting
  • A* in Biology or Chemistry
• IB
  • 39 points overall, to include: grade 7 and 6 in Biology HL and Chemistry HL
• DSE
  • 5* / 5 in Biology and Chemistry (grades any order)
  • 5 Other

Singapore

• Cambridge A level AAA in H2
• NSU
  • 4.5 overall
  • 4.5 Biology
  • 4.5 Chemistry
  • 4.5 in another subject
• Polytechnic Diploma
  • 3.8 overall:
  • 3.8 in Biology
  • 3.8 in Chemistry
  • 3.8 in another subject
• Australia
  • ATAR 97
• Canada
  • 85% overall from Grade 12 subjects

Application Requirements

• 2:1 (or above) in a Biosciences or Allied Healthcare degree.

• SJT: Band 3 minimum (Band 4 discounted)
• Interview top 30% based on UCAT scores
• 2025 Minimum UCAT Threshold: 3020 (higher than top 10%)

Duolingo: 125 overall with no less than 115 in any integrated subscore

IELTS 7.0 overall (minimum 6.5 in all elements)

ESOL C1 (Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking) with grade pass in all components

Language Cert Academic Language Cert Academic SELT – Taken at C1 Level with no less than 70 in all components (Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking)

OET: Grade B/350 in all elements (12 months before course start)

PTE: 69 overall (minimum 62 in all elements)

TOEFL: 100 (min 22 in all elements) TOEFL Home accepted

Trinity College London: Integrated skills in English level 3: all skills merit

Trinity College London: Integrated skills in English level 4: all skills passed

GCE AS or A level: C in English

Australian High School Graduates

• Australian Capital Territory: English C
• New South Wales: English 4
• Northern Territory: English C
• Queensland: English SA / C
• South Australia: English C
• Tasmania: English CA
• Victoria: English C in all units
• Western Australia: English C

BFI: Grade 12 in English in the final exam

Cambridge Advanced Certificate in English: 185 overall (minimum 176 in all elements)

Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English: 185 overall (minimum 176 in all elements)

Caribbean Exam Council – Secondary Education Certificate: Grade 2

Canadian high school diploma: Grade 12 English at 65% (excluding Quebec)

DSE: English 3

European Baccalaureate: English first / second language 7

GCSE / IGCSE: Grade B or 6 in English as a First Language

IB

• Lang A Language and Literature: Grade 4 (if taken at either Standard or Higher Level)
• Lang A Literature: Grade 4 (if taken at either Standard or Higher Level)
• Lang B: Grade 6 (if taken at Standard Level) or Grade 5 (if taken at Higher Level)
• MYP: English 5

Irish leaving certificate: Grade H5 in English

Malaysia Certificate of Examination Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia: Grade A in English Language (1119)

Malta

• Matriculation: Grade C at Higher or Intermediate Level
• Secondary Education Certificate: Grade 2

NCEA

• NCEA Level 2 English Grade: Merit*
• NCEA Level 3 English Grade: Achieved

Scottish

• Standard Grade 2 in English
• National 5 Grade B

Singapore

• Cambridge O levels: English 5
• Cambridge A levels: English B
• NUS high school diploma: CAP 4.5 out of 5 in English Language
• Integrated Cambridge A level: Grade C in the General Paper

USA

• Year 12 English at Grade B
• AP Grade 4 in English Language and Composition

West Africa Exam Council: Level 4 in English

• Phase 1c: three 8-week clinical placements (including one in General Practice)
• Phase 3a: dedicated pathology course and a range of clinical specialities
• Phase 3b: range of clinical attachments and elective period

Where clinical placement will take place

• Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
• London North West Healthcare NHS Trust – Ealing Hospital
• Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust
• Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust – Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's and Western Eye Hospitals
• London North West Healthcare NHS Trust – Northwick Park
• Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust
• West Middlesex University Hospital

Demographics served

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

• The local population is younger compared to the average in England, with a substantial portion of working-age adults and children under 10.​
• About 40% of local residents identify as Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME), while 20% are from White backgrounds other than British or Irish.​

London North West Healthcare NHS Trust – Ealing Hospital

• Population is ethnically diverse
• Vast NHS with 80,000 staff

Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust

• The area is less deprived than the England average, life expectancy is close to the national figure, yet child poverty is 20%
• Population is ethnically diverse

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust – Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, and Western Eye Hospitals

• The population is evenly split by gender and is predominantly working age.​
• Ethnicity data indicates around 60% White (including White British and White Other), 19% Asian/Asian British, and 13% Black African, Caribbean, or Black British

Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust

• Specialist cardiac and respiratory care offered.

West Middlesex University Hospital

• Main acute hospital
• About 50% of the population served are from ethnic minority

Candidates will be scored out of 10 points for each MMI station

• Motivation and understanding of medicine as a career
  • What does “evidence-based practice” mean in day-to-day care?
• Leadership and teamwork
  • Debrief a simulation where communication failed.
  • You notice a colleague cutting corners—how do you escalate?

• Empathy and breaking bad news
  • Delivering abnormal test results to a parent.
  • Handling an angry relative who feels ignored on the ward.
  • A patient asks you not to tell their family—explore autonomy vs. support.
  • Duty of candour scenario after a medication error.
  • Respond to a peer who failed exams and is distressed.
  • Calm an anxious patient before an MRI (contraindications, safety, reassurance).
  • Speak with a GP receptionist upset about workload—demonstrate listening & signposting.
• Ethics scenarios
  • A confused patient refuses treatment—what’s your approach?
  • Should med students post clinical content to social media?