Oxbridge Admissions Tests

Find out which entry test you need to take as part of your application

For international students aspiring to study at Oxford or Cambridge, the admissions process typically involves specific entrance tests depending on the course they wish to study.

Oxbridge Admissions Tests examine aptitude rather than knowledge and help top universities distinguish excellent candidates from merely good ones.

University of Cambridge Admission Tests

• Cambridge Language Test: Languages at all colleges except Hughes Hall.
• Cambridge Law Test (CLT): Law at most colleges.
• Cambridge Thinking Skills Assessment: Computer science, economics, engineering, land economy, physical or biological sciences at some colleges.
• Economics Admissions Assessment (ECAA): Required for Economics.
• Engineering Admissions Assessment (ENGAA): Required for Engineering.
• History Admissions Assessment (HAA): Required for History.
• Modern and Medieval Languages (MML) Test: Required for Modern and Medieval Languages.
• Natural Sciences Admissions Assessment (NSAA): Required for Natural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine.
• Sixth Term Examination Papers (STEP): Required for Mathematics.

University of Oxford Admission Tests

• Classics Admissions Test (CAT): Classics.
• History Aptitude Test (HAT): History.
• Mathematics Aptitude Test (MAT): Mathematics and computer science.
• Modern Languages Admissions Tests (MLAT): Languages.
• National Admissions Test for Law (LNAT): Law (Jurisprudence).
• Oxford Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA): PPE, economics & management, philosophy, psychology & linguistics, experimental psychology and geography.
• Philosophy Test (PhilAT): Required for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) and Philosophy and Theology.
• Physics Aptitude Test (PAT): Physics, engineering and materials science

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