BMSAT (Biomedical Sciences Admissions Test)
Further details on arrangements for this test for 2025-entry will be communicated at the earliest opportunity. In the meantime, please visit the Biomedical Sciences page for more information about this course.
What is the BMSAT?
From 2025-entry, candidates for Biomedical Sciences will no longer sit the BMAT, but will take a new test, the Biomedical Sciences Admissions Test (BMSAT).
The BMSAT is an 80 item, 90-minute test of scientific knowledge and its application. Questions will be based on material commonly covered in higher tier GCSE (or equivalent) science and mathematics courses followed during secondary education.
20 questions will be set for each of Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics. Multiple choice questions will be employed, with automated marking of responses.
The detailed content to be assessed within the specified areas is summarised in the United Kingdom Department for Education specification for GCSE single science and Mathematics.
How do I register?
Candidates can register for their test between Thursday 15 August and Friday 4 October 2024. Further details on the registration process will be communicated at the earliest opportunity.
Please note that if you are normally eligible for particular access arrangements for public examinations such as GCSEs and A-levels you will also be eligible for these arrangements for your Oxford admissions test(s). You should expect to be able to produce evidence of this need when you register for your test. If you need to speak to your school about whether or not you are eligible for an access arrangement or producing evidence we strongly recommend that you do this before the end of term.
Test preparation and practice materials
Information about test preparation and practice materials will be available soon.
When do I take the test?
Candidates will take the BMSAT on 22 October 2024 at Pearson VUE test centres.
