BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Wisesprout//Application Timeline//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:UK university application timeline · 2027 entry · Wisespro ut BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ucas-opens-2027-en@wisesprout.co.uk DTSTAMP:20261029T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260512 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260513 SUMMARY:UCAS opens for 2027 entry DESCRIPTION:You can register on the UCAS Hub and start filling in the for m\, but nothing can be submitted until 1 September. Schools link student s with their buzzword now\; the reference and predicted grades are then added by the school inside the system.\n\nStudents at a mainland Chinese high school\, or studying independently\, should settle early who will write the reference and issue predicted grades\; UCAS lets independent a pplicants nominate a referee themselves.\n\nhttps://wisesprout.co.uk/en/ application-timeline URL:https://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline#ev-2027-ucas-opens END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ucat-2026-2027-en@wisesprout.co.uk DTSTAMP:20261029T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260713 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260925 SUMMARY:UCAT testing window (most medicine and dentistry courses) DESCRIPTION:Registration opened on 20 May\, booking on 23 June\; testing runs from 13 July\, booking closes on 16 September and the last test day is 24 September. Scores are given on the day and sent to universities i n early November. Slots thin out late in the window\, so book before the summer.\n\nThere are Pearson VUE test centres in mainland China and Hon g Kong SAR\; the fee outside the UK is higher. Check the UCAT site for t he year's figures.\n\nhttps://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline URL:https://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline#ev-2027-ucat-2026 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:uat-oct-booking-2027-en@wisesprout.co.uk DTSTAMP:20261029T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260720 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260929 SUMMARY:ESAT / TMUA / TARA booking for the October sitting · 18:00 UK ti me DESCRIPTION:Opens 20 July\, closes 28 September at 18:00 UK time\, with n o late entries. From 2027 entry Oxford has retired the MAT\, PAT\, TSA a nd its other in-house tests in favour of the TMUA\, ESAT and TARA\, whic h Cambridge\, Imperial\, UCL\, LSE\, Warwick and others also use for rel evant courses. Oxbridge applicants must sit the October round.\n\nhttps: //wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline URL:https://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline#ev-2027-uat-oct-book ing END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ucas-submit-opens-2027-en@wisesprout.co.uk DTSTAMP:20261029T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260901 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260902 SUMMARY:UCAS starts accepting submissions DESCRIPTION:An application can be sent once every section is complete\, t he reference is attached and the fee paid. Schools usually set their own internal deadlines (often late September for Oxbridge applicants) to le ave time for checking.\n\nhttps://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeli ne URL:https://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline#ev-2027-ucas-submit- opens END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:uat-oct-deadline-2027-en@wisesprout.co.uk DTSTAMP:20261029T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260928 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260929 SUMMARY:ESAT / TMUA / TARA October booking closes · 18:00 UK time DESCRIPTION:18:00 UK time. Miss it and only the January sitting is left\, which Oxford\, Cambridge and some courses do not accept.\n\nhttps://wis esprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline URL:https://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline#ev-2027-uat-oct-dead line END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:uat-oct-2027-en@wisesprout.co.uk DTSTAMP:20261029T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261012 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261017 SUMMARY:ESAT / TMUA / TARA October sitting DESCRIPTION:Computer-based at Pearson VUE centres. Results are released o n 16 November and sent automatically to the universities you applied to. \n\nTest centres in mainland China\, Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR have fi xed days: ESAT 12–13 October\, TARA 14\, TMUA 15–16\; you cannot cho ose.\n\nhttps://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline URL:https://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline#ev-2027-uat-oct END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ucas-oct-15-2027-en@wisesprout.co.uk DTSTAMP:20261029T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261015 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261016 SUMMARY:UCAS deadline: Oxford\, Cambridge and most medicine\, dentistry a nd veterinary courses · 18:00 UK time DESCRIPTION:18:00 UK time. If any one of your five choices is Oxford\, Ca mbridge or one of these three subjects\, the whole application must be i n by now. Cambridge then asks for a supplementary questionnaire (My Camb ridge Application)\, due about a week later on the date in its email.\n\ n18:00 UK time is 01:00 the next morning in Beijing (the UK is still on summer time in October). Do not leave it to the last day\; the reference has to be submitted first.\n\nhttps://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-t imeline URL:https://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline#ev-2027-ucas-oct-15 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:uat-oct-results-2027-en@wisesprout.co.uk DTSTAMP:20261029T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261116 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261117 SUMMARY:ESAT / TMUA / TARA October results DESCRIPTION:Scores go straight to the universities. Booking for the Janua ry sitting is already open (from late October until 21 December\, 18:00 UK time) for courses with the January deadline\, or for anyone who misse d October\; check each university's page on whether it accepts the Janua ry round.\n\nhttps://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline URL:https://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline#ev-2027-uat-oct-resu lts END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:oxbridge-interviews-2027-en@wisesprout.co.uk DTSTAMP:20261029T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261219 SUMMARY:Oxford and Cambridge interviews (early to mid December) DESCRIPTION:Oxford interviews are all online\, scheduled by subject acros s December with at least a week's notice by email\; Cambridge's main per iod is 7 to 18 December\, online or in person as each college decides\, with a few subjects running into early January.\n\nIf you are interviewi ng online from mainland China\, test the connection and equipment in adv ance and convert the slot to Beijing time (the UK is on winter time in D ecember\, eight hours behind).\n\nhttps://wisesprout.co.uk/en/applicatio n-timeline URL:https://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline#ev-2027-oxbridge-int erviews END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:uat-jan-deadline-2027-en@wisesprout.co.uk DTSTAMP:20261029T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261221 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261222 SUMMARY:ESAT / TMUA / TARA January booking closes · 18:00 UK time DESCRIPTION:18:00 UK time. The January sitting is the last chance in this cycle.\n\nhttps://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline URL:https://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline#ev-2027-uat-jan-dead line END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:uat-jan-2027-en@wisesprout.co.uk DTSTAMP:20261029T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270104 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270109 SUMMARY:ESAT / TMUA / TARA January sitting DESCRIPTION:For applicants to January-deadline courses at Imperial\, UCL\ , LSE\, Warwick and others.\n\nFixed days at centres in mainland China\, Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR: ESAT 6 January\, TARA 7\, TMUA 8.\n\nhttps ://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline URL:https://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline#ev-2027-uat-jan END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:oxford-decisions-2027-en@wisesprout.co.uk DTSTAMP:20261029T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270112 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270113 SUMMARY:Oxford decisions DESCRIPTION:Decisions arrive via UCAS\, with the college emailing later t he same day. Offer conditions are in the offer letter and normally match the course page's standard offer.\n\nhttps://wisesprout.co.uk/en/applic ation-timeline URL:https://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline#ev-2027-oxford-decis ions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ucas-jan-13-2027-en@wisesprout.co.uk DTSTAMP:20261029T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270113 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270114 SUMMARY:UCAS main deadline (equal consideration) · 18:00 UK time DESCRIPTION:18:00 UK time. Applications in by now must be considered equa lly\; you can still apply until 30 June\, but popular courses will large ly be full. The reference must already be submitted or the application c annot go.\n\n18:00 UK time is 02:00 the next morning in Beijing. Handove r around the Chinese winter break is where things slip\; have the refere nce and predicted grades confirmed in the system before December.\n\nhtt ps://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline URL:https://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline#ev-2027-ucas-jan-13 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cambridge-decisions-2027-en@wisesprout.co.uk DTSTAMP:20261029T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270127 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270128 SUMMARY:(expected) Cambridge decisions (including the winter pool) DESCRIPTION:The week or two before is the winter pool: applicants the fir st-choice college did not take but who are strong overall may be picked up by another college\, sometimes after a further interview. The date is as notified by the college.\n\nhttps://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application- timeline URL:https://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline#ev-2027-cambridge-de cisions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ucas-extra-2027-en@wisesprout.co.uk DTSTAMP:20261029T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270225 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270226 SUMMARY:UCAS Extra opens DESCRIPTION:Anyone with decisions on all five choices and no offer (or wh o declined them all) can add one more choice at a time\, until 1 July.\n \nhttps://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline URL:https://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline#ev-2027-ucas-extra END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:reply-may-5-2027-en@wisesprout.co.uk DTSTAMP:20261029T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270505 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270506 SUMMARY:First reply deadline (all decisions received by 31 March) DESCRIPTION:Your own reply date is shown in the UCAS Hub\; go by that. No reply means every offer is declined automatically (reversible within 14 days).\n\nhttps://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline URL:https://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline#ev-2027-reply-may-5 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:decisions-may-12-2027-en@wisesprout.co.uk DTSTAMP:20261029T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270512 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270513 SUMMARY:Universities' decision deadline for January applicants DESCRIPTION:Universities must decide on every application submitted by 13 January\; otherwise UCAS records it as unsuccessful on their behalf.\n\ nhttps://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline URL:https://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline#ev-2027-decisions-ma y-12 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:alevel-exams-2027-en@wisesprout.co.uk DTSTAMP:20261029T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270512 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270623 SUMMARY:A-level exams (mid May to late June) DESCRIPTION:Most boards' final papers fall between 18 and 22 June\, with 23 June held as a contingency day. The past-paper library has official p apers and mark schemes by board and year.\n\nTimetables at Edexcel and C AIE centres in China follow the boards' international timetables\, which differ slightly from the UK ones.\n\nhttps://wisesprout.co.uk/en/applic ation-timeline URL:https://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline#ev-2027-alevel-exams END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:reply-jun-2-2027-en@wisesprout.co.uk DTSTAMP:20261029T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270602 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270603 SUMMARY:Reply deadline for firm and insurance (all decisions by 12 May) DESCRIPTION:This is the date for most on-time applicants. Firm is your fi rst choice\, insurance the fallback\; the remaining offers are declined now.\n\nhttps://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline URL:https://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline#ev-2027-reply-jun-2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ucas-jun-30-2027-en@wisesprout.co.uk DTSTAMP:20261029T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270630 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270701 SUMMARY:Last day to apply with choices\; later applications go straight t o Clearing · 18:00 UK time DESCRIPTION:18:00 UK time. Extra closes on 1 July and Clearing opens on 2 July. For applications in by 30 June\, universities decide by 14 July a nd applicants reply by 21 July.\n\nhttps://wisesprout.co.uk/en/applicati on-timeline URL:https://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline#ev-2027-ucas-jun-30 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ib-results-2027-en@wisesprout.co.uk DTSTAMP:20261029T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270706 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270707 SUMMARY:IB results (expected 6 July) DESCRIPTION:IB students learn whether they have met their conditions abou t five weeks before A-level results\; the IBO has not yet published the 2027 date\, which in recent years has been 5 or 6 July.\n\nhttps://wises prout.co.uk/en/application-timeline URL:https://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline#ev-2027-ib-results END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:alevel-results-2027-en@wisesprout.co.uk DTSTAMP:20261029T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270812 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270813 SUMMARY:A-level results day (Thursday) DESCRIPTION:Schools receive grades the day before\; students get them in the morning\, and the UCAS Hub updates your firm or insurance status at the same time. If you missed a condition\, phone the university first\, then look at Clearing\; if you did better than expected\, you can also r elease yourself into Clearing. Run the course finder again with your act ual grades.\n\n08:00 in the UK is 15:00 in Beijing. Grades at Chinese ce ntres are released by the boards' international arms on the same day.\n\ nhttps://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline URL:https://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline#ev-2027-alevel-resul ts END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ucas-final-2027-en@wisesprout.co.uk DTSTAMP:20261029T000000Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270923 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270924 SUMMARY:Final deadline for 2027 entry applications · 18:00 UK time DESCRIPTION:18:00 UK time. 18 October is the last day to add a Clearing c hoice. Most universities start between late September and early October. \n\nhttps://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline URL:https://wisesprout.co.uk/en/application-timeline#ev-2027-ucas-final END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR