If you apply for a course that requires an admissions test, you’ll need to check the registration deadline for the test, when you will sit it, and what it includes, as well as the deadline for your UCAS application.
Many courses that require you to sit a test have a 16 October UCAS application deadline, but your course may be different, so it’s important you check key dates and deadlines. To see if your course requires you to sit an admissions test, check the course description in the search tool.
Most admissions tests happen between August and November the year before you're due to start your studies – some even earlier, before you’ve sent your UCAS application!
Course-related admissions tests
Law
Mathematics
- Mathematics Admissions Test (MAT)
- Sixth Term Examination Paper (STEP)
- Test of Mathematics for University Admissions
Medical courses
- BioMedical Admissions Test (BMAT)
- Graduate Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT)
- University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT)
Thinking Skills Assessment
University admissions tests
University of Cambridge
If you're considering a course at the University of Cambridge, you will need to check whether you need to sit an admissions test.
It may be that you have to sit an assessment before your interview, or at the interview stage of the application process. To do this, you'll need to register separately to your UCAS application – the deadlines for these vary, so make sure you check the university’s website.
The deadlines for registrations are as follows:
29 September at 18:00 (UK time)
In addition to your UCAS application, you will also need to complete a Supplementary Application Questionnaire (SAQ).
Applicants from outside of the EU are also required to complete a Cambridge Online Preliminary Application (COPA).
The University of Cambridge runs the following assessments as part of their application process:
- University of Cambridge pre-registration assessments
- BioMedical Admissions Test (BMAT)
- Sixth Term Examination Paper (STEP)
- Cambridge Law Test
- Other course-specific admissions tests
Full details of the tests you will need to sit as part of your application can be found in the course description in our search tool.
University of Oxford
If you’re thinking of applying to the University of Oxford, there’s a very high chance you will need to sit an admissions test. The majority of courses require them, but check the course description in our search tool to be sure.
You will need to register separately to your UCAS application to sit the exam. The deadlines for registrations are as follows:
29 September at 18:00 (UK time)
5 October at 18:00 (UK time):
- LNAT – National Admissions Test for Law
- 29 September at 18:00 (UK time):
Full details of the tests you will need to sit as part of your application can be found in the course description in our search tool.
Other course providers' admissions tests
Click the providers below to find out which of their courses have an associated admissions test.
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Bedford College
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Birkbeck, University of London
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Birmingham Metropolitan College (Formerly Matthew Boulton College)
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Bishop Grosseteste University
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University of Bolton
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Bournemouth University
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Bradford College
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British School of Osteopathy
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Brunel University
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Buckinghamshire New University
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University of Cambridge
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Cardiff University
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City University London
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University of Cumbria
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Dearne Valley College
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De Montfort University
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University of Dundee
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Edge Hill University
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The University of Edinburgh
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The University of Essex
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Glasgow Caledonian University
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The University of Gloucestershire
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Goldsmiths, University of London
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University of Greenwich
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Hackney Community College
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Heart of Worcestershire College (formerly known as North East Worcestershire College & Worcestershire College of Technology)
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University of Hertfordshire
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The University of Hull
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Kensington and Chelsea College
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The University of Kent
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King's College London (University of London)
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Kingston University
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Kirklees College
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Lancaster University
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Liverpool John Moores University
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London Metropolitan University
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London South Bank University
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The Manchester Metropolitan University
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University of Manchester
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MidKent College
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New College Durham
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New College Telford
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University of Northampton
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University of Nottingham
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Nottingham Trent University
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University of Oxford
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Pearson College
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Plymouth University
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University of Portsmouth
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Ruskin College Oxford
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St Helens University Centre
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The University of Salford
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South & City College Birmingham
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University of South Wales
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Teesside University
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Wakefield College
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University of the West of Scotland
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University of Westminster
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York College