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The UKCAT Consortium is a charity and company limited by guarantee. The members of the charity, who also nominate its board of directors, are the universities that have agreed to adopt the UKCAT as part of their selection process for medicine and dentistry.
We are committed to fairness in selection to medicine and dentistry and to the widening participation in medical and dental training of under-represented social groups.
The test is run by the Consortium in partnership with Pearson VUE, a global leader in computer- based testing and part of Pearson plc. It is delivered on computers worldwide through Pearson VUE’s high street centres.
Who should take the test?
The UKCAT is a compulsory entry requirement for our Consortium Universities. You are required to sit the test by 3 October 2017 if you are intending to apply for entry in 2018 (or deferred entry in 2019) to a relevant course listed overleaf. UKCAT results cannot be carried over from one year to the next.
There are no general exemptions from the test. Candidates who believe they may be unable to sit the UKCAT in 2017 should see the Mitigating Circumstances information on our website.
You may only take the test once in any test cycle and any instances of multiple testing in the same year will be treated as an example of unprofessional behaviour.
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