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UK universities, 2027 entry: deadlines, and the last date to sit TOEFL®
The live cycle. If you are preparing for TOEFL now and applying to a UK university, these are the dates to work backwards from.
Working back from equal consideration deadline for most courses
- Application deadline
- 13 January 2027
- Latest test date that could still clear it
- 22 December 2026
- Latest regular registration for that test
- 15 December 2026
These two derived dates are Reach120 arithmetic on ETS’s published ranges, not ETS statements: the top of its 4–16 business-day score-delivery range, then its seven-day regular registration close. Our weekday count skips weekends only: ETS does not publish whose public holidays its “business days” exclude, so we exclude none rather than guess a calendar — which makes this date optimistic over any holiday period. ETS’s own advice, test two to three months before your earliest deadline, is the safer one. How this is calculated.
Still ahead
Completed applications can be sent to UCAS
Opens in 18 days— UCAS published no time, so this counts to the end of that day in the UK
The first day a finished 2027-entry application can go to UCAS.
Where this date comes from
“Sep 01 — Completed undergraduate applications can be submitted to UCAS”
UCAS — https://www.ucas.com/advisers/help-and-training/key-dates-timeline · read 2026-08-11
Oxford, Cambridge, medicine, dentistry and veterinary deadline
62 days leftat 18:00 UK time
The first hard deadline of the cycle and by far the tightest for anyone still needing a test date.
Where this date comes from
“Oct 15 (18:00 UK time) — Equal consideration date for applications to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and for most courses in medicine, dentistry, and veterinary medicine/science”
UCAS — https://www.ucas.com/advisers/help-and-training/key-dates-timeline · read 2026-08-11
Equal consideration deadline for most courses
152 days leftat 18:00 UK time
The date most applicants work towards: applications in by now are considered equally by course providers.
Where this date comes from
“Jan 13 (18:00 UK time) — Equal consideration date for applications for most undergraduate courses”
UCAS — https://www.ucas.com/advisers/help-and-training/key-dates-timeline · read 2026-08-11
Last date an application goes to universities rather than Clearing
320 days leftat 18:00 UK time
After this point an application is not sent to the chosen universities at all — it goes straight into Clearing.
Where this date comes from
“Jun 30 (18:00 UK time) — Applications received by this deadline will be sent to universities and colleges. After this time, applications are automatically entered into Clearing.”
UCAS — https://www.ucas.com/advisers/help-and-training/key-dates-timeline · read 2026-08-11
Clearing opens
Opens in 322 days— UCAS published no time, so this counts to the end of that day in the UK
Vacancies are published and eligible applicants can release themselves into Clearing.
Where this date comes from
“Jul 02 — Clearing opens for eligible applicants, and vacancies are displayed in UCAS’ search tool”
UCAS — https://www.ucas.com/advisers/help-and-training/key-dates-timeline · read 2026-08-11
Final date for 2027 entry applications
405 days left— UCAS published no time, so this counts to the end of that day in the UK
The last day any 2027-entry application can be made.
Where this date comes from
“Sep 23 — Final date for 2027 entry applications”
UCAS — https://www.ucas.com/advisers/help-and-training/key-dates-timeline · read 2026-08-11
Last date to add a 2027 entry Clearing choice
430 days left— UCAS published no time, so this counts to the end of that day in the UK
The cycle closes here.
Where this date comes from
“Oct 18 — Last date to add 2027 entry Clearing choice”
UCAS — https://www.ucas.com/advisers/help-and-training/key-dates-timeline · read 2026-08-11
Already passed
Kept visible on purpose. If you have arrived after one of these, the useful thing is to know it — not to find a page that quietly dropped the row.
Undergraduate applications open for 2027 entry
Opened 94 days ago— UCAS published no time, so this counts to the end of that day in the UK
Applications can be started and sent for a reference from this date.
Where this date comes from
“May 12 — Undergraduate applications open for 2027 entry”
UCAS — https://www.ucas.com/advisers/help-and-training/key-dates-timeline · read 2026-08-11
What this page is not telling you
- UCAS does not set English-language requirements. Whether a university accepts TOEFL, at what score, and by when it wants the evidence are that university’s rules, published on its own page.
- No test dates appear here, because ETS publishes none publicly. Your own ETS account is the only current answer for your location.
- Deadlines move. Each row links the page it was read from and the day it was read; check it before you rely on it.