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LNAT Syllabus

There is nothing to learn and a good deal to practise: reading an argument for what it assumes, and writing one that reaches a conclusion.

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19September 2026

Checked 19 September 2026

LNAT: the facts that matter now

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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
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LNAT Consortium, written by Edexcel and delivered by Pearson VUE at 500+ centres in 165 countries
Administered by
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Undergraduate law at nine UK universities and partner institutions abroad, including Jindal Global Law School
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Section A: 42 multiple-choice questions on 12 passages in 95 minutes; Section B: one essay from three titles in 40 minutes
Format

Syllabus

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Section A question types: The writer’s main argument or purpose; what the writer assumes or takes for granted; the meaning of a word, phrase or reference in context; which statement is or is not supported by the passage; what would strengthen or weaken the argument; the function of a sentence or paragraph; and the writer’s attitude or tone. Every answer must be found in the passage, not in what the candidate knows.
The passages: Twelve extracts of several hundred words each, argumentative rather than descriptive, on subjects from law and ethics to science, politics, education and the arts, written for an educated general reader and often deliberately provocative.
Section B: Three titles on contested questions of public concern — the kind of question a newspaper column or a debate might take up. Universities read for a clear position, reasons that support it, engagement with the obvious objection, economy of expression and a real conclusion, in about 500 to 600 words.