When applying to medical school, all applicants will need to take an admissions test to be considered for an interview. Both exams are two hours and use aptitudes to test the way you think and assess skills across different sections. 

The University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT)

• Can be taken between July and September 2021 

• Computer based test

• 5 multiple choice sections including verbal reasoning, decision making, abstract reasoning, quantitative reasoning and situational judgement 

The BioMedical Admissions Test (BMAT)

• Can be taken November 2021 with registration opening in September 2021 

• Mixture of multiple choice and writing test 

• Three-part test with multiple choice aptitude and skills, scientific knowledge and application and essay writing test 

Registration is required at assessment centres for the UCAT and BMAT and depending on the university, they will ask for either of the two.

UK Universities/Institutions that require applicants to take UCAT

University of Aberdeen

Anglia Ruskin University

Aston University

University of Birmingham

University of Bristol

Cardiff University

University of Dundee

University of East Anglia

Edge Hill University

University of Edinburgh

University of Exeter

University of Glasgow

Hull York Medical School

Keele University

Kent and Medway Medical School

King's College London 

University of Leicester 

University of Liverpool

University of Manchester

Newcastle University

University of Nottingham

University of Plymouth 

Queen Mary University of London

Queen’s University Belfast

University of Sheffield

University of Southampton

University of St Andrews

St George’s University of London

University of Sunderland

University of Warwick

University of Worcester

Universities/Institutions that require applicants to take BMAT

University of Oxford

University of Cambridge

Imperial College London

University College London

Keele University

University of Leeds

Brighton and Sussex Medical School 

Lancaster University

University of Manchester (for some international applicants)