International Medicine Applicants

We will accept GAMSAT or UCAT for Home applicants, and GAMSAT, UCAT or MCAT for International applicants.  If you choose to sit UCAT, your test scores will come to us directly from UCAT.   

Applications will be considered with overall UCAT scores of 2550 and above although situational Judgment bands will not be considered.  

As with GAMSAT and MCAT, invitations to interview will be made to applicants with overall scores above a cut-off determined by the number of applications received. 

Please note: The minimum UCAT score will be set at 2550 for entry in 2025, but this may be subject to change in subsequent years.  

Please note: For September 2024 entry our cut-off scores have been confirmed:

GAMSAT (Home applicants) - 53

GAMSAT (Welsh domicilled applicants) - 50

GAMSAT (International applicants) - 50

MCAT - 504

Full entry requirements can be found on the Medicine (Graduate Entry) Course page

Applicants who meet all minimum entry requirements are ranked based on their GAMSAT or MCAT scores. The highest scoring applicants will be invited to attend our assessment day early in the New Year. As this is a competitive process with many more applications than available spaces, and the score required to be invited to the assessment day may be higher than the minimum score specified in the entry requirements.

You will participate in three separate 20/30 minute stations, conducted by pairs of selectors taken from our trained panel of clinicians, academics, medical students and members of the public. These stations are designed to take account of the personal and academic qualities needed as a doctor, as set out in ‘Good Medical Practice’, and the capacity to meet the outcomes of ‘Outcomes for Graduates’. These are:

• Communication skills
• Problem solving skills
• Coping with pressure
• Insight and integrity
• Passion for medicine and resilience to succeed
• Organisation and research
• Ethics and values 

 The stations may take the form of interviews, presentations or role play scenarios. Your personal statement will be made available to the selectors and you may be asked about it. You will receive information on the format of the assessment day and anything you need to prepare when you receive your invitation. We reserve the right to change the format of stations and the competencies assessed between admissions cycles, without notice.

Successful candidates will need to refer to the UCAS website for decision deadlines. However successful candidates who wish to accept their offer are encouraged to do so as soon as possible. 

International Tuition Fees for 2023 are set at £41,750 and will increase by 3% for each subsequent year of study.

International students applying for a Student Route visa (previously known as Tier 4 visas) will need a Confirmation of Acceptance of Studies (CAS) number.  This number confirms to UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) that you have been accepted to study at a valid UK University.

To request a CAS statement, you will need to pay a deposit of £4,000, have met all conditions on your offer and have accepted an unconditional offer. 

For full details on how to request your CAS statement and to access the CAS checklist please visit Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) - Swansea University.

The University’s International@CampusLife team have put together a comprehensive guide to help and support you with your visa application – further information here: Applying for a Student route visa from outside the UK - Swansea University.

Start Date: Monday September 4th 2023

September 2024 start date to be confirmed - please note that this programme has an earlier start date.

All students must arrive in-person and be ready to commence the programme by the start date.

In order to enrol students will need to pay the first instalment (at least 50% of the first year tuition fee plus the clinical practice fee) before, or at enrolment. Further information on how to pay your fees can be found here.

Tuition Fees

Fees for full time international students will increase by 3% for each subsequent year of study.

You can find further information of your fee costs on our tuition fees page.

You may be eligible for funding to help support your study. To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available please visit the University's scholarships and bursaries page.

Successful students are awarded MB BCh Medicine from Swansea University, having joined the General Medical Council’s (GMC) distinguished list of UK medical schools entitled to award UK primary medical qualifications (PMQs). This qualification allows our graduates progress to foundation level in the UK and many other countries.

All applicants are advised to ensure that Swansea University's PMQ is recognised by the medical standards authority of the country in which they wish to practise.