UK admissions tests
Past papers and practice for the tests that decide an offer
SummitPapers collects the free official archives for the TMUA, ESAT, and TARA, and for the older papers UAT-UK still tells candidates to use. The questions on those PDFs belong to UAT-UK. Original practice added here is separate: the question and the correct letter are free, and most worked solutions are paid.
Past papers by test
Live test
TMUA past papers
2016–2023 papers, worked answers, and answer keys. Two papers, one score from 1.0 to 9.0.
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ESAT past papers
The ESAT has no papers of its own. Practise on the ENGAA and NSAA archives UAT-UK publishes.
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TARA past papers
37 BMAT Section 1 and TSA Section 1 papers that share the TARA’s question history.
Open →Archive
TSA past papers
All 16 TSA Section 1 papers, 2008–2023, including the 2022 and 2023 papers.
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BMAT past papers
All 21 BMAT Section 1 papers, 2003–2023. The 2023 paper has 32 questions.
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How the scale works
What UAT-UK actually says about 4.5, 7.0, and the missing grade boundaries.
Open →Why the archive is organised this way
UAT-UK, run with Imperial and Cambridge and delivered by Pearson, publishes preparation materials free of charge. The paper-based TMUA archive stops in 2023 because the live test is now computer-based and those papers are not released. The ESAT, launched in 2024, points candidates at the ENGAA and NSAA. The TARA points them at BMAT Section 1 and TSA Section 1.
Each file on this site opens the official PDF. We do not keep a second copy. The official course list for 2027 entry names Durham, Imperial, LSE, Cambridge, Oxford, Warwick, and UCL. Whether a test is compulsory depends on the course.
UAT-UK course list, April 2026 (PDF)
How practice is added
The TMUA practice questions are original questions by topic. All 1,273 questions and their correct letters are free to read. 145 include a worked solution. One payment of £59 opens the worked solutions on the other 1,128 for 12 months. ESAT and TARA practice pages carry a short diagnostic. STEP and MAT are not in this release.