Queen Mary University of London

Undergraduate applications

Undergraduate degree applications are made through UCAS using institution code Q50; applicants may choose up to five courses. The equal-consideration deadline for most courses is 13 January 2027 for 2027 entry; applications after this date are still considered for most courses. Medicine and dentistry follow the UCAS 15 October deadline, and applicants must sit the University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT). The five-year Medicine programme in Malta is applied for directly to Queen Mary rather than through UCAS. Applicants from Crimea/Sevastopol, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria contact the Admissions team to register interest. Every application is considered on its individual merits.

Typical offers and qualifications

Offers are normally made as three A-level grades, with course-specific grades and subject requirements given in the Course Finder; a Pass in the science practical endorsement is normally required. AS grades are not considered (except some Medicine and Dentistry applicants), and General Studies and Critical Thinking are not accepted by most courses. Five GCSEs at A*–C or 9–4 including English are normally expected. Equivalences used:

• International Baccalaureate: AAA = 36 points with 6,6,6 at Higher Level; AAB = 34 (6,6,5); ABB = 32 (6,5,5); BBB = 30 (5,5,5).
• European Baccalaureate: A*AA = 85%; AAA = 82%; AAB = 80%; ABB = 77%; BBB = 75%.
• Irish Leaving Certificate: AAA = H1, H1, H2, H2, H2; ABB = H1, H2, H2, H3, H3.
• Scottish Highers: generally one Advanced Higher alongside four Highers.
• BTEC (RQF), Access to HE Diplomas, T Levels and the Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate are considered for many courses; International BTECs are not currently accepted.

An Extended Project Qualification may lead to an alternative offer including an EPQ grade. Integrated foundation year programmes (four or five years) are applied for through UCAS.

Contextual admissions

Applicants' educational context may be taken into account. Eligibility indicators include home postcode and schools attended, care experience, participation in a Queen Mary access programme (such as Access to Queen Mary, Realising Opportunities or Pathways to Law), free school meals eligibility, estrangement, declared disability, and refugee or asylum-seeker status.

International undergraduate entry

Students come from over 162 countries and a wide range of international qualifications is accepted, with entry requirements listed by country or region. International A-levels from Pearson, AQA, LRN and OCR are routinely considered. The one-year International Foundation Year at Mile End offers Humanities and Social Sciences and Science and Engineering pathways with progression to more than 100 degree programmes; applications go directly to Queen Mary. Pre-Masters programmes prepare students for postgraduate study.

English language requirements

The minimum English language requirement at GCSE is grade C or 4. Requirements are set in bands by academic department, for example:

• Band 3: IELTS (Academic) 6.0 overall with 5.5 in each component.
• Band 4: IELTS (Academic) 6.5 overall with 6.0 in each component.
• Band 5: IELTS (Academic) 7.0 overall with 6.0 in each component.

Other tests are accepted as equivalents, and Pre-sessional English courses are available to those below the standard requirement.

Postgraduate taught entry

Applications for masters programmes are made online through the Apply now link on each course page; applicants may apply for up to two taught programmes (or one taught and one research) per cycle. Applications require transcripts and degree certificates (with certified translations where needed) and one or two references. For September 2026 entry, overseas applicants needing a Student visa apply by 1 September 2026, and Home applicants by 7 September 2026; some programmes set earlier deadlines. Some programmes require a non-refundable deposit at conditional offer stage.

Postgraduate research entry

The typical minimum entry requirement is a UK upper second class honours degree (2:1); some Schools and Institutes require a first class degree and/or a masters degree. Applicants are encouraged to contact a potential supervisor before applying. English language evidence can be provided after application.

CAS and visa

A Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) is issued only after an unconditional offer has been firmly accepted, any deposit paid and ATAS received where required; it can be issued up to six months before the course start. All overseas students requiring a Student route visa pay a £2,000 deposit to receive a CAS. The latest CAS issue dates are 14 September 2026 for September 2026 starts and 11 January 2027 for January 2027 starts.

• Mile End (east London): home to most academic schools in Humanities and Social Sciences and Science and Engineering, central administration, lecture theatres, the Mile End Library (open 8am to midnight), nearly 2,500 self-catering residence rooms on or near campus, shops, cafés, restaurants, a bar, gym, bookshop and bank; five minutes' walk from Mile End and Stepney Green Tube stations. Foundation and Pre-Masters students also study here.
• Whitechapel (east London): Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry beside the Royal London Hospital, including the Blizard Institute and the Institute of Health Sciences Education, the Whitechapel library (Garrod Building open 24/7) and a students' union with café, bar and bookshop.
• West Smithfield (City of London): St Bartholomew's Hospital, the West Smithfield Medical Library, the Clinical and Communications Skills Centre and cardiovascular, cancer, epidemiology and public health research facilities.
• Charterhouse Square (City of London): Barts Cancer Institute, William Harvey Research Institute and Wolfson Institute of Population Health, with the John Vane Science Centre and Joseph Rotblat Building.
• Lincoln's Inn Fields (Holborn): Postgraduate Law Centre and home of the Centre for Commercial Law Studies.
• Other UK sites: London City Institute of Technology (higher technical education and STEM apprenticeships) and Ilford (medical teaching with classroom and mock ward facilities).
• Residences: almost 3,000 bedrooms across Mile End, Whitechapel, Charterhouse Square and West Smithfield, all self-catered, from around £170 per week for a non-ensuite room; postgraduate housing at Aspire Point (Stratford), Blithehale Court (Bethnal Green) and Sherren House (Stepney Green); family and accessible rooms available.
• Overseas: University of London Institute in Paris (7th arrondissement); medical school campus in Victoria, Gozo, Malta (from September 2017); joint programmes with Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanchang University and Northwestern Polytechnical University, China.

A free on-campus Student Health Service offers medical services including immunisation and psychological counselling.