University College London

Deadlines

1. 15 October 2026

   UCAS deadline for Medicine (MBBS), 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.

   Source

* Last year’s date, not yet confirmed.

Every date in the United Kingdom