UKCAT

UKCAT: The Prepgenie Prescription

What is the UKCAT?

UKCAT stands for the UK Clinical Aptitude Test. If you want to pursue medicine or dentistry courses in the UK, you must take the UKCAT. 26 out of the 31 medical colleges in the UK select their students using the UKCAT scores. To know more, click here.

What does the UKCAT test?

First, let us see what the UKCAT does NOT test. The UKCAT does not involve any “syllabus based” knowledge. Yes that’s right! No complicated chemical equations to balance, no scientific names to mug up and no theories to cram in. No physics, chemistry or biology to learn or revise. If classroom knowledge is all you have acquired all these years, it is time to step out and DISCOVER. We live in a constantly evolving scientific world…with new medical miracles just waiting to happen.

So, what exactly does the UKCAT test? A 2 hour online test, the UKCAT tests your aptitude for the medical profession.  Do you have enough grey cells to reason out tricky situations? A series of 5 reasoning based UKCAT subtests is sure going to find out. To know more about the UKCAT test, click here.

Who conducts the UKCAT?

The test is conducted by a collaboration of Universities in the UK to ensure a fair selection from the vast pool of applicants. The online test is conducted by Pearson VUE, the leading computer-based testing solutions provider. You have to register online and choose a test date and sit for the UKCAT at a Pearson VUE test centre in your vicinity.

A complete list of the UK Universities that use UKCAT scores in their admission process:

• University of Aberdeen
• Brighton and Sussex Medical School
• Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
• Cardiff University
• University of Dundee
• University of Durham
• University of East Anglia
• University of Edinburgh
• University of Glasgow
• Hull York Medical School
• Keele University
• King’s College London
• Imperial College London Graduate Entry
• University of Leeds
• University of Leicester
• University of Manchester
• University of Newcastle
• University of Nottingham
• University of Oxford Graduate Entry
• Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry
• Queen’s University Belfast
• University of Sheffield
• University of Southampton
• University of St Andrews
• St George’s, University of London
• Warwick University Graduate Entry