Cambridge admissions tests

BMAT is a two-hour subject-specific admissions test taken by applicants of certain medicine and veterinary medicine-related courses at selected institutions in the UK.

BMAT consists of three sections:

Section 1: Aptitude and Skills (60 minutes)
Section 2: Scientific Knowledge and Applications (30 minutes)
Section 3: Writing Task (30 minutes)

• Information for candidates (BMAT) – available in August 
• Registration form (BMAT) – available in September 

CAT is a subject-specific admissions test for applicants of all University of Oxford’s Classics and joint schools undergraduate degree courses.

CAT is divided into three papers: Latin Translation Test, Greek Translation Test and Classics Language Aptitude Test (CLAT). Applicants are required to take one or two papers, depending upon the course applied for. Each paper lasts one hour.

• Information for candidates (CAT) – available in August 
• Registration form  (CAT) – available in September

ELAT is a pre-interview admissions test for applicants of English undergraduate courses at the University of Oxford. It is one of the elements admissions tutors use to decide whether to invite a candidate for interview.

The 90-minute ELAT is designed to enable applicants to show their ability in the key skill of close reading. Candidates write one essay comparing two or three passages set for comment, focusing on elements such as language, imagery, allusion, syntax, form and structure.

• Information for candidates (ELAT) – available in August 
• Registration form (ELAT) – available in September 

HAT is a two-hour, subject-specific admissions test for applicants of the University of Oxford’s undergraduate degree courses in History and its joint schools.

• Information for candidates (HAT) – available in August 
• Registration form (HAT) – available in September 

MAT is a two-hour and 30-minute, subject-specific admissions test for applicants of the University of Oxford’s undergraduate degree courses in Mathematics, Computer Science and their joint degrees.

As of 2013, Imperial College London started using MAT for all of its undergraduate Mathematics course applicants.

• Information for candidates (MAT) – available in August 
• Registration form (MAT) – available in September 

MLAT are for applicants of certain undergraduate degrees in Modern Languages, Linguistics and their joint schools at the University of Oxford.

MLAT consists of 10 parts for different language and linguistics courses. Candidates will need to take a maximum of two papers. Each paper lasts 30 minutes.

• Information for candidates (MLAT) – available in August 
• Registration form (MLAT) – available in September 

OLAT is a 30-minute admissions test for applicants of certain undergraduate degrees in Oriental Studies and its joint schools at the University of Oxford. The test is designed to assess a candidate’s ability to analyse how languages work, in a way which does not depend on their knowledge of any particular language.

• Information for candidates (OLAT) – available in August 
• Registration form (OLAT) – available in September

PAT is a two-hour, subject-specific admissions test for applicants of all University of Oxford’s Engineering, Materials Science and Physics undergraduate degree courses.

• Information for candidates (PAT) – available in August 
• Registration form (PAT) – available in September