Are sample papers available?
A sample paper is available on the web at both the Physics and University web sites, and from the Oxford Colleges Admissions Office (all three versions should be identical, but in the event of any discrepancy the version on the Physics web site is definitive). Past papers are posted on the Physics web page as they become available, as are reports on each paper. Past papers and sample papers dated before May 2006 are based on an earlier syllabus and are not relevant to the current entrance test. Past papers and sample papers dated from May 2006 but before May 2008 involved two separate papers and the use of calculators was permitted in the physics test but not the maths test. These papers can, therefore, provide general guidance on the likely content of future papers, but retain the old format and can include quite complicated numerical computations on the physics papers. Please note that we do not provide sample answers or a mark scheme for these papers.
