University Clinical Aptitude Test
| Acronym | UCAT |
|---|---|
| Type | Multiple choice |
| Administrator | Pearson |
| Year started | 2006 |
| Duration | 2 hours |
| Score range | 900–2700 and Bands 1–4 |
| Score validity | For admission to Consortium universities in the year following the test |
| Offered | Early July–late September for UCAT UK and early July–early August for UCAT ANZ |
| Restrictions on attempts | Once per cycle |
| Languages | English |
| Annual number of test takers |
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| Website | www |
The University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) is an admissions test used by most medical and dental schools in the United Kingdom, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand in their applicant selection processes. Launched in 2006 as the UK Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT), it was renamed in 2019 following the launch of the test in Australia and New Zealand as a replacement for the Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test (UMAT).
In the UK, the UCAT was one of two main admissions tests used for medical, dental and other health-related courses, the other being the BioMedical Admissions Test (BMAT). Following the BMAT's cancellation from 2024 onwards, all ex-BMAT universities have moved to using the UCAT for their undergraduate medical courses, including Oxford and Cambridge.
In 2025, the UK version of the test had 41,354 test takers whilst the ANZ version had 16,950.
The variant used for entry into undergraduate medicine, dentistry and clinical science in Australia and New Zealand is known as UCAT ANZ.