UCAT ANZ 2026 Essentials Guide - Key dates, eligibility, ID and fees

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UCAT ANZ 2026 Essentials Guide outlines the UCAT ANZ test as a required, multiple-choice, computer-based assessment for Australian and New Zealand medical and dental university entry. It explains the four separately timed subtests, the eligibility window for candidates completing final secondary schooling, and the accepted forms of photo identification. The guide also provides key deadlines for booking, late arrangements, testing dates, result delivery to universities, and the applicable test fees and late fees.

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About the test

Test format and subtests

Delivery locations

Eligibility

Key dates for UCAT ANZ 2026

Booking and access arrangements

Late deadlines and testing timeline

Results and delivery

Test fees (AUD)

UCAT ANZ essentials guide

Photo identification requirements

Verbal reasoning

How to book a test

Practice materials

What else to know

Do you want to studyMedicine or Dentistry? The UCATANZ test is a compulsory entry requirement forour Australian and New Zealand Consortium universities. Adelaide University Medicine Dental Surgery Oral Health Central Queensland UniversityMedical Science(Regional Medical Pathway provisional entry to UQ) Charles Sturt University Dental Science Medicine Curtin University Medicine Flinders University Clinical Sciences/Medicine Griffith University Dental Health Science(compulsory)Medical Science (optional) Monash University Medicine The University of Newcastle/ University of New England Joint Medical Program The University of New South Wales Medicine University of Notre Dame,Australia Medicine Pathway The University of Queensland Medicine(provisional entry pathway)Dental Science University of Southern Queensland Medicine Pathway(provisional entry to UQ MD,Darling Downs-South West Medical Pathway) University of the Sunshine Coast Medicine 'Science(optional) (provisional entry pathway to MD program at Griffith University) University of Tasmania Medicine The University of Western Australia Doctor of Medicine via Bachelor of Biomedicine(specialised) Doctor of Dental Medicine via Bachelor of Biomedicine (specialised) Western Sydney University Medicine The University of Auckland Medicine University of Otago Medicine # ABOUT THE TEST PHOTO IDENTIFICATION The UCATANZ test is a multiple choice,computer-basedtest.It consists of four separately timed subtests whichassess a range of abilities identified by university medicaland dental schools as important. ·Passport # DECISION MAKINGQUANTITATIVE REASONINGSITUATIONALJUDGEMENT TEST ·KiwiAccess Card/18+Card(only accepted in New Zealand) ·Hong Kong Identity Card(only accepted in Hong Kong) The test is delivered in Pearson test centres throughoutAustralia and New Zealand,and at many overseas locations. The test is only available to a candidate whose educationallevel at the time of sitting the test is that they areundertaking or have completed the finalyear of secondaryschooling,or higher. | KEY DATES FOR UCAT ANZ 2026 | | | --- | --- | | Concession Scheme opens
Access Arrangements applications open | 16 February 2026 | | | | | Booking opens | 3 March 2026 | | Concession Scheme closes | 11 May 2026 at
11:59pm AEST | | Access Arrangements applications close | 15 May 2026 at
11:59pm AEST | | Booking deadline | 15 May 2026 at
11:59pm AEST | | | | | Late Access Arrangements application
deadline
Late booking deadline | 29 May 2026at
11:59pm AEST | | | | | Finallate booking deadline | 5 June 2026 at
11:59pm AEST | | Testing begins | 1July 2026 | | Last testing date | 5 August 2026 | | Results delivered to universities | Early September
2026 | | TEST FEES(AUD) | | | Tests sat n Austraia and New Zealand | $335 | | Concession fee(Australia only) | $240 | | Overseas | $405 | | Late fee | $85 | | Final late fee | $185 | For example,candidates registering for UCAT ANZ 2026should have completed,or plan to complete their final year ofsecondary schooling in 2026(Year 12 in Australia;Year 13 inNew Zealand). Visit the UCAT ANZ website to BOOKYOUR TEST by 15 May2026at 11:59pm AEST.Refer to the Key Dates for late bookingdeadlines.No further bookings are accepted after the finalbooking deadline. Information about the CONCESSION SCHEME and ACCESSARRANGEMENTS is available on our website. Official free PREPARATION RESOURCES including Question Banks and fully timed Practice Tests are available on our website. The UCAT ANZ Consortium does not work with orendorse commercial preparation providers offering coaching and resources for the test. # UCAT ANZ ESSENTIALS GUIDE Fora step b

FAQs

What is the UCAT ANZ test and how is it structured?

The UCAT ANZ test is a compulsory, multiple-choice, computer-based test. It includes four separately timed subtests that assess abilities identified by university medical and dental schools as important.

What are the key deadlines for UCAT ANZ 2026 booking and access arrangements?

The guide lists dates for booking opening, concession scheme and access arrangements opening, concession and access arrangements closing, the booking deadline, late access arrangements deadlines, and the final late booking deadline. It also includes testing start and last testing dates.

What photo identification is accepted at the test centre?

Candidates must present one form of current photo identification from the listed options. The guide specifies country/region acceptance (e.g., Driver's Licence within country of issue, Australian Proof of Age Card in Australia, Singapore Identity Card in Singapore) and states that expired, photocopied, photographed, or digital forms are not accepted.

Sep 2, 2026

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