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Oxford Medicine and UCL Medicine each moved from BMAT to UCAT, and each move is recorded here against its own institution source. Every other former BMAT course has to be checked separately, because each row points to UCAT only for its own institution and course.

Sources last checked 2026-08-11

What this record establishes

Owner
Each institution for its own scoped transition
Dates
2027 entry transition record
Format
Set by the live test-owner specification
Status
Historic transition

Registration and sitting dates for 2027 entry transition record

Dates change by cycle. Follow the live official pages named below, then check the exact institution deadline rather than copying a date from another course.

  • There is no current sitting on this historic hub.
  • Use the linked institution source and current-test page for the applicable cycle.

Format and modules

What the official sources listed on this page establish about delivery, timing, and papers or modules.

Delivery
BMAT is represented here as a historic transition record, not a current booking route
Timing
No current sitting

Papers or modules

  • No current modules are published on this transition hub

Scope of this format record

  • Use the scoped institution and course record to identify the current test; do not apply the transition to other institutions.

Preparation order

Verify the booking decision first. Preparation advice cannot repair a test choice made for the wrong course, entry year, or module combination.

  1. 1Open the Oxford Medicine or the UCL Medicine row first; each university recorded its own change, and the two rows are not interchangeable.
  2. 2Prepare for UCAT rather than a BMAT sitting once your institution's row matches your course.
  3. 3Check every other former BMAT institution separately; this registry makes no universal replacement claim.

The test these rows now name

Taken from the transition rows on this page only: for each institution and course group that moved, this is what the registry establishes about the test it moved to.

  • UCAT

    University Clinical Aptitude Test

    Owner: UCAT Consortium

    The current papers and timing come from the live test-owner specification.

    UCAT guide

Institution and course records

Read the institution, exact course scope, and entry year together. A row is not a rule for a different course or university.

University of Oxford · 2027 entry

Medicine

Historic transition

Historic Oxford Medicine transition hub. The current scoped test is UCAT.

Policy owner
University of Oxford
Last checked
2026-08-11
Next review
2026-09-01

Dates · 2027 entry transition record

  • There is no current sitting on this historic hub.
  • Use the linked institution source and current-test page for the applicable cycle.

Format and modules

BMAT is represented here as a historic transition record, not a current booking route

No current sitting

  • No current modules are published on this transition hub

Sitting constraints

  • Do not prepare for BMAT for Oxford Medicine in the stated entry year.
  • Use the scoped Oxford UCAT record and current annual UCAT source.
  • Do not infer the same transition for every former BMAT institution.

Transition history

  • bmat → ucat

    This transition is recorded only for Oxford Medicine. Other former BMAT users must be checked separately.

Open the primary official source

University College London · 2027 entry

Medicine MBBS

Historic transition

Historic UCL Medicine transition hub. The current scoped test is UCAT.

Policy owner
University College London
Last checked
2026-08-11
Next review
2026-09-01

Dates · 2027 entry transition record

  • There is no current sitting on this historic hub.
  • Use the linked institution source and current-test page for the applicable cycle.

Format and modules

BMAT is represented here as a historic transition record, not a current booking route

No current sitting

  • No current modules are published on this transition hub

Sitting constraints

  • Do not prepare for BMAT for UCL Medicine MBBS in the stated entry year.
  • Use the scoped UCL UCAT record and current annual UCAT source.
  • Do not infer the same transition for every former BMAT institution.

Transition history

  • bmat → ucat

    This transition is recorded only for UCL Medicine. Other former BMAT users must be checked separately.

Open the primary official source

Scope of this record

This is a scoped transition record.

A change recorded for one institution, course group, and entry year is not a universal test replacement.

Related test records

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.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

Sources and corrections

Next source review 2026-09-01

These 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.

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