Returning Candidates
The information on this page applies to anyone who created a UAT-UK account via Pearson VUE in a previous year, regardless of whether or not you sat, or which UAT-UK test you registered, or intended to register, for.
Test dates for October 2025 and January 2026 have now been announced. Please see our Keys Dates.
UAT-UK will offer a new Test of Academic Reasoning for University Admission (TARA) for 2026 entry.
More information on TARA will be published in April. See our statement on the homepage.
October 2025 Test Sitting
ESAT: Thursday 9th & Friday 10th October
TMUA: Monday 13th & Tuesday 14th October
TARA: Wednesday 15th & Thursday 16th October
January 2026 Test Sitting
Not applicable to Cambridge applicants
ESAT: Tuesday 6th & Wednesday 7th January
TMUA: Thursday 8th & Friday 9th January
TARA: Monday 12th & Tuesday 13th January
The information on this page applies to anyone who created a UAT-UK account via Pearson VUE in a previous year, regardless of whether or not you sat, or which UAT-UK test you registered, or intended to register, for.