Preference Informed Allocation (PIA)
Will there be any change made to the PIA process for FP 2026, or will this remain the same?
The same PIA allocation method which was used for FP 2024 and FP 2025 will be used for FP 2026. There has been no change made to this process.
Every eligible applicant who remains in the Foundation Programme application process will be given a computer-generated rank by the Oriel system. The ranking will not be informed by performance at medical school.
The ranks will be generated when the allocation algorithm is run in Oriel. This takes place after Foundation School preferencing has closed and at the point that applicants are allocated to Foundation School.