UMAT:
| UMAT,
(The
Undergraduate
Medicine
and
Health
Sciences
Admissions
Test)
is a
test
designed
as
part
of
the
selection
process
for
students
wanting
to
enter
a
range
of
Health
Sciences
courses
such
as
Medicine,
Dentistry
and
some
other
Health
Science
Degrees.
It
is
an
aptitude
test,
not
an
IQ
or
personality
test
and
it
is
designed
to
test
candidates
skills
in
critical
thinking,
problem
solving,
understanding
people
and
non-verbal
reasoning
-
all
important
attributes
in
studying
in
these
areas. You can get full details of the UMAT system, exams and timetables on the UMAT website here. To see which Universities and which courses within these Universities require you to sit the UMAT - click here. |
 |
A summary is below:
You will need a UMAT score to apply for undergraduate admission to any of the following courses*:
| The University of Adelaide | Medicine, Dental Surgery |
| Charles Sturt University | Dental Science |
| Charles Darwin University | Clinical Sciences |
| Flinders University | Clinical Sciences/Medicine |
| La Trobe University | Health Sciences in Dentistry/Master of Dentistry# |
| Monash University | Medicine |
| The University of Newcastle/ University of New England |
Joint Medical Program |
| The University of New South Wales | Medicine |
| The University of Queensland | Medicine (provisional entry), Dental Science |
| University of Tasmania | Medicine |
| Curtin University | Medicine |
| The University of Western Australia | Medicine (Diect Pathway), Dental Medicine (Direct Pathway) |
| Western Sydney University | Medicine |
| University of Auckland | Medicine |
| University of Otago | Medicine, Dental Surgery |
# UMAT is required only for non-Year 12 students
*Please note that at select institutions international students may be exempt from taking UMAT or may be required to sit a different test. For details candidates should refer to the websites of the universities to which they intend to apply.
