Dear Sera Yu,
I refer to your email of 9 September and, on behalf of the University, I acknowledge receipt and confirm that your request is being dealt with in terms of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. In terms of the Act, a reply will be sent to you as soon as possible and within the statutory timescales.

Yours sincerely,
Mary Sabiston
Information Compliance Officer
University of Aberdeen

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Dear Sera Yu,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST FOI 2021-252

I refer to your email of 9 September 2021 requesting information relating to Medical School admissions.
Your request has now been considered under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, ‘the Act’.

1. For international students applying for undergraduate medicine A100 for the previous 4 admission cycles:
i) Total number of applications
ii) Total number of interviews
iii) Total number of offers

Questions 1 i) – iii)

This information is published on our website, available from the following link:
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/smmsn/undergradua...

iv) Lowest and highest UCAT score for offer holders as well as those receiving interview offers

This information is published on our website, available from the following link:
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/smmsn/undergradua...

v) Are there any contextual criteria for international students? If so, what are they?

There are no contextual criteria for international students.

vi) UCAT cutoff or threshold if available.

This information is published on our website, available from the following link:
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/smmsn/undergradua...

2. Are international applicants from different regions considered in the same application pool or different application pool? If so, could you clarify the pools?

All applicants who are deemed international fees are considered for our 19 international seats regardless of their country of domicile, as long as they have met our minimum entry requirements. They are not split into pools. Applications are assessed on academic achievement/predicted grades, UCAT score and if invited to interview – interview performance.

Where we have indicated that the information you have requested is published on our website the information is otherwise available and exempt from disclosure, in terms of section 25(1) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 – Information otherwise available. If you have any difficulties accessing our website please let us know.

Should you be dissatisfied with this response, you have the right to request a review. A request for review must be made within 40 working days of the receipt of this reply. It must include your name and address for correspondence and specify the request for information and the grounds for dissatisfaction with the decision. Please send your request for review to [University of Aberdeen request email].

If you are unhappy with the outcome of the University’s internal review, you have the right to appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner within six months of the receipt of the University’s review response. Details on how to make an appeal to the Commissioner are available at www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal. Should you be dissatisfied with the Commissioner’s decision, you have a right of appeal to the Court of Session on a point of law.

Yours sincerely,
Mary Sabiston
Information Compliance Officer
University of Aberdeen

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