Entrance Test

Entrance tests are now a fact of life for some courses, and will increasingly become a familiar part of the admissions landscape. The three which have come into existence recently are the BMAT and the UKCAT for Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary students and the LNAT for Law students.  Oxford and Cambridge have other admission tests.

 

 

BMAT

The BioMedical Admissions Test is sat in early November for a range of veterinary science and medicine courses.  You should visit www.bmat.org.uk for details of the universities that require the test and specimen questions. Look at the Medicine page for more information.

 

 

UKCAT

The UK Clinical Aptitude Test is being used by a larger number of universities to assist in selecting students for medicine and dentistry. Candidates will have to register themselves at www.ukcat.ac.uk   The cost of the test will be £60. Again, look at the Medicine page for more information.

 

 

LNAT

The National Admission Test for Law will be sat by students applying for courses at Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Durham, East Anglia, Glasgow, King’s London, Manchester Metro, Nottingham, Oxford, UCL. For more information go to www.lnat.ac.uk. Candidates will have to register themselves on this site.

 

 

Oxford University admissions tests

Oxford has introduced a number of admissions tests, all of which will be sat in School, on 4th November 2009, for:

• History; go to www.history.ox.ac.uk/prosundergrad/applying/hat-introduction.htm
• Physics; go to www.physics.ox.ac.uk/admissions/infopacks.htm  
• Maths and Computer Science; go to www.maths.ox.ac.uk/prospective-student/undergraduate/specimen-tests   
• English, and any joint degree involving English, go to www.elat.org.uk.  Note that applicants have to register themselves for this test.
• Economics and management; go to www.tsa.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/ppe.  Note that applicants have to register themselves for this test.

 

 

Cambridge Thinking Skills Assessment

Applicants to some courses and colleges will be asked to take this test. Currently, some colleges require it for computer Science, Economics, Engineering, Land Economy, Natural Science and SPS.  For more information go to www.cam.ac.uk   

For information about the test and some sample papers go to www.tsa.cambridgeassessment.org.uk.