Pre-clinical medicine: What is the UCAT?
The University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) is a subject-specific admissions test.
We have chosen to use the UCAT as part of our shortlisting process as it is the one measure we have for all our applicants and we know the test has some capacity to predict students’ aptitude for our course.
The University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) lasts just under 2 hours. The test is sat under timed conditions and is comprised of multiple-choice questions.
The UCAT consists of four separately timed sections:
- Verbal reasoning
- Decision making
- Quantitative reasoning
- Situational judgement
Applicants can register to sit the UCAT by creating a UCAT account (from 13 May 2025) and then booking a test from 17 June 2025. The test is usually taken between July and September. For more information about registering for the UCAT, please see UCAT's pages on booking a test.
The UCAT is delivered in Pearson VUE test centres throughout the UK and in over 130 countries worldwide. A list of all available test centres can be found using the Pearson VUE Test Centre Locator.