Official: University of Aberdeen A100 2024 Entry Applicants

roughly when do interviews start to get allocated for aberdeen?

Hi all does Aberdeen favour Scottish applicants?

Hi all does Aberdeen favour Scottish applicants?

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Is there a good chance of interview with Aberdeen

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Hi, thanks for your question. We don’t favour Scottish students as all applications are judged fairly regardless of background, but we do have more places to offer Scottish students. For the 2023 intake we had 254 places for Scottish candidates, 25 for the rest of the UK or the Republic of Ireland, and 19 for International students coming from other countries. These numbers of places are set by the Scottish government and not something the university has control over, and they ensure that a number of students from all groups have the opportunity to study Medicine. The numbers for the 2024 intake have not been confirmed yet as far as I am aware but we may be able to update you on them when they have been. I hope that this is helpful to know!

- Matthew, Enquiry Team

That is interesting, as the Scottish Funding Council Intake Targets for medicine states "Once again, in AY 2023-24 there will be no specific Scottish domicile targets", so does that mean Aberdeen are using their own targets, and if so, are they published anywhere? Thanks

We always aim to be as transparent as possible, and the intake numbers we are working towards are published on our website as soon as they are agreed with the SFC. For 2024 entry, at the moment, we will be working towards the same numbers as this year whilst we await SFC confirmation. Hope this makes things a bit more clear!

- Matthew, Enquiry Team

Last year, the SFC had no quota for Scottish (and hence RUK) applicants, but it looks like you are saying Aberdeen had imposed one? So from what you are saying, they are doing the same this year, can you confirm? Thanks
https://www.sfc.ac.uk/publications-statistics/announcements/2023/SFCAN102023.aspx

Small numbers of available places can mean big swings in cut offs, given it takes very few people to skew the stats

As we've put in our previous comment, our numbers were agreed with SFC. There are no specific targets published in the document you refer to but you are quoting one sentence, and numbers will be published in time. We would recommend getting in touch with SFC if you have questions regarding their publications. We cannot confirm the numbers at this time but we will be working towards the above numbers until we hear otherwise.

- Matthew, Enquiry Team

Dear Admission team, I found IB requirements below from the web site. I am an international student and studying
1) Chem HL
2) Bio HL
3) Econ HL
4) Math SL
5) Eng SL
6) Chinese SL

Am I meet the "IB must offer Chemistry plus one further science at HL and one further science at SL" requirement? Thanks.

Typical IB Offer
36 points overall (including core), with 3 appropriate subjects at HL each to achieve grade 6 and 3 appropriate subjects at SL (see below) with an average of 6.
To be considered:

Achieve /be predicted to achieve 3 subjects at Higher Level (HL) at Grade 6 or better:

Chemistry is required
One of Maths/ Biology/Physics
One other subject
plus 3 other subjects (including one science if 3 not offered at HL) at Standard Level at an average of Grade 6.

IB must offer Chemistry plus one further science at HL and one further science at SL
We will accept SL and HL grades for both the ‘Analysis and approaches’ and ‘applications and interpretation’ pathways to meet our entry requirements.
Maths studies is not considered a science.

Hello, thanks for posting your question! I see your confusion on whether this fulfils the science requirements and unfortunately I won’t be able to get you an absolute answer here. The best thing to do to get an answer on if you fulfil certain entry requirements would be to get in contact with our medical admissions team directly, and you get do this by emailing [email protected] with your question. Please note that they won’t be able to confirm if we would accept you as they would need to review an application for this, but they will be able to advise of these subjects fulfil the IB requirements we’re looking for or not. All the best with making your applications!

- Matthew, Enquiry Team