Tests

You do not need to take a written test when you apply for this course.

You do not need to take a written test when you apply for this course.

You do not need to take a written test when you apply for this course.

Test:
All applicants must take the Biomedical Admissions Test on 7 November 2012.

For information on how to register and specimen papers:
www.bmat.org.uk.

Please note that the standard deadline for registration is 1 October 2012, and the final deadline for registration is 15 October 2012.

You do not need to take a written test when you apply for this course.

You do not need to take a written test when you apply for this course.

Tests:
All candidates must take the Classics Admissions Test on 7 November 2012. This test is in three parts: the Latin test, the Greek test and the Classics Language Aptitude Test.

Candidates who are studying Latin or Greek to A-level or equivalent (those applying for Course I) must take the test(s) in the language(s) you are studying.

Candidates who are studying neither Latin nor Greek to A-level or equivalent (those applying for Course II) must take the Classics Language Aptitude Test.

For information on how to register:
Arrangements for this test are currently under review. Details will be published here as soon as possible. Please note that separate registration may be required.

Specimen papers:

Latin (25 kb)

Greek (44 kb)

Tests:
Candidates must take the Classics Admissions Test AND the English Literature Admissions Test (ELAT) on 7 November 2012.

For further information, please see the separate entries for Classics and for English.

Tests:
Candidates must take the Classics Admissions Test AND the Modern Languages and Linguistics Admissions Tests on 7 November 2012.

Tests:
All candidates must take the Classics Admissions Test on 7 November 2012.  This test is in three parts: the Latin test, the Greek test and the Classics Language Aptitude Test.

Candidates who are studying Latin or Greek to A-level or equivalent must take the test(s) in the language(s) you are studying.

Candidates who are studying neither Latin nor Greek to A-level or equivalent must take the Classics Language Aptitude Test.

For information on how to register:
Arrangements for this test are currently under review. Details will be published here as soon as possible. Please note that separate registration may be required.

Specimen papers:

Latin (25 kb)

Greek (44 kb)

Test:
Arrangements are currently under review for a language aptitude test. Details will be published here as soon as possible. Please note the separate registration may be required.
 

Test:
All candidates must take the Mathematics Aptitude Test on 7 November 2012.

For information on how to register:
Arrangements for this test are currently under review. Details will be published here as soon as possible. Please note that separate registration may be required.

Specimen paper:
Please see the Computer Science website.

Test:
All candidates must take the Mathematics Aptitude Test on 7 November 2012.

For information on how to register:
Arrangements for this test are currently under review. Details will be published here as soon as possible. Please note that separate registration may be required.

Specimen paper:
Please see the Computer Science website.

You do not need to take a written test when you apply for this course.

Test:
All candidates must take the Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA) on 7 November 2012.

For information on how to register and specimen papers: www.tsaoxford.org.uk.

Test:
All candidates for all Engineering courses must take the Physics Aptitude Test on 7 November 2012.

Specimen paper:
See Physics website.

Test:
All candidates for all Engineering courses must take the Physics Aptitude Test on 2 November 2012.

For information on how to register:
www.patoxford.org.uk

Specimen paper:
See Physics website

Tests:
All candidates must take the Modern Languages and Linguistics Admissions Tests AND the English Literature Admissions Test (ELAT) on 7 November 2012.

For further information, please see the separate entries for English and for Modern Languages.

Test:
All candidates must take the English Literature Admissions Test (ELAT) on 7 November 2012.

For information on how to register and specimen papers:
www.elat.org.uk.

Test:
All candidates will need to take the Modern Languages and Linguistics Admissions Tests 7 November 2012.

For further information, please see the separate entries for Modern Languages and for Oriental Studies.

Test:
All candidates must take the Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA) on 7 November 2012.

For information on how to register and specimen papers: www.tsaoxford.org.uk.

Test:
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview, which will include a practical test. Candidates will be asked to complete two pieces in a variety of media from a number of possible subjects. Candidates themselves do not need to make any special arrangements for the test, as this will be organised for them by their college.

Specimen paper:
Fine Art (39 kb)

Arrangements for a pre-interview test are currently under review. Candidates may be required to take the Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA), on 7 November 2012. If this test is introduced, separate registration will be required and the final deadline for entries will be 15 October 2012. For further details please see Geography website.

Test:
All candidates must take the History Aptitude Test (HAT) on 7 November 2012. 

For information on how to register:
www.hatoxford.org.uk

Specimen paper:
See History website.

Tests:
All candidates must take the History Aptitude Test (HAT) on 7 November 2012, as for History. 

AND

Candidates shortlisted for interview will take the Economics test in December 2012. For information on how to register please see December tests.

Specimen paper for Economics: Economics (14 kb)

Test:
All candidates must take the History Aptitude Test (HAT) on 7 November 2012, as for History. 

Please note that candidates for History and English are NOT required to take the English Literature Admissions Test (ELAT).

Tests:
Candidates must take the History Aptitude Test AND the  Modern Languages and Linguistics Admissions Tests on 7 November 2012.

You do not need to take a written test when you apply for this course.

You do not need to take a written test when you apply for this course.

Test:
All candidates must take the Law National Admissions Test (LNAT) between 1 September and 20 October 2012.

Candidates for Law with Law Studies in Europe who are applying for the French, German, Italian or Spanish Law options may be given an oral test in the relevant European language in December 2012 if they are shortlisted for interview. 

For information on how to register and specimen papers: www.lnat.ac.uk.

You do not need to take a written test when you apply for this course.

You do not need to take a written test when you apply for this course.

Test:
All candidates must take the Mathematics Aptitude Test on 7 November 2012.

For information on how to register:
Arrangements for this test are currently under review. Details will be published here as soon as possible. Please note that separate registration may be required.

Specimen paper:
See Maths Department website.

Test:
All candidates must take the Mathematics Aptitude Test on 7 November 2012.

For information on how to register:
Arrangements for this test are currently under review. Details will be published here as soon as possible. Please note that separate registration may be required. 

Specimen paper:
See Maths Department website.

Test:
All candidates must take the Mathematics Aptitude Test on 7 November 2012.

For information on how to register:
Arrangements for this test are currently under review. Details will be published here as soon as possible. Please note that separate registration may be required.

Specimen paper:
See Maths Department website.

Test:
All candidates must take the Mathematics Aptitude Test on 7 November 2012.

For information on how to register:
Arrangements for this test are currently under review. Details will be published here as soon as possible. Please note that separate registration may be required.

Specimen paper:
See Maths Department website.

Test:
All applicants must take the Biomedical Admissions Test on 7 November 2012.

For information on how to register and specimen papers: www.bmat.org.uk.

Please note that the standard deadline for registration is 1 October 2012, and the final deadline for registration is 15 October 2012.

Test:
Arrangements for this test are currently under review. Details will be published here as soon as possible. Please note that separate registration will be required.

Tests:
All candidates must take the Modern Languages and Linguistics Admissions Tests on 7 November 2012. This test is in several parts:  please check to see which parts are required for your course.

For information on how to register:
Arrangements for this test are currently under review. Details will be published here as soon as possible. Please note that separate registration may be required.

Specimen papers:
(Please note that all these papers will be taken on Wednesday 7 November 2012. Some of the specimen papers include dates in December because in previous years the tests took place in December while at interview instead.)

Czech (50 kb)
French (82 kb)
German (32 kb)
Italian (28 kb)
Modern Greek (49 kb)
Portuguese (30 kb)
Russian (66 kb)
Spanish (27 kb)

Linguistics (69 kb)

The Linguistics paper is for all joint courses involving Linguistics, all joint courses involving Polish (except French with Polish and German with Polish), and all single language courses other than French and German.

Language Aptitude Test (56 kb)

The Language Aptitude Test is for joint courses involving Celtic, Beginner's Italian or Beginner's Russian. Courses involving Beginner's Czech, Beginner's Modern Greek or Beginner's Portuguese do not require this test.

Looking for further specimen papers for Modern Languages?

Our practice is to make just one paper available for each part of the Modern Languages and Linguistics Admissions Tests. Each paper is intended to be a specimen only, to give an example of the format of the test, and the sort of questions you might expect. There may be variations in the language tests from year to year, but their objectives remain the same:

• The Modern Languages Admissions Tests (when applying for a language already experienced to A2 level or equivalent) are always designed to test knowledge of basic structures of the foreign language; they are not primarily a test of vocabulary.
• The Language Aptitude Test (when applying for certain languages from scratch) is designed to assess your ability to analyse how languages work, in a way which doesn't depend on your knowledge of any particular language, in order to gauge your aptitude for learning a new language rapidly.
• The Linguistics Test (when applying for a joint course with Linguistics or a single language where the first-year course includes the compulsory study of Linguistics) is designed to assess how you approach various kinds of unfamiliar linguistic data and set about analysing them. While there are "right" and "wrong" answers, how you go about finding the solution is as important to us as producing one which is completely correct.

Having sampled the relevant test or tests for your language(s), the best preparation would be for you to revisit the grammatical points you have covered thus far – e.g. by working through a grammar book – to revise all the basic structures.

Tests:
All candidates must take the Modern Languages and Linguistics Admissions Tests on 7 November 2012. This test is in several parts:  please check to see which parts are required for your course.

For information on how to register:
Arrangements for this test are currently under review. Details will be published here as soon as possible. Please note that separate registration may be required.

Specimen papers:
See Modern Languages above.

Test:
Shortlisted candidates will be asked to take a practical test in December 2012.

For further details:
Music test.

Test:
Arrangements for tests for Oriental Studies courses are currently under review. Further details will be published here as soon as they become available.

Test:
Candidates must take the  Modern Languages and Linguistics Admissions Tests on 7 November 2012. Please see the separate entry for Modern Language for further details.

Candidates must also take a test for Philosophy during the Oxford interview period in December.

For information on how to register:
December tests

Specimens of written tests:
Philosophy test (10 kb)

Test:
Arrangements for a pre-interview test for Theology are currently under review. Candidates may be required to take the Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA), on 7 November 2012.  If this test is introduced, separate registration will be required and the final deadlinefor entries will be 15 October 2012. Further details will be published here as soon as they become available.

Shortlisted candidates will be required to take a Philosophy test during the Oxford interview period in December.

For information on how to register:
December tests.

Specimen of written test:
Philosophy and Theology (11 kb)

Test:
All candidates must take the Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA) on 7 November 2012.

For information on how to register and specimen papers: www.tsaoxford.org.uk.

Test:
All candidates must take the Physics Aptitude Test on 7 November 2012.

For information on how to register:
www.patoxford.org.uk

Specimen paper:
See Physics website.

For information on how to register:
www.patoxford.org.uk

Specimen paper:
See Physics website.

Test:
All candidates must take the Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA) on 7 November 2012. See www.tsaoxford.org.uk for further details.

Candidates for the Psychology and Linguistics, and Philosophy and Linguistics courses must also take the Linguistics Test. Arrangements for this test are currently under review. Details will be published here as soon as possible. Please note that separate registration may be required.

Arrangements for a pre-interview test are currently under review. Candidates may be required to take the Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA), on 7 November 2012.  If this test is introduced, separate registration will be required and the final deadline for entries will be 15 October 2012. Further details will be published here as soon as they become available.

Test:
Arrnagements for a language aptitude tets for candidates intending to study Islam or Judaism are currently under review. Details will be published here as soon as possible. Please note that separate registration may be required.