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The British Council is a leading examinations administrator. We hold exams for foreign universities and institutes of further education that cover a wide range of academic and vocational subjects.
Read more about the following pre-university exams:
Registration for BMAT/ELAT/TSA Oxford 2009:
Registration for BMAT/ELAT/TSA Oxford - starts on 1 July 2009.
Registration for STEP 2009 is closed.

The BioMedical Admissions Test (BMAT) is a subject-specific admissions test taken by applicants to Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and related courses at the following institutions:
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University of Cambridge |
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University of Oxford |
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University College London |
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Imperial College London |
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The Royal Veterinary College |


The English Literature Admissions Test (ELAT) is a pre-interview admissions test for applicants to undergraduate courses in English at the University of Oxford. The test is designed to enable applicants to show their ability in the key skills of close reading, paying attention to such elements as the language, imagery, allusion, syntax, form and structure of the passages set for comment.


The Oxford Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA Oxford) is a pre-interview admissions test for applications to undergraduate coures in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE), Economics and Management (E&M), Experimental Psychology (EP) and Psychology, Physiology and Philosophy (PPP) at the University of Oxford.
For students applying to University of Cambridge and University College London (UCL), these universities will arrange the test sittings for students who need to do TSA.


Sixth Term Examination Paper (STEP) is a well-established Mathematics university admission test, which is used to help select very academically able students for courses which are usually oversubscribed. STEP Mathematics is used by University of Cambridge and University of Warwick to assess the suitability of candidates for their Mathematics courses.

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