UK admissions
UK admissions tests by course and entry year
Check current UK admissions tests and historic test-name transitions using dated official records tied to the institution, course, and entry year.
Sources last checked 2026-08-14
Check the exact course before booking.
The test owner controls the test; the institution controls whether your course requires it and by when.
Current test records
Start with the test named by the exact course page. Each guide separates test-owner facts from the institution's requirement and clearly marks details that the listed sources do not establish.
TMUA
Test of Mathematics for University Admission
Owner: UAT-UK
ESAT
Engineering and Science Admissions Test
Owner: UAT-UK
TARA
Test of Academic Reasoning for Admissions
Owner: UAT-UK
LNAT
National Admissions Test for Law
Owner: LNAT Consortium
UCAT
University Clinical Aptitude Test
Owner: UCAT Consortium
STEP
Sixth Term Examination Paper Mathematics
Owner: OCR
GAMSAT
Graduate Medical School Admissions Test
Owner: ACER
Historic names and scoped transitions
These pages help when an old prospectus or search result names MAT, PAT, TSA, BMAT, or UKCAT. A transition recorded for one university and course is never a universal mapping.
MAT
Historic MAT lookup for Oxford's named 2027-entry mathematical courses. The row points to TMUA only for that Oxford scope, never as a universal replacement.
PAT
Historic PAT lookup for Oxford's named 2027-entry science and engineering courses. The row points to course-specified ESAT modules only for that Oxford scope.
TSA
Historic TSA lookup for Oxford's named 2027-entry reasoning-test courses. The row points to TARA only for that Oxford scope.
BMAT
Historic BMAT lookup with separate Oxford Medicine and UCL Medicine rows. Each points to UCAT only for that institution and course.
UKCAT
Historic-name lookup for applicants who encounter UKCAT in old course material. Current annual test information is published under UCAT.
Free tools built on these records
Four tools read the same rows and combine them with values you type: a requirement finder, a deadline checklist, a pacing calculator, and an exam-date planner. Each runs on the server and works with JavaScript switched off.
Course and test requirement finder
Filter the recorded institution, course, and entry-year rows to see which admissions test each row names, and which official source establishes it.
Admissions-test deadline checklist
Turn the recorded date guidance and sitting constraints for your institution and test into an ordered checklist, then order your own registration, sitting, and application dates against it.
Admissions-test pacing calculator
Split the time you were given across the sections you are sitting, with quarter-way checkpoints, using the module list only where an official source establishes it.
Exam-date study planner
Count the whole weeks between the start date and sitting date you enter, then walk the recorded preparation order across those weeks.
Institution requirement records
Only institutions backed by an official institution source in this repository appear here. Missing institutions are not implied to have no test requirement.
Official sources
Each link goes to the official test owner, institution, or official report. A test-owner page does not establish a university course requirement; that requires an institution source.
- UAT-UK Annual Report 2025–26: Candidate Data
UAT-UK · checked 2026-08-11 · next review 2027-08-01
Use only for dated UAT-UK candidate data. It does not establish that a particular course requires a test.
- TARA: Test of Academic Reasoning for Admissions
UAT-UK · checked 2026-08-11 · next review 2026-09-01
Use for the current TARA structure. Course requirements still need an institution source.
- UAT-UK registration and fees
UAT-UK · checked 2026-08-11 · next review 2026-09-01
Use the live page for TMUA, ESAT, and TARA registration, booking, testing, and fee details. Do not infer a course requirement from registration information.
- Admissions tests
University of Oxford · checked 2026-08-11 · next review 2026-09-01
Use only for Oxford entry-year and course requirements. It must not be generalized to other universities or courses.
- LNAT test format
LNAT Consortium · checked 2026-08-11 · next review 2026-09-01
Use for the current two-part LNAT format. Institution-specific deadlines and requirements need an institution source.
- Law Admissions Report 2025
University of Oxford Faculty of Law · checked 2026-08-11 · next review 2027-08-01
Use as a dated Oxford Law admissions report, not as the source of future-cycle deadlines.
- STEP Mathematics key dates and fees
OCR · checked 2026-08-11 · next review 2026-09-01
Use for the published STEP cycle's dates and fees. A university course page or offer remains the authority for whether a STEP paper or grade is required; this source record does not establish the test format.
- UCAT 2026 test dates
UCAT Consortium · checked 2026-08-11 · next review 2026-09-01
Use for the named 2026 UCAT cycle and current UCAT naming. It does not establish the test format or a course requirement; course requirements still need the institution's page.
- GAMSAT Information Booklet
ACER · checked 2026-08-11 · next review 2026-09-01
Use for the booklet's named administration cycle. Institution-specific score validity and requirements must come from the chosen course.
- Tests, tasks and interviews
University College London · checked 2026-08-11 · next review 2026-09-01
Use only for UCL courses and the entry cycle stated by UCL. It must not be generalized to other institutions.
Sources and corrections
Next source review 2026-09-01These records are dated snapshots of official pages. The live test-owner and institution pages win if a requirement, module, deadline, or sitting rule changes. Send the exact page and row when reporting a correction.