2026 entry · Medicine interview
City St George's, University of London
Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) · format, dates and preparation
At a glance: That matches the average UK MMI station count (6).
Each station is shorter than the 7-minute UK average: practise being concise and getting to the point fast.
Interview timeline
When are City St George's, University of London medicine interviews?
| Invitations released | October to November |
|---|---|
| Interviews held | November to December |
| Delivery | In person MMI |
St George's runs some of the earliest interviews in the cycle, from November.
How interview waves work
Interview invitations are not sent in one batch. Schools release them in waves across the cycle, so the date you hear back depends as much on when your application was processed as on how strong it is.
- Most invitations go out in waves from November to January, with interviews held between late November and March.
- A quiet December does not mean a rejection. Later waves are normal, and some schools (Southampton, King's, Brunel) run well into the new year or beyond.
- When an invitation arrives you usually have to respond fast, often within two weeks, or the place is released.
- A handful of schools interview early: St George's from November, Oxford and Aberdeen in mid-December.
What changes year to year
The biggest change year to year is delivery mode. Many schools moved online during the pandemic; some have stayed online (Bristol, Glasgow, Keele, Nottingham, Plymouth, Aston), while others returned in person (Aberdeen, Leeds, Anglia Ruskin, St George's). Exact calendar dates move by a few weeks each cycle, but the month-level windows below have stayed stable.
Cross-checked for 2026 entry. Windows are month-level and describe the most recent (2026-entry) cycle. Exact dates shift by a few weeks each year and are confirmed only in a candidate's official invitation email. Always treat the invitation as the source of truth. The Medic Portal and Blue Peanut interview guides (2026 entry)
Assessment focus
What City St George's, University of London looks for
Real experiences
What applicants actually say about the City St George's, University of London interview
Gathered from applicant forums, weighted by how many independent sources agree. These are unverified community reports, not official university information, and can shift between cycles.
7 insights
Interviewer and student-helper demeanour is consistently described as warm and forgiving rather than intimidating, even when a station goes wrong: one 2025-entry offer holder described a timing mix-up on their first station ending in shared laughter, echoing an older report of interviewers and student volunteers being unusually friendly.
Several reports · 2 sources(spans several cycles)
Interviewer and student-helper demeanour is consistently described as warm and forgiving rather than intimidating, even when a station goes wrong: one 2025-entry offer holder described a timing mix-up on their first station ending in shared laughter, echoing an older report of interviewers and student volunteers being unusually friendly.
"My interview went well, first station I messed up and the interviewer messed up with the timings, but in the end everyone was laughing and smiling so it went well."
The Student Room, SGUL A100 2025 Offer Holder Chat (search-snippet paraphrase)"I had my interview last Thursday, it was great and the students were sooo friendly!"
The Student Room, st george's medical school interview thread (search-snippet paraphrase, 2009)Notice between invite and interview date can be short: one applicant reported a printed letter giving only about a week's notice, and in a recent remote cycle an invite email arrived mid-afternoon for a booking window only days out, though SGUL does release extra dates if the initial slots do not suit.
Several reports · 2 sources(spans several cycles)
Notice between invite and interview date can be short: one applicant reported a printed letter giving only about a week's notice, and in a recent remote cycle an invite email arrived mid-afternoon for a booking window only days out, though SGUL does release extra dates if the initial slots do not suit.
"received a letter in the post inviting them for an interview the following week with only one week notice"
The Student Room, A weeks notice for an interview? thread (search-snippet paraphrase)"invite received at 4:33pm with remote interview window scheduled for 9-11 December; emails state there will be more dates released to book onto if the existing available windows are not convenient"
The Student Room, Official SGUL A100 2026 Entry Applicants thread (search-snippet paraphrase)SGUL is one of the very few UK medical schools that has, in some cycles, opened Medicine places through UCAS Clearing (it did so in 2016, 2023 and 2024, and applicants track this closely each August since clearing spots for medicine are almost unheard of anywhere else), though it is never guaranteed and none appeared in 2025.
Several reports · 2 sources(spans several cycles)
SGUL is one of the very few UK medical schools that has, in some cycles, opened Medicine places through UCAS Clearing (it did so in 2016, 2023 and 2024, and applicants track this closely each August since clearing spots for medicine are almost unheard of anywhere else), though it is never guaranteed and none appeared in 2025.
"there had been clearing spots for both 2023 and 2024, but no mention of them in 2025 clearing"
The Student Room, Will St. George's enter Medicine Clearing? thread (search-snippet paraphrase, 2026)"1,825 calls by 11am on results day from students looking to gain a last-minute place on its 2016 medicine degree"
GPonline news report on SGUL's first medicine clearing roundFor 2026 entry St George's moved to a fully asynchronous SAMMI-Select interview: applicants record answers to fixed pre-set questions with a hard time limit per question and no follow-up prompts from a live interviewer, a real departure from the live MMI format used in prior cycles.
Single report(2026 entry)
For 2026 entry St George's moved to a fully asynchronous SAMMI-Select interview: applicants record answers to fixed pre-set questions with a hard time limit per question and no follow-up prompts from a live interviewer, a real departure from the live MMI format used in prior cycles.
"SGUL St. George's now uses the online SAMMI-select interview format, where you will have a fixed time for each question with no follow up questions... should practice speaking for approximately 4.5-5 minutes for every question... do not waffle, having a good structure will be key"
The Student Room, Official SGUL A100 2026 Entry Applicants thread (search-snippet paraphrase)St George's interviews a comparatively large share of its applicant pool rather than filtering hard pre-interview, so the post-interview rejection rate looks brutal on forums, with posters estimating only around 20 percent of interviewees get an offer, even though the school is not unusually selective overall.
Single report(older cycle)
St George's interviews a comparatively large share of its applicant pool rather than filtering hard pre-interview, so the post-interview rejection rate looks brutal on forums, with posters estimating only around 20 percent of interviewees get an offer, even though the school is not unusually selective overall.
"Only 20% of applicants received an offer after interview... St. George's interviews all the applicants who fulfill the entry requirements, so they have to reject a lot of people"
The Student Room, What's with the St.george's medicine rejections? thread (search-snippet paraphrase)Offer and rejection decisions go out on a rolling, staggered basis rather than all at once, so seeing other applicants post offers while you are still waiting is not itself bad news.
Single report(older cycle)
Offer and rejection decisions go out on a rolling, staggered basis rather than all at once, so seeing other applicants post offers while you are still waiting is not itself bad news.
"even if you see others getting offers, it doesn't mean yours isn't on its way, the only bad news is a rejection"
The Student Room, Has anyone received offers from St George's after interview? thread, quote from Lauren (3rd Year Biomedical Science Student, SGUL Official Rep)Community-tracked UCAT cutoffs move noticeably year to year: posters logged the school-leaver bar at roughly 2630 one cycle and around 2690 the next (old 3600-point scale), while some interview invites went to applicants scoring as high as 2900-2940.
Single report(spans several cycles)
Community-tracked UCAT cutoffs move noticeably year to year: posters logged the school-leaver bar at roughly 2630 one cycle and around 2690 the next (old 3600-point scale), while some interview invites went to applicants scoring as high as 2900-2940.
"the ucat cutoff was 2690 for school leavers, while 2630 was the cutoff the year before; one applicant reported getting an interview offer with 2920 UCAT B1 SJT, another with 2900 B3"
The Student Room, Official SGUL A100 2024/2025 Entry Applicants threads (search-snippet synthesis)Free prep guide
How to prepare for City St George's, University of London
- Each station is scored independently by a different assessor: a weak station doesn't sink the ones before or after it, so reset your mindset walking into each one.
- Stations are unusually short here: practise giving a complete, structured answer in under a minute so you don't get cut off mid-thought.
Verified against the university's own admissions page.
The Medic Portal: St George's interview guide (2026 intake), corroborating City St George's official selection-process page (merged with City, University of London in 2024)Researched 2026-07-03 for 2026 entry. Formats can change year to year: next check due 2026-09-01.
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