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

Step 1: Choosing courses

Some universities and colleges require you to pass an admissions test as well as 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 below to find out which universities and colleges are using the test.

Other admissions tests may be required which are not listed on this page. Please 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 and veterinary schools.

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

Graduate Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT)
For entry into medicine.

History Aptitude Test (HAT)
For entry to modern history and joint honours degrees involving modern 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.

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

Sixth Term Examination Papers (STEP)
For entry to mathematics at the University of Cambridge.

Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA Cambridge)
For entry to computer science, natural sciences, engineering and economics at the University of Cambridge.

Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA Oxford), formerly known as the PPE Admissions Test
For entry to the philosophy, politics and economics, and the economics and management courses 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.

Admissions test guides on www.ucasbooks.com

Our online bookstore contains useful guides for many of the admissions tests listed on this site. Go to the UCAS bookstore to find out more.