Course
University of Exeter selection
The Clearing House lists Exeter as using “questionnaires which are not timed” in February or March. Exeter's own page is vaguer: it describes a two-stage short-listing process and says “we may invite you to take part in an additional task to inform the first stage of short-listing”. Scores from the first round are rank-ordered and the top 50% go to panel review.
South West
- Before interview
- Questionnaire
- When
- February or March 2027, and the Clearing House notes it is not timed
- Last checked
- 11 September 2026
Before interview
The Clearing House lists Exeter as using “questionnaires which are not timed” in February or March. Exeter's own page is vaguer: it describes a two-stage short-listing process and says “we may invite you to take part in an additional task to inform the first stage of short-listing”. Scores from the first round are rank-ordered and the top 50% go to panel review.
Written questions or a questionnaire before interview.
At interview
A multi-stage interview process on a single day with breaks, covering research knowledge and ability, clinical knowledge and ability, and readiness for training. Different panels conduct each stage.
- Panel interview
Worth knowing
The two sources differ in confidence. The Clearing House names questionnaires; the course says only that an additional task may be used. Both are linked so you can weigh them yourself.
Partly relevant
If you have applied here
This course asks written questions before interview and does not publish what they cover.
What to do
- Read the course’s own selection page before you prepare. It is linked on this page and it is the only authority on its own process.
Where this site does not help
- The course does not publish what its questions contain, so nobody can prepare you for them specifically. Be sceptical of anyone who claims otherwise.
Practice material here reflects what research and first-hand accounts indicate these assessments are like. No course publishes its test, so nothing is confirmed and this site claims no inside knowledge. Not affiliated with University of Exeter, the Clearing House, the BPS or the HCPC.
Sources
- clearing-house.org.uk — selection procedurePage last updated 7 September 2026. We checked it 11 September 2026.
- clearing-house.org.uk — second sourceChecked 11 September 2026.
Courses rewrite these pages every autumn. If this is out of date, tell us what changed — it is the most useful correction you can send.