Please note that UMAT 2017 Registrations are now open, and they close at 5pm AEST on June 2nd 2017. The exam will be sat on July 26, 2017.
UMAT is developed by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) on behalf of the UMAT Consortium universities. The test is used specifically to assist with the selection of students into the medicine, dentistry and health science degree programs at undergraduate level at the universities listed on this website.
UMAT is designed to assess general attributes and abilities gained through prior experience and learning; specifically, the acquisition of skills in critical thinking and problem solving, understanding people and abstract non-verbal reasoning. These abilities are considered important to the study, and later practice, of professions in the health sciences.
UMAT is an aptitude test; it is not a personality or IQ test. The test is not curriculum-based and presupposes no particular subjects at secondary level. UMAT does not require any knowledge or skills in mathematics or sciences, or in any other area of the curriculum. It is designed to complement your academic results, not to replicate them.
For information about the UMAT, please visit this link. Here is a summary of the courses requiring that a UMAT be completed:
| The University of Adelaide | Medicine, Dental Surgery |
| Charles Darwin University | Clinical Sciences |
| Charles Sturt University | Dental Science |
| Curtin University | Medicine |
| Flinders University | Clinical Sciences/Medicine |
| La Trobe University | Health Sciences in Dentistry/Master of Dentistry**, Oral Health Science** |
| 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 |
| The University of Western Australia | Medicine (Direct Pathway), Dental Medicine (Direct Pathway) |
| Western Sydney University | Medicine |
| The University of Auckland | Medicine |
| University of Otago | Medicine, Dental Surgery |
*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.
**UMAT only required for non-Year 12 applicants.
