Book by 23rd December to sit in January 2025 via your UAT-UK account.

Candidates from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Benin, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Iran, Kenya, Lebanon, Nigeria, Pakistan, Senegal, Tanzania and Uganda, will need to arrange to pay via bank transfer. Contact us by the 13th December in order to get this sorted before the booking deadline.

You will need a valid form of photographic ID to sit your test. Please see our admission policy for more information.

Key Dates & Deadlines

The dates below apply to 2025 entry cycle. You must sit the test in the year you are applying. We do not make exceptions to our deadlines.

Your Responsibility

It is your responsibility to register for your test by the stated deadlines, to familiarise yourself with the test format and rules and to apply for any access arrangements or bursaries in good time.

Book Early

We advise you book your test sitting as early as possible so that you are able to sit at a time convenient to you, at your most local test centre. A test costs £75 for candidates in the UK and Republic of Ireland, and £130 for candidates sitting elsewhere.

Please note, if you are intending on applying to Cambridge, you must sit your test in October.

Key Dates & Deadlines

All Cambridge applicants must register for the October test sitting

Key Dates & Deadlines
Date Event

1st May 2024

Account creation opens on Pearson VUE for test sittings in October 2024 and January 2025.

October 2024 Test Sitting (All Cambridge applicants must register for this sitting)

3rd June 2024

Applications open for Access Arrangements and Bursaries

1st August 2024 6am BST

Test registration opens

29th August 2024

Test registration deadline for candidates requiring access arrangements.

Please note that it can take up to ten working days for a request for standard access arrangements to be confirmed. You should apply for access arrangements in advance of this deadline to ensure you still have time to book your test by the deadline.

If you are unable to provide the relevant evidence at the time of application, you will be permitted two additional weeks to send this to us, after this date.

5pm (BST) 16th September 2024

Online test registration closes.
Any further bookings can be made by phone via Pearson VUE customer services.

Please note that it can take up to five working days for an application for a bursary to be reviewed. You should apply for bursaries, where applicable, in advance of this deadline to ensure you still have time to book your test.

1st October 2024

Deadline for test registration. No further test bookings for the October sitting will be permitted after this date.

15th and 16th October 2024

ESAT Test Window

16th and 17th October

TMUA Test Window

Week commencing 25th November 2024

Test results will be made available to candidates

January 2025 Test Sitting (Not applicable to Cambridge applicants)

23rd September 2024

Applications open for Access Arrangements and Bursaries

24th October 2024

Test registration opens

21st November 2024

Test registration deadline for candidates requiring access arrangements.

Please note that it can take up to ten working days for a request for standard access arrangements to be confirmed. You should apply for access arrangements in advance of this deadline to ensure you still have time to book your test by the deadline.

If you are unable to provide the relevant evidence at the time of application, you will be permitted two additional weeks to send this to us, after this date.

23rd December 2024

Test registration deadline. No further test bookings will be permitted after this date.

7th and 8th January 2025

ESAT Test Window

8th and 9th January 2025

TMUA Test Window

Week commencing 17th February 2025

Test results will be made available to candidates.