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University of Cambridge application dates and deadlines

Dates and deadlines

Each undergraduate admissions round runs from September to September, for entry in October.

There are a number of key dates and deadlines along the way and it is essential that you meet these if you want a chance of your application succeeding.

The UCAS deadline for applying to Oxford and Cambridge is earlier than for other universities. The deadline for applications this year is 6.00 pm GMT on 16 October.

Please find below the key dates and deadlines (in progress) for the 2023-24 admissions round, for entry in October 2024 or deferred entry in October 2025.

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September 2023

  • 1 September: Transcript deadline for applicants for Organ Scholarships
  • 15 September: Deadline for Law applicants to register for the LNAT. Applicants must sit the test by 16 October.
  • 29 September (6.00 pm GMT): Deadline for applicants to register for the following pre-registration required assessments:
  1. Engineering applicants - ENGAA
  2. Medicine applicants - BMAT
  3. Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology applicants, Natural Sciences applicants and Veterinary Medicine applicants - NSAA     
  4. Computer Science applicants and Economics applicants - TMUA

October 2023

  • 1 October: Start of the new academic year
  • 16 October (6.00 pm GMT): Deadline for UCAS applications
  • 16 October: LNAT assessment deadline
  • 18 October: Date of the BMAT, NSAA, ENGAA, and TMUA assessments
  • 23 October (6.00 pm GMT): Deadline of submission for the My Cambridge Application form
  • 23 October: Deadline for the submission of the Extenuating Circumstances Form

November 2023

  • 2 November: Deadline for submission of written work in relevant subjects 
  • 2 November: Deadline for the submission of the Applicant Additional Information and Confidentiality Form
  • Early November: Deadline for submission of the Disability Allowances Form
  • Early November: Deadline for submission of, if relevant, any UMS marks already achieved.
  • 22-28 November: Cambridge College registered assessments take place. For details per subject please see: https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/applying/admissions-assessments/college-registered

December 2023

  • The majority of interviews will take place in the first three weeks of December.
  • Files of unsuccessful applicants from previous round destroyed in line with Data Protection Policy.

January 2024

  • Early January: A small number of interviews may take place in the first two weeks of January.
  • Mid January: Winter Pool 
  • Mid January: Winter Pool interviews, as necessary
  • 24 January: Decisions on interviews (if you have had a pool interview, your decision may not arrive until a few days later)

February 2024

  • Deadline for requests for feedback from unsuccessful applicants
  • Mid-late February: Deadline for applications for Choral Awards
  • Mid-late February: Deadline for applications for Instrumental Award
  • Information on financial undertaking requirements sent to offer holders

April 2024

  • Mid April: Deadline for challenges to fee status categorisation
  • 26 April: Deadline for the submission of the Financial Undertaking Form
  • Submit DBS applications to the Student Registry

June 2024

  • 14 June: Deadline for the submission of financial undertaking/confirmation of loan eligibility from Student Finance 

July 2024

  • 31 July: Deadline for Language (IELTS/TOEFL) conditions to be met by offer holders

August 2024

  • 15 August: Publication of A-level
  • Mid-late August: Summer and August Reconsideration Pool
  • 31 August: Deadline for successful re-marks and all offer conditions to be met

October 2024

  • 1 October: Start of the new academic year