About GAMSATGAMSAT is a professionally designed and marked selection test developed by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) for medical schools offering graduate-entry programmes open to graduates of any discipline.
You will need to sit GAMSAT UK if you intend to apply for 2010 entry to one of the following 4-year graduate-entry medical/dental schools:
- The Peninsula Dental School (4 years)
- The Peninsula Medical School (5 years undergraduate)
- The University of Nottingham at Derby (4 years)
- St George’s, University of London (4 years)
- Swansea University (4 years)
- Keele University (4 years)
GAMSAT is appropriate for any student who has completed an undergraduate honours degree or who will be in the penultimate or final year of study for an honours degree at the time of sitting the test, or, in the case of applicants to Peninsula Medical School, who believes he/she has achieved an appropriate level of intellectual maturity and subject knowledge to meet the demands of the test. GAMSAT is designed to assess the capacity to undertake high level intellectual studies in a medical or dental course. It is offered once a year only.
GAMSAT evaluates the nature and extent of abilities and skills gained through prior experience and learning, including the mastery and use of concepts in basic science, as well as the acquisition of more general skills in problem solving, critical thinking and writing. If your first degree is in a non-scientific field of study you can still sit GAMSAT and be chosen for admission to the graduate-entry programmes. A science background is not a prerequisite and academic excellence in the humanities and social sciences is encouraged and recognised. However, it must be stressed that success in GAMSAT is unlikely without knowledge and ability in the biological and physical sciences.
