Introduction
The following table sets out the various deadlines that you should be aware of. Note that the deadlines indicate the latest date by which your application must be submitted. It is possible to submit your UCAS application at an earlier date.
In fact, applying early works to your advantage since various universities give out offers on a rolling basis. This means that the offers are made as and when applications come in, even if the deadline has not closed yet. Some universities give out offers as early as late October. By late December, a large percentage of the offers available might already be given out so it pays to apply early.
Application Timeline
Date | General | Oxbridge/Medicine |
15 Oct | N/A | UCAS submission deadline (for majority of courses)
Subject admissions test registration deadline |
19 and 22 Oct | Cambridge COPA & SAQ submission | |
Late Oct / Early Nov | Admissions Tests | |
Dec | N/A | Interviews |
Early to mid Jan | Oxbridge offers sent out
Cambridge winter pooling (decisions made by end of January) | |
15 Jan | UCAS submission deadline | N/A |
Mar | Admissions results deadline | |
May | Deadline for applicants to choose their first and insurance choice universities | |
Jul / Aug | Unconditional offers made upon meeting of grade requirements |
Other Points to Note
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Imperial College may require interviews for some subjects from between November to February
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Some steps in the application process may be brought forward for Cambridge applicants wishing to be interviewed in Shanghai, Singapore and Malaysia:
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20 Sep - UCAS submission deadline
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Late Oct / early Nov - Interviews & admissions tests
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Some Cambridge admissions tests will be taken after the interview instead
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STEP, the admissions test for Mathematics, is taken after the interview stage somewhere between mid to late June
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For some arts and design courses, the UCAS application deadline may be in March. Therefore the deadline by which the university makes its admissions decision and the deadline by which applicants must decide their first choice university and insurance university will be pushed back accordingly
For more information, please visit the official Oxford and Cambridge application timeline pages: