Updated 3 August 2026
NSAA past papers
8 S1 papers and keys, 2016–2023. Natural Sciences Admissions Assessment is listed for ESAT.
NSAA was Cambridge Natural Sciences. It had five parts through 2019; Part E ended in 2020, leaving four.
See the ESAT past-papers guide.
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The papers
| Year | Paper | Key | Struck out |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | NSAA S1 | KeyPart E | Part E |
| 2017 | NSAA S1 | KeyPart E | Part E |
| 2018 | NSAA S1 | KeyPart E | Part E |
| 2019 | NSAA S1 | KeyPart E | Part E |
| 2020 | NSAA S1 | KeyNothing | Nothing |
| 2021 | NSAA S1 | KeyNothing | Nothing |
| 2022 | NSAA S1 | KeyNothing | Nothing |
| 2023 | NSAA S1 | KeyNothing | Nothing |
Struck out means a cross through the question number, under the heading of the advanced part: outside the ESAT specification. Judge the rest against the module guide.
- 2016–2019
- A: Mathematics · B: Physics · C: Chemistry · D: Biology · E: Advanced Mathematics and Advanced Physics
- 2020–2023
- A: Mathematics · B: Physics · C: Chemistry · D: Biology
There are also historic Engineering Admissions Assessment (ENGAA) and Natural Sciences Admissions Assessment (NSAA) papers that contain questions of the type found in the ESAT. We have indicated in the papers where questions are not in the ESAT specification.
Which parts are worth your time
Start with Parts A to D. Each one is a single subject feeding a single ESAT module, and none carries a struck-out question.
NSAA S1 Part A
Nothing is marked: check questions against the Mathematics 1 guide.
Try Mathematics 1 questionsNSAA S1 Part E (2016–2019 only)
The one part UAT-UK marks. Content splits between Mathematics 2 and Physics, so there is no clean match.
Try Mathematics 2 questionsNSAA S1 Part B
Part B is physics only, so the whole part is in play. Drop what the Physics guide does not list.
Try Physics questionsNSAA S1 Part C
Keep only questions that appear in the current Chemistry guide.
Try Chemistry questionsWhat Cambridge Natural Sciences asks for now
Natural Sciences (BCF0) sits the ESAT instead, and its row on the course list asks for Mathematics 1 and any two from Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics 2.
Parts A to D are one subject each, so three of those four have a part here. Mathematics 2 does not: Part E ended in 2019, and only the ENGAA papers carry it after that. See them.
Course modules: Every course and its modules. From the UAT-UK Course List for 2027 Entry (opens in a new tab). NSAA module guide
Keep in-spec questions. An old NSAA score does not convert to an ESAT score.
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