HAT History Aptitude Test Home
The University of Oxford in partnership with Cambridge Assessment
The History Aptitude Test (HAT) is a two-hour subject-specific admissions test, which is taken by applicants to the University of Oxford’s undergraduate degree courses in History and its joint schools. Cambridge Assessment is working in partnership with the University of Oxford to administer the HAT from the November 2011 test sitting.
The University of Oxford’s Faculty of History will continue to be responsible for:
- test development and setting the paper
- the marking and moderation process for test scripts
- individual results feedback, supplied to candidates on request
- carrying out research into the test’s validity
Cambridge Assessment will be responsible for:
- allowing centres to register their candidates for HAT, via Cambridge Assessment’s secure Entries Extranet
- providing access to Cambridge Assessment’s ‘open centre’ network worldwide, for candidates who do not have a test centre where they can take the test
- printing and despatching the test papers
- collating and sorting returned test scripts
- assisting with marketing communications and customer support for the HAT
Further dates and deadlines information
Courses Requiring HAT
- University of Oxford (O33)
- V100 History
- V118 History (Ancient and Modern)
- LV11 History and Economics
- VQ13 History and English
- LV21 History and Politics
- VQ15 History and Celtic
- VR17 History and Czech (with Slovak)
- VR11 History and French
- VR12 History and German
- VQ17 History and Modern Greek
- RV31 History and Beginner’s Italian
- VR13 History and Italian
- VR15 History and Portuguese
- VRC7 History and Russian
- VR14 History and Spanish
- VR1R History and Beginner’s Czech (with Slovak)
- VR1X History and Beginner’s Modern Greek
- VR1N History and Beginner’s Portuguese
Who are you?
| Test Detail | Summary |
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| Number of Papers | Refer to the University of Oxford’s Faculty of History website |
| Paper Format | Pen & paper test |
| Timing | Refer to the University of Oxford’s Faculty of History website |
| No. of Questions | Refer to the University of Oxford’s Faculty of History website |
| Test Date | 9.00am GMT Wednesday 7th November 2012 |
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