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Admissions Tests
Nearly all medical degrees use an admissions test as part of their entry requirements. There are three admissions tests. Applicants may sit different combinations of these tests according to the medical schools they intend to include in their application.
UCAT
Applicants must register for the UCAT between May and late September and the test can be sat between July and early October. Results are available to applicants on the day of their test. After the UCAS deadline, results are sent directly to the medical schools to which the applicant has applied. Thirty medical schools use the UCAT.UCAT also administers the Situational Judgement Test for Admission to Clinical Education (SJTace) which is an admissions test used for entry to the Scottish Graduate Entry Medical Programme (ScotGEM).
BMAT
There are two BMAT test dates per year. The first is in early September and applicants must register for this by early August. The second is in late October or early November and students should aim to register for this by the end of September, but late registrations are possible until the UCAS application deadline on 15 October. The scores of those in the second sitting are sent directly to the medical schools to which they have applied. Seven medical schools use the BMAT.
GAMSAT NOT REALLY RELEVANT TO YOU
This test is used for a number of the Graduate Entry Medicine courses. It is also used for graduate applicants to a small number of Standard Entry Medicine courses. As with the UCAT, an applicant must register for and sit the GAMSAT before making the UCAS application. Note that the deadline for registration is earlier than for the UCAT. Seven medical schools use the
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