PAT dates for UK admissions

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

Sources last checked 2026-08-11

This is a scoped transition record.

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

Dates for 2027 entry transition record

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.

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

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

Historic transition

Historic Oxford transition hub. The current scoped record is ESAT, with modules controlled by the exact Oxford course.

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

PAT 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 book or prepare for PAT for this Oxford 2027-entry course group.
Open the scoped ESAT record and confirm the exact course-specific modules.
Do not apply this Oxford transition to another institution.

Transition history

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

Open the primary official source

ESAT

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.

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.

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