LNAT Test Centre 2026: Locations, ID and Test Day Rules

What ID to bring to an LNAT test centre

Bring your Pearson VUE confirmation email, on your phone or on paper, and one of these, in date:

A signed passport, or a biometric passport that has no space for a signature.
A signed photocard driving licence, full or provisional.
A national identity card issued by the country the test centre is in, with your photo and signature. For a UK Home Office ID card, contact the LNAT Administrator at least two weeks before your test.

Your first and last names must match your ID exactly, or you can’t sit the test and won’t get the fee back. Out-of-date passports, photocopies, digital IDs and UK Citizencards aren’t accepted.

In India, read Pearson VUE’s Aadhaar ID policy first.

If you have no accepted ID

At centres in the UK, Australia and New Zealand only, you can bring an official letter from your school or college instead. LNAT has a sample letter. The letter needs:

The signature of your head teacher or deputy.
A passport-sized photo of you, glued on.
Your own signature.
The school’s stamp, overlapping both the photo and your signature.

Where a passport is the only ID accepted

At test centres in these places, only a current signed passport, or a biometric one without a signature, is accepted:

American Samoa
Guam
Hong Kong
Mainland China
Malaysia
Northern Mariana Islands
Pakistan
Singapore
South Korea
Sri Lanka
Thailand

Inside the LNAT test room

Your belongings go in a locker. You can’t take in bags, papers, books, pens, sweets or drinks, or a dictionary.
You sit at a numbered desk with a computer that only runs the LNAT.
There’s no scrap paper. You get a portable whiteboard and pen for notes.
Raise your hand if you need help, another whiteboard or ear plugs, or if someone is noisy.
LNAT says most centres use the local keyboard layout, but some use US keyboards. If that worries you, ask the centre which it uses, and tell staff before you start if you’ve been given the wrong one.
Take any medication you need with you and mention it when you check in. If you’ll need to take it during the test, say so on LNAT’s Examination Access Requirements form. Breaks aren’t allowed unless approved in advance.

Arriving late

If you’re less than 15 minutes late, staff can choose to let you start. If you’re later, or they think a late start would disturb others, you’re recorded as a no-show and have to book and pay for another test. LNAT suggests noting the centre’s address and finding it on a map before you set off.

If something goes wrong at the LNAT test centre

Ask the centre staff for an incident number before you leave.
Contact the LNAT Consortium straight away with where and when you sat the test, what happened and the incident number.
Don’t contact your universities yet. They can’t check the incident and will pass it to the LNAT Consortium.

Where it’s appropriate, the LNAT Consortium passes the information to your universities, which can allow for it when they look at your score. Complaints can go to Pearson VUE or to the LNAT Administrator.

LNAT contact details →

No LNAT test centre in your country?

Some countries have none in the current cycle, and centres that are closed for repairs or checks don’t show in the locator. If you can’t find your country, contact the LNAT Administrator. If there’s no centre you can reasonably travel to, apply to each of your LNAT universities for an exemption.

LNAT exemptions →

Sources: LNAT Consortium and 5 more. Checked October 2026.