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MedPrep’s team of highly qualified and carefully appointed UCAT tutors are equipped with the knowledge, strategies and experience necessary to support students preparing for the UCAT ANZ.
Students can prepare for the UCAT through different learning options, including face-to-face UCAT classes, online UCAT preparation, hybrid learning options, UCAT workshops, practice exams and individual tuition.

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The UCAT Courses at MedPrep follow a structured set of lessons carefully designed by an elite team of tutors to help students prepare for entry into medicine, dentistry and clinical science pathways. Our explicit teaching approach is highly effective in helping students understand UCAT-style questions, develop exam strategies, improve timing and build confidence.
By attending MedPrep’s UCAT preparation courses, students learn, understand and practise the skills relevant to the UCAT ANZ exam, while becoming familiar with exam techniques across the current four UCAT ANZ subtests:

• Verbal Reasoning
• Decision Making
• Quantitative Reasoning
• Situational Judgement

The current UCAT ANZ is a computer-based, multiple-choice test made up of four separately timed subtests and is just under two hours in duration.

 

UCAT and UCAT Headstart Courses

Please access the latest UCAT and UCAT Headstart information through MedPrep using the links below.

UCAT Headstart Course: For students in Years 9-11 who would like to begin UCAT preparation early.

UCAT Headstart Information Package July 2026-July 2027 Course: 

 

UCAT Course: For students preparing to sit the UCAT ANZ in the next testing cycle.

UCAT Information Package July 2026- July 2027 Course: 

 

How we prepare our students for UCAT

We follow a structured approach where we steadily train students for optimum performance in this challenging exam. Our top of the range elite UCAT tutors teach and train students to learn the relevant concepts coupled with exam techniques in all 5 areas of UCAT to maximise the performance.

What is the purpose of UCAT?

We follow a structured approach where students are steadily trained for optimum performance in this challenging exam.

Our experienced UCAT tutors teach students how to approach the different question types, develop efficient problem-solving strategies, manage time under pressure and build familiarity with the UCAT ANZ format.
MedPrep’s preparation focuses on understanding the current UCAT ANZ test structure, developing strategies for each UCAT subtest, improving speed and accuracy, building confidence under timed conditions, practising thousands of UCAT-style questions, completing practice tests and strengthening reasoning and professional judgement skills.

The aim is not only to help students practise questions, but to help them think strategically, work efficiently and perform with confidence under exam conditions.

What is the purpose of UCAT?

The UCAT ANZ is an admissions test used by the UCAT ANZ Consortium of universities in Australia and New Zealand for selected medical, dental and clinical science degree programs.

It is an aptitude test designed to assess a range of skills considered important for future healthcare professionals, including reasoning, decision making, problem solving, interpretation of information and situational judgement.

The UCAT ANZ is used alongside other university admission criteria, which may include academic results, ATAR, interviews and other selection requirements depending on the university and course.

Students and parents should always refer to the official UCAT ANZ website and individual university admissions pages for the most current entry requirements.

What is UCAT about?

The UCAT ANZ is unlike most school-based assessments. It does not test subject knowledge from Biology, Chemistry, Physics or Maths in the same way a school exam does.

Instead, it assesses how students think, interpret information, make decisions and respond to realistic situations under time pressure.

The current UCAT ANZ is divided into four distinct subtests.

UCAT ANZ Subtest	What It Assesses
Verbal Reasoning	Critical evaluation of written information.
Decision Making	Judgement, logic and decision-making using complex information.
Quantitative Reasoning	Numerical reasoning and problem solving.
Situational Judgement	Understanding real-world situations and appropriate behaviours.

 

UCAT ANZ Test Format

The UCAT ANZ is a computer-based test sat at test centres. It is just under two hours and consists of four separately timed multiple-choice subtests.

Please refer to the official UCAT ANZ website for the latest test format, timing and test-day requirements.

Who can sit the UCAT ANZ?

UCAT ANZ eligibility is set by the UCAT ANZ Consortium.

For the 2026 UCAT ANZ test cycle, eligible candidates must be undertaking or have completed their final year of secondary schooling, or higher. Students in lower year levels are not eligible to sit the official UCAT ANZ test in that cycle. However, students can begin preparation earlier through MedPrep’s UCAT Headstart pathway.

UCAT ANZ 2026 Key Dates

Students sitting UCAT ANZ in 2026 for 2027 university entry should carefully note the official UCAT ANZ test cycle deadlines. The official 2026 testing window is 1 July 2026 – 5 August 2026.

Students should check the official UCAT ANZ website regularly because deadlines are strict and exceptions are not made.

UCAT scoring and marking

The UCAT ANZ uses scaled scoring. For the cognitive subtests, scores are scaled and reported on a common scale. Situational Judgement is scored differently because it assesses judgement and behavioural responses rather than cognitive reasoning alone.

As UCAT ANZ scoring and reporting can change, students should always refer to the official UCAT ANZ website for the latest scoring information.

I have started preparing for UCAT. How can MedPrep help?

Students who have already started preparing for the UCAT can still benefit from structured guidance.

MedPrep can help students identify strengths and weaknesses, improve question-type strategies, build speed and accuracy, strengthen time management, practise under exam conditions and develop confidence across all four UCAT subtests.

UCAT preparation is not only about doing more questions. It is about learning how to approach questions efficiently, recognise patterns, avoid common traps and make better decisions under time pressure.

Registration Process

Join MedPrep’s UCAT preparation courses in small groups where students receive focused support and structured guidance.

MedPrep offers UCAT preparation options including UCAT Headstart Course, UCAT Course, UCAT Hybrid / Online options, UCAT Workshops, Practice Exams, Individual UCAT Tuition and Medical Interview Preparation.

For more updates on the UCAT Courses

Follow MedPrep for updates on UCAT courses, UCAT Headstart, interview preparation and medical entry support.

Website: https://MedPrep.net/

Email: info@MedPrep.net

Phone: 08 8166 7579

How to Enrol

Visit the MedPrep website for more information and complete the relevant MedPrep enrolment or enquiry process to secure a place in a UCAT preparation course.

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For more information, please contact info@MedPrep.net or call 08 8166 7579.

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