CAT (Classics Admissions Test)

New arrangements for this test for 2025-entry will be communicated by the start of the new admissions cycle in Spring. In the meantime, you are welcome to explore the test preparation and practice materials which you may find helpful. 

What is the CAT? 

If you are applying for one of the following courses you will be required to sit the CAT: ClassicsClassics and EnglishClassics and Modern Languages and Classics and Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.

How do I register? 

New arrangements for 2025-entry will be communicated by the start of the new admissions cycle in Spring. 

Test preparation and practice materials

New arrangements for this test for 2025-entry will be communicated by the start of the new admissions cycle in Spring. In the meantime, you are welcome to explore the test preparation and practice materials which you may find helpful. 

Past papers

Review the sample papers below for the CAT.

The Classics Admissions Test consists of three separate papers:

  • the Latin Translation Test
  • the Greek Translation Test 
  • and the Classics Language Aptitude Test (CLAT).

You are given 1 hour for each paper that you answer. All candidates must take the relevant section(s) of the Classics Admissions Test (CAT) as part of their application.

The University does not endorse, or allow use of, its tests that are protected by copyright for commercial uses.

Classics Language Aptitude Test solutions

Below are the answers to the Language Aptitude Test, which you can use to mark your own answers, or ask your teacher to refer to them. 

The University does not endorse, or allow use of, its tests that are protected by copyright for commercial use.

When do I take the test?

New arrangements for 2025-entry will be communicated by the start of the new admissions cycle in Spring.