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.

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.Choose when you start and sit.

Your Year 12 plan

Your weeks to the UCAT

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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

Try it before you plan around it

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.

UCAT Pro, from Year 12 to your test

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List price: £399Offer price: £199

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  • 69 interactive lessons across the four subtests
  • 7,371 original questions, every option explained
  • 25 full mocks on the real clock, with flag, review and calculator
  • 32 section mocks: one subtest at a time, on its own clock
  • Timed drills that show where your seconds went
  • A readiness report of your marks and pace in every subtest

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What other UCAT options cost

  • Medify£210 a year
  • MedEntry 2027 Headstart£180 to £240
  • The UKCAT People tutoring£775 for 10 hours

Prices checked on 23 September 2026.

Score 2,250 or your money back

Finish the course and 10 timed mocks before your exam. Claim within 30 days of your result. Conditions apply

Running a medicine group in Year 12?

A school licence gives each student the full UCAT course, plus ESAT, LNAT and TARA, for 12 months. Your dashboard shows each student's lessons, accuracy and mocks. From £24.90 a student.

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