South Australia, Australia
Adelaide University: UCAT ANZ
Interview invitations rest on the UCAT ANZ alone, and the UCAT counts for 20% of the final ranking.
- Admissions test
- UCAT ANZ
- 3 courses
- Which test
- UCAT ANZ 2026
- for 2027 entry
- 2026 median
- 1,950
- Total out of 2,700
How the UCAT ANZ counts
- Uses UCAT ANZ for
- Medicine, Dental Surgery, Oral Health
- Who is interviewed
- Invitations are based on UCAT ANZ results only, not your academic record. Verbal Reasoning, Decision Making and Quantitative Reasoning count equally; Situational Judgement only separates equal totals at the cut-off.
- Interview places
- About 600 applicants are invited to a medical program interview. At least half of the school leavers invited are from South Australia.
- Final ranking
- UCAT ANZ 20%, interview 40%, academic score 40%.
- Minimum ATAR
- 90.00 to be eligible. Adelaide says the ATAR needed in practice is usually much higher.
- UCAT UK
- Not accepted in place of the UCAT ANZ.
- Without the UCAT
- The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pathway and the Northern Community Care Stream do not need the UCAT ANZ.
- 2026 to 2027 dates
- SATAC applications 3 August to 30 September 2026. Interview eligibility emails 22 October 2026. Interviews late November to December 2026.
- Which year's test
- UCAT ANZ 2026 for 2027 entry. A result cannot be carried over to a later year.
Prepare for UCAT ANZ 2027
More UCAT ANZ
Questions people ask
Does Adelaide require the UCAT ANZ?
Yes, for Medicine, Dental Surgery, Oral Health, as listed by the UCAT ANZ Consortium for 2027 entry. Some pathways at any university may not need it, so check the course page.
What UCAT ANZ score do I need for Adelaide?
Adelaide does not publish a UCAT ANZ cut-off that we found. As a guide, the 2026 median total was 1,950 and the top 10% scored 2,340 or more.
Can I use last year's UCAT ANZ result?
No. A UCAT ANZ result counts only for entry the following year: UCAT ANZ 2026 for 2027 entry.
Sources
- 1UCAT ANZ, Consortium universitiesChecked 6 October 2026.
- 2Adelaide University, Bachelor of Medical Studies (domestic)Checked 6 October 2026.
- 3UCAT ANZ, summary statistics for 2026Checked 6 October 2026.