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LNAT Exam Pattern

Two and a quarter hours in two sections, one scored and one read, with deadlines that depend on where you apply.

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LNAT · checked 19 September 2026

LNAT at a glance, from the official notices

The dates, vacancies and rules below are read on the conducting body’s own site and rewritten as each notice appears. The guide beneath carries the full pattern, syllabus, cut-offs and free mock tests.

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19September 2026

Checked 19 September 2026

LNAT: the facts that matter now

  1. 01

    Sit by 15 October 2026 for Oxford and Cambridge; 31 December for KCL, LSE and UCL; 13 January 2027 for Bristol and Durham; 25 January for the rest

    2026–27 deadlines

  2. 02

    LNAT Consortium, written by Edexcel and delivered by Pearson VUE at 500+ centres in 165 countries

    Administered by

  3. 03

    Undergraduate law at nine UK universities and partner institutions abroad, including Jindal Global Law School

    Used for

  4. 04

    Section A: 42 multiple-choice questions on 12 passages in 95 minutes; Section B: one essay from three titles in 40 minutes

    Format

Pattern

LNAT — How the paper is structured

The LNAT as the consortium describes it.
SectionTimeContentScoring
A — Multiple choice95 minutes42 questions on 12 argumentative passagesOne mark each; the LNAT score out of 42
B — Essay40 minutesOne of three titlesNot scored; sent to each university applied to
2026–27 cycle deadlines for entry in autumn 2027, as published; check each university for changes.
Applying toBook bySit byUCAS form by
Oxford and Cambridge15 September 202615 October 202615 October 2026
King’s College London, LSE, UCL—31 December 202613 January 2027, 18:00
Bristol and Durham13 January 202713 January 202713 January 2027, 18:00
Glasgow, SOAS and other LNAT universities20 January 202725 January 202713 January 2027, 18:00
Late applicants, usually international25 July 2027As the university allows30 June 2027
Fees
Set by the location of the centre, not the candidate’s nationality: £75 at UK and EU centres and £120 elsewhere, charged in sterling at booking. Candidates in countries whose cards are not accepted — Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nigeria among them — pay through an LNAT voucher, which takes at least a week to process.
Results
Universities receive scores and essays from 21 October for tests taken between 1 September and 20 October, and within 24 hours of the test after that. Candidates receive their score by email in mid-February if they sat on or before 26 January, and in mid-August if later; no specific dates are given.
One sitting
The test may be taken once per cycle; a second unauthorised sitting invalidates the later one. A test taken before the summer holiday does not count for the coming cycle.

Exam resources

Everything for LNAT

Six resource pages, each kept in step with the latest official notification.

LNAT SyllabusLNAT syllabus — what the multiple-choice questions ask of an argumentative passage, what the essay titles look like, and what universities read for.LNAT Exam PatternLNAT exam pattern — the two sections and their timing, scoring, the 2026–27 deadlines by university, fees and when results are released.LNAT Previous PapersLNAT practice material — the official practice tests and sample essays on the consortium’s site, and how to use them.LNAT Mock TestsLNAT mock tests — full timed sittings of both sections, scoring Section A against the published averages, and getting the essay read.LNAT PreparationLNAT preparation — reading argument for assumptions, writing economical essays, and the booking and deadline decisions for UK law applications from India.LNAT Study MaterialLNAT study material — the consortium’s free practice and guides, and the reading that builds argument analysis and essay writing.

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