- KMMS has separate policies for pre-A level, post A level, pre-graduate and post-graduate applicants.
- KMMS strictly applies minimum criteria (and English language requirements, if appropriate) to selection.
- KMMS requires all applicants to sit the Universal Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT), and uses (generous) UCAT thresholds.
- KMMS does not use predicted grades at all.
- KMMS contextualises all English pre-A level, post-A level and pre-graduate applicants’ academic results against their school’s average performance. Relative attainment is used for shortlisting rather than absolute attainment.
- Postgraduate applicants are not contextualised, but scored. This also applies to other applicants with no reliable school performance data. Applicants in these groups may be required to sit additional online assessments.
- There is an extenuating circumstances process which applicants can use to raise issues affecting academic performance.
- KMMS will invite around 300 applicants to the first round of Multiple Mini Interviews (MMIs), but may also interview later in the year.
- KMMS will make offer decisions in batches, from January-March.
- All applicants must be 18 years old or above when they undertake their first clinical placement in week seven of the first term of Year One.
- Once you have applied to KMMS via UCAS, you will receive log-in details for your KentVision application portal; these details will be sent to the email address listed on your UCAS application. Please ensure you check your spam/junk folders for this if it is not in your inbox. If you have not received log-in details within 48 hours of submitting your application, please contact the admissions team immediately. Sign up to the portal is mandatory as we will communicate with you here, as well as by email. Please also continue to check your spam/junk folders daily throughout the application process to ensure you don’t miss a communication from us; further information requests often require a swift response from you and failure to engage could result in your application being unsuccessful.
Applicants will be divided into four groups by stage of education, which have different procedures applicable.
Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
Current A level/IB student with GCSEs achieved from a school in England with data | Completed A level/IB from a school in England with data OR Pre-graduate student in final year of Bachelor’s degree | Applicants with completed Bachelor’s degree (home fee payer), relevant subject | Others, including applicants with; A level/IB from a school with no data (i.e. Scottish, Welsh, Irish or EU/International), international qualifications, Access to HE Diplomas, or overseas fee payers |
All groups then go through several stages before selection.
Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | |
Stage 1 | Minimum GCSE requirements | Minimum GCSE & A level requirements | Minimum degree requirements | Minimum entry requirements as appropriate |
Stage 2a | UCAT threshold | UCAT threshold (may differ from group A) | UCAT threshold | |
Stage 2b | Contextualisation to school average | Scoring (may require extra online assessment) | ||
Stage 3 | Multistation mini interviews | |||
Stage 4 | Decision |
Click on the Group that is relevant to you below.