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Imperial College London

Science, engineering, medicine and business in South Kensington, London; 73 undergraduate courses, many needing HL Maths and an admissions test.

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In English
All 73 degrees
City
London
Apply via
UCAS
Next deadline
15 Oct 2026

Deadlines

  1. 15 October 2026

    UCAS deadline for Medicine, 18:00 UK time
    Hard deadline
    Details

    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.

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  2. 26 October to 21 December 2026, 18:00 GMT

    UAT-UK admissions tests (ESAT, TMUA, TARA) - test booking for the January sitting
    Hard deadline
    Details

    Published as test booking from 26 October 2026 3pm GMT to 21 December 2026 6pm GMT (registration reopens 5 October 2026). The time is the closing time. Not available for Oxford or Cambridge applicants. Other universities let you pick a sitting. Used for 2027 entry by Cambridge, Imperial, Oxford and UCL (ESAT); those four and LSE, Warwick and Durham (TMUA); and Oxford and UCL (TARA), per the test pages on esat-tmua.ac.uk.

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  3. 13 January 2027, 18:00 UK time

    UCAS equal consideration deadline (all other courses), 18:00 UK time
    Hard deadline
    Details

    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.

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All dates for this school (8 more)
  1. 12 October to 16 October 2026

    UAT-UK admissions tests (ESAT, TMUA, TARA) - October sitting
    Details

    Published as "tests 12-16 October 2026". Oxford and Cambridge applicants must use this October sitting apart from a few exceptions. Used for 2027 entry by Cambridge, Imperial, Oxford and UCL (ESAT); those four and LSE, Warwick and Durham (TMUA); and Oxford and UCL (TARA), per the test pages on esat-tmua.ac.uk.

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  2. 21 December 2026

    ESAT and TMUA: booking for the January sitting closes, 18:00 UK time
    DetailsSource
  3. 4 January to 8 January 2027

    UAT-UK admissions tests (ESAT, TMUA, TARA) - January sitting
    Details

    Published as "tests 4-8 January 2027". Not available for Oxford or Cambridge applicants. Used for 2027 entry by Cambridge, Imperial, Oxford and UCL (ESAT); those four and LSE, Warwick and Durham (TMUA); and Oxford and UCL (TARA), per the test pages on esat-tmua.ac.uk.

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  4. 4 January 2027

    ESAT and TMUA January sitting begins (runs 4–8 January)
    DetailsSource
  5. 25 February 2027

    Extra opens
    Details

    For anyone who used all five choices and holds no offer: one further choice at a time.

    For applicants holding no offers.

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  6. 2 July 2027

    Clearing opens
    Rolling
    Details

    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.

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  7. 6 July 2027*

    IB results released
    Details

    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.

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  8. 23 September 2027, 18:00 UK time

    Final date for 2027 entry applications
    Hard deadline
    Details

    After this the cycle is closed.

    Last date to apply at all for autumn 2027.

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* Last year’s date, not yet confirmed.

Every date in the United Kingdom

What you could study here

All 73 of its undergraduate degrees are taught in English. What it is known for:

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4 faculties: what each looks for
  • Faculty of Engineering: Most departments set the ESAT, Computing the TMUA; Bioengineering, Earth Science, Materials none. Aeronautics: 7s in HL Maths, Physics.
  • Faculty of Natural Sciences: Chemistry has no test; Mathematics takes the TMUA, Physics and Life Sciences the ESAT. Chemistry asks HL 6s in Chemistry and Maths.
  • Faculty of Medicine: Medicine closes 15 October: UCAT, then interviews; HL Biology and Chemistry at 6. BSc Medical Biosciences uses no test.
  • Imperial College Business School: Economics, Finance and Data Science: TMUA compulsory; 39 points with 7 in HL Maths and 6 in two more HL subjects.

What it asks of IB students

38–42 points overall with 6–7 in the relevant HL subjects; many courses ask 7 in HL Maths. English A at grade 4 (SL or HL), or English B at SL 6 or HL 5, meets the English requirement.

Where it says so

Worth knowing

ESAT is needed for engineering, physics and life sciences, TMUA for computing, maths and the Business School, and UCAT for Medicine.

All 3 notes
  • ESAT is needed for engineering, physics and life sciences, TMUA for computing, maths and the Business School, and UCAT for Medicine.
  • You may sit ESAT in October or January, but only your first score counts.
  • Overseas fees are set per course: Mathematics BSc cost £42,700 in 2026-27, and 2027 figures were not yet out.

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