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ESAT & TMUA Score Checker
Two questions, answered honestly: what your scaled 1.0 to 9.0 score actually means, and what each university really requires. Every answer links to an official source - no guessed cut-offs.
Is my ESAT or TMUA score good?
There is no fixed raw-to-scaled conversion (scores are equated each sitting), so this reads a scaled 1.0 to 9.0 score and shows where it sits, using UAT-UK's median anchor and approximate 90th-percentile guidance marker.
Above the median of 4.5. This is useful context for your application, but it is not a university cut-off or admissions guarantee.
TMUA reports a single overall score on the 1.0-9.0 scale; there are no per-paper scores.
UAT-UK anchors the scale at a median of 4.5. Its candidate guidance describes 7.0 as approximately the 90th percentile, while the same page's methodology section currently gives 9.0, so treat that marker as guidance rather than a precise percentile. Scores are equated per sitting, and no universal ESAT or TMUA pass mark is published. Official source (esat-tmua.ac.uk) ↗
What score does my university want?
The honest answer for almost every course is there is no published cut-off. Only Durham states a number. This shows which test and modules each course needs and exactly how each university says it uses the score.
Modules / format: Mathematics 1 + any two from Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics 2
No published cut-off. The score is used in college-level shortlisting, holistically, alongside your whole application and interview.
“There is no pass or fail for ESAT.”
Course and module facts from our admissions-test registry; scoring stances quoted from each university. Last verified May 2026. Always confirm on the official course page for your entry year.
What a good score is really worth
The median is 4.5; UAT-UK candidate guidance uses 7 as an approximate 90th-percentile anchor. That marker helps you interpret your result, but it is not a university cut-off or an automatic offer. The reliable way to move your score is targeted practice on the exact question types you lose marks on.
How ESAT and TMUA scoring works
Both the ESAT and the TMUA are reported on a scaled 1.0 to 9.0 range, to one decimal place. The ESAT gives a separate score for each module you sit; the TMUA gives a single overall score, with the two papers equated and scaled together. There is no negative marking on either test.
Crucially, there is no fixed raw-to-scaled conversion table. Scores are statistically equated for each sitting so that different test versions are comparable, which is why the same raw mark can map to a slightly different scaled score from one sitting to the next. What is fixed is the middle of the scale: UAT-UK anchors it so the median candidate scores 4.5. That is why a score on its own only makes sense relative to that median.
What counts as a good score?
Because 4.5 is the median by design, anything above it is above average, and a 7.0 or higher is a strong, top-band score. But no university publishes a pass mark for the ESAT or TMUA - with one exception. Durham is the only university to state a number: a TMUA score of 5.0 or above makes a Mathematics applicant eligible for a reduced offer. Everywhere else (Cambridge, Imperial, Oxford, LSE, UCL) the score is one part of a holistic shortlisting decision, and Warwick asks for a strong TMUA score, or STEP grade 2, for its standard A*A*A offer without publishing a number. Any "you need 6.5+" figure you see elsewhere is a coaching estimate, not an official requirement.
The dependable way to lift a scaled score is targeted practice on the exact question types where you lose marks and time. That is what our ESAT preparation and tutoring and TMUA preparation and tutoring guides are built around.
Sources: UAT-UK scoring guidance (esat-tmua.ac.uk/test-results) and each university's own admissions pages, linked inside the tool above.
What Next
Turn Your Score Into a Plan
Below the score you need?
Targeted practice on the question types where you lose marks is the dependable way to move a scaled score. Our question banks grade every question by difficulty, with full worked solutions.
On track for your target?
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