Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test

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The Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test (UMAT /ˈjuːmæt/ YOO-mat) was a test previously administered by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) in Australia and New Zealand to assist in the selection of domestic students for health science courses, including most medical (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) and dental degree programs, as well as other health science practical studies such as physiotherapy and optometry.^{[citation needed]} The UMAT was used for domestic applicant selection into undergraduate courses only.^{[citation needed]} Applicants for graduate medical education must take the Graduate Medical School Admissions Test,^{[citation needed]} and foreign applicants must take the International Student Admissions Test.^{[citation needed]} Each year, the UMAT was held on a single day in two sessions, morning and afternoon, typically in late July or early August at test centers in major cities in Australia and New Zealand, as well as a few other global cities.^{[citation needed]}

The nature of the UMAT is different from typical high school examinations or university examinations.^{[citation needed]} UMAT did not reliably predict academic performance in university medical programs.^[1] In addition, academic performance did not accurately predict whether the student would become a good doctor.^[2]

In 2019, the United Kingdom's University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) replaced the UMAT.^{[3][citation needed]}