Prove your potential for UTS Science
The aptitude assessment is a multiple-choice test of your general knowledge, logic and language skills.
If you perform well, you may be offered a place at UTS.
Find out when the next test is and how to register.
Who is the Science Aptitude Test for?
Taking the test is an alternative entry to undergraduate science courses.
If you want to study science but do not meet the minimum selection rank for your course, by taking the test you may be offered a place. This depends on your performance on the test and whether you show an aptitude for science or mathematics.
The aptitude assessment can only be taken once per calendar year. So, if you completed the assessment in July 2024, you could next sit the assessment again in July 2025.
Cost: Free of charge
Where: UTS City Campus
When: 12 January 2026
Who can take the test: The January Aptitude Assessment is for recent (HSC 2025 students) and non-recent school leavers who want to commence study in Autumn 2026 and who have not completed the assessment in the last 12 months. Future students should have a current application lodged with the Universities Admission Centre (UAC) and choose a UTS Science course as their first preference.
| Important dates | Autumn 2026 |
|---|---|
| Registration closes | Sunday 4 January 2026 |
| Registration confirmation, time and venue details communicated via email | Thursday 8 January 2026 |
| Test day | Monday 12 January 2026 |
| Last date to change your 1st preference to be a UTS Science course (round 2) | Thursday 15 January 2026 |
| Offers made if eligible and if places are available in your 1st preference course | Thursday 22 January 2026 |
What courses make offers based on the Science Aptitude Test?
All UTS Science undergraduate courses consider the test except for:
- Bachelor of Advanced Science
- combined courses
- honours courses.
How do I apply to UTS using the Science Aptitude Test?
If you want to study science at UTS through the aptitude test, you will need to:
- Apply for your course through the Universities Admission Centre (UAC).
- Have a UTS Science course listed as your first preference. If you are trying to decide between two or more UTS Science courses, list them according to your preference.
- Register for the science aptitude test.
- Sit the test. Make sure to bring photo ID, otherwise you will be unable to sit the test.
If you are successful, you will be sent an offer from UAC. If you do not receive an offer, it is likely because there are no available places in your preference course or you did not meet the minimum requirement for your preference course.
I need help with my application
Science.APO@uts.edu.au for more information on the aptitude assessment.