2 September 2022
By email:
[FYI request #20174 email]
Dear J. Lee
I refer to your information request dated 8 August 2022 made under the Official Information Act
1982. You have requested information in relation to entry to the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS)
and Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB) programmes via the Health Sciences
First Year (HSFY) category for International Students.
Please see our response to your question below.
The median score for entry into the health professional programmes of MB ChB and BDS
for international students from HSFY in the past 5 years
Subject to the following comment, please see the below table which shows the median average
academic scores to enter the MB ChB and BDS programmes via the HSFY category for International
Students over the past 5 years:
• please note that for HSFY, selection is based on an applicant’s average academic score
across their best seven papers. Prior to 2020 admissions, this average academic score was
combined with the applicant’s UMAT score, and selection was based upon this combined
score.
Median average academic score to enter programme
(HSFY, International Students)
Year
BDS
MB ChB
2018
81.00
88.00
2019
86.00
85.00
2020
82.00
89.00
2021
87.00
95.00
2022
81.00
84.00
I trust you will find this information helpful.
Yours sincerely
Kelsey Kennard
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator
Office of the Registrar