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The consortium publishes free tutorials, question banks and full practice tests, and says plainly that paid preparation is unnecessary.

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UCAT · checked 19 September 2026

UCAT 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

UCAT: the facts that matter now

  1. 01

    Registration 20 May; booking 23 June; testing 13 July–24 September; booking deadline 16 September; results to universities early November

    2026 dates

  2. 02

    UCAT Consortium, delivered by Pearson VUE at centres in 130+ countries

    Administered by

  3. 03

    Medicine and dentistry at UK consortium universities and partner schools, for 2027 entry

    Used for

  4. 04

    Verbal Reasoning 44 questions / 22 min; Decision Making 35 / 37; Quantitative Reasoning 36 / 26; Situational Judgement 69 / 26

    Subtests

Past papers

UCAT — Reading previous papers properly

Past UCAT papers are not released, but the official preparation resources are extensive: a tour tutorial for the test tools, a question tutorial for each subtest, question banks by subtest and several full timed practice tests in the live interface. The consortium, the Medical Schools Council and the Dental Schools Council do not endorse any commercial course, and the official tests are the only ones calibrated against real candidates.

Working through the official material

  1. Tour the tools, then the question tutorials Learn the calculator, the flagging and the navigation before any timed work.
  2. Question banks by subtest, untimed then timed Accuracy first, then the per-question pace — 30 seconds in Verbal Reasoning, about a minute in Decision Making, 43 seconds in Quantitative Reasoning, 22 seconds in Situational Judgement.
  3. Full practice tests in the final weeks Two hours without a pause, in order, to build the stamina the real sitting needs.
  4. Compare with the published deciles Preliminary statistics appear in mid-September; last cycle’s means and deciles are on the test-statistics page.

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Everything for UCAT

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

UCAT SyllabusUCAT syllabus — what each of the four subtests tests, the question types in each, and how each is marked.UCAT Exam PatternUCAT exam pattern — subtest timings and question counts, scaled scoring and the SJT band, the 2026 key dates, fees and how universities use the result.UCAT Previous PapersUCAT practice material — the official question tutorials, question banks and timed practice tests, and why paid courses are unnecessary.UCAT Mock TestsUCAT mock tests — the official timed practice tests, sat in one two-hour block, and how to read a score against the deciles.UCAT PreparationUCAT preparation — a summer plan around the testing window, technique for each subtest, when to book, and sitting the test from India.UCAT Study MaterialUCAT study material — the consortium’s free tutorials and practice tests, and the reasoning and data-interpretation practice that supports them.

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