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Dates and deadlines

Current test

ESAT dates for UK admissions

ESAT registration and sitting date sources for 2027 entry, with separate checks for institution and course deadlines.

Sources last checked 2026-08-11

Check the exact course before booking.

The test owner controls the test; the institution controls whether your course requires it and by when.

Dates for 2027 entry

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

  • Use the live UAT-UK registration page for registration, booking, testing, and fee dates.
  • Check the institution course page before booking because the required test and module combination are course-specific.

Course records that control the deadline

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

Biomedical Sciences; Engineering Science; Materials Science; Physics; Physics and Philosophy

Required for this row

Oxford lists ESAT for these named courses for 2027 entry, with modules determined by the course. Confirm the live Oxford table before booking modules.

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

Dates · 2027 entry

  • Use the live UAT-UK registration page for registration, booking, testing, and fee dates.
  • Check the institution course page before booking because the required test and module combination are course-specific.

Format and modules

The current ESAT delivery method is not asserted from the official source records available in this repository

Current timing is not asserted from the available source records

  • Current ESAT papers or modules are not reproduced without a test-owner format source

Sitting constraints

  • The required ESAT module combination is controlled by the exact Oxford course; do not select modules from this grouped label alone.
  • The Oxford course list is the scope of this row; other institutions may use different ESAT modules or no ESAT.
  • Use the UAT-UK booking window for the 2027-entry cycle.

Transition history

  • patesat

    Oxford's named 2027-entry course group moved from PAT to course-specified ESAT modules. This is not a universal PAT-to-ESAT rule.

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. 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.

  2. 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.

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.