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UCAT is owned by the UCAT Consortium, which publishes the annual registration, booking, testing, and fee dates, and both Oxford and UCL list it for 2027-entry Medicine. Section and timing detail comes from the current annual test-owner specification, which sits outside the source set recorded here, and former BMAT use is recorded institution by institution.

Sources last checked 2026-08-11

What this record establishes

Owner
UCAT Consortium
Dates
2027 entry
Format
Set by the live test-owner specification
Status
Current test

Registration and sitting dates for 2027 entry

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.

  • Use the UCAT Consortium's live annual page for registration, booking, testing, and fee dates.
  • Confirm each medicine or dentistry course requirement separately.

Format and modules

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

Delivery
The current UCAT delivery method is not asserted from the official source records available in this repository
Timing
Current timing is not asserted from the available source records

Papers or modules

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

Scope of this format record

  • Use the live test-owner specification before choosing preparation material.
  • The institution record establishes only the scoped course requirement; it is not a general format source.

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. 1Obtain the current annual test-owner specification before choosing sections, timing, or preparation material; those details are not asserted from this repository source set.
  2. 2Treat older preparation materials as potentially stale until checked against that current specification.
  3. 3Confirm the exact institution and course requirement before paying a fee.

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

Required for this row

Oxford's current admissions-test page is the requirement source; the UCAT Consortium is the test-cycle source.

Policy owner
University of Oxford
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 Oxford'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 Oxford Medicine 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 Oxford Medicine. Other former BMAT users must be checked separately.

Open the primary official source

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.

Open the primary official source

Scope of this record

Check the exact course before booking.

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

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. 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.

  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.

  3. 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 2026-09-01

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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