Can I still reschedule or cancel my test?
How late can I reschedule the ESAT or TARA? UAT-UK says at least 48 hours before your test appointment.
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Reschedule at least 48 hours before your appointment
UAT-UK's rule for the ESAT: at least 48 hours before your appointment.
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Reschedule at least 48 hours before your appointment. UAT-UK's rule for the ESAT: at least 48 hours before your appointment. Enter your appointment to see the exact time.
- Subject to replacement availability.
- Notice does not override the cycle or required sitting.
This does not change your booking. It applies the published rule; the provider decides, and a new slot depends on availability. UAT-UK: cancelling and rescheduling.
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Questions people ask
How late can I reschedule the ESAT or TARA?
UAT-UK says at least 48 hours before your test appointment. After that, not sitting means losing the test fee.
Can I get a refund if I cancel the ESAT?
Yes, a full refund if you cancel at least 48 hours before your scheduled test, according to UAT-UK's FAQs.
Can I reschedule the LNAT?
Yes, free of charge, but the LNAT's own pages give two different notice rules: 48 hours before the test, or noon UK time on the second working day before the test date. Act before the earlier of the two.
Do I get a refund if I cancel the LNAT?
No. The LNAT Consortium does not refund candidates who decide not to sit, whether they paid by card, voucher or bursary.
Does rescheduling change which universities accept my test?
It can. Oxford and Cambridge need the ESAT or TARA in October and the LNAT by 15 October 2026, so moving later may miss a deadline.
Can you take the ESAT twice in a year?
No. You can take it once in each admissions cycle: October or January, not both, and Cambridge applicants must sit in October.
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How we work this out
What it does
Enter your appointment to see the last time the published rule lets you reschedule, cancel for a refund or keep your bursary.
UAT-UK tests (ESAT, TARA, TMUA) and the LNAT, 2026-27 cycle. UCAT 2026 testing has ended, so it is not included.
Method
- UAT-UK: reschedule or cancel for a full refund at least 48 hours before the appointment; a bursary stays available for January only if you cancel more than 48 hours before.
- We turn your appointment into an exact moment in your test centre's time zone and subtract 48 elapsed hours, so a clock change is handled correctly.
- LNAT: its booking page says 48 hours, while its payment page says noon UK time on the second working day before the test date (Monday to Friday, excluding English bank holidays). We calculate both.
- When the LNAT rules disagree, we show both and say that acting before the earlier one meets both wordings. We never call either one safe on its own.
- The LNAT working-day rule does not say which calendar date applies to a test outside the UK, so for other time zones we do not calculate it.
Published figures
The published rules
| Test | Action | Rule | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESAT, TARA, TMUA | Reschedule | At least 48 hours before the appointment | Published |
| ESAT, TARA, TMUA | Cancel | At least 48 hours before the appointment | Published |
| ESAT, TARA, TMUA | Cancel and keep bursary | More than 48 hours before the appointment | Published |
| LNAT | Reschedule | At least 48 hours before the appointment | Conflicts with another LNAT page |
| LNAT | Reschedule | By noon UK time on the second working day before the test date | Conflicts with another LNAT page |
| LNAT | Cancel | No refund if you decide not to sit | Published |
| Date | Holiday |
|---|---|
| Friday 25 December 2026 | Christmas Day |
| Monday 28 December 2026 | Boxing Day |
| Friday 1 January 2027 | New Year’s Day |
| Friday 26 March 2027 | Good Friday |
| Monday 29 March 2027 | Easter Monday |
| Monday 3 May 2027 | Early May bank holiday |
| Monday 31 May 2027 | Spring bank holiday |
| Monday 30 August 2027 | Summer bank holiday |
| Monday 27 December 2027 | Christmas Day |
| Tuesday 28 December 2027 | Boxing Day |
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- Which tests do my courses need?ESAT, TARA, LNAT or UCAT for up to five courses, with modules and sittings.
- Your deadline calendarEvery booking, test and UCAS date for your plan, with a calendar file.
- UCAS personal statement counterThree answers, 4,000 characters, 350 minimum each. Private.
- Medicine entry requirements checkerWhich schools' A-level and GCSE rules your grades meet.
- Medicine contextual offersWhich schools lower offers or add UCAT uplifts, and for whom.
Sources
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- UAT-UK: FAQs, I need to cancel and reschedule my test; I want to cancel; bursary reuse
- UCAT Consortium: Rescheduling and Cancelling, Reschedule Policy; Cancellation Policy; How can I reschedule?
- LNAT Consortium: Booking your test, Making changes to your profile, rescheduling, or cancelling a test
- LNAT Consortium: Paying for your test, Rescheduling policy
- LNAT Consortium: FAQs, What if I miss my test because of flu, a flat tyre, etc?
- GOV.UK: UK bank holidays machine-readable feed, england-and-wales.events, years 2026 and 2027