Preparing for the Pat - 2025
Welcome to the 'Preparing for the PAT' course run by the Department of Physics at Oxford University on behalf of all subjects which require the PAT as part of their admissions process. Over the coming months, this page will be populated with question books, solutions, videos and event recordings.
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About the course
The 2025 PAT course will consist of four study focus webinar sessions, four problem sets with solution webinars, three summer assignments and numerous Isaac physics boards.
Study Focus Webinars
The Study Focus webinars are led by physics teachers or by the physics access officer. The sessions will focus on developing problem solving skills which will help with tackling some of the questions within the PAT and with the practicalities of the PAT itself.
Solution Webinars
The Study Focus webinars are led by current undergraduates. The sessions provide an idea of how the PAT problem sets might be solved.
Three summer assignments
These will consist of sets of questions to help develop thinking skills and problem solving techniques.
Recording and Other Materials
Recordings of the webinars, the workbooks used in them and the problem sets for home study used in 2025 course, will be added below as they become available.