Interviews and Additional Exams

Academic Exams

Almost all courses at Oxford and Cambridge University requires you to take additional tests in addition to an interview. Likewise, some traditionally more demanding courses such as Law requires you to sit for additional exams like the LNAT.

Pre-interview assessments are taken before you go for an interview. However, sometimes, you will have to sit for a written assessment during the time of your interview.

Pre-interview Assessments (Oxbridge)

Required tests at Oxford: https://www.admissionstesting.org/for-test-takers/oxford-tests/
Required tests at Cambridge: https://www.admissionstesting.org/for-test-takers/cambridge-pre-interview-assessments/

Most of the above tests have a registration deadline of 30 September.

Not all tests above are available in Brunei. However, Jerudong International School is a Cambridge Test Center and you can take the test locally. As of 2018, these are the following costs and deadlines:

BMAT
Cost: BND200
Registration deadline: October 1
Test date: Check their website for updates

All other Cambridge admissions tests
Cost: BND50
Registration deadline: October 15
Test date: Check their websites for updates

LNAT (National Admissions Test for Law)

LNAT doesn’t test your knowledge of law or any other subject, but helps to assess your aptitude for the skills required to study law. There are multiple choice questions based on passages and an essay.

However, do note that LNAT is not required by all universities, so do check.

Test date: Register and sit the LNAT before or on 20 January. You must sit for it earlier if your an applicant to Oxford University or Cambridge University. More information on this link here - https://lnat.ac.uk/registration/dates-and-deadlines/
Brunei’s test center:  Search here for Brunei’s test center - https://lnat.ac.uk/on-test-day/test-centres/
Cost: £120 for international applicants (as of 2020 - please check again)

Written Interview Assessments and Interviews

Most courses at Oxford and Cambridge require you to go for an interview, and some other universities in the UK and elsewhere may have this requirement as well. They also sometimes require you to sit for a written assessment at the time of the interview. As the pandemic does not allow you to take the test in person, alternative arrangements may be made. 

Students have been asked to complete the written assessment while being monitored via webcam. Students will therefore need a quiet place with a good internet connection and a webcam to complete the written assessment.

If you have connectivity or hardware issues, drop by careers and we will try to help you make arrangements. 

English Exams

Occasionally, universities do not recognise the English O-Level qualification from the Brunei-Cambridge O-level exam. Instead, they use IELTS to test your English language skills. You need to sit for the Academic IELTS test.

IELTS

Test date: Find out more here - https://www.cfbt.org/ielts/
Brunei’s test center:  CFBT
Cost: BND360 (as of 2022 - please check again)