Universities That Accept the UCAT Outside the UK (2027 and 2028 Entry)

The UCAT is run by the UCAT Consortium of UK universities, but a growing list of medical and dental schools in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Caribbean now use the same test. If you are an international student, one UCAT sitting can count towards a UK application and a home-country application in the same cycle, provided you sit the right version and send the result to the right places.

This page lists every university outside the UK that we could confirm on its own admissions pages, says whether the UCAT is required, optional or one option among several, and gives the published threshold where there is one. Last checked: 1 October 2026. Entry rules change every cycle, so treat the official link in each row as the final word.

Which universities outside the UK accept the UCAT?

Outside the UK, the UK UCAT is required by NUS and NTU in Singapore, Thammasat University in Thailand, the University of Kurdistan Hewlêr in Iraq and Queen Mary University of London in Malta, and becomes required at HKU in Hong Kong for 2028 entry. Several others accept it as one option: CUHK, the University of Nicosia Graduate Entry MD, NKUA Athens, the Medical University of Warsaw, AUC in the Caribbean and Pakistan's foreign and overseas seats. Australia and New Zealand use the separate UCAT ANZ.

Seven of these are formal UCAT partner universities listed on ucat.ac.uk: NUS, NTU, Thammasat, UKH, the University of Nicosia, NKUA and AUC. Queen Mary's Malta programme is run by a UK Consortium member. HKU, CUHK, Warsaw and the PMDC colleges are not on the partner list but name the UCAT in their own admissions rules, so check how your result reaches them.

If you are applying from abroad, our 1-1 UCAT tutoring is online and scheduled around your time zone, so a student in Singapore, Hong Kong or Bangkok can work with a UK tutor after school. One score is going to several universities in different countries, which makes each extra decile worth more.

Do universities in Singapore use the UCAT?

Yes. Both Singapore medical schools use the UK UCAT. NTU's Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine shortlists every applicant for its Multiple Mini-Interviews on academic results and UCAT results, and only accepts a UCAT sat in the 12 months before you apply. NUS's Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine requires the UCAT from applicants with international qualifications or IB forecast results.

NTU publishes no fixed cut-off. Its guide figure is that students admitted in AY2025-26 scored between 2690 (10th percentile) and 3170 (90th percentile), but those are UCAT 2024 scores on the old 3600 scale with Abstract Reasoning, so they cannot be compared directly with a 2026 score out of 2700. When you register, select Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (NTU, Singapore) so your result is sent there.

For the NUS and NTU requirements in detail, see UCAT for Singapore: NUS and NTU requirements and cut-offs. If you are applying to the UK from Singapore too, read applying to medicine in the UK from Singapore.

Do universities in Hong Kong use the UCAT?

Yes, for non-JUPAS applicants, and the University of Hong Kong is about to make it compulsory. HKU's MBBS treats the UCAT as optional for 2027-28 entry and makes it required for 2028-29 entry. CUHK's MBChB does not require any entrance test, but says it is increasingly common for A level and IAL applicants to strengthen their profile with a UCAT or MCAT result.

For 2027-28 entry, HKU says non-JUPAS candidates may still submit UCAT results from any year as a supporting document. JUPAS applicants, who apply on the HKDSE through the local system, are not covered by this non-JUPAS rule.

UCAT test centres, HKDSE offers and the UK route are covered in applying to medicine in the UK from Hong Kong.

Does Thammasat University use the UCAT?

Yes. Thammasat University in Thailand is a UCAT partner university for three courses: the Doctor of Medicine (International Program), the Doctor of Medicine (English Program) and the Doctor of Dental Surgery (Bilingual Program). UCAT names Thammasat among the partner universities whose 2027-entry applicants should sit UCAT 2026.

For the International Program at the Chulabhorn International College of Medicine (CICM), the 2026 admission guidelines list the UCAT score as the first selection criterion, followed by a portfolio and an MMI in English. That round accepted UCAT 2025 scores only, asked for IELTS 6.5 or equivalent, set an age limit of under 28, and offered 32 places. Check CICM's guidelines for the 2027 round before you rely on the dates.

Thai students applying to both countries can read studying medicine in the UK from Thailand. Chulalongkorn's CU-MEDi is a graduate entry programme that uses the MCAT.

Which universities in Europe accept the UCAT?

Four European options name the UCAT: Queen Mary University of London's MBBS in Malta (required), the University of Nicosia Graduate Entry MD in Cyprus (one of three accepted tests), NKUA in Athens (one of several qualifying credentials) and the Medical University of Warsaw (can replace its own competency test for some international candidates).

• Malta: Queen Mary says all candidates must sit the UCAT, score in the third decile or above, and that SJT Band 4 will not be considered.
• Cyprus: the University of Nicosia Graduate Entry MD accepts a UCAT of 1875 overall with at least 500 in each section and SJT Band 1 to 3, for graduates in life sciences or biomedical science. MCAT 498 or GAMSAT 55 are the alternatives. Its 6-year MD lists school grades and an interview, with no UCAT requirement.
• Greece: NKUA's English-taught medical degree lists the UCAT and MCAT among the qualifications that meet its entry requirement, alongside the IB, A levels and others.
• Poland: Warsaw recognises UCAT, BMAT, MCAT, GAMSAT and HPAT results within five years, but only some international candidates can use them to skip the competency test, the decision depends on the score, and you need the Admission Board's confirmation before applying.

Hungary, the Czech Republic and Italy run their own exams or the IMAT (see the table below). For the wider picture, read studying medicine in Europe and studying medicine in the UK from Europe.

Can you use the UCAT for medicine in Pakistan?

Yes, for foreign-student seats and seats reserved for overseas Pakistanis. The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council's Admissions Regulations 2025 say candidates for those seats do not need the MDCAT if they have SAT-II with at least 550 in each subject, a foreign MCAT, or the UCAT "with 50% marks". The regulation does not say how 50% maps onto the 900 to 2700 scale, so check each college's own admission notice.

Our guide to studying medicine in the UK from Pakistan covers the UCAT for overseas and foreign seats alongside the UK route.

Which other universities accept the UCAT?

Two more partner universities sit outside these regions. The University of Kurdistan Hewlêr (UKH) in Erbil, Iraq, requires the UCAT for its MBBS and runs the test at its own campus; its UCAT page quotes a minimum of 1400 and an overseas fee of £115, but is undated and does not say which scale the 1400 refers to, so confirm the current threshold with UKH.

The American University of the Caribbean (AUC) on Sint Maarten requires the MCAT from US applicants but lets non-US applicants submit an equivalent test, and says students from the UK may substitute the UCAT. It is not compulsory for non-US applicants, and AUC does not consider UCAT scores more than five years old.

Do Australian and New Zealand universities accept the UK UCAT?

No. Universities in Australia and New Zealand use the UCAT ANZ, a separate sitting of the same test run by the UCAT ANZ Consortium. Seventeen universities are members: fifteen in Australia and the University of Auckland and University of Otago in New Zealand. At Griffith (Medical Science) and the University of the Sunshine Coast (Medical Science) the test is optional.

It works in the other direction. A UCAT ANZ 2026 result is valid for UK medical and dental schools for 2027 entry, and for UCAT partner universities, if you complete the UCAT ANZ Results Collection form on ucat.ac.uk by 22 October 2026. NTU says it only expects a UCAT ANZ result from applicants who are also applying to Australia or New Zealand.

Read our UCAT ANZ guide for the Australian and New Zealand universities and dates, and UCAT ANZ vs UCAT UK for how an ANZ score is used in the UK, including the SJT band conversion.

Which universities do not use the UCAT?

Many well-known international medical schools do not use the UCAT at all. Ireland uses the HPAT, the USA and Canada use the MCAT, India uses NEET, and most European English-taught programmes run their own exam or the IMAT. A UCAT score does not replace these tests.

Ireland's routes for non-EU applicants are covered in studying medicine in Ireland.

How do UCAT 2026 scores compare with published cut-offs?

In UCAT 2026, sat between July and September 2026 for 2027 entry, the mean total was 1918 out of 2700 across 42,359 tests. The official deciles below are the fairest way to read any threshold a university quotes, because they show where a score sits in the whole cohort.

So Queen Mary Malta's "third decile or above" means a total around 1780 or higher on the 2026 tables, a top-10% score starts at 2250, and the University of Nicosia's 1875 sits a little below the 1920 median.

For the full percentile table, see what is a good UCAT score: averages and deciles, and for how UK schools use the score, UCAT cut-off scores by university. The SJT band rules that Malta and Nicosia use are explained in UCAT SJT bands 1 to 4.

Can one UCAT cover the UK and other countries?

Yes. One UCAT (UK) sitting can be used for UK medical schools and for partner universities such as NUS, NTU and Thammasat in the same cycle, and for the other universities in the table that accept it. UCAT says applicants to NTU, NUS or Thammasat for 2027 entry should sit UCAT 2026.

• You may sit the UCAT only once in a test cycle.
• You may not sit both the UCAT and the UCAT ANZ in the same year. UCAT treats it as candidate misconduct and all results may be withdrawn.
• If any of your choices are in Australia or New Zealand, sit the UCAT ANZ: it is the only version they accept, and it can be sent to UK and partner universities through the Results Collection form.
• When you register for the UK test, tick the international universities you are applying to (NTU asks you to select LKCMedicine), so your result is delivered to them.

Where can international students sit the UCAT, and what does it cost?

The UCAT is sat at Pearson VUE test centres in many countries, so you do not need to travel to the UK. It costs £115 for a test taken outside the UK and £70 in the UK, and the UCAT bursary is for UK candidates only. Online proctored testing (OnVUE) is only for candidates who cannot reach a test centre, for reasons such as distance or civil unrest.

UCAT has not yet published the dates for UCAT 2027, which is the test for 2028 entry and for HKU's new requirement. Registration for UCAT 2026 opened on 20 May 2026, so watch ucat.ac.uk from spring 2027. Our UCAT registration guide walks through the account and booking steps. New to the test? Start with what is the UCAT.

How can international students prepare for the UCAT?

The UCAT tests speed and reasoning, not school knowledge, so students from HKDSE, Thai, Singaporean or IB systems often find the format the hardest part. Starting three or more months before your test date, and sitting in July or August, gives you the score before you choose your universities in each country.

• 1-1 UCAT tutoring: online with UK tutors who scored in the top decile, scheduled around your time zone.
• UCAT courses: structured group teaching on each subtest.
• International students package: doctor-led support through the UCAT or UCAT ANZ, personal statement, fee-status shortlisting and online interviews for a UK application.

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Country guides for international applicants

• International students' guide to studying medicine in the UK
• Applying to medicine in the UK from Hong Kong
• Applying to medicine in the UK from Singapore
• Studying medicine in the UK from Thailand
• Studying medicine in the UK from Pakistan
• Studying medicine in the UK from Malaysia
• Studying medicine in the UK from India
• Studying medicine in the UK from Australia and New Zealand
• Studying medicine in the UK from Canada
• Studying medicine in the UK from the USA
• Applying to medicine in the UK from the UAE
• Applying to medicine in the UK from Kuwait
• Applying to medicine in the UK from Qatar
• Applying to medicine in the UK from Saudi Arabia
• Studying medicine in the UK from Europe