TMUA Scores & Grade Boundaries
The paper tests sat from 2016 to 2023 came with conversion tables. The current computer-based TMUA does not. This page sticks to what UAT-UK has published about the scale, including the two sentences on its own site that do not say the same thing about the 90th percentile.
How the TMUA is scored
- Two papers, 20 multiple-choice questions each, 75 minutes, no calculator, no negative marking.
- The papers are equated together into one score from 1.0 to 9.0, to one decimal place. There is no separate paper score on the statement.
- Scoring uses a Rasch model. The reported scale describes where you sit in the cohort, not the percentage you got right.
- UAT-UK does not publish grade boundaries or a pass mark.
What the official explanation says
The Explanation of Results for October 2025 and January 2026 says the scale is designed so that typical candidates score around 4.5, and approximately 10% of candidates score higher than 7.0. Low scores are capped at 1.0 and high scores at 9.0. The distribution itself is a chart in that PDF, not a table of percentages, so it is not reprinted here.
TMUA Explanation of Results (PDF)
UAT-UK’s scoring page also says the October 50th percentile is fixed at 4.5. In one paragraph it places the 90th percentile at 7.0, which matches the explanation of results. In the Rasch-mapping paragraph it places the 90th percentile at 9.0. Those two sentences cannot both be the design of the same scale. The candidate-facing explanation is the 4.5 / about 10% above 7.0 version. This site does not turn either sentence into a personal score prediction.
TMUA score conversion
There is no official conversion from a past-paper raw mark to a score you would receive today. Any converter that prints a single 1.0–9.0 number for a current sitting is estimating something UAT-UK has said it does not publish. Use a past paper to see which topics you missed, then read the explanation of results for what 4.5 and 7.0 mean in the live cohort.
The TMUA past papers are the place to sit those papers. Original TMUA practice questions use the same topic codes as the specification, and their feedback is labelled as an indicative band from that short set.
Common questions
What is a good TMUA score?
UAT-UK does not set a pass mark. Its Explanation of Results for the October 2025 and January 2026 sittings says typical candidates score around 4.5, and about 10% score above 7.0. Universities use the score with the rest of the application.
Does the TMUA have grade boundaries?
No. UAT-UK states that it does not provide grade boundaries or a pass mark. The 2016–2023 paper tests had conversion tables. The current computer-based test does not.
Is there a TMUA score conversion table for the live test?
Not from UAT-UK. A raw mark on a 2016–2023 paper tells you how you did on that paper. It does not tell you what the same mark would be worth on the current scale, because Papers 1 and 2 are equated together against the cohort.
Are an October score and a January score the same?
They are reported on one scale. UAT-UK maps January scores onto the scale anchored by the October cohort. The same reported number is meant to be comparable, but the raw performance behind it can differ.
When do TMUA results come out?
The Test Results page says about four weeks after the sitting, in your UAT-UK account, and then to universities on courses that use the test. The TMUA overview page still says about six weeks. Oxford publishes 8 February 2027 as the results date for the January 2027 UAT-UK sitting.