Institution requirements

University College London admissions-test requirements

Course- and entry-year-specific UCL records for TARA, LNAT, UCAT, and the scoped Medicine BMAT transition.

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.

Tests represented in this source set

This is not a complete course catalogue. It lists only the rows supported by the official institution records already held in this repository, including historic transitions where the institution states them.

University College London 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 College London · 2027 entry

Computer Science undergraduate programmes named on UCL's current tests page

Required for this row

UCL's tests page is the authority for which current Computer Science programmes use TARA. Confirm the exact programme and cycle before booking.

Policy owner: University College London
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

Computer-based admissions test administered through UAT-UK

Three timed modules

Critical Thinking
Problem Solving
Writing Task

Sitting constraints

Use the exact UCL programme page to confirm that the programme is in the tested group.
UCL owns this course requirement; the UAT-UK pages own registration and test format.
Do not transfer Oxford's TSA transition history to UCL.

Transition history

No transition is asserted for this row in the repository source set.

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University College London · 2027 entry

Undergraduate Law programmes named on UCL's current tests page

Required for this row

UCL's tests page is the authority for which undergraduate Law programmes require LNAT and for the applicable cycle.

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

Dates · 2027 entry

Use UCL's current tests page and exact programme page for the UCL-specific deadline.
This repository source set does not include a separate current LNAT registration-dates source; verify that cycle on the live test-owner site.

Format and modules

Computer-based law admissions test

95 minutes for Section A and 40 minutes for Section B

Section A: multiple-choice questions based on passages
Section B: essay

Sitting constraints

The requirement applies only to the UCL Law programmes named by UCL for this entry cycle.
Do not reuse Oxford's deadline for UCL.
The listed LNAT format source does not establish current sitting or resit rules; verify those rules separately before booking.

Transition history

No transition is asserted for this row in the repository source set.

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University College London · 2027 entry

Medicine MBBS

Required for this row

UCL's tests page is the requirement source; the UCAT Consortium is the test-cycle source.

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

Dates · 2027 entry

Use the UCAT Consortium's live annual dates page for registration, booking, and testing dates.
Confirm UCL's course and application deadlines separately.

Format and modules

The current UCAT 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 UCAT papers or modules are not reproduced without a test-owner format source

Sitting constraints

The requirement is scoped to UCL Medicine MBBS and the stated entry year.
The listed annual source establishes dates, not current attempt rules; verify those rules separately before booking.
Do not infer that every former BMAT course adopted UCAT.

Transition history

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

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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.

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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.

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.
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.
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.
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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