UCAS - Admissions Tests

Make sure you know if you need to take an admissions test

Some universities and colleges require you to pass an admissions test as well as hold standard qualifications if you are applying for courses in certain subjects. The details for some of these tests are provided below. Click on the test name to find out which universities and colleges are using the test.
Other admissions tests may be required which are not listed on this page. We have drawn up a list of those which have been declared to UCAS by universities and colleges, but you should also check the Entry Profiles for your chosen course(s) on Course Search, contact your chosen universities and colleges, or check their websites
BioMedical Admissions Test (BMAT)
For entry to medicine, veterinary medicine and biomedical science courses.

Classics Admissions Tests (CATS)
For entry to any course including Classics at the University of Oxford.

English Literature Admissions Test (ELAT)
For entry to English courses at the University of Oxford.

Graduate Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT)
For graduate entry into medicine and dentistry courses.

History Aptitude Test (HAT)
For entry to all degrees involving history at the University of Oxford.

Health Professions Admissions Test (HPAT)
For entry to certain medical courses at the University of Ulster.

The National Admissions Test for Law (LNAT)
For entry to law.

Mathematics Aptitude Test (MAT)
For entry to mathematics or computer science, or a joint honours degree involving mathematics at the University of Oxford.

Modern and Medieval Languages Test (MML)
For entry to modern and medieval languages at the University of Cambridge.

Modern Languages Admissions Tests (MLAT)
For entry to any course including a modern language at the University of Oxford.

Physics Aptitude Test (PAT)
For entry to physics, or a joint degree involving physics at the University of Oxford.

Sixth Term Examination Papers (STEP)
For entry to mathematics at the University of Cambridge, University College London and University of Warwick.

Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA Cambridge)
For entry to computer science, natural sciences, engineering, economics, land economy and politics, psychology and sociology (PPS) at a number of University of Cambridge colleges.

Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA Oxford)
For entry to philosophy, politics and economics (PPE), economics and management (E&M), experimental psychology (EP) or psychology and philosophy at the University of Oxford.

Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA UCL)
For entry to European social and political studies at University College London (UCL).

UK Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT)
For entry to medical and dental schools.

Institutions' own tests
A list of admissions tests which have been declared to us by universities and colleges.