The Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test (UMAT) has been developed by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) on behalf of the UMAT Consortium universities. UMAT is used specifically to assist in the selection of students into medicine and some health science degree programs at undergraduate level.

UMAT 2006 will be held on Wednesday 30 July 2008.
Registrations for UMAT 2008 are now open.
and close at 5.00pm AEST on Friday 6 June 2008.

Students might find the following organisations helpful with preparation for the UMAT exam.

MedEntry UMAT Preparation Products:
Website: www.medentry.com.au  
Email: info@medentry.com.au    

Icarus College:
Website: www.medical-entrance.com.au
Email: info@medical-entrance.au
Toll Free: 1800996659

PREMED College for UMAT:
Website: www.premed.edu.au
Email: info@premed.edu.au

The following universities use UMAT in their selection process for medicine and other health sciences courses:

• The University of Adelaide - medicine, dental surgery, oral health
• Bond University - medicine
• Griffith University - oral health (dental science, dental technology, oral health therapy)
• Monash University - medicine, pharmacy, pharmacy/commerce
• The University of Melbourne - medicine, dental science, physiotherapy, oral health therapy
• The University of Newcastle - medicine
• The University of New South Wales - medicine
• The Univesity of Queensland - medicine (Year 12 conditional entry)
• University of Tasmania - medicine
• The University of Western Australia - medicine, dentistry
• The University of Western Sydney - medicine
• The University of Auckland (New Zealand) - medicine
• The University of Otago (New Zealand) - medicine, dental surgery

UMAT Office contact details:
website: http://www.acer.edu.au/tests/university/umat/intro.html email: umat@acer.edu.au, telephone: (03)92775673, fax: (03)92775757