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UCAT Verbal Reasoning
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About 30 seconds per question. Verbal Reasoning gives 44 questions in 22 minutes on the standard ucat test, after a 1 minute 30 seconds instruction screen. By question 22 you want about 11:00 left.
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Bank time on quick questions. Long Decision Making items and dense Verbal Reasoning passages take more than the average; the checkpoints show whether you are still on track.
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The standard UCAT is 1 hour 57 minutes 30 seconds: 111 minutes of questions plus 6 minutes 30 seconds of instruction screens.
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How long is the UCAT?
The standard UCAT is 1 hour 57 minutes 30 seconds: 111 minutes of questions plus 6 minutes 30 seconds of instruction screens. With 25% extra time it is 2 hours 25 minutes 15 seconds, with 33% 2 hours 34 minutes 30 seconds, and with 50% 2 hours 53 minutes.
How many seconds per question in UCAT Verbal Reasoning?
30 seconds on average: 44 questions in 22 minutes. With 25% extra time it is 37.5 seconds (27 minutes 30 seconds), and with 50% extra time 45 seconds (33 minutes).
Which UCAT section has the least time per question?
Situational Judgement: 69 questions in 26 minutes, about 22.6 seconds each. Decision Making has the most, about 63.4 seconds each for 35 questions in 37 minutes.
How does UCAT extra time work?
Candidates approved by the UCAT Office sit an extended test with 25%, 33% or 50% more time on every section; instruction screens stay the same. Approved pause-the-clock rest breaks are 20 minutes on the standard test, 25 with 25% extra time and 30 with 33% or 50%. You must be approved before you book.
Is there a break in the UCAT?
Not by default. Pause-the-clock rest breaks are an access arrangement that UCAT has to approve in advance, usually given as 10 minutes per hour of testing.
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How we work this out
What it does
Pick your test and section for the seconds per question, where you should be at each quarter, and a practice clock that keeps pace with you.
The UK UCAT as timed by the UCAT Consortium for 2026: the standard test (1 hour 57 minutes 30 seconds) and the extended tests with 25%, 33% or 50% extra time. The same timings apply to the online proctored (OnVUE) versions.
Method
- Seconds per question is the section's published time divided by its number of questions. Instruction screens are timed separately and are not counted.
- Checkpoints are the time that should be left once a quarter, a half and three quarters of the questions are done at an even pace.
- For the pace check, being on question q means q minus 1 are done. We compare that with how many an even pace would have finished in the time used, and divide the time left by the questions left.
Published figures
Every UCAT timing, as published
| Test | VR | DM | QR | SJT | Whole test | Approved rest breaks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard UCAT | 22:00 | 37:00 | 26:00 | 26:00 | 1:57:30 | 20 min |
| 25% extra time | 27:30 | 46:15 | 32:30 | 32:30 | 2:25:15 | 25 min |
| 33% extra time | 29:20 | 49:20 | 34:40 | 34:40 | 2:34:30 | 30 min |
| 50% extra time | 33:00 | 55:30 | 39:00 | 39:00 | 2:53:00 | 30 min |
| Section | Questions | Instructions |
|---|---|---|
| Verbal Reasoning | 44 | 1:30 |
| Decision Making | 35 | 1:30 |
| Quantitative Reasoning | 36 | 2:00 |
| Situational Judgement | 69 | 1:30 |