UCAT Singapore 2026: NUS and NTU UCAT Requirements and Cut-Offs

Two of Singapore's three medical schools use the UCAT, but in very different ways. NTU asks every applicant for a score and publishes the range its admitted students achieved. NUS asks only some applicants for it and publishes no range. This guide covers who needs the test for each, what NTU's published figures mean on the new 2700 scale, the dates for 2027 entry, and how one UCAT sitting can also serve a UK application.

Last checked: 1 October 2026, against the NUS, NTU and UCAT Consortium websites.

Which Singapore medical schools use the UCAT?

The Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) requires the UCAT from all MBBS applicants. The Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore (NUS) requires it only from applicants with international qualifications or predicted IB results. Duke-NUS Medical School is graduate entry and takes the MCAT or GAMSAT instead.

Both NUS and NTU are listed by the UCAT Consortium as partner universities for their MBBS programmes, alongside a handful of other universities outside the UK.

For every non-UK university that uses the test, see our list of universities that accept the UCAT outside the UK.

Does NTU require the UCAT?

Yes. NTU's Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine requires a UCAT result from every MBBS applicant, including Singapore-Cambridge A-Level students. Your UCAT total is one of five things NTU assesses, alongside your academic results, a personal statement of up to 300 words, two referee reports and, if you are shortlisted, the MMI.

• Only a UCAT taken in the 12 months before you apply to NTU counts. For AY2027-28 entry, that means the UCAT 2026, sat between 13 July and 24 September 2026.
• NTU wants the UCAT (UK). It accepts the UCAT ANZ only if you are also applying to a relevant course at a UCAT ANZ university in Australia or New Zealand.
• You may sit the UCAT once per testing year. Sitting it more than once, or sitting both the UCAT and the UCAT ANZ in the same year, is treated as misconduct and all results are cancelled.
• NTU does not accept predicted grades. If your final results come out after April of the year you apply, you apply in the following admissions year.
• NTU takes around 190 students a year and states that priority goes to Singaporeans.

What is the NTU UCAT cut-off?

NTU does not set a fixed UCAT cut-off. What it publishes is the spread of scores among the students it admitted: for AY2025-26, the 10th percentile was 2690 and the 90th percentile was 3170. In other words, eight in ten NTU admits scored between 2690 and 3170, one in ten scored below 2690, and one in ten scored above 3170. NTU adds that the figures change each year with the strength of the applicant pool.

As of 1 October 2026, NTU has not published an admitted-student range for AY2026-27, which would be the first cohort assessed on the 2700 scale. We will update this page when it does.

What is 2690 to 3170 on the new 2700 scale?

On the 2026 scale, NTU's published range works out at roughly 2070 to 2440. The two scales cannot be converted point for point, so the fair comparison is by percentile: where each score sat among everyone who took the test that year, then the 2026 score at the same percentile.

The 2024 percentiles come from UCAT's published 2024 deciles and the 2024 data behind our score converter. The 2026 ranges are UCAT's own percentile look-up for the 2026 test. Treat the right-hand column as approximate: it assumes NTU's applicants stand in roughly the same place among all UCAT candidates from one year to the next.

To convert any other score between the two scales, use our UCAT score calculator, which runs the same percentile method.

What UCAT score do you need for NTU in 2027?

On our reading of NTU's published range, a UCAT 2026 total of about 2070 puts you inside it, and 2250 or above makes the UCAT a strength in your NTU application. 2250 was the 9th decile in 2026: only one candidate in ten scored higher. The 2026 mean was 1918 across 42,359 tests.

These are guide figures. NTU ranks applicants on all five criteria, and a strong MMI and academic record can carry a UCAT at the lower end of the range. A score below about 2070 makes NTU harder, but it does not rule you out.

If you are sitting the UCAT in 2027 and want a plan that targets the top decile, our 1-to-1 UCAT tutoring is fully online and scheduled around your time zone, so sessions fit Singapore evenings and weekends. Not sure what you need yet? Book a free strategy consultation and we will look at your timeline and target.

Does NUS require the UCAT for medicine?

Only for some applicants. NUS requires the UCAT for the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine if you apply with international qualifications or with predicted IB Diploma results. Singapore-Cambridge A-Level, local polytechnic and NUS High School applicants do not need it, and neither do IB students who apply with their actual results.

• NUS publishes no UCAT threshold and no admitted-student range, so there is no NUS equivalent of the NTU figures above.
• NUS Medicine's how-to-apply page still says "BMAT/UCAT". The NUS admissions office's current prerequisites name only the UCAT.
• For applicants with international qualifications, NUS considers only actual results submitted by the application closing date.
• Medicine must be your first or second choice on the NUS application. If it is your second, your first must also be a programme with an interview or test.
• Every Medicine applicant also submits a portfolio: a 500-word personal statement, a CCA list, a school testimonial and referee reports.

If you need the UCAT for NUS and are also applying to Australian or New Zealand universities, the UCAT Consortium's advice is to sit the UCAT ANZ. Otherwise, sit the UCAT (UK).

NUS vs NTU: UCAT requirements compared

NTU uses the UCAT for every applicant; NUS uses it only for qualifications outside the main Singapore routes. The detail for 2027 entry:

What are the NTU MMI and the NUS Focused Skills Assessment?

Both are in-person assessments in Singapore for shortlisted applicants, held in April, so applicants living overseas need to plan to be in Singapore that month.

• NTU MMI: eight one-to-one interviews in separate booths, run by faculty and professionals from several healthcare disciplines, usually finished within two hours. NTU says it looks at motivation and a realistic view of medicine, coping with stress, leadership and teamwork, multi-tasking, communication and maturity.
• NUS Focused Skills Assessment: the admissions assessment for shortlisted Medicine applicants, held in person in April (the 2026 sittings ran from 2 to 15 April). The dates are fixed, there are no alternative dates, and NUS states that travel is not a valid reason to reschedule.

The MMI format is the same idea most UK medical schools use, so preparation carries across. Our MMI preparation guide covers how the stations work and how they are marked.

Key dates: UCAT and applications for 2027 entry

If you are applying in the 2026-27 cycle, your UCAT is already behind you: the UCAT 2026 testing window closed on 24 September 2026. The dates that matter now:

1. 15 October 2026: NTU applications open for international qualifications, including the IB, for AY2027-28.
2. 15 October 2026, 18:00 UK time: the UCAS deadline for UK medicine for 2027 entry. That is 01:00 on 16 October in Singapore.
3. Early November 2026: UCAT 2026 results are delivered to UK universities.
4. 16 December 2026: NUS applications open for the IB, international qualifications, polytechnic and NUS High routes.
5. 17 February 2027: NUS closes for the IB and international qualifications.
6. 18 February to 19 March 2027: the NUS window for Singapore-Cambridge A-Level applicants.
7. Mid-March 2027: NTU applications typically close.
8. End of March 2027: NTU tells shortlisted applicants about the MMI.
9. April 2027: NTU MMI and NUS Focused Skills Assessment. NTU outcomes by the end of April; most NUS outcomes by the third week of May.

Sitting the UCAT in 2027 for 2028 entry

If you are in JC1 or Year 12 now, your test is the UCAT 2027. UCAT will publish registration and booking instructions in March 2027. For comparison, the 2026 cycle opened registration on 20 May, opened booking on 23 June and ran testing from 13 July to 24 September. A UCAT 2027 result is the one that counts for NTU in AY2028-29 under the 12-month rule, and for UK medical schools for 2028 entry.

For JC students, a summer UCAT falls in the middle of JC2, so most of the preparation has to happen in the first half of the year, around school.

Can you use the same UCAT for the UK and NTU?

Yes. A UCAT 2026 result is valid for UK medical and dental schools for 2027 entry (or deferred entry in 2028), and it is also the result NTU uses for AY2027-28. One sitting covers both applications.

• UK universities receive your score automatically: after the UCAS deadline, UCAT matches your registration with your UCAS choices and delivers results in early November.
• Partner universities such as NUS and NTU get results in one of two ways: you select them during UCAT registration, or they request or look up your result in UCAT's database. Keep your candidate ID (UKCAT followed by six digits) and your score report.
• If you are also applying to Australia or New Zealand, sit the UCAT ANZ instead. NTU accepts it in that case, and UK universities accept it if you complete the UCAT ANZ Results Collection form by 22 October.
• UK medical schools use the UCAT in very different ways: some rank on the total, some set thresholds, and many look at your Situational Judgement Test band.

See UCAT cut-off scores by UK university to match your score to UK schools, UCAT ANZ vs UCAT UK if Australia or New Zealand is on your list, and our guide to applying to UK medicine from Singapore for entry grades, the Singapore Medical Council recognised list and UK interviews.

Where and how do you sit the UCAT in Singapore?

You book the same UCAT (UK) as UK candidates, through your UCAT account, and sit it at a Pearson VUE test centre. UCAT is delivered in Pearson centres in more than 130 countries, and the Pearson test centre locator shows the centres near you. Testing outside the UK costs £115.

• Registration and booking for the UCAT 2026 closed on 16 September 2026, so the next chance is the UCAT 2027.
• Online proctored testing (OnVUE) is available where travel to a test centre is difficult. UCAT asks you to read its OnVUE information before booking.
• Your score report is handed to you at the test centre, and your scores appear in your UCAT account within about 24 hours.

Step-by-step booking advice is in our UCAT registration guide.

How to prepare for the UCAT from Singapore

Most Singapore applicants who need the UCAT need it for NTU, a UK application, or both, so the target is the top decile. The test rewards speed and technique as much as knowledge, and the Situational Judgement Test is set in UK healthcare scenarios, which are less familiar from Singapore.

• 1-to-1 UCAT tutoring: fully online with a top-decile tutor, scheduled around your time zone and your JC timetable.
• UCAT course: a single live online day taught by Dr Akash Gandhi. It runs 09:00 to 16:00 UK time, which falls in the Singapore evening.
• International Students Package: a doctor mentor for the whole UK application, from the UCAT to the personal statement and online interviews, in your time zone.
• Free UCAT guides: walkthroughs of every subtest, plus our Situational Judgement Test guide for the UK-specific part of the test.

Book your free strategy consultation, or start with UCAT tutoring if you already know your test year.