The School appoints examiners to prepare and mark the Undergraduate Admissions Assessment (UGAA), designed to test use of evidence, written communication skills and numeracy. The UGAA is conducted as an online examination.
The purpose of the Undergraduate Admissions Assessment
The Undergraduate Admissions Assessment is used to fairly assess applicants from non-traditional educational backgrounds or those applying with qualifications we do not recognise for direct entry. It provides an opportunity to see a sample of the applicant’s original work, produced under examination conditions, and seeks to assess applicants in a fair and equitable manner.
There are several reasons why applicants need to be tested in this way:
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the applicant has no recent or relevant record of study and examination i.e. within three years of the proposed programme start date
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the applicant’s qualifications are acceptable but only in conjunction with the UGAA
Key dates
The Undergraduate Admissions Assessment usually takes place at the end of March.
Applicants who are required to sit the Undergraduate Admissions Assessment will be notified in March, as soon as details have been finalised.
The assessment is three hours long with is two sections: an essay question; and mathematical problems. It is not an assessment of general knowledge.
There are two different Mathematics papers. Depending on the programme you are applying for, you will take either: Mathematics for non quantitative programmes without a Maths requirement OR Mathematics for quantitative programmes with a Maths requirement.
Applicants applying for LLB Laws (M100) will not be asked to sit the UGAA.
ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ requires students studying certain qualifications to complete the UGAA before a final decision can be made on their application. The UGAA is a compulsory requirement for all students who are invited; students who decline the UGAA invite will be automatically rejected. There are a number of reasons why further assessment is needed for students from these educational backgrounds, some of which include:
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the qualification contains few formal examinations – as the majority of assessment at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ is exam based, we need to see how you perform under examination conditions
- the qualification is not standardised – grades can vary from school to school so we would like an independent assessment of your skills
- we are uncertain whether your curriculum offers full coverage of required subject material, especially mathematics
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the qualification is relatively new or recently reformed, or we have not had many applicants with that qualification before. The UGAA gives us an independent measure of how well the qualification prepares students for study at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳
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you have taken a break from study or followed a non-standard educational pathway
Only the most competitive students with these qualifications are invited to sit the assessment. Applicants cannot request to sit the assessment.
Applicants applying for LLB Laws (M100) will not be asked to sit the UGAA. Instead, the essay section of the LNAT will be assessed.
UK Qualifications
- Access to Higher Education Diploma
- BTEC National Extended Diploma (13 units) if taken without accompanying A levels
- Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma Level 3 if taken without accompanying A levels
- Certificate of Higher Education (Cert HE)
- Foundation programme, including the University of London International Foundation Programme (IFP)
- Foundation Year
- Foundation Degree
- Scottish Wider Access Programme (SWAP)
International Qualifications
| Countries |
Qualifications |
| Austria |
Reife-und-Diplomprufung |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina |
Matura/Diploma o završenoj srednjoj školi/Diploma o položenom maturskom ispitu |
| Brunei |
BDTVEC Higher National Diploma |
| Bulgaria |
Diploma za Zavarsheno Sredno Obrazovanie |
| Croatia |
Maturatna Svjedodzba |
| Estonia |
Gumnaasiumi Ioputunnistus with the Riigieksamitunnistus |
| Iceland |
Stúdentspróf |
| Israel |
Bagrut |
| Kosovo |
Diplomë për kryerjen e shkollës së mesme të lartë |
| Lithuania |
Brandos Atestatas |
| North Macedonia (FYR) |
Matura |
| Malaysia |
Unified Examination Certificate (UEC)/ Malaysian Matriculation Programme/Matrikulasi |
| Montenegro |
Maturski ispit/Diploma o završenoj srednjoj školi |
| Morocco |
Diplôme du Baccalauréat/Baccalauréat de l’Enseignement Secondaire |
| Sweden |
Gymnasieexamen |
| Turkey |
Anatolian High School Diploma/French Diploma for Foreign Schools in Turkey |
| Uganda |
Uganda Advanced Certificate in Education (UACE) |
The UGAA is usually held at the end of March each year.
The UGAA is conducted as an online examination, accessed via a standard web browser.
Due to the strict time constraints which govern our admissions procedures, we do not host multiple assessment days, nor can we move the date or time of the assessment under any circumstances.
Students are expected to make every effort to participate in our assessment. Specific concerns and requests for special accommodations should be sent to Undergraduate Admissions after you have received your invitation.
Invitations to sit the UGAA are usually sent in early March. Applicants who are required to sit the UGAA will be contacted by the Undergraduate Admissions team as soon as the details have been finalised.
Replies must be made promptly to ensure arrangements can be made to access the assessment. The final response deadline will be stipulated on your invitation. If we have not received a response by the stated deadline, you will no longer be eligible to sit the assessment. Please note the UGAA is a compulsory requirement for all students who are invited. We are unable to further consider students who decide not to sit the assessment, as their app