Oxbridge Admissions Test Tutoring
ESAT Tutors
Prepare effectively for the Engineering and Science Admissions Test (ESAT) with our expert ESAT tutoring.
Why Choose Our ESAT Tutors?
- Our Oxbridge success rate is 4x the average
- Average mark improvement of 20% after just 4 hours’ tutoring
- 20+ years of experience
- 500+ Oxbridge offers every year
- Experienced Oxbridge-graduate tutors
Our UK & Oxbridge admissions consultancy is delivered by Oxbridge Applications, the unequivocal leader in top UK university application consultancy.
Boost your ESAT score
Expert ESAT Tutors
Excelling in the Engineering and Science Admissions Test (ESAT) is essential for applicants to Oxford, Cambridge, UCL, and Imperial.
Our one-to-one tuition pairs you with an Oxbridge-educated ESAT tutor who specialises in the test. Choose from our range of score-boosting tutoring packages, with options to enhance your performance whatever your current level of preparation.
Discover why our students improve their ESAT scores by 20% after just four hours of tutoring.
Book your ESAT tutor today and give yourself the best chance of success.
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Our ESAT Tutoring Packages
Our flexible range of packages are designed to help you excel in the ESAT – whatever your current level of preparation. Whether need a focused boost or comprehensive support, each option includes one-to-one tuition with an Oxbridge-educated ESAT tutor, access to our mock test bank, and fully personalised guidance.
Ideal if you want targeted ESAT tutoring on specific problem areas, or need a concentrated refresher before your test.
- Four hours of one-to-one tuition with an Oxbridge-graduate ESAT tutor
- Access to our exclusive library of mock admissions tests for extra practice
- Sessions arranged at times to suit you, including evenings and weekends
Price: £595
A popular choice for students who want both strategy and practice across multiple test areas.
- Eight hours of one-to-one tuition with an Oxbridge-graduate ESAT tutor
- Access to our exclusive library of mock admissions tests for extra practice
- Sessions arranged at times to suit you, including evenings and weekends
Price: £995
An in-depth package of ESAT tutoring, designed to maximise your score through sustained practice and guidance.
- Twelve hours of one-to-one tuition with an Oxbridge-graduate ESAT tutor
- Access to our exclusive library of mock admissions tests for extra practice
- Sessions arranged at times to suit you, including evenings and weekends
- Best value for students seeking thorough preparation and exceptional performance
Price: £1295
The definitive ESAT preparation: an exhaustive programme of one-to-one tutoring and practice, built for students determined to achieve the highest possible score.
- Sixteen hours of one-to-one tuition with an Oxbridge-graduate ESAT tutor
- Full access to our exclusive library of mock admissions tests for extra practice
- Sessions arranged at times to suit you, including evenings and weekends
- Our highest level of preparation, for students who are aiming for perfect scores
Price: £1645
4x Your Oxbridge Chances
We are proud of the improvements students make by working with us. Students on our Oxbridge Premier Service have a 4x higher acceptance rate at Oxford and Cambridge than the global average.
Dukes Plus by the numbers:
- The average student improves their admissions test marks by 20% after just 4 hours’ tutoring
- We have 25+ years of experience preparing students for Oxbridge
- Our students receive 500+ Oxbridge offers every year
Our ESAT Tutors
Ilya holds an MPhil in Biological Sciences and a BA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge. He is a highly experienced ESAT tutor. He has worked as a supervisor and demonstrator for Natural Sciences undergraduates at Cambridge. He also has his own YouTube channel, advising students on how to get into Oxbridge.
- Ilya
- Natural Sciences, Biology
Ro holds a BA and MSc in Natural Sciences from Cambridge. They specialise in preparing students for the ESAT with a particular focus on Biology. Since then, Ro has worked as a tutor, teacher and professional revision-resource designer, covering A-Level Chemistry and Biology alongside a broad range of GCSE maths and science subjects. Their undergraduate specialisms in neurobiology and physiology continue to shape their teaching, and they particularly enjoy exploring neuroanatomy, consciousness and interventions in the brain with students of all levels. Ro also holds a master’s degree in the History of Medicine, drawing on both their subject knowledge and creative approach to bring the rich history of biological ideas into their sessions. In addition, they completed a Graduate Diploma in Law as a Queen Mother’s Scholar at Middle Temple, receiving a full scholarship for their studies.
- Ro
- Natural Sciences, Biology
Sol holds an MEng from Oxford. He has been tutoring for more than six years and has extensive experience as an ESAT tutor. Sol is a qualified tutor and demonstrator at a Russell Group university. He has also spent three years working on summer schools in Oxford, including with UNIQ, the University of Oxford’s access programme. In this role, Sol supported students throughout the admissions process by leading interview workshops and admissions-test preparation sessions, as well as offering guidance on personal statements. He also helped to run laboratory sessions and departmental visits, and tutored students using the kinds of problem sheets typically encountered in first-year engineering tutorials. While studying at Oxford, Sol rowed in his college’s first boat, trained with the University’s Blues triathlon squad and served as Vice-President of the Oxford Climate Society.
- Sol
- Maths, Engineering, Physical Sciences
Ana holds a first-class MSc in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University. She has tutored Oxbridge applicants for Dukes Plus for five years. Ana specialises in organic and supramolecular chemistry. During her degree, she completed several research projects in these areas and held roles across a number of university societies, including the CAMbassadors outreach scheme, the Cambridge Romanian Society and the Cambridge Environmental Consulting Society. Ana is currently pursuing a PhD in Computational and Experimental Supramolecular Chemistry at University College London. Her research focuses on the solid-state behaviour of coordination-based metal–organic clusters. She has also completed a placement with Orbital Materials, a start-up where she applied computational methods and machine learning to the discovery of next-generation materials. Alongside her research, Ana works as a teaching assistant on first-year undergraduate courses at UCL and has recently joined the British Chemistry Olympiad Working Group.
- Ana
- Natural Sciences, Chemistry
Amber studied Biochemistry at Oxford. She has successfully prepared many students applying to Oxford for science subjects. During her studies, she completed a laboratory placement at the University of British Columbia, where she investigated how deficiencies in insulin-like peptides affect longevity in Drosophila melanogaster. Her master’s research explored the genetic basis of sexual behaviour in Drosophila, while her optional modules allowed her to specialise further in virology and immunology. After graduating, she spent a year working as a business analyst in London before returning to Oxford in 2019 to begin her PhD. Her doctoral research examines the development and evolution of Drosophila, with a particular focus on gene regulatory networks.
- Amber
- Biochemistry
Senthooran studied Medicine at Cambridge. He has tutored for Dukes Plus since 2017, including extensive ESAT tuition. During his intercalation years, he also obtained an MEng from Cambridge, following his academic interests in Surgery and Biomedical Engineering. Senthooran offers 1-1 private tuition as well as teaching at our flagship admissions events.
- Senthooran
- Medicine, Engineering
Reviews for Our Oxbridge Application Support
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Our son received outstanding support from Oxbridge Applications with his recent successful Nat Sci application. The service was seamless, responsive and highly professional from start to finish, covering all aspects of the process, including personal statement, ESAT and interview preparation, and college choice. We truly believe OA helped our son become a stronger candidate and to draw out his talents to the best advantage. Highly recommended. Many thanks to all the team.
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I would like to express my gratitude for the invaluable support provided by Oxbridge Application for my son. The tutors are exceptionally well-prepared, highly competent, very dedicated and professional. Thanks to their guidance, my son has successfully acquired the skills needed to excel in the admission test and develop the confidence and abilities required to perform well in the interview. An outstanding support!
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We really valued the responsive service and deep expertise offered by Oxbridge Applications, involving several subject experts and coordinated by the wonderful Kiran. The packages were flexible (with no hard sell) and the experience realistic. An Oxbridge application was new to us as a family so the support was invaluable.
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I had the most wonderful experience with Oxbridge Applications and know that I became a much stronger applicant due to their help. I am particularly grateful to Alicia and my mentor Kat, as they were so supportive and guided me through every step of my application! The advice, knowledge, and also confidence that they provided me with was invaluable, and I could not recommend Oxbridge Applications enough. Not only were they crucial to developing my interview skills, technical competency, and general knowledge of my subject, but also the many hours of tutoring made me absolutely certain of my love of my degree subject and I am all the more overjoyed by the prospect of studying it at Oxford this October as a result.
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Theo and his team offered an outstanding service for our daughter who decided, very late, to make an Oxbridge application. They managed to make time for her and gave her excellent guidance and advice throughout the process. We recommend Oxbridge Applications without hesitation.
Effective Prep from Experienced ESAT Tutors
Key Features of Our ESAT Tutoring Programme
Every student receives individual attention in our one-to-one lessons. Each lesson is tailored to your specific strengths and areas for development, enabling you to make rapid progress.
Our ESAT tutors are Oxbridge science and engineering graduates who understand the admissions process inside-out. They are subject specialists with extensive experience in preparing students for competitive exams like the ESAT. With a track record of Oxford, Cambridge, and Imperial application success, they know exactly what it takes to succeed.
When you book any of our ESAT tutoring packages, you’ll get access to our exclusive library of full mock tests, for the highest level of realistic practice and preparation.
Our ESAT tutors provide ongoing assessments and detailed feedback to ensure you’re on the right track and continuously improving.
Learn effective test-taking strategies to manage time, handle pressure, and maximise your score on exam day.
Customer Stories
What’s Included in Our Packages?
Learn from someone who’s been there
One-to-one lessons with an Oxbridge-educated tutor with extensive experience of the ESAT, focused on exactly the question types you’ll face in the test.
Understand what you need to do to improve
Your ESAT tutor identifies the knowledge and technique gaps which are dragging your score down. Every hour of tuition is focused on making the decisive improvements which will boost your score.
Practise until it’s second nature
With every tutoring package, you’ll get access to our library of mock ESAT papers: full-length, highly realistic, and written by our most senior tutors. Practise under exam conditions to develop the test familiarity, speed, and accuracy you need for an exceptional performance.
Benefit from first-class tuition
Our tutees have rated 500 hours of recent admissions test tutoring 5 stars.
how it works
Start your tutoring in four simple steps
You’ll go from choosing your package to starting lessons with your hand-picked tutor in just a few days. Here’s how it works.
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Choose your package
Choose your preferred package and complete your purchase online. Have a question? Contact us and our friendly team will be happy to help.
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Tell us what you need
You will receive instant email confirmation, plus a form to fill out with a few extra details – this ensures we match you with the perfect tutor.
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Meet your tutor
We hand-pick the best ESAT tutor for your needs and introduce you to them, usually within 3 working days of receiving your completed form.
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Start your lessons
Arrange your online lessons at times that suit you. Our tutoring is available in multiple time zones, including evenings and weekends.
Case Study
Every package is unique to each student: your abilities, your timeline, and your tutor. Here is an example of how a package is put together for one applicant.
Malcolm is applying for Engineering at Cambridge and needs to take the ESAT. He books a 12-hour package of ESAT tutoring with eight weeks to go before the test.
Here is how his lessons work:
Lesson 1: in the first session, Malcolm’s tutor, a Cambridge Engineering graduate, assesses his strengths and weaknesses across the Mathematics 1, Mathematics 2, and Physics modules of the ESAT. The assessment shows that Malcolm is losing marks on areas such as algebraic manipulation under time pressure and multi-step mechanics questions. This enables the tutor to produce a bespoke tutoring plan for the remainder of Malcolm’s package.
Lessons 2-4: Malcom’s ESAT tutor targets his weakest topics. Together, they work through the problem types he is most susceptible to dropping marks on. The tutor sets Malcolm papers from our library of mock exams as homework to complete between sessions.
Lessons 5-8: Malcolm and his tutor review the mocks he has completed between lessons. The tutor analyses his performance and offers detailed feedback after each practice. He finds that while Malcolm’s knowledge has improved in his weaker areas, he is still making avoidable mistakes due to calculation errors and poor time management. Over time, Malcom’s tutor tracks his improvement and adjusts the focus of the lessons where necessary.
Lessons 9-12: The final stretch of lessons are all about fine-tuning. Malcolm’s scores in his mock exams have significantly improved, so now the focus is on time management, exam technique, and addressing the higher-level questions he needed to maximise his score.
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Preparing for the ESAT?
Try our ESAT practice tests, designed by Cambridge admissions experts and covering all the ESAT modules.
They’re the perfect way to begin your ESAT preparation.
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FAQs
Booking is quick and simple:
- Choose your preferred package (4, 8, 12, or 16 hours of tutoring) and make your purchase
- You will receive an instant email confirmation with a form with a few more details to fill out – please complete this
- We’ll hand-pick the ESAT tutor who best meets your requirements, usually within 3 working days
- You can arrange online lessons at times that suit you directly with your tutor
Of course. If you have any questions, we would be happy to answer them. You can contact us here and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
The Engineering and Science Admissions Test (ESAT) is used by Oxford, Cambridge, UCL, and Imperial College London to assess applicants for a range of Science and Engineering courses. Applicants must take a compulsory Maths module, as well as two more modules from Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics 2, depending on the course they are applying for.
For 2027 entry, the ESAT is currently required by the following universities and courses:
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- University of Cambridge: Engineering, Natural Sciences, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, and Veterinary Medicine.
- Imperial College London: Physics and all undergraduate Engineering disciplines.
- University of Oxford: Physics and Physics and Philosophy.
- University College London (UCL): BEng and MEng Electronic and Electrical Engineering
- Always check the latest requirements for your chosen course and university before applying.
The ESAT is a highly challenging exam which will be used by the Oxford, Cambridge, UCL, and Imperial admissions tutors to select applicants for very competitive courses. ESAT tutoring helps you prepare, providing you with the knowledge and exam technique needed to boost your score, and stand out in a competitive field.
Yes. Our TMUA tutoring takes place online, ensuring you can access the highest standard of preparation, wherever you are in the world.
All of our ESAT tutoring packages come with access to exclusive mock tests. These will help tutors identify your areas for improvement, refine your skills and exam technique, and build your familiarity with the ESAT ahead of test day.
We conduct regular assessments and provide detailed feedback to monitor your improvement and adjust your study plan as needed.
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Oxbridge Tutors
Our vetted Oxbridge tutors are top graduates from Cambridge or Oxford, and form a global network of over 2,000 tutors.
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Oxbridge interview tutoring and mock interviews with Oxford or Cambridge graduates. Expert support for your interview.
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Oxbridge Applications Premier Service
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Craft a stellar personal statement and make a lasting impression with your application.
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