MAT (Mathematics 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 MAT?

If you are applying for one of the following courses you will be required to sit the MAT: 

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. 

MAT advice video

Our Mathematics Outreach Officer explains how to prepare for the MAT

Past and specimen papers

Blank workbooks

MAT blank answer booklet 2022

Past papers 

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Specimen papers

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MAT syllabus

In order to reflect the new syllabus of AS-level Mathematics, we removed the following topics from 2018 onwards: the remainder theorem, radians, and the trapezium rule. We have added the following topics to the syllabus: combinations and binomial probabilities, derivative of ekx, differentiation from first principles, graphs of loga (x). Please note that we will continue to include sequences and series on the MAT syllabus, including arithmetic and geometric progressions and their sums, and the convergence condition for infinite geometric progressions.

View the the updated MAT syllabus for 2018.

Further resources

You may wish to take a look at the following online resources to help expand your mathematical knowledge. Please note that candidates are not required to take STEP, but may find it useful in helping them prepare for the MAT (although the questions are quite different in style.)

General admissions statistics

These reports provide summaries of the admissions process for the subjects of Mathematics, Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Philosophy and Mathematics and Computer Science:

The following report provides a summary of the admissions process for the subjects of Mathematics, Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Philosophy, Computer Science and Mathematics and Computer Science:

When do I take the test?

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