Tests, tasks and interviews

Once we have established that the applicant meets or is predicted to meet our entry requirements, we will contact them to ask that they upload a digital portfolio of up to 10 pages and maximum 5MB. Full instructions on how to prepare and submit the portfolio will be provided at this stage. Applicants will be given a deadline of two weeks to submit their portfolio.   

A guide to the portfolio can be seen on The Bartlett Undergraduate Study webpages.  
 
Applicants applying for both Architecture BSc (ARB/RIBA Part 1) and Architecture MSci (ARB/RIBA Part 1 & 2) will only be asked to submit one portfolio. If successful, they will interview with their portfolio once. 

After reviewing an applicant's academic profile, UCAS personal statement and their portfolio, shortlisted students will be invited to attend an online interview. Interviews typically take place from mid-November to late April.  
 
Interviews at The Bartlett are an opportunity for us to get to know the applicant, their motivations and creative interests, but are also a chance for interviewees to discuss the programme with tutors and get to know the school. 
 
Further information on the application process is available on The Bartlett School of Architecture website.  

As the Arts and Sciences BASc is unique to UCL, we recognise that applicants cannot write a single Personal Statement that reflects interest in this programme and adequately addresses their other UCAS choices. As a result, we do not expect the Personal Statement to be tailored to this course.  

Applicants applying for the BASc should instead provide some evidence of skills, interests and experiences that are broadly relevant to the subject. 

It may be beneficial for an applicant to write about a subject area relevant to their intended major pathway. For instance, if their intended major pathway is ‘Societies’ and their other four UCAS choices are social science related, we would anticipate that the desirable skills and attributes for those four choices will also align well with those on the Societies pathway. From the 2027 admissions cycle, each major pathway will be offered as a distinct degree and will have its own UCAS code, so students will apply directly to their chosen course (e.g. Arts and Sciences (Societies) BASc, Arts and Sciences (Science and Engineering) BASc).

We will not require additional subject tests or a questionnaire for 2027 entry. 

See the Arts and Sciences website for more details.  

The TARA (the Test of Academic Reasoning for University Admission) is required for all undergraduate courses in the Department of Computer Science: Computer Science BSc; Computer Science MEng; Computer Science and Mathematics MEng; Robotics and Artificial Intelligence MEng. See the UCL Engineering website for guidance. 
 
An admissions test is not required for the Philosophy and Computer Science BA.  

The TMUA (the Test of Mathematics for University Admission) will be required for the Economics BSc and Economics with a Year Abroad BSc.  

See the UAT-UK website for more information about the TMUA.  

The ESAT (the Engineering and Science Admissions Test) will be required for the Electronic and Electrical Engineering BEng and Electronic and Electrical Engineering MEng.  

Applicants will be required to take Maths 1 and any two out of Physics, Maths 2, Chemistry and Biology papers. 

See the UAT-UK website for more information about the ESAT.  

The Engineering Foundation Year is for applicants eligible for UK/Home fee status (as determined by UCL Admissions) whose educational attainment so far has been disrupted by personal or socioeconomic circumstances. Applicants need to meet specific academic and non-academic entry requirements. See the Eligibility Checker on the Engineering Foundation Year prospectus page.  

Applicants applying in the 2027 admissions cycle will not be required to complete a written assessment or participate in an interview, as has previously been required. Applicants will instead be assessed based solely on the information provided on the UCAS application.
 
Visit the Department of English website for more information. 

The UCL Thinking Skills Test (TST), an internal online assessment, will be required for all three programmes in the department in the 2027 cycle: European Social and Political Studies BA; International Social and Political Studies BA; European Social and Political Studies: Dual Degree BA. Applicants can register to sit the test via the department’s online form. The TST replaces the TARA used in the 2026 cycle. 

For the Dual Degree only, candidates who perform well in the TST will be invited to attend an online interview conducted by staff from Sciences Po. 

All applicants to the Slade School of Fine Art (Fine Art BA; Fine Art BFA; Art and Technology BA) are required to submit a portfolio. The portfolio comprises of one PDF file, containing up to 20 pages. Our advice is to make a portfolio presenting one finished artwork per single page. The overall portfolio size should be no larger than 450MB.  
 
Applicants can choose to add a maximum of two extra video (MPEG, .MOV or MP4) files to show moving image, performances, sound, videos of sketchbooks. The two optional videos can be up to 450 MB per video, 5 mins duration per video. The first video should be selected media work (showreel) and the second can be a video of flipping through a sketchbook. We can only accept PDF and for video, MPEG, .MOV and MP4 formats. Applicants should not include links to online platforms such as YouTube, TikTok or Vimeo to show us films or performances, as we are not allowed to click external links in our selection processes. 

Applicants will receive instructions regarding portfolio submission from UCL after we have received their UCAS application. Detailed guidance has also been provided on the Slade School of Fine Art website: 

• Fine Art BA/BFA guidance
• Art and Technology BA guidance 

Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to interview in late February or March. Applicants based in the UK will be required to attend an in-person interview at the Slade School of Fine Art. Candidates not based in the UK will be interviewed online. 

Applicants interviewing in-person will be required to present a selection of physical work at the interview. We will look at the physical work alongside the applicant’s digital portfolio that we will have up on a screen in the interview room. Physical work can include original paintings and sculptures, printed out hard copy images of new large-scale works, sketchbooks, sound, maquettes, examples of materials or processes. 

See the Fine Art BA/BFA and Art and Technology BA pages on the Slade School of Fine Art website for more information.  

We may interview candidates by telephone in order to establish their level of language ability. 

All applicants to UCL Laws undergraduate degree programmes must take the LNAT (National Admissions Test for Law). Applicants must take the test no later than 31 December 2026 in the 2027 admissions cycle.  

The LNAT is a two-part test. The first part includes multiple-choice questions based on passages of text, and the second part requires takers to answer one of three essay questions. The LNAT is a computer-based test and lasts for two hours and 15 minutes.  Guidance about how to register is available on the LNAT website. 

LNAT score 
Students receive a mark out of 42 for the multiple-choice section, which is known as the LNAT score. Each year, UCL looks at the average multiple-choice score of applicants from the previous year or years and sets a benchmark threshold score for the current admissions cycle. Applications from candidates who meet that threshold will then be considered by Admissions Tutors. 

In the academic year 2024/25, the average LNAT score of candidates who received an offer at UCL was 29.4. For contextual offers, the average LNAT score of candidates who received an offer at UCL was 26.3. There is no score that will guarantee an offer. 
 
Academic consideration  
Once we have determined that an applicant meets the academic requirements and have obtained a competitive LNAT score, the application is then assessed by an Admissions Tutor. The Admissions Tutor will mark the LNAT essay. The essay part of the LNAT provides academic selectors with a genuine example of a candidate’s own written work and with an invaluable tool in assessing the applicant’s writing skills and ability to formulate, develop and defend argument, skills which are essential to undertaking legal studies. The essay therefore carries considerable weight in the selection process at UCL. 

An Admissions Tutor will consider all information provided in a UCAS application to make a final decision. This includes academic history; the motivation demonstrated towards studying law, extra-curricular activities, the UCAS reference, the LNAT multiple-choice score and LNAT essay.  

LLB Law with a European Legal System

Applicants for a LLB Law with a European Legal System degree programmes who are being considered for an offer will be invited to attend an online interview. This allows us to assess language competence. 

Applicants are not being assessed on their knowledge of the law at this stage. Interviewers might ask questions about an applicant's interests and hobbies and general accomplishments to ensure whether they would be a good fit for the UCL Laws student community.  

Applicants who are native speakers of the relevant language are not required to have a formal language qualification. The UCAS Reference should confirm language proficiency. 

See the UCL Laws Applying and LNAT Advice pages for more information.   

The TARA (the Test of Academic Reasoning for University Admission) will be required in the 2027 admissions cycle. This is a new requirement.

All applicants must submit an online portfolio of up to 6 items, no larger than 450MB in total. The portfolio will need to be uploaded as a PDF file or provided as an online website link. Media files can be uploaded on Vimeo, YouTube, Soundcloud, Google drive and provided as a link on your PDF document or embedded in your website. 
 
We accept wide range of media including film and moving image, showreels conceptual drawings, storyboards, 3D works, game walkthroughs, prototypes, art and design works, animation, illustration, creative writing and scripts, photography etc. Portfolios will be assessed based on their quality of engagement with materials, concepts and creative expression, and the way they convey their ideas through a variety of media. 
 
Applicants will be emailed details of how to upload their portfolio after submitting their UCAS application. Please see the Media BA prospectus page for more information.

All MBBS Medicine candidates must sit the University Clinical Aptitude test (UCAT). UCL will use the total score to rank and select candidates for interview.  

UCL has used UCAT as part of the selection procedure from 2024/25 application cycle. The total UCAT score is used to rank eligible candidates to invite those who are top scoring to interview. Where candidates achieved the same UCAT score, the Situational Judgement (SJT) is used to further rank each candidate. 

Students achieving the following minimum total score were invited to interview in the 2026 admissions cycle: 

• Access UCL (Contextual offers): 2080
• Home: 2190  
• Overseas: 2300

The total score is out of 2700.

UCAT test statistics provides information on decile distributions and percentile ranking. Please be advised that previous UCAT scores are not indicative of future cohorts. With applicant cohorts changing year on year, resulting in variable UCAT score distributions, it is not possible to predict what minimum score might go on to achieve an interview in future years.   

Please see the Medical School website for further information on the Selection and Interview process. 

See the MBBS Admissions noticeboard and Selection Procedure webpage for more information about how candidates are assessed.  

We do not score personal statements to select candidates for interview for MBBS Medicine.  

Following receipt of UCAT scores in November, we will begin inviting candidates to attend a Multiple Mini Interview (MMI). These take place between December and March. Each year, we normally interview between 900-1000 applicants. We will send invitations on a rolling basis from December through to March. Home applicants will be interviewed in person and overseas candidates will be invited to attend online. No offers are made without interview. 

Provisional interview dates will be posted on the MBBS Admissions Noticeboard in October. We ask that applicants let us know as soon as possible if they will be unavailable for any of the interview dates (for any reason). It is unlikely that we are able to rearrange interview dates once sent.  

Additional selection activities will take place between November and April. Applicants who are invited to participate in our selection activities must do so in order to be considered for the Pharmacy MPharm. 

All applicants will be required to take a test designed to help us further evaluate a candidate's ability and suitability. Successful applicants will then be invited to an interview. 

Questions in both the test and the interview will be based around our values. The test and interview will look at numeracy and communication skills, asses how candidates might respond in certain scenarios and ask candidates to demonstrate their opinions and values through written and spoken answers. 

Marks for these activities will be scored against criteria based on our values. A candidate's performance in the test and interview will be evaluated alongside their academic profile and UCAS application to make a final decision. 

See the UCL School of Pharmacy website for additional information.