TSA i.e. Thinking Skills Assessment Test is required for admissions to Oxford and Cambridge Universities. Global Course provides online live coaching for TSA. The Online Classes are conducted by our TSA experts who share high quality study materials and mock tests with the students. During our online TSA classes, our experts discuss in detail the strategies and the skills required to tackle problem-solving skills including numerical and spatial reasoning. Our expert trainers make our students take numerous mock tests and past papers and evaluate them and discuss the doubts with our precious students. Thus students from The UK, Dubai, Delhi, Mumbai, Singapore, Bangalore, etc. join our TSA online coaching for the diligent approach of our trainers and high scoring study material.
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The University of Cambridge has been using the Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA) as part of its admissions process since 2001. The TSA is used alongside A Levels and a structured interview, as part of the admissions process.
Global Course provides online live TSA coaching for the students worldwide, i. e. Dubai, Singapore, Thailand, Canada, The USA, The UK, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane and offline one - to - one TSA classes at Goregaon West - Malad West in Mumbai for the benefit of the residing in Mumbai Western Suburbs, i. e. from Borivali to Bandra. Apart from Global Course online TSA Classes and offline onsite TSA one - to - one coaching, we also provide high quality TSA home tuitions in Mumbai and Thane, including Juhu, Bandra, Powai, Worli, Prabhadevi, Walkeshwar, Malabar Hill, etc. We have a group of highly experience TSA home tutors. During Global Course online live and offline TSA programs, including TSA home tuitions, we provide reliable study material, which includes more than 10 mock tests. We also make weekends and weekdays flexible schedules to suit the students’ requirements.
We, at Global Course, give online live coaching for TSA i.e. Thinking Skills Assessment for Cambridge, Oxford and UCL i.e. University College London. Normally, we take only four students in an online batch of TSA. Our TSA Online Live coaching is held from Malad West, Mumbai, India. We are a group of highly experienced trainers headed by Mr. Amar Singh, having an excellent track record for the last twenty years. Our TSA Online Live Classes are held on a flexible schedule convenient for all the students concerned. If needed, Global Course also makes a tailor-made, exclusive schedule for TSA candidates. Our students have scored up to 82 in TSA through our Online Live Classes. We use authentic and extensive study material during our Online Live TSA Coaching, which includes past papers of TSA Cambridge, TSA Oxford and TSA UCL.
| Kanav Khanduja | 64 in The TSA 2024 |
| Aditya Patil | 76 in The TSA 2024 |
| Shikha Sharma | 79 in The TSA 2023 |
| Ashraf Shaikh | 76 in The TSA 2023 |
| Jash Arora | 82 in The TSA 2022 |
| Ranjan Desai | 69 in The TSA 2022 |
| Suryansh More | 71 in The TSA 2021 |
| Rachel Green | 65 in The TSA 2021 |
| Dhruv Vyas | 74 in The TSA 2020 |
| Rahul Patel | 76 in The TSA 2020 |
TSA i.e. Thinking Skills Assessment is an aptitude test taken by students who are applying to certain courses at Cambridge University and Oxford University. The applicants take TSA Cambridge and TSA Oxford respectively. University College London, UCL also requires the applicants to appear for TSA. The test is held on the first Wednesday of November every year. The TSA is a paper-based test. Section 1 is scored on a scale of 0 - 100 with 1 - point increment. No calculator is allowed in TSA and the test has no negative marking.
The TSA is a pen-and-paper test. It is a 90-minute, multiple-choice test consisting of 50 questions. The standard TSA contains:
| Section | What does it test? | Questions | Timing |
| TSA i.e. Thinking Skills Assessment | Problem-solving skills, including numerical reasoning. Critical thinking skills, including understanding argument and reasoning using everyday language. | 50 multiple- choice questions | 90 minutes |
| Writing Task | The ability to organize ideas in a clear and coherent manner and express them effectively in writing. | The applicants need to write one essay out of four given options. | 30 minutes |
Please note: the applicants for History & Economics and Economics & Management are not required to write the essay.
We follow the above schedule to complete all the fundamental concepts in Problem Solving and Critical Thinking in the first 8 weeks. Thereafter, in the last 2 weeks, we do Sectional Tests and Previous Years’ Tests from various sources. The tests are evaluated, reviewed, doubts are discussed and other remedial measures are taken to boost the score.
Candidates will take the TSA at Pearson VUE test centres on 21, 22, 23, 24 & 27 October, 2025
If you are planning to prepare for The TSA, the first thing you should do is brush up all the mathematics concepts studied in grades 9th and 10th. Also start reading some good newspaper editorials, magazines, novels, etc. to improve your reading power and understanding. Finally, join a good TSA Prep Course, but meet the mentor before joining to check your comfort level.
The TSA question guide is available for free online and walks you through the various skills under assessment, as well as providing example questions and answer explanations for each question type. Study these carefully to get to grips with the nature of each question, and the type of logic that needs to be applied.
Though the TSA is not a maths test, numerical reasoning questions do require you to apply basic mathematical knowledge. So spend some time working on your maths skills here. Key areas to focus on include interpreting tables and graphs, quantities, number concepts such as Fractions, Percentages and numerical operations including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and averages.
Familiarity with the test format is essential, so make use of the past papers provided for the TSA online. It’s also important to remember that, although these skills are inherent, they will develop the more you apply them.
There is no negative marking in the TSA. Therefore, it’s always better to take a well-informed guess, rather than leaving a question blank.
You only have 90 minutes in which to work through 50 questions. Questions get harder as the test progresses. Hence, you may want to consider allowing more time per question towards the end of the assessment.
The Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA) is an aptitude test and admissions test taken by students who are looking to study at certain universities. A number of universities offer the TSA. However, it is most commonly associated with the University College London, the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford. The Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA) is divided into two parts: a 90-minute, multiple-choice Thinking Skills Assessment and a 30-minute writing task.
If applying for Philosophy, Politics and Economics, you will be required to take both sections of the TSA.
However, you will be required to take Section 1 only if you are applying for:
| 1. Cambridge University | The University of Cambridge has 31 colleges, including Fitzwilliam College, Murray Edwards, and Newnham. |
| 2. Oxford University | |
| 3. London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) | |
| 4. University College London (UCL) | |
| 5. Università Bocconi | Private university in Milan, Italy |
| 6. University of Warwick | Public university in Coventry, England |
Section one contains 50 multiple-choice questions and aims to assess the problem-solving skills, including numerical reasoning. Critical thinking skills, including understanding argument and reasoning using everyday language. Each question has 5 choices and the candidates are required to select only one option out of five for each question.
Section two is a writing task that seeks to evaluate a candidate’s ability to organise ideas in a clear and coherent manner, and communicate them effectively in writing. Questions are not subject-specific and candidates must answer one question from a choice of four. All applicants taking this test will be able to take an online practice test in the new format.
Problem Solving questions on the TSA look at your numerical reasoning skills through three different question types, each assessing a particular component of your problem solving ability.
Relevant Selection - you’ll be given a range of numerical information, some of which will be relevant to the given problem, and some of which will not. To find the right answer, you’ll need to quickly identify and dismiss irrelevant details and focus only on the information required to find an appropriate solution.
Finding Procedures - this question type asks you to apply logical procedures to find a solution. Within the stimulus, you’ll be given three or four numbers on which you’ll need to perform certain operations to draw accurate conclusions.
Identifying Similarity - here you’ll be given different representations of complementary data sets - for example, you may be given one set of data presented in a bar chart and an associated set of data in a table. Your task is to analyse both to find the relationships that exist between them and what logical conclusions can be taken from similarities present.
Critical ThinkingCritical thinking questions on the TSA are a measure of verbal reasoning ability. Each revolves around a written argument and asks you to assess the reasoning of that argument, and whether a conclusion logically follows.
Identifying The Conclusion - You need to identify which of the statements given is the most logical conclusion based on the facts.
Identifying an Assumption - You will be asked to find a reason within an argument that is not explicitly stated, but must be assumed to derive the conclusion.
Weaken/ Strengthen the Argument - You will be required to find which of the five statements given would weaken or strengthen the validity of an argument.
Matching Arguments - identifying parallels in the structure of reasoning between arguments on different topics.
Detecting Reasoning Errors - here you’ll be given an argument in which the conclusion does not logically follow, and will need to select the statement that best expresses why the reasoning is flawed.
Applying Principles - in this question type, you’ll need to identify the underlying principle of a given argument to conclude which of the five statements presented is based on the same principle.
Most applicants to the University of Oxford will also complete a writing task as part of their TSA, though some degree subjects are exempt from this section. You’ll be told in advance whether the writing task applies to your chosen course. This is an essay assignment in which you’ll choose one of the four question prompts to formulate a response to. You’ll be given 30 minutes in which to complete your essay, with a maximum count of 750 words.
TSA ScoringThe multiple-choice answers of Section one are marked by Cambridge Assessment Admissions Testing with one mark available per question. Final scores are calculated to one decimal place on the TSA scale, running approximately 0-100, using the Rasch Statistical Technique. The writing task component of TSA Section 2 used by the University of Oxford is reviewed by admissions tutors. An average score is about 60, so around 28 out of 50 raw marks. If you score 70 or above, you will find yourself in the top 10 of candidates - this equates to about 38 out 50.
The University of Cambridge and The University of OxfordFor the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford, TSA is held in late October/early November as a pre-interview, paper-based test taken at schools, colleges or authorised test centres globally. Results are issued in mid-January of the following year via the online portal of Cambridge Assessment Admissions Testing.
Q: How do I register for The TSA?
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Q: Which colleges require TSA?
Q: Which universities use the TSA?
At the University of Cambridge, only those applying to study Land Economy are required to take the test. At UCL, it is used for applicants to International Social and Political Studies and European Social and Political Studies.
The University of Oxford uses the TSA more broadly, and you should expect to sit the test if applying to any of the following courses:
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