UCAT ANZ 2026 Results and 2027 Dates: UCAT Australia and New Zealand

What Is The UCAT ANZ (Australia & New Zealand)

The University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) ANZ is an admissions test used by universities in Australia and New Zealand.

It is used for admission into medical, dental and clinical science degree programmes.

From 2025, the UCAT ANZ has four parts: three cognitive subtests (Verbal Reasoning, Decision Making and Quantitative Reasoning) and the Situational Judgement Test (SJT). Abstract Reasoning was removed, so the cognitive total is now scored from 900 to 2700, with each subtest scaled from 300 to 900. The SJT is reported separately as its own scaled score from 300 to 900. In the UK version the SJT is reported as a band from 1 to 4 instead.

UCAT ANZ 2026 results: average scores and percentiles

The average UCAT ANZ 2026 total was 1,964 out of 2700, from 17,341 candidates. The median was 1,950, the top 10% scored 2,340 or more, and the average Situational Judgement score was 580 out of 900. These are the official figures published by the UCAT ANZ Consortium in September 2026.

Quantitative Reasoning had the highest average of the three cognitive subtests (691) and Verbal Reasoning the lowest (619), the same pattern as the UK test. Compared with 2025, the mean total rose from 1,941 to 1,964 and the cohort grew from 16,950 to 17,341, while the SJT mean dipped from 586 to 580.

UCAT ANZ 2026 deciles

Each decile is the score at that percentile of the 2026 cohort. A total of 2,220 put you at the 80th percentile, for example, meaning you scored as well as or better than 80% of candidates.

UCAT ANZ 2026 percentile look-up

The UCAT ANZ Consortium publishes a percentile look-up for the 2026 total score. These are its results for round scores:

Source: the UCAT ANZ Test Statistics page and its Summary Test Statistics 2026 PDF. Some universities also calculate their own percentiles from their own applicants, so a university may describe your score differently.

Preparing for UCAT ANZ 2027? Our 1-1 UCAT tutoring is online and scheduled around your time zone, and because the UCAT ANZ uses the same four subtests, question counts and timings as the UK test, the whole programme applies to it. If you sat the test this year and are also applying to the UK, the international applicants package covers the Results Collection form, your UK shortlist and online interview coaching.

What is a good UCAT ANZ score?

A good UCAT ANZ score in 2026 was about 2,120 or more, which is the 70th percentile. Around 2,220 (80th percentile) is a strong score, and 2,340 or more puts you in the top 10% of candidates. The median was 1,950, so anything above that is above average.

What counts as good depends on where you apply. Australian and New Zealand medical schools combine the UCAT ANZ with academic results (ATAR, IB or university grades) and usually an interview, and each weights the parts differently. Most do not publish a fixed cut-off, and where a figure is published it describes one past cohort and moves every year.

A good SJT score

The 2026 SJT mean was 580 and the median 589. A score of 621 put you at the 70th percentile and 664 at the 90th. If you are also applying to the UK, your SJT is converted to a band on delivery: 658 to 900 is Band 1, 596 to 657 Band 2, 502 to 595 Band 3 and 300 to 501 Band 4. On the 2026 ANZ deciles, that makes Band 1 a little more than the top 10% of ANZ candidates.

To turn practice marks into scaled scores, use the UCAT score calculator. For how the UK cohort compares decile by decile, see UCAT deciles explained.

Who Can Sit The UCAT Australia?

The UCAT ANZ is only available to students who are currently in or have recently completed the final year of secondary schooling (or higher).

Students in Australian year 11 or lower are NOT eligible to sit the UCAT ANZ. This includes Year 11 students undertaking one or more Year 12 subjects. Year 12 students completing Year 12 over two years are only eligible to sit the UCAT ANZ in their final year.

Candidates are not permitted to sit both the UCAT ANZ and the UCAT (UK) in the same year (i.e. UCAT ANZ 2026 and UCAT UK 2026). Candidates who are applying to Australian/ New Zealand and UK universities should sit the UCAT ANZ.

When is the UCAT ANZ 2027? Dates and fees

UCAT ANZ 2027 dates have not been announced. As of 1 October 2026, the official UCAT ANZ website still shows the 2026 cycle. UCAT ANZ 2027 will be the sitting for entry to university in 2028, because a UCAT ANZ result is valid for the next year's intake only.

One change for the 2027 sitting is already confirmed: the University of Auckland will use its own Casper test instead of the UCAT ANZ for 2028 entry. The other universities on the official list have not announced changes.

Last year the 2026 dates first appeared on the UCAT ANZ Test Cycle page in November 2025, so check from November 2026. We will add the 2027 dates and fees here once they are published.

UCAT ANZ 2026 timeline (for 2027 entry, now closed)

Use this as a guide to the shape of the year. All deadlines were at 11.59pm AEST.

Eligibility: the UCAT ANZ is open to students in, or who have finished, the final year of secondary school (Year 12 in Australia, Year 13 in New Zealand) or higher. Australian Year 11 students are not eligible, even if they take Year 12 subjects early, so most students sit it in their final school year.

How much does the UCAT ANZ cost?

The UCAT ANZ 2026 fee was AUD $335 for a test taken in Australia or New Zealand, and AUD $405 for a test taken overseas. A concession fee of AUD $240 was available in Australia only. The 2027 fees have not been published yet.

All fees are charged in Australian dollars, including for candidates in New Zealand. The concession fee is for candidates named on a current Australian Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card, and is not available outside Australia.

Which universities use the UCAT ANZ?

The official UCAT ANZ list has 17 entries: 15 in Australia, where the University of Newcastle and the University of New England share one Joint Medical Program, and the University of Auckland and University of Otago in New Zealand. For 2027 entry you needed to sit UCAT ANZ 2026 to apply to any course below.

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Published UCAT ANZ cut-offs

Only five of these universities publish a UCAT figure, and only Monash publishes a recent interview cut-off. Monash's lowest total for a December interview for the 2026 intake was 2,380, the 94th percentile, or 2,050 (66th percentile) on the Dean's Rural List. Griffith used a total of 2,240 to separate applicants with equal ATARs at its Gold Coast campus for 2026 entry. UNSW and the University of Tasmania set a minimum of the 50th percentile, and Otago requires Verbal Reasoning at or above the 20th percentile and SJT at or above the 10th.

These figures come from UCAT ANZ 2025, the first year scored out of 2700. Older cut-offs, such as Monash's 3,140 for the 2025 intake, were on the previous 3600 scale and cannot be compared with a 2026 score. No university has published a figure for the 2027 intake yet.

Course list from the official UCAT ANZ universities page. Some pathways, such as graduate entry, use GAMSAT instead, and international applicants should check whether their course requires the UCAT ANZ. A UCAT ANZ result cannot be carried over to a later year.

The UCAT is also used outside Australia, New Zealand and the UK, in Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong and parts of Europe. See our list of universities that accept the UCAT outside the UK.

Where Are The UCAT ANZ Test Centres?

The UCAT exam in Australia can be sat in many major cities across Australia and New Zealand. This includes cities such as Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Canberra, Newcastle, Sydney, Darwin, Gold Coast, Townsville, Hobart and Melbourne.

In New Zealand, cities such as Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, New Plymouth, Tauranga, and Wellington are places where the UCAT ANZ can be sat.

The best way to find your nearest centre is to search on the Test Centre Locator.

UCAT ANZ Preparation

We have written a guide about how to best prepare for the UCAT Australia & New Zealand for 2027 entry. In this guide, you will find a list of the best resources for the UCAT and you will learn how to plan your UCAT revision.

Start with our full UCAT preparation guide, browse the UCAT Guides revision hub for subtest-by-subtest strategy, and drill timed questions on the free UCAT online trainer. Because the ANZ and UK exams share the same format, every UK practice resource applies directly to the UCAT ANZ.

The UCAT ANZ Test Day

UCAT ANZ ‘Fit to Test’ Policy

• Candidates who present themselves to the test are declaring themselves fit to take the test.
• If you are aware of anything that might affect your performance on the day, you should not sit the test. This applies even if you fall ill or experience issues on the day of your test.
• If you are not fit to test, you must reschedule your appointment to a later date, even if this means losing the test fee.
• If you choose to sit the test against this advice, it may not be accepted as mitigating circumstances.

UCAT ANZ Earplugs

Test centres in Australia and New Zealand provide earplugs to candidates who ask for them. You can also bring your own disposable earplugs in unopened packaging, which staff will inspect.

Illness during Testing

If you become ill during your test, notify the invigilator. If you are not well enough to continue, you should ask the invigilator to end your test.

Tell the invigilator straight away, and follow the UCAT ANZ Examination Rules and the Test Incident page on the official site for what to do next.

Incidents during Testing

The UCAT ANZ Consortium and our partner Pearson VUE aim to provide a straightforward test experience in a business-like environment. However, occasionally things may go wrong and we have systems in place to deal with such circumstances.

Raising an issue during your test. If you experience an issue during your test, raise your hand to notify the invigilator. This includes hardware/software problems, excessive noise disturbance or other distractions.

If you do not raise the issue during your test, UCAT will not accept this as a mitigating circumstance. The invigilator cannot answer questions related to testing content.

Requesting an incident investigation

The reporting of an incident at the test centre does not automatically result in Pearson VUE taking any action unless you request an “incident investigation” from Pearson VUE. If you wish to have your case investigated, please refer to the Test Incident page.

When do UCAT ANZ results come out?

Your UCAT ANZ score report arrives by email from Pearson VUE within 24 hours of your test. Universities receive every result directly from the UCAT ANZ Office in early September, so you do not send your score yourself. The official statistics and percentile look-up follow in September.

• Score report: emailed by Pearson within 24 hours, viewable in your Pearson account.
• Results to universities: early September (2026 results were delivered in early September 2026).
• Statistics: preliminary figures in late August, summary statistics and the percentile look-up in September.
• Validity: UCAT ANZ 2026 results are valid for entry in 2027 only.
• Your UCAT ANZ ID, in the format ANZ12345678, goes on your university applications.

Applying to the UK as well? UK universities do not receive ANZ results automatically. Complete the UCAT ANZ Results Collection form on the UCAT UK website, which closes on 22 October 2026.

UCAT ANZ vs UCAT UK: what is different?

The UCAT exam was originally the UKCAT and was developed in the UK for admission into medical and dental schools. It has since been expanded to universities in Australia and New Zealand. The two versions test the same skills, but they are separate exams with separate registrations, fees, dates and results.

From 2025, both the UCAT (UK) and the UCAT ANZ removed Abstract Reasoning, so the test now has three cognitive subtests, Verbal Reasoning, Decision Making and Quantitative Reasoning, scored from 900 to 2700 in total, plus the Situational Judgement Test.

There is one real scoring difference. The UCAT (UK) reports the SJT as a band from 1 to 4. The UCAT ANZ reports it as a scaled score from 300 to 900, which UCAT converts into a band when your result is delivered to a UK university.

On acceptance, the two directions are not symmetrical. UCAT (UK) results are not accepted by Australian and New Zealand universities, which take UCAT ANZ results only. But UCAT ANZ results are accepted for entry to UK medical and dental schools, provided you complete the UCAT ANZ Results Collection form so your score is delivered.

For the full comparison, including the SJT band conversion table and the deadline you have to meet, read UCAT ANZ vs UCAT UK: can you apply to the UK?

UCAT ANZ 2026 and UCAT UK 2026 at a glance

The two means come from different cohorts, so a higher ANZ mean does not make an ANZ score worth more or less in the UK. Compare yourself with the cohort you sat with.

If any Singapore or Thailand partner school is on your list, check its own rules: Nanyang Technological University (NTU), for example, accepts the UCAT ANZ only from applicants also applying to an Australian or New Zealand consortium course. Our list of universities that accept the UCAT outside the UK covers each one.

Candidates applying to both Australian/ New Zealand and UK universities

If you are applying to Australian or New Zealand universities for 2027 entry, you need to sit the UCAT ANZ 2026 test. Candidates are not permitted to sit both the UCAT ANZ and the UCAT (UK) in the same year, and doing so is considered candidate misconduct, with all results liable to be withdrawn.

That rule is less restrictive than it sounds, because you do not need both. UCAT (UK) results are not accepted by Australian and New Zealand universities, but UCAT ANZ results are accepted for UK medical and dental school entry. So a single UCAT ANZ sitting covers applications in both directions. Bear in mind that Australian and New Zealand admissions deadlines are earlier than the UK ones.

Delivering UCAT ANZ results to UK universities

UK-based candidates have their scores matched to UCAS automatically after the October deadline. ANZ candidates do not. For your UCAT ANZ result to reach your UK university choices, you must complete the UCAT ANZ Results Collection form on the UCAT UK website yourself.

• The form is listed as opening on 2 October 2026, marked TBC by UCAT, and closes on 22 October 2026.
• You need your ANZ ID, in the format ANZ12345678, and your UCAS Personal ID.
• This deadline sits a week after the UCAS equal consideration date of 15 October 2026 at 18:00 UK time, so submitting your UCAS application does not send your score.

Any queries about the process for UK universities should be directed to the UCAT UK Office.

For the complete ANZ to UK walkthrough, see UCAT ANZ vs UCAT UK: can you apply to the UK?, and for the wider application read studying medicine in the UK from Australia and New Zealand.

UCAT vs UMAT

Previously, students in Australia and New Zealand had to sit the UMAT (Undergraduate Medical and Health Sciences Admissions Test). This was replaced by the UCAT ANZ in 2019. Since then, the UKCAT Consortium announced that the UKCAT will be changing its name to the UCAT in the UK from 2019.

This is a shorter exam than the UMAT (2 hours vs 3 hours) and is sat on the computer rather than with pen and paper. This means that you get your results straight away rather than having to wait for your results over some time.

UCAT ANZ tutoring and UK application support

The UCAT ANZ uses the same Verbal Reasoning, Decision Making, Quantitative Reasoning and Situational Judgement subtests as the UK test, with the same question counts and timings, so UK UCAT preparation applies to it in full. Only the SJT scoring differs.

See 1-1 UCAT tutoring, the international applicants package, or book a free strategy consultation to talk through your score and your options in both countries.

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Related guides and tools

Use these TheUKCATPeople guides and tools to plan your UCAT ANZ preparation and your wider application:

• UCAT Guides revision hub - subtest strategy, timing and scoring walkthroughs for the four-part exam.
• How to prepare for the UCAT - books, resources and a study plan you can adapt to the ANZ testing window.
• Free UCAT online trainer - practise timed questions across Verbal Reasoning, Decision Making, Quantitative Reasoning and the SJT.
• UCAT score calculator - convert raw marks to scaled scores out of 2700 and see where you stand.
• UCAT registration and key dates - the equivalent timeline and booking steps for UCAT (UK) applicants.
• Studying medicine in the UK from Australia and New Zealand - if you are also considering UK universities and the UCAT (UK).
• 1-1 UCAT tutoring - bespoke coaching across all four UCAT sections with expert tutors.
• UCAT ANZ vs UCAT UK: can you apply to the UK?: the Results Collection form, SJT band conversion and timeline.
• Universities that accept the UCAT outside the UK: Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, Europe and more.
• UCAT deciles explained: the UK 2026 deciles for comparison with your own cohort.