UCAT Score Converter (2026 and 2027 Entry) – Convert Raw to Scaled Scores Instantly

Convert your UCAT raw score into a scaled score instantly using our free UCAT score converter. Updated for 2026 entry.

^{Estimated score based on recent UCAT data (2026). Actual scores may vary slightly.}

When doing UCAT mock tests, you’ll often get a raw score (for example, 36/44 in Verbal Reasoning). However, the UCAT uses a scaled scoring system from 300–900 per section, which isn’t directly published.

This UCAT score converter uses the most up-to-date data to estimate how raw scores translate into scaled scores for 2026 entry. Our estimates are intentionally conservative, meaning your real UCAT score may be slightly higher.

You can also:

• Compare your score to the old UCAT scoring system (/3600)
• Estimate your percentile based on recent UCAT performance data

How is the UCAT Scored in 2026?

The University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) is made up of four cognitive subtests, each scored on a scale from 300 to 900, giving a total score out of 2700. However, each section contains a different number of questions—for example, Verbal Reasoning has 44 questions, while Decision Making has 35, which means your raw score is converted into a scaled UCAT score to ensure fairness.

The final section, the Situational Judgement Test (SJT), is scored differently. Instead of a numerical score, it is graded into Band 1 (highest) to Band 4 (lowest) based on your performance across 69 questions.

Because converting raw marks into scaled scores isn’t straightforward, many students find it difficult to estimate their final result. That’s why we’ve created the UCAT score converter above, along with this guide, to help you accurately understand and convert your UCAT score for 2026 entry.

UCAT Sub-Section	Number of Questions	Score Range
Verbal Reasoning	44	300-900
Decision Making	35	300-900
Quantitative Reasoning	36	300-900
Situational Judgement Test	69	Band 1-4

How UCAT Raw Scores Are Converted to Scaled Scores

Your raw UCAT score is simply the number of questions you answer correctly in each subtest. However, this is not the score you receive on test day. Instead, your raw score is converted into a scaled UCAT score between 300 and 900 for each section.

This conversion process is used to ensure fairness across different test versions. Since some UCAT exam papers may be slightly more difficult than others, the test uses a statistical scaling method to adjust scores so that all candidates are assessed on an equal level.

As a result, two candidates with the same raw score in different test sessions may receive slightly different scaled scores. This is why it’s difficult to estimate your final UCAT score without using a UCAT score converter.

In general:

• Higher raw scores lead to higher scaled scores
• The exact conversion varies slightly each year
• Each subtest is scaled independently

To help you estimate your score more accurately, you can use the UCAT calculator above or refer to the conversion tables below, which are based on official data and previous years’ results.

UCAT Raw Score Conversion Table

If you’re old-fashioned and prefer a table format, please use the table below to easily convert your raw marks into a scaled score for each section of the UCAT.

UCAT Score	Verbal Reasoning (total: 44 marks)	Decision Making (total: 35 marks)	Quantitative Reasoning (total: 36 marks)
300	0	0	0
330	6	4	4
350	8	5	5
380	9	6	6
400	11	7	8
430	12	9	10
450	14	10	12
480	15	12	14
500	17	13	16
530	18	14	17
550	20	15	18
580	21	17	19
600	23	18	20
630	25	19	21
650	27	20	22
680	28	22	23
700	30	23	24
730	32	24	25
750	33	25	26
780	34	26	27
800	36	27	28
830	37	29	29
850	38	30	30
880	39	31	31
900	41+	32+	33+

UCAT Percentage to Scaled Score

To convert your percentage on any of the UCAT subsections to a scaled score out of 900, you can use the helpful table below. Of course, it’s all up to date for 2026.

UCAT Score	Verbal Reasoning	Decision Making	Quantitative Reasoning
300	0%	0%	0%
330	14%	11%	11%
350	18%	14%	14%
380	20%	17%	17%
400	25%	20%	22%
430	27%	26%	28%
450	32%	29%	33%
480	34%	34%	39%
500	39%	37%	44%
530	41%	40%	47%
550	45%	43%	50%
580	48%	49%	53%
600	52%	51%	56%
630	57%	54%	58%
650	61%	57%	61%
680	64%	63%	64%
700	68%	66%	67%
730	73%	69%	69%
750	75%	71%	72%
780	77%	74%	75%
800	82%	77%	78%
830	84%	83%	81%
850	86%	86%	83%
880	89%	89%	86%
900	93%	91%	92%

UCAT Situational Judgement (SJT) Score Conversion

The UCAT SJT has a total of 69 questions, so when you’re practising, you’ll get raw scores out of 69 in mock tests. To figure out how this would convert to a band (official UCAT score), you can use the helpful table below. We’ve made this table based on historical data, using the most up-to-date information for 2026. As UCAT does not officially release their score conversions, the SJT score conversions we have are estimated.

UCAT SJT Band	Raw SJT Score
Band 1	56-69
Band 2	37-55
Band 3	19-36
Band 4	0-18

What’s a Good UCAT Score?

The UCAT score you need to get into medicine in the UK will vary based on what university you’re applying to, whether you’re a home or international student, whether you’re applying for undergraduate or post-graduate entry, and whether or not you qualify for contextual offers.

Typically, a very good UCAT score is one in the top decile (top 10%), which in 2023 was 2890. However, even a score in the top 10% won’t necessarily guarantee you interviews. Some universities will have UCAT cut-off scores even higher than the top decile, while others may place a large emphasis on other factors such as academic performance and medical work experience. For example, Bristol had a UCAT threshold of 2910 to be invited to interview for 2023 entry.

It’s crucial that your application for medical or dental school is well-rounded and you’re ready for each part of the application process. Our affordable application packages prepare you every step of the way, from one-to-one doctor-led mentoring, to expert UCAT tuition, personal statement reviews, and university-specific interview mentoring. Be sure to check them out to give yourself the best chance at getting in!

UCAT Deciles 2026

How UCAT Deciles Actually Work and Why They Can Be Confusing

When people hear ‘deciles,’ they usually think of 10 equal groups (0–10%, 10–20%, …, 90–100%). But the UCAT doesn’t report deciles in that standard way.

Instead of showing bands, UCAT reports decile thresholds.

That means each ‘decile’ tells you the percentile cutoff you’ve reached — not the exact range you fall into.

For example:

• If you’re in Decile 8, it means your score is at or above the 80th percentile
• If you’re in Decile 9, it means you’re at or above the 90th percentile (top 10%)

This is why UCAT only lists deciles 1–9:

• Decile 1 = 10th percentile
• Decile 9 = 90th percentile

The bottom 0–9% isn’t labelled as a decile at all, which is why it looks like there’s a missing group.

UCAT Decile	Percentile cut-off	Who this includes	Total score (2025)
1	10th percentile	~10–19%	1580
2	20th percentile	~20–29%	1680
3	30th percentile	~30–39%	1760
4	40th percentile	~40–49%	1820
5	50th percentile	~50–59%	1880
6	60th percentile	~60–69%	1950
7	70th percentile	~70–79%	2010
8	80th percentile	~80–89%	2100
9	90th percentile	90–100% (top 10%)	2220

Why This Isn’t ‘Normal’ Deciles

• The lowest possible section score is 300
• But in 2025, you needed roughly ~500+ in a section just to reach the 1st decile (10th percentile)

The easiest way to interpret your UCAT decile is:

“I scored at least at this percentile.”

So:

• Decile 6 → at least average
• Decile 8 → top ~20%
• Decile 9 → top 10%

Visualising UCAT Deciles

How to read this

• Each decile sits at a cutoff point, not a range
• Example:
  • D6 = you scored at least at the 60th percentile
  • D9 = you’re at or above the 90th percentile (top 10%)

UCAT Decile Rankings 2026

As we’ve stated above, a very good UCAT score is typically in the top decile. This means that a good score can vary each year.

In 2026, the UCAT decile rankings are predicted to be similar to previous years. Scores in the top 20% and even top 30% (top 2 to 3 deciles) will give you a fair number of universities to choose from when applying to medical or dental school.

You can find the last 8 years’ decile rankings in the table below. Once you’ve converted the scores from your mock tests, you can get an idea of where you sit decile-wise. If your converted scores are in the 8th or 9th decile during preparation, you’re doing fantastic! If not, don’t worry – keep focusing on your weaker areas.

The UCAT is not a hard exam, but time restraints make it really tricky to achieve a good score. You can download our free UCAT revision timetable for a day-by-day guide on how to improve your score, and consider UCAT tutoring if you’re struggling to improve your score on your own.

Decile Rank	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018
1st	1580	2140	2150	2120	2150	2170	2170	2160
2nd	1680	2260	2270	2250	2270	2290	2280	2280
3rd	1760	2360	2360	2340	2360	2370	2360	2360
4th	1820	2440	2440	2420	2430	2450	2420	2420
5th	1880	2520	2510	2500	2500	2510	2480	2490
6th	1950	2590	2580	2570	2570	2580	2540	2550
7th	2010	2680	2660	2660	2640	2650	2610	2610
8th	2100	2780	2760	2750	2730	2730	2730	2690
9th	2220	2920	2890	2880	2850	2850	2800	2810

In 2025, the Abstract Reasoning section was removed from the UCAT. The information below shows how candidates would have performed in past test cycles (2019-2024) if Abstract Reasoning scores were not included.

To assist you in making informed university choices, it may be helpful to understand how your test results compare to the overall performance of candidates. Additionally, you might find it useful to see how your score aligns with those used by universities in previous years.

Decile Rank	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
1st	1580	1590	1560	1580	1600	1600
2nd	1670	1680	1650	1670	1690	1690
3rd	1740	1740	1720	1740	1750	1740
4th	1810	1800	1780	1790	1810	1800
5th	1860	1860	1840	1840	1860	1840
6th	1920	1910	1890	1900	1910	1890
7th	1980	1970	1950	1950	1960	1940
8th	2060	2050	2030	2020	2030	2000
9th	2170	2150	2130	2120	2120	2090

UCAT SJT Band Rankings

For the UCAT SJT, deciles aren’t released as the scoring is slightly different. Instead, we know what percentage of applicants got each band in the SJT. You can find this information for the last 8 years below. Based on this, we would expect around 15-30% of test-sitters to achieve a Band 1 (the highest band) in 2026.

	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018
Band 1	21%	13%	25%	20%	14%	30%	17%	21%
Band 2	39%	36%	39%	36%	36%	36%	40%	34%
Band 3	29%	38%	26%	31%	33%	24%	33%	32%
Band 4	10%	13%	9%	14%	16%	9%	10%	12%

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