UCAT in Year 12, around school

Two 20-minute lessons a week from now or January. Lighter weeks when you have exams. Timed practice in the last seven weeks before your test.

Build my Year 12 planTry the first lesson free

Your UCAT year

  1. Year 12, now to summer 2027Prepare, then sit the UCATOne sitting a year
  2. Year 13, autumn 2027Apply through UCASMid-October deadline
  3. September 2028Start medicine or dentistryThis is 2028 entry

Pages about “2027 entry” are for this year's Year 13s, who sat in 2026. You are 2028 entry.

Your Year 12 plan

When do you start?
When do you want to sit it?
We plan to early August. Change it when you book in June.
Lessons a week
About 20 minutes each, plus a 10-minute review.
School exam weeksTap the weeks with mocks or exams. They get one 10-minute review.
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul

Your Year 12 plan

40 weeks to early August

69 lessons · 10 full mocks · about 50 to 70 minutes a week until 14 Jun

Start today

Your UCAT starting point: all four subtests

Free, about 20 minutes. Then the 20-question practice test.

Start this lesson

This weekStart · 33 minutes

  1. 26 OctStart. The starting-point lesson and the free practice test.
  2. 2 Nov to 13 JunLearn. 2 to 3 lessons a week, so you reach every lesson in the course, the four subtests in turn, and a short drill every fourth week when there is room.
  3. 14 JunTimed. Timed sets in every subtest, then two full mocks a week, each reviewed the next day.
  4. Early AugustYour UCAT. Book in June, once booking opens.
Plan the timed weeks day by day

The 2027 UCAT dates so far

Provisional dates follow UCAT's 2026 timetable.

  • March 2027UCAT publishes 2027 registration and booking instructionsConfirmed
  • May 2027Registration opens, with bursary and access arrangement applicationsProvisional
  • June 2027Booking opensProvisional
  • July to September 2027Testing windowProvisional
  • September 2027Booking closesProvisional
  • October 2027UCAS deadline for medicine and dentistryProvisional

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Try it before you plan around it

Lesson 1All four subtests in one short lessonPractice test20 questions on the real clock, about 13 minutesMock 1A full mock, free, for when you want the whole test

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Our questions are original, written in the UCAT format. The official practice tests are free on the UCAT website; save them for your timed weeks.

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  • 69 interactive lessons across the four subtests
  • 7,371 original questions, every option explained
  • 25 full mocks and 32 section mocks on the real clock
  • Timed drills that show where your seconds went
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