LNAT 2025 Dates and Deadlines – Registration & Exam Dates

If you are applying for an undergrad law program at these nine top universities in the UK in 2025 for entry in September 2026, you need to take the LNAT in the 2025–2026 cycle.

The online registration and booking of LNAT test slots starts from the 1st August 2025.

LNAT testing starts on 1st September 2025, i.e. you can take the LNAT on or after 1st September 2025; but you will have to take the test before the college specific deadlines mentioned below.

The LNAT test has to be taken only at the Pearson VUE testing centers.

The LNAT can be taken on any day of the week, but the test slot has to be booked in advance.

Given that there will be limited number of test slots available at each center on any given day, the earlier you book, the better chance you have of getting an appointment on the day of your choice; at the center of your choice.

You can take the test just once in any admission cycle, and the results are valid for that year only.

Registration for the UCAS will start from the 1st of August.

The UCAS submissions will start from mid September.

You can take the LNAT before or after you send off your UCAS application. (Ensure that you adhere to the college specific deadlines).

At a glance :

• 1 August 2025 – UCAS registration will open
• 1 August 2025 – LNAT registration will start
• 1 September 2025 – LNAT testing begins
• Mid September 2025 – UCAS applications can be submitted
• Ensure that you take the LNAT before the college specific deadlines

Cambridge and Oxford

• Register for LNAT between the 1st August 2025 to 15th September 2025
• Take the LNAT test after 1st September 2025, but on or before 15th October 2025
• UCAS registration will commence from mid September 2025
• Submit your UCAS form by the 15th October 2025
• You can take the LNAT before or after your UCAS application, but latest by 15th October 2025

London School of Economics LSE and Kings college London KCL

• Register for LNAT on or after the 1st August 2025
• Take the LNAT test after 1st September 2025, but on or before 31st December 2025
• Submit your UCAS form by the 31st December 2025
• You can take the LNAT before or after your UCAS application, but latest by 31st December 2025

University of Bristol and University of Durham

• Register for LNAT between the 1st August 2025 to 20th January 2026
• Take the LNAT test after 1st September 2025, but on or before 29th January 2026
• Submit your UCAS form by 6:00 pm UK time on the 29th January 2026
• You can take the LNAT before or after your UCAS application, but latest by 29th January 2026

University of Glasgow, UCL – Faculty of Laws and SOAS University of London

• Register for LNAT between the 1st August 2025 to 20th January 2026
• Take the LNAT test after 1st September 2025, but on or before 25th January 2026
• Submit your UCAS form by 6:00 pm UK time on the 29th January 2026
• You can take the LNAT before or after your UCAS application, but latest by 25th January 2026

Remember, there will be a limited number of LNAT slots per day, so book early to get the center and the date of your choice.

And do not wait for the cut off dates – apply early to your preferred universities.

And yes, don’t forget to check out the LawMint LNAT practice series at Lawmint.uk.