About UCAT
The UMAT Consortium universities in Australia and New Zealand are embarking on an exciting new collaboration with similar universities in the UK. From 2019 students interested in studying Medicine,...
I started Preparing for UMAT but now I have to sit the UCAT...
What is UCAT? How is it different to UMAT?
As you may have already heard the big change in the undergraduate medical admission process was announced rather suddenly and without any warning on Monday 24 September 2018. Essentially the UMAT...
As you probably already know that UMAT has been replaced by another test known as UCAT (University Clinical Aptitude Test). The test will be administer by organisation informally known as UCAT...
UCAT percentile and UCAT scores requirement for medicine and dentistry. What if I didn't get the right mark?
ATAR, OP, and Year 12 academic achievement (Year 13 in New Zealand)
While the primary objective of this article is to provide some guidance to those who did not get the mark that they were hoping for in UCAT or ATAR, we would like to firstly congratulate those that...
Monash University Medicine Interview
Monash Medicine and Physiotherapy Selection Multiple Mini Interviews, MMI 2018
Selection for Monash Medicine Multiple Mini interviews (MMI) is based on a combination of an applicant's UMAT and ATAR scores. The cut off score is determined by the distribution of scores each...
MMI Medical Interview
MMI Medical Interview Questions
NIE answers all your questions on MMI Medical Interviews in Australia
How do MMI Medical Interviews function at Australian Universities?
The Australian Medical Interview landscape is varied and...
UMAT 2019 Date
When will UMAT 2019 be held? Important UMAT 2019 dates.
Please note, UCAT has replaced UMAT on the 24th of September 2018, hence the following suggested UMAT 2019 dates are no longer applicable.
The following links will allow you to familiarise...
Universities which do not require a UCAT score.
Is UCAT a compulsory exam?
While UCAT is used as part of a selection process into most universities in Australia which offer undergraduate medicine and dentistry, there are two universities which do not actually require a...
Preparing for Medical Interviews.
Structured panel, semi-structured interviews, and MMI
Preparing for Medical Interviews
So you’ve made it past the first round. You’ve gotten through the dreaded UCAT, and as September comes and goes, you get an amazing result. A few months later,...
What are the time commitments of a medical student?
You’ve probably heard a thousand different things about life as a medical student. You’ve listened to the opinions of your parents,...
Why study Medicine?
Entry from a current Undergraduate Medicine Student at Monash University.
If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably wanted to study medicine since you started school all those years ago. And with good reason – medicine is a fantastic course, and opens the door to...
Balancing UMAT preparation with Year 12 studies
How much time should I spend on UMAT practice
How to balance UMAT with Year 12?
One of the biggest obstacles to successful UMAT preparation is focusing too much on your ATAR score. For everyone who isn’t trying to get into medicine, the...
How do you structure your UMAT Preparation?
Can you study and successfully prepare for the UMAT?
There’s no denying the obvious: the UMAT is hard. For almost all of us, this three-hour exam is completely different to any secondary school test you’ve ever sat. You can’t memorise...
How to Approach UMAT Section Two - Understanding People Construct
What is assessed by UMAT Construct 2?
How to Approach UMAT Section Two - Understanding People Construct
As a result of its often intuitive questions and responses, section two is typically considered to be the ‘lightest’ of the...
UMAT 2019
Important UMAT Dates
Predicted UMAT 2019 Dates
Please note, the below dates are only predictions based on past UMAT season dates. This page will be updated accordingly as soon as ACER releases the exact dates for the...
So Where Do I Start my UMAT Journey...
And how much time do I need to get ready for the UMAT?
At NIE, we are quite often asked the following few questions, when it comes to preparing for the UMAT using our material:
So where do I start and how much time do I need to get ready for UMAT?...
UMAT 2019 Preparation Schedule
UMAT 2017 Courses and Medical interview Workshops are now open
UMAT 2019 Preparation Courses are now available from the NIE website.
Medical Interview NIE workshop dates are now booked and starting to fill up by students wanting early effective and successful...
UMAT Preparation Books
Printed fresh every year, and containing all updated information.
There are 8 books in Premium and DLP UMAT Preparation Courses and 10 books in the Platinum and Platinum DLP Courses.
Construct Logical Reasoning and Problem Solving (previously known as Section...
