Where do you stand against every Australian school's UCAT-ANZ cut-off?
Enter your three cognitive subtest scores plus your SJT band, and this page tells you instantly where you sit against the published UCAT-ANZ cut-offs at every Australian medical and dental school that uses the test. A positioning tool, not a prediction model — but the single most useful filter for deciding where to focus the rest of your application.
Position your total against every AU school
Enter your three cognitive subtest scores (each 300–900 on the /2700 scale) and optionally your SJT band. We compute your total cognitive score (the sum of the three cognitive subtests, out of 2700) and compare it against every Australian school that uses UCAT-ANZ. Your scores are stored in your browser only — never transmitted to our servers.
This is a positioning tool, not a prediction model
Cut-offs shift year to year with the size and distribution of the applicant pool. SJT weighting differs by school. ATAR forms the other half (or more) of the pre-interview ranking at most schools — UCAT-ANZ alone does not decide your outcome. Use this tool to decide which schools to research further, not as a final go/no-go on your application.
How AU schools combine UCAT-ANZ with ATAR and other factors
No Australian undergraduate medical school uses UCAT-ANZ alone. Every school combines UCAT-ANZ with ATAR (sometimes with CASPer or Snapshot layered in too) to produce a pre-interview ranking. The exact blend matters enormously, and it is the reason a single UCAT-ANZ score can be competitive at one school and uncompetitive at another.
Pre-interview ranking patterns
Western Sydney, JCU, Wollongong undergraduate stream. Each component carries roughly half the pre-interview weight. A strong UCAT-ANZ can offset a slightly lower ATAR, and vice versa. These schools admit a wider distribution of UCAT-ANZ scores than pure UCAT-ANZ-driven schools.
UNSW, Monash undergraduate, Adelaide. ATAR is treated as a threshold gate — you need to clear it, but above the gate UCAT-ANZ does most of the ranking work. Strong UCAT-ANZ matters more than the difference between an ATAR of 99.50 and 99.85 at these schools.
UTAS, some pathway entries. ATAR drives the bulk of the pre-interview ranking. Above the UCAT-ANZ threshold, marginal UCAT-ANZ points matter less than marginal ATAR points. Useful to know if your ATAR is your strongest component.
Parts of the UWA Direct Pathway. UCAT-ANZ functions as a hard cut-off, then the interview score effectively becomes the ranking layer. Threshold-clearing UCAT-ANZ is necessary; above the threshold, your MMI score determines the offer.
SJT band usage
Most Australian schools treat the SJT band as a tiebreaker or a soft cut-off, not as a numerically weighted input. Typical patterns:
- Band 1–2: Treated as competitive, no penalty applied.
- Band 3: Reviewed individually. May still progress depending on overall composite.
- Band 4: Typically excluded from interview shortlist at most schools.
Because schools do not publish numerical SJT weights, we do not include SJT in the cognitive total on this page. Treat it as a separate gate to clear, not a number to optimise.
UCAT-ANZ-specific test-day strategy notes
UCAT-ANZ is the same format as UCAT UK, but the test cycle and the results timeline are meaningfully different. Plan around the ANZ calendar, not the UK one.
July sitting window — single shot per cycle
The UCAT-ANZ test window runs over approximately 3–4 weeks in July each year. You select one date and a single 2-hour slot. There is no second sitting if you mis-time it or if you do not perform on the day. If you want a different score for the next application cycle you sit again the following July.
Booking timeline
- March: Booking opens. Book within the first week to secure your preferred date and Pearson VUE centre.
- April–May: Bursary and concession applications close. If you qualify for the official bursary, apply early.
- July: Test window. Sit on your booked date.
- Late August / early September: Results released to the Pearson VUE candidate portal and centrally fed to schools via UAC and other tertiary admissions centres.
Date selection within the July window
The first week and the last week of the window tend to be the most desirable — first-week candidates want to get it done before any further preparation, last-week candidates want maximum prep time. The middle weeks are generally easier to book in your preferred location. There is no evidence the marker cohort or scaling differs by date within the window; pick the date that works for your prep schedule and travel logistics.
Travel and logistics matter more than people expect — a 2-hour test in a Pearson VUE centre 90 minutes from your home, on the morning of your only sitting of the year, is a meaningfully different experience from sitting it in the city you live in. Book early to lock in a centre within easy reach.
What to do if your UCAT-ANZ is below cut-off
If the calculator lights up red across most of your shortlist, the worst response is to assume medicine is closed off. Australian medicine has more pathways than UK medicine, and many of those pathways do not depend on UCAT-ANZ at all.
Around 60% of Australian medical school places now go via the graduate-entry pathway. You complete a bachelor degree first, sit GAMSAT, and apply to any 4-year graduate-entry MD. GAMSAT tests different cognitive abilities than UCAT-ANZ — a weak UCAT-ANZ tells you very little about how well you will do on GAMSAT. See our GAMSAT guide for the structure and prep timeline.
If you have a rural background (typically 5+ years in MM2-7 areas before year 12), you qualify for rural-quota entries that admit at meaningfully lower UCAT-ANZ thresholds. Some rural pathways are bundled with the Bonded Medical Program — service commitment in exchange for entry adjustment. Our Bonded Medical Places guide covers the obligation in detail.
Bond University Medical Program (Queensland, private) and JCU Medicine do not require UCAT-ANZ in the same way — Bond uses a portfolio plus interview model, JCU weights ATAR and rural commitment heavily and is itself a rural-mission school. If UCAT-ANZ is your weakest component, building an application around these schools can be the more honest strategy than sitting UCAT-ANZ again.
Every Australian medical school operates an Indigenous Entry Program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants, with bespoke selection processes that typically apply substantial adjustment to UCAT-ANZ and ATAR thresholds, dedicated MMI panels, and dedicated support throughout medical school. Eligibility is verified through approved Indigenous identity processes.
Re-sitting UCAT-ANZ the following year is also a reasonable option, but only if you genuinely have a concrete plan for what you will do differently. Repeating the same prep approach rarely produces a meaningfully different score. If you are re-sitting, work with a tutor or a structured course that will surface what you missed first time — see our UCAT tutor matching page for an Australia-based tutor.
Frequently asked questions
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Reviewed by Isaac Butler-King, medical student at the University of Glasgow. Last reviewed: 12 July 2026 · Editorial policy