Its a great pity that universities are having to introduce their own entrance exams, he said.
On the one hand it is comment on the ability of A-levels to distinguish between students at the top end.
On the other, it shows that universities dont believe that students are literate or numerate enough to take some courses, even if theyve passed their GCSEs and A-levels.
In a report, researchers surveyed some 306 universities and higher education colleges.
The study, by the organisation Supporting Professionalism in Admissions , which advises universities on admissions policies, found that 21 per cent used tests to dictate entry to some subjects.
It was up on around 16 per cent two years ago and the same as the number in 2009/10.
Researchers insisted it still only accounted for a small proportion - around one per cent - of the 43,360 courses on offer next year.
But the disclosure will add to growing concerns that GCSE or A-level results alone are not enough to gauge a candidates suitability for courses.
Students taking medicine and law are normally required to sit entrance exams to get into the most selective universities. The National Admissions Test for Law must be passed to study the subject at Birmingham, Bristol, Durham, Glasgow, Kings College London, Nottingham, Oxford and University College London.
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