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Used by Cambridge, Oxford, Imperial College London and UCL. Cambridge: Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Natural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine. Oxford: Physics, Physics and Philosophy, Engineering Science and Biomedical Sciences. Imperial: Aeronautics, Chemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Design Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Life Sciences, Mechanical Engineering and Physics. UCL: Electronic and Electrical Engineering. Oxford and Cambridge applicants sit in October; Imperial accepts the October or January sitting. The ESAT is made up of 40-minute multiple-choice modules in mathematics and the sciences; the course decides which modules you sit.

Set by the Italian Ministry of University and Research for English-taught Medicine and Dentistry courses at Italian public universities. Usually sat in September. The IMAT assesses reading and logical reasoning alongside biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics.

Required for Law at Oxford, Cambridge and UCL, and at several other universities; check the course page. UCL applicants must sit it by 31 December 2026. The LNAT has a multiple-choice section on reading and reasoning, and an essay.

Used by Oxford and UCL. Oxford requires it for PPE, Economics and Management, History and Economics, History and Politics, Human Sciences, Experimental Psychology, and Psychology, Philosophy and Linguistics. UCL requires it for Computer Science, Computer Science and Mathematics, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, and Mechanical Engineering. Oxford applicants sit in October; UCL accepts either the October or the January sitting. The TARA has three 40-minute sections: critical thinking, problem solving and a writing task.

Used by seven universities. Required at Cambridge (Computer Science, Economics, Mathematics), Oxford (Mathematics, Computer Science and their joint courses), Imperial (Computing, Mathematics, and Economics, Finance and Data Science), LSE (Economics; Econometrics and Mathematical Economics), UCL (Economics) and Warwick (Computer Science, Discrete Mathematics, and Mathematics, where STEP is also accepted). Encouraged but not required for several LSE mathematics and data science courses, Warwick Economics and Durham Mathematics. Oxford and Cambridge applicants sit in October; Imperial and Warwick accept the October or January sitting. The TMUA has two 75-minute multiple-choice papers on mathematical thinking and reasoning.

Required by most UK medical and dental schools, including Medicine at Oxford and Cambridge. Sat between July and September in the year you apply. The UCAT assesses verbal reasoning, decision making, quantitative reasoning and situational judgement.

Set by individual Cambridge Colleges, not by the University centrally. If you are shortlisted, the College that interviews you arranges the assessment and tells you when and how you will sit it. There is nothing to register for in advance. The assessment tests the skills and knowledge needed for your course and is considered alongside the rest of your application. The courses with a College assessment for 2027 entry are listed below. Computer Science applicants to Peterhouse or Trinity also sit the Computer Science Aptitude Test (CSAT). Oxford's admissions tests are set centrally by the University; some Oxford courses also ask for written work.

UCL's own online test, used only for its European and International Social and Political Studies degrees. It is an internal UCL assessment, and applicants register through the department's online form. For 2027 entry it replaces the TARA, which these degrees used in the previous cycle. For the Dual Degree with Sciences Po, candidates who do well in the TST are invited to an online interview.