Optometry
MOptom (Hons) · 4 yrs
33 points including 6 in two HL sciences, and at SL 5 in English and 4 in Maths.
London · United Kingdom · Research university
About 80 bachelor’s degrees on two London campuses: Clerkenwell for subjects such as journalism, Tooting for medicine and medical training.
15 October 2026
Thirteen months before the course starts. UCAS says it is unusual for these universities to consider a late application. Admissions tests for these courses register earlier still, and the registration deadline is not the test date.
UCAS’s deadline for these courses, three months before everyone else’s. UCAS says it is unusual for these universities to consider a late application, so treat 18:00 UK time on 15 October as the end. Admissions test registration closes even earlier.
Source13 January 2027, 18:00 UK time
The 13th for 2027 entry, where 2026 entry used the 14th. The date moves between cycles, so a figure remembered from a sibling’s year is worth re-checking.
Every application that arrives by this time must be given equal consideration. Applications after it are only looked at if places remain.
Source23 September 2027, 18:00 UK time
25 February 2027
For anyone who used all five choices and holds no offer: one further choice at a time.
For applicants holding no offers.
Source2 July 2027
For applicants holding no offer, or whose results missed their conditions. Runs on vacancies, so it rewards moving quickly.
IB results come out 6 July, so Clearing is already open when you get them.
Source6 July 2027*
The point of the conditional offer. Universities confirm or release places against results that have only just arrived, which is what the whole UK calendar is built around.
Source* Last year’s date, not yet confirmed.
Every degree here is taught in English. What it is known for:
MOptom (Hons) · 4 yrs
33 points including 6 in two HL sciences, and at SL 5 in English and 4 in Maths.
MBBS · 5 yrs
36 points with 18 at HL, including 6 in Biology and Chemistry; at SL, 5 in Maths and English.
BA (Hons) · 3 yrs
31 points, with at least 5 in SL English and 4 in SL Maths.
Each course sets its own IB offer, from 31 points with SL English 5 and SL Maths 4 (Journalism) to 36 with 18 at HL, including 6 in Biology and Chemistry (Medicine).
EU students pay the international fee for 2027/28: £47,380 for Medicine, £23,010 for Journalism and £20,190 for Optometry.