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. ==References==