MAT – Oxford Mathematics Admissions Test

The Mathematics Admissions Test (MAT) is the entrance exam for Mathematics and Computer Science degrees at Oxford University*.  Practical information and past papers with solutions can be found at the official MAT website.  I sat a version of this paper when I was accepted to Oxford to study Maths and I have helped a lot of students prepare for this paper whilst teaching at top private schools in London.

The syllabus for the MAT can be found here.

If you’re preparing for the MAT, you can work through my video solutions to 40 short answer questions and 16 long answer questions from the papers from 2016 to 2020 in this free course (contains all of the content that used to be hosted on YouTube).

I also occasionally run some online small group classes (not free) to prepare for these papers – see the schedule and sign up here.

Past Papers

		All*	Interviewed*	Accepted*
MAT 2021	Solutions 2021	51.1	69.5	73.5
MAT 2020	Solutions 2020	57.9	75.2	81.7
MAT 2019	Solutions 2019	44.9	63.6	69.3
MAT 2018	Solutions 2018	50.8	67.1	72.9
MAT 2017	Solutions 2017	51.3	68.7	73.6
MAT 2016	Solutions 2016	50.3	66.7	73.1
MAT 2015	Solutions 2015	43.7	56.3	62.7
MAT 2014	Solutions 2014	48.4	63.1	71.5
MAT 2013	Solutions 2013	44.8	54.2	60.6
MAT 2012	Solutions 2012	52.1	63.0	68.2
MAT 2011	Solutions 2011	50.3	63.3	71.0
MAT 2010	Solutions 2010	49.0	61.4	69.3
MAT 2009	Solutions 2009	51.3	61.2	70.5
MAT 2008	Solutions 2008	58.7	68.0,	77.0
MAT 2007	Solutions 2007	56.9	63.0	75.2
MAT Specimen 1	Solutions Specimen 1
MAT Specimen 2	Solutions Specimen 2

Previously this page contained links to videos of solutions to the papers from the 2016 to 2020 but I have had to remove these from YouTube.  I am looking into ways to make this content available again soon.

Want some ideas of books to read to prepare for undergraduate maths?  Take a look at the page here! 

Also, here’s a video about writing amazing personal statements, particularly aimed at maths: