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BioMedical Admissions Test
The BioMedical Admissions Test (BMAT) was an aptitude test used as part of the admissions process for Medicine, Biomedical Sciences and Dentistry in some universities in the United Kingdom, Singapore, Spain, Malaysia, Thailand, Hungary, Croatia and the Netherlands. In 2023, Cambridge Assessment announced that it would withdraw from the admissions test market and cease provision of the BMAT examination. All UK universities that previously used the BMAT have announced that, from 2024 onwards, the University Clinical Aptitude Test will be used instead.
BMAT was developed by Cambridge Assessment Admissions Testing in response to requests from academics at medical and veterinary schools for an assessment that would enable them to differentiate between applicants who appear equally well qualified and suited to the course, and provide a way of assessing the potential of students who have a range of different qualifications.
Initially, it was taken up by Oxford University for Medicine and Physiology (replacing the OMAT); the University of Cambridge for Medicine and Veterinary Science (replacing the MVAT) and University College London, for Medicine.
From 2011, the new Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKC Medicine) in Singapore, a partnership between Imperial College London and Nanyang University, started using BMAT as part of its entry process for Medicine.
Over the past few years, universities introducing BMAT as part of their entry requirements for Medicine courses have included Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) (2013), Leiden University in the Netherlands (2014), the University of Leeds (2012), the University of Navarra in Spain (2015), Lancaster University (2016), the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya in Malaysia (2016). The vast majority of other universities at the time, especially in the United Kingdom, used an alternative admissions assessment - the UCAT.
In 2017, a number of institutions in Thailand started using BMAT as part of their entry requirements for Medicine and Dentistry courses, initially starting with the Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University and the Chulabhorn International College of Medicine of Thammasat University. This was followed by the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Faculty of Medicine, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Faculty of Dentistry, Mahidol University (Mahidol International Dental School), Suranaree University of Technology, and Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital, Navamindradhiraj University as part of the first round (entrance by portfolio) of the Thai University Central Admissions System (TCAS) for the 2018 intake, after educational reforms in 2017.
For the 2018 intake, CEU Cardenal Herrara University in Spain, the University of Pécs in Hungary, the University of Rijeka and the University of Zagreb, both in Croatia, have started using BMAT as an entry requirement to courses such as Medicine and Dentistry.
Most recently in 2022, the BMAT exam date was brought forward from the normal date (1st Tuesday of the month in November) to the 18th of October, giving students two fewer weeks to prepare than the norm. It has also been announced that the BMAT will be running for the last time in 2023 (likely October). From 2024 onwards, the BMAT will not run.
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BioMedical Admissions Test
The BioMedical Admissions Test (BMAT) was an aptitude test used as part of the admissions process for Medicine, Biomedical Sciences and Dentistry in some universities in the United Kingdom, Singapore, Spain, Malaysia, Thailand, Hungary, Croatia and the Netherlands. In 2023, Cambridge Assessment announced that it would withdraw from the admissions test market and cease provision of the BMAT examination. All UK universities that previously used the BMAT have announced that, from 2024 onwards, the University Clinical Aptitude Test will be used instead.
BMAT was developed by Cambridge Assessment Admissions Testing in response to requests from academics at medical and veterinary schools for an assessment that would enable them to differentiate between applicants who appear equally well qualified and suited to the course, and provide a way of assessing the potential of students who have a range of different qualifications.
Initially, it was taken up by Oxford University for Medicine and Physiology (replacing the OMAT); the University of Cambridge for Medicine and Veterinary Science (replacing the MVAT) and University College London, for Medicine.
From 2011, the new Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKC Medicine) in Singapore, a partnership between Imperial College London and Nanyang University, started using BMAT as part of its entry process for Medicine.
Over the past few years, universities introducing BMAT as part of their entry requirements for Medicine courses have included Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) (2013), Leiden University in the Netherlands (2014), the University of Leeds (2012), the University of Navarra in Spain (2015), Lancaster University (2016), the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya in Malaysia (2016). The vast majority of other universities at the time, especially in the United Kingdom, used an alternative admissions assessment - the UCAT.
In 2017, a number of institutions in Thailand started using BMAT as part of their entry requirements for Medicine and Dentistry courses, initially starting with the Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University and the Chulabhorn International College of Medicine of Thammasat University. This was followed by the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Faculty of Medicine, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Faculty of Dentistry, Mahidol University (Mahidol International Dental School), Suranaree University of Technology, and Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital, Navamindradhiraj University as part of the first round (entrance by portfolio) of the Thai University Central Admissions System (TCAS) for the 2018 intake, after educational reforms in 2017.
For the 2018 intake, CEU Cardenal Herrara University in Spain, the University of Pécs in Hungary, the University of Rijeka and the University of Zagreb, both in Croatia, have started using BMAT as an entry requirement to courses such as Medicine and Dentistry.
Most recently in 2022, the BMAT exam date was brought forward from the normal date (1st Tuesday of the month in November) to the 18th of October, giving students two fewer weeks to prepare than the norm. It has also been announced that the BMAT will be running for the last time in 2023 (likely October). From 2024 onwards, the BMAT will not run.