The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), who is again administering the Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test (UMAT) has opened registrations for UMAT and set a test date of 25th July 2018.

Participating universities and programs

The exam developed by ACER aims to assist with the selection of students for 2019 admissions into medicine and health science degree programs at undergraduate level in the following universities:

New South Wales

• Charles Sturt University – Dental Science
• The University of Newcastle / University of New England – Joint Medical Program
• The University of New South Wales – Medicine
• Western Sydney University – Medicine

Northern Territory

• Charles Darwin University – Clinical Sciences

Queensland

• The University of Queensland – Medicine (provisional entry), Dental Science

South Australia

• The University of Adelaide – Medicine, Dental Surgery
• Flinders University – Clinical Sciences/Medicine

Tasmania

• University of Tasmania – Medicine

Victoria

• La Trobe University – Health Sciences in Dentistry/Master of Dentistry Oral Health Science
• Monash University – Medicine

Western Australia

• Curtin University – Medicine
• The University of Western Australia – Medicine (Direct Pathway), Dental Medicine (Direct Pathway)

New Zealand

• The University of Auckland – Medicine
• University of Otago – Medicine, Dental Surgery

Timeline

Registration Cut-off: 5:00 pm AEST on 1 June 2018

Test Date: 25 July 2018

Release of Results: mid-September 2018

Late registrations are accepted until 5:00pm AEST on 15 June 2018, but late fees apply.

Registration Details

The only way to register for UMAT is online via the UMAT website. Before registration, applicants must read the UMAT 2018 Information Booklet and complete the UMAT Registration Tutorial.

Applicants should create an online account with a valid email address through which admission tickets and results can be accessed. Create an online account to register or login to an existing account here.

Preparation

UMAT Practice Test are available to purchase. For further tips on answering questions, read the Preparation strategy.

More information

Please note that the information in this article was correct at the time of publishing. Please check with ACER regarding which courses require a UMAT score, as this changes from year to year.

Photo by Norbert Levajsics on Unsplash

More articles on My Health Career:

• 2017 – My year in review – by Amanda Griffiths, founder My Health Career
• Physician assisted dying – the for and against amongst nursing and medical associations
• Paramedicine Board of Australia to be established, nursing & midwifery to be established as separate professions & AHPRA disciplinary enforcement powers to be strengthened