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BioMedical Admissions Test (BMAT)

BMAT is a subject-specific admissions test taken by applicants to certain medicine, veterinary medicine. The BMAT is owned and administered by Cambridge Assessment.

The BMAT is a 2 hour test in 3 sections:

  • Section 1: Aptitude & Skills 60 mins (multiple-choice)
  • Section 2: Scientific Knowledge & Applications 30 mins
    (multiple -choice)
  • Section 3: Writing Task 30 mins (Essay question)

English Literature Admissions Test (ELAT)

Cambridge Assessment has developed the English Literature Admissions Test (ELAT) on behalf of the University of Oxford. All students applying for English Language & Literature, English & Modern Language and Classics & English     courses at the University of Oxford are required to take the English Literature Admissions Test

The ELAT is one 90 min essay comparing two or three items of prose or poetry.

Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA)

Students applying to the University of Oxford to study Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) will be required to take a pre-interview admission Test. The PPE Admissions Test will be administered by Cambridge Assessment. The PPE admissions test will help admissions tutors to assess whether candidates have the skills and aptitudes that are required to study PPE – for example, the ability to think critically, reason analytically, and use language accurately and effectively – without having to rely on any particular subject knowledge.

The TSA (University of Oxford) is a 2 hour test in 2 sections:

  • Section 1: Designed to measure both problem solving and critical thinking skills (multiple choice)  90 mins
  • Section 2: Writing Task 30 mins (Essay question).

Please note that the PPE Admissions Test has been renamed the Thinking Skills Assessment Test (University of Oxford) due to another course from the University of Oxford (Economics & Management) deciding to adopt the test as part of their admissions process.

All three tests are to take place on the same day, Wednesday 5 November 2008. Registration period starts at 15 July to
12 September 2008.

Registration fee/exam (subjects to change without notice)
6,800 Baht

Method of Payment
We accept cash and credit (visa and master only)

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