Understanding UCAT ^® Exam

The UCAT® exam stands for ‘Undergraduate Medical Admissions Test’.

The UCAT® exam is an admissions test required for undergraduate-entry into

The UCAT® exam is issued by the Australian Council for Educational Research(ACER) and consists of 3 sections:

Section 1: Logical Reasoning and Problem Solving (48 Questions in 70 Minutes)

Section 2: Understanding People (44 Questions in 55 Minutes)

Section 3: Non-Verbal Reasoning (42 Questions in 55 Minutes)

The questions are all in Multiple-Choice format and are weighted equally.

Visit the ACER website to get more information: https://ucat.acer.edu.au/

Please note that applicants for post-graduate entry into Medicine or Dentistry must take the Graduate Australian Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT) instead.

The UCAT® exam is held once a year. In 2015, it is held on 29 July 2015.

UCAT® exam scores are valid for 1 year only.

For example, if you sit the exam during July 2015, the result will be valid for your 2015 application for a medical or health sciences program commencing in 2016

There is no limit to the number of times you take the UCAT® exam. If you were unsuccessful the first time, you can re-sit it the following year without being penalised provided you are still eligible to sit the test.

Since results are only valid for 1 year, you should sit for the UCAT® exam the year before you intend to commence your relevant university course.

For example, if you sit the exam during July 2015 - the result will be valid for your 2015 application for a medical or health sciences program commencing in 2016

Registrations for UCAT® exam 2017 have been open December 2016.

Register directly from the ACER UCAT website no later than 5.00 pm Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) on Friday 2 June 2017.

If you intend to sit the UCAT® exam in 2015, ACER allows for late registrations up to 5pm AEST on Friday 19 June 2015 on payment of alate fee of $65 in addition to the online registration system closes at 5pm AEST on Friday 19 June 2015.You will NOT be allowed to register for the UCAT® exam after this time.

No. The use of a dictionary is prohibited in any section of the test.

No. A calculator is not allowed for any section of the test.

The UCAT® exam costs $240 to sit and $140 if you have a valid concession card.

If you are sitting for the UCAT® exam outside Australia or New Zealand, an additional overseas testing levy of $185 applies.

10 out of the 19 Australian medical schools accept the UCAT® exam. In addition to this, the UCAT® exam is also accepted in 2 medical schools in New Zealand.

Victoria

• Monash University

NSW

• University of New South Wales

• University of Newcastle

• University of Western Sydney

South Australia

• Flinders University

• University of Adelaide

Queensland

• Bond University

• University of Queensland

Tasmania

• University of Tasmania

Western Australia

• University of Western Australia

New Zealand

• University of Auckland

• University of Otago

Dentistry

• University of Adelaide

• University of Queensland

• University of Western Australia

• La Trobe University

• University of Otago (New Zealand)

 
Optometry

• University of New South Wales

• Flinders University

Clinical Sciences

• Charles Darwin University

Medical Laboratory Science

• University of Otago (New Zealand)

In Australia:

ACT

• Canberra

Victoria

• Bendigo

• Geelong

• Melbourne

• Mildura

• Sale

• Shepparton

Northern Territory

• Alice Springs

• Darwin

Queensland

• Brisbane

• Cairns

• Gold Coast

• Townsville

New South Wales

• Armidale

• Dubbo

• Newcastle

• Sydney

Western Australia

• Perth

South Australia

• Adelaide

Tasmania

• Hobart

• Launceston

 

There is also a range oftest centres outside of Australia:

• United States of America(Washington DC)

• Singapore

• United Kingdom (London)

• New Zealand (Auckland and Dunedin)

 

Please note that an overseas levy of $185 is payable in addition to the standard registration fee by all candidates who select a test centre outside Australia and NewZealand.

Apart from the above listed locations, requests for additional test centre locations cannot be

For those who sat the test in 2017, results will be released late September.