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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,...

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 i...

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...

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 yea...

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 c...

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 UC...

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, the...

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, that...

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 a car...

How to balance UCAT with Year 12? One of the biggest obstacles to successful UCAT preparation is focusing too much on your ATAR score. For everyone who isn’t trying to get into medicine, the ATAR ...

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 paragraphs or r...

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 three ...

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? ...

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 1)...

Curtin University (Medicine) - Casper Test Requirement  If you will be applying to Curtin University (Medicine) this year, apart from the UCAT, applicants will also need to register and compl...

Residential Career Insight Program 2024 Enrolments are Now Open Medicine, Psychology, Business, Engineering, Veterinary Studies & more   Dear Careers and Pathways Advisor and Year Coord...

Dear Careers Adviser and Year Coordinators Sign up for UCAT NIE Newsletters (Teachers) Sign up for UCAT NIE Newsletters (Students)   In this newsletter, we would like to provide...

What is UCAT Verbal Reasoning Subtest? Of the five subtests of the UCAT, there is one that stands out as the more difficult to master. The UCAT Verbal Reasoning section has a few un...