Do you have students who want to apply for a degree that requires them to take one or more of the maths admissions tests – STEP, MAT and TMUA?

• Students applying for places to study Mathematics or Computer Science courses (including joint honours) at The University of Oxford will be required to sit the Mathematics Admission Test (MAT)
• For The University of Cambridge, Computer Science and Economics courses require the Test of Mathematics for University Admission (TMUA)
• For Imperial College, Mathematics, Computer Science and Economics, Finance and Data Science applicants will be required to sit the TMUA
• London School of Economics requires applicants for their Economics and Econometrics and Mathematical Economics courses to sit the TMUA and recommend it for several of their other programmes
• The University of Warwick and Durham University strongly encourage applicants for their Mathematics courses to take the TMUA, and will give a preferential offer to students who gain a good grade

For further information about admissions tests, see: TMUA – UAT UK, MAT – University of Oxford and STEP – OCR.

It’s important to ensure your students are well-prepared, because the questions in these tests are longer and less-structured than most A level Mathematics and Further Mathematics examination questions. So your students will benefit from getting used to this style of question beforehand, and they’ll gain confidence in tackling them.

As a teacher, you can play an important role by supporting your students’ approach to an unstructured problem, by offering possible approaches, or by simply acting as a sounding board for students to discuss their ideas.

Preparing for these tests may also provide you with an opportunity to look again at some mathematical topics in greater depth, and identify links between different areas of the course.