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The request

1. For A-level entrants: the number of new entrants by achieved A-level grade combination (e.g. A*A*A);

2. For IB entrants: the number of new entrants by total IB points score.

Imperiaresponse, IMPFOI-26-512, 15 October 2026

IMPFOI-26-512, A level and IB Achieved Grades.xlsx

Please note the following:

• Applicants that had had fewer than 3 A levels have not been represented in the data. Applicants may have had additional non-A level and non-IB qualifications that counted towards their entry requirements.
• Where applicants' A level and IB grades fell below minimum requirements, the applicants may have had additional non-A level and non-IB qualifications that counted towards their entry requirements.
• The data is for those who had a final status of Unconditional Firm. This may not translate exactly to final numbers of enrolled students. 

The request

Please provide for the admission year 2025/26, the numbers of external students who applied for intercalated medical degrees and were made an offer.

º£½ÇÉçÇø's response, IMPFOI-25-660, 20 January 2026

IMPFOI-25-660 intercalated applicants and offers (pdf)

The request

For undergraduate admissions cycles 2022, 2023 and 2024, for applicants who presented Advanced Placement (AP) examinations (typically alongside a US High School Diploma), I would be grateful if you could provide data held on offer-holders by course, such as:

1. The number of applicants who presented AP examinations – in the past we have not provided qualification data on applicant declared qualifications as we have not verified these
2. The number of offers made to such applicants; - we could provide data on the number of AP offers made each cycle as this data has been extracted historically and so would only require analysis
3. The average (mean) number of AP subjects held by applicants who received offers;- this is not something that we could provide as we do not provide data on applicant declared qualifications
4. The average (mean) AP grade among applicants who received offers. - this is not something that we could provide as we do not provide data on applicant declared qualifications

º£½ÇÉçÇø's response, IMPFOI-26-048

1. Not held as these applicant declared qualifications are not verified.  
2.  AP Offer Holder Summary statistics
3. Not held. 
4. Not held  

The request

Please provide figures on the number of applications made by US students applying at undergraduate level and the offers made to them for the past 5 years. 

º£½ÇÉçÇø's response, IMPFOI-24-322, 1 August 2024

FOI response IMPFOI-24-322, USA Offers (xlsx)

The request

From August 2025, you will introduce a reconsideration pool. I would like to request the following information:

i) How unsuccessful applicants are ranked or shortlisted for August reconsideration for the A100 course.

ii) Whether A100 applicants would have needed to be successful in receiving an interview offer to be reconsidered.

iii) If and how the UCAT factors into the selection process for reconsideration.

º£½ÇÉçÇø's response, IMPFOI-24-561, 29 November 2024

i) Reconsideration places for the MBBS course are subject to availability of seats. A limited number of offer holders who narrowly missed their grades may be reconsidered upon results day. In order to be eligible for Reconsideration, Offer Holders must still achieve º£½ÇÉçÇø's minimum requirements (AAA with Bio/Chem).

ii) Yes, the Reconsideration process at º£½ÇÉçÇø's School of Medicine applies to applicants who have received an offer after interview and narrowly missed their grades. 

iii) If reconsideration seats are available, UCAT scores and interview scores may be used to rank eligible applicants.

You may find the following information helpful:

Exam results: What next?

Contextual admissions

The request

Enrolment data for Chinese students for all programmes for the academic years 2015/2016 to 2023/2024, broken down by level of study and gender, for each academic year individually.

Imperiaresponse, IMPFOI-24-316, 23 July 2024

FOI response IMPFOI-24-316, Students with Chinese nationality (xlsx)

The request

Admissions data for  for applicants who declared their Primary nationality as China for the 2023, 2024 and 2025 admissions cycles. 

º£½ÇÉçÇø's response, IMPFOI-25-056, 11 February 2026

FOI response, IMPFOI-26-056, Applicants with Chinese nationality (pdf)

Please note that figures of 5 or fewer have been replaced with *

The request

Please include up to the last 5 years where contextual admissions were used, including 2024, for all courses:
1) What was the number of applications received by those eligible for contextual admissions by course
2) What was the number of offers for those eligible for contextual admissions by course
3) What was the acceptance rate for contextual admissions compared to non-contextual admissions by course

For computing courses and maths courses only:
1) What was the average TMUA/MAT/equivalent score for a contextual offer holder compared to a non contextual offer holder
2) What was the average achieved A Level grade for a contextual offer holder compared to a non contextual offer holder

º£½ÇÉçÇø's response, IMPFOI-24-313, 23 July 2024

FOI response IMPFOI-24-313, contextual admissions (xlsx)

Please note that in the tables, "No" means Home applicants not eligible for contextual admission, "Not calculated" means Overseas applicants to whom contextual admissions do not apply and "Yes" means Home applicants eligible for contextual admission.

The request

Please provide the number of students in receipt of an offer who replied with a firm acceptance, broken down by gender and fee status (past three application cycles).

º£½ÇÉçÇø's response, IMPFOI-24-349, 13 August 2024

FOI response, IMPFOI-24-349 Computing firm accepts (xlsx)

The request

For the last two academic years (2022/23 and 2023/24), broken down by year of medicine (year 1-5), please tell us:

1. How many medical students were enrolled on the course at the start of the academic year?
2. Over the academic year, how many medical students either chose to drop off their course or take a break from their course?
3. Please set out all reasons that students have reported dropping out or taking a break from medical school, if this data is collected by the university.
4. Over the academic year, how many medical students either chose to drop off their course or take a break from their course for reasons related to finance?
5. What, if any, support is offered to students experiencing financial hardship?
6. Over the academic year, how many medical students requested access to the universities ‘hardship fund’ or equivalent scheme?

º£½ÇÉçÇø's response, IMPFOI-24-566, 16 December 2024

FOI request and response, IMPFOI-24-556

The request

Please provide the minimum entry requirements for admissions to º£½ÇÉçÇø's School of Medicine MBBS Medicine (A100), A Levels and International Baccalaureate and the course fees (Home and Overseas) 2018 - 2023

º£½ÇÉçÇø's response, IMPFOI-24-052, 14 February 2024

The entry requirements for all of the years were:

• A Levels: AAA overall to be achieve in the same sitting. To include: A in Biology, A in Chemistry, A in any third subject (excluding General Studies and Critical thinking). 
• IB: 38 points overall to include: 6 in Chemistry at higher level (HL), 6 in Biology at higher level (HL)

Home fees were £9,250 for each year. Overseas fees were:

From the 2022-23 academic year, the fees for continuing undergraduate students paying the non-Home rate of fee will increase annually by an amount up to the average percentage change in the CPI from the April of the preceding year to the March of the calendar year in which the session commences, this includes students returning from an interruption of studies.  Due to the exceptional inflationary pressure currently being faced by the United Kingdom, the University has reduced the maximum inflationary increase for 2023-24 from 10.0% to 8.0% rounded to the nearest £50.00.  Continuing student fees are also capped at the new-entrant fee for that session and so may increase by less than the maximum amount. 

FOI request and response IMPFOI-26-350, 12 August 2026

Question 1 — Interview shortlisting method

(a) For the most recent settled cycle, does the interview shortlisting rank of applicants who meet the academic eligibility requirement depend on any scored component other than the UCAT cognitive total? If it does, please provide each additional scored component and its relative weight from the recorded shortlisting scheme. If the UCAT cognitive total is the only scored component used to rank academically-eligible applicants, please confirm that.

• Applicants are shortlisted for interview on the basis of their UCAT performance alone. Applicants must have scored at least Band 3 in the Situational Judgement Test (SJT). Applicants who have scored at least Band 3 in the SJT are ranked for interview based on their raw UCAT cognitive total score. No weighting is applied to scored components.

(b) Is the academic reference scored or screened at the shortlisting stage, as distinct from being available to interviewers at the MMI? Please answer "yes" or "no"; if "yes", please state how.

• No.

Question 2 — UCAT mechanics not resolved by the published thresholds

(a) For 2026 entry, is any minimum applied to an individual UCAT cognitive subtest (Verbal Reasoning, Decision Making, or Quantitative Reasoning) in addition to the published total threshold? Please answer "yes" or "no"; if "yes", please state the subtest(s) and the minimum. If no subtest minimum is applied, please confirm that, rather than referring me to a page that does not address subtest minimums.

• No. We do not apply any minimum threshold to the Verbal Reasoning, Decision Making, or Quantitative Reasoning subtests.

(b) Are academically-eligible applicants ranked for interview on the raw UCAT cognitive total, or on a decile or banded transformation of that total? Please state which, according to the recorded method.

• Applicants are ranked for interview on the raw UCAT cognitive total score.

(c) I note the published minimum of SJT Band 3. Please confirm whether the SJT band functions solely as a gate at shortlisting, with Band 4 and any band below the stated minimum excluded, and is not otherwise scored into the shortlisting rank. If the SJT band is scored into the rank, please state how.

• The SJT band functions solely as a gate at shortlisting. Applicants achieving Band 4 will not be shortlisted for interview regardless of total UCAT score.

Question 3 — Contextual mechanics not resolved by the published scheme

Your published material confirms the contextual AAA offer, a reduced UCAT threshold for contextual applicants, and that contextual applicants may receive an uplift in their interview score. Beyond those three features, please confirm each of the following separately:

(a) whether contextual applicants are placed in a separate ranking pool at the shortlisting stage; please answer "yes" or "no", and if "yes" state the recorded mechanism;

• Yes. At the interview shortlisting stage, contextual applicants are assessed within a separate ranking pool from non-contextual applicants. This pool has its own UCAT cut-off score, determined by the number of contextual applicants we intend to invite to interview. At the offer-making stage, contextual applicants are again assessed within a separate ranking pool, which has its own interview score cut-off determined by the number of offers we intend to make to contextual applicants.

(b) whether any interview invitations or offer places are ring-fenced for contextual or widening-participation applicants, and if so how many per cycle; please answer "yes" or "no", and if "no" please confirm that no such places are ring-fenced, rather than referring me to a page that does not address ring-fencing.

• Yes. Contextual applicants are considered within separate ranking pools at both the interview shortlisting stage and the offer-making stage. These pools have their own cut-off scores, determined by the number of contextual applicants we intend to invite to interview and subsequently make offers to. The number of contextual interview invitations and offers varies annually according to institutional targets and therefore no fixed number applies across cycles. 

Question 4 — Routes to a guaranteed interview

For the current cycle, is there any route to a guaranteed A100 interview that does not require the applicant to clear the applicable UCAT threshold, whether standard or contextual? This includes, in particular, completion of Pathways to Medicine or of any other Imperiaoutreach or partnership programme. Please answer "yes" or "no". If "yes", please state for each such route the recorded eligibility criteria and the verification mechanism, and confirm which selection gate or gates it bypasses (the UCAT threshold, the academic requirement, the SJT band, or all). If completion of Pathways to Medicine, or of any other named programme, operates only as a contextual indicator rather than as a UCAT-bypassing guaranteed interview, please confirm that.

• No. Completion of Pathways to Medicine and other named outreach programmes operates as a contextual indicator, and does not bypass the UCAT requirement.

Question 5 — Treatment of specific qualifications

(a) At the shortlisting stage, are applicants holding achieved A-level grades treated identically to those with predicted grades, or are the two treated differently? Please state which, according to the recorded policy.

• Applicants holding achieved A-level grades and those presenting predicted grades are treated differently. Applicants with achieved grades must already meet the published academic entry requirements at the point of application and will be rejected if they do not. Applicants presenting predicted grades may still be considered where their predicted grades are below the published entry requirements, as they have the potential to achieve the required grades before enrolment.

(b) Is the Extended Project Qualification recognised in any way in A100 selection, whether towards the offer, as an alternative offer, or at shortlisting? Please answer "yes" or "no"; if "yes", please state the mechanism. If the EPQ confers no advantage and is not used, please confirm that, rather than referring me to a page that does not address the EPQ.

• No. EPQ confers no advantage and is not used.

Question 6 — Lowest UCAT total invited to interview

The UCAT total threshold you publish is the figure at or above which applicants were selected. It is not necessarily the lowest UCAT total that in fact received an interview invitation, which may be lower, for example where tie-breaking, late adjustment, or contextual consideration applied. It is this lowest-invited figure that the resource requires, and it is distinct from the published threshold. Imperiahas used the UCAT for two settled cycles only, 2025 entry and 2026 entry, which limits this question to a small number of discrete figures.

(a) Please provide the lowest UCAT cognitive total that received an interview invitation for A100, given separately for Home (non-contextual), Home (contextual), and Overseas applicants, for 2025 entry and for 2026 entry, stating the scale in each case (/3,600 for 2025 entry and /2,700 for 2026 entry).

If the exact minimum figure for any pool or cycle would require disproportionate effort to extract, I would be content, for these completed cycles, to receive instead the national UCAT decile band into which the lowest invited applicant fell for that pool and cycle, in place of the raw figure.

• Below are the lowest UCAT scores of applicants who received an interview invitation in the 2025 and 2026 admission cycles. Some are lower than the published cut-offs due to the consideration of mitigating circumstances.

The request

Please provide details of the Bachelors degree grades achieved and verified by Imperiafor those who had their place confirmed for the Mathematics and Finance MSc programme for the years 21/22, 22/23 and 23/24.

º£½ÇÉçÇø's response, IMPFOI-24-424, 26 September 2024

See table below for details of the verified grades at Bachelors degree level for any student who has had their place confirmed. Please note that the data shows only Mathematics and Finance (MSc 1YFT) and MSc (2YPT) courses. Extended Bachelor Degrees refers to an Integrated Master's Degree such as MSci.

Verified ICL Grade Equivalent for Bachelor Degrees

Verified ICL Grade Equivalent for Extended Bachelor Degrees

The request and º£½ÇÉçÇø's response, IMPFOI-25-384, 21 August 2025

Number of Overseas students: 12,053 as at 31 December 2024

Number of overseas students as a percentage of the student body: 51.84%

Number of Overseas students who were accepted onto a course but didn't enrol: 440 overseas students who were due to start in 24/25

The number that enrolled but didn't complete their studies: Please see table below for the number of overseas students that withdrew from their studies. along with the reasons for withdrawal.

The Pears Cumbria School of Medicine is a partnership between the University of Cumbria and º£½ÇÉçÇø, with support from the Pears Foundation. The School offers, from 2025, a four-year Graduate entry Medicine degree (MBBS). Successful students will graduate with an MBBS from º£½ÇÉçÇø. Applications are made to Imperia(via UCAS).

Admissions statistics are published on the Imperiatransparency pages.

In addition, Imperiahas compiled an information sheet which addresses the most frequently asked questions we receive regarding admissions to Medicine (A102). PCSM A102 FAQ-2026 (pdf).

Please also refer to the information on entry requirements and the FAQs on the Pears Cumbria School of Medicine website:

The application process is in two stages: the invitation to interview and the offer following a successful interview.

The invitation to interview is based on the degree eligibility and the GAMSAT/UCAT score. There is no weighting applied to either aspect. Those who have an eligible degree and have met the threshold will be invited to interview. 

The request

1. The number of students admitted on MSc finance that have a first class undergraduate degree
2. The number of students admitted on MSc finance that have a 2.1 degree undergraduate degree
3. The number of students admitted on MSc finance that have a 2.1 LLB law undergraduate degree
4. How many students admitted on MSc finance have a 2.1 undergraduate degree for the year 2022/2023 only

º£½ÇÉçÇø's response, IMPFOI-24-315, 23 July 2024

No students admitted on MSc Finance had a 2.1 LLB Law undergraduate degree.

Bachelors degree grade achieved and verified by Imperiafor those who had their place confirmed for Finance (MSc 1YFT) by year of entry:

The request

Please provide a breakdown, by course, of degree outcomes (e.g. First, 2:1, etc.), split by whether the student attended a private school or a state school at the time of their application.

Please provide a breakdown, by degree outcome, of those admitted under contextual offers or via a foundation year (i.e. all those accepted on lower tariffs than the standard entry requirement) versus those admitted under standard-tariff offers.

For both parts, please could this information be provided for the most recent five academic years for which you hold data.

Imperiaresponse, IMPFOI-26-441, 28 October 2026

IMPFOI-26-441 Degree Classifications.xlsx

The request 

I would like to request information about dropout numbers (not including academic failure)

1. How many undergraduate students dropped out of ICL in the academic years of 2022/23 and 2023/24
2. How many postgraduate students dropped out of ICL in the academic years of 2022/23 and 2023/24

Please could you separate the figures into department of study if possible.

º£½ÇÉçÇø's response, IMPFOI-24-621

IMPFOI-24-621 withdrawals by academic year

Updated: January 2025

The request

Please provide details on the A100 students who have been required to withdraw, in the last 5 years and those who have withdrawn for any reason, in the last 5 years

º£½ÇÉçÇø's response, IMPFOI-26-436 Response, 11 September 2026 

Find the figures of your request below. These are not inclusive of the whole of 2025/6. They 

IMPFOI-26-436 A100 withdrawal by fee status.pdf