Study abroad intake and deadline calendar: a month-by-month back-plan
I know which country and intake I want. Which month should I take the English test, apply, arrange the funds and file the visa, working back from the official deadlines?
Pick a country and an intake, and the calendar lays out each month from now to the start date. Each official date carries an Official tag and a link to the page it came from. The other steps are our planning suggestions, placed a set number of weeks before those dates so the test result, the admission letter and the funds evidence are ready in time. Print it and keep it next to your documents. The dates are examples from named universities, so check your own university's page.
This page may be out of date. It was due for a re-check on 30 November 2026. Confirm every rule with the official source before acting on it.
As of 31 October 2026: we read every figure on this page on the official page linked next to it that day. Governments revise these amounts, often once a year, so open the official page again before you pay or apply.
Key figures
- UK, 2027 entry
- UCAS equal-consideration deadline 13 January 2027; Oxford, Cambridge and most medicine 15 October 2026[1]
- Canada, September 2027
- UBC and University of Toronto undergraduate deadline 15 January 2027[2]
- Germany
- No national date: each university sets its own; uni-assist takes 4 to 6 weeks to check papers[4]
- New Zealand, Semester One 2027
- University of Auckland: international applicants by 1 December 2026[6]
- France, 2027/28
- DAP registrations opened 1 October 2026; universities reply before 30 April 2027[9]
Official dates are examples from the universities and government pages named in the plan, read on 31 October 2026; your own course can close earlier. Planning steps are suggestions, not rules. The calendar runs in your browser and sends nothing anywhere.
The two UCAS deadlines for 2027 entry
How the plan counts back from one official deadline
Each plan starts from one official anchor, usually the application deadline of a named university, plus the course start date. From there it places the English test about three months before the deadline (time to resend a score), document collection two months before, the funds check as soon as an offer arrives, and the visa filing within the window the government allows. Those offsets are ours; the anchors are official.
- US: fall (August or September); some universities also take spring entrants
- Canada: September is the main intake
- UK: September or October
- Australia and New Zealand: February or March (first semester) and July (second semester)
- Germany: winter semester from October, summer semester from April
- Ireland and France: September
Tips and tricks
- Plan against the earliest deadline on your list, not the latest; one early school sets the pace for everything else.
- Book the English test early enough to sit it twice if the first score falls short.
- Fill in your own university's date in the blank line on the printed plan: the examples here are not your deadline.
- For Germany, add APS before everything else. It is slow and both the university and the visa ask for it.
Questions people ask
When should I start preparing for the fall 2027 intake?
Work back from your earliest deadline. UC's fall filing period ends on 30 November and Stanford Computer Science's master's deadline was 8 December 2026, so tests and documents need to be ready by October or November 2026.[10]
What are the winter and summer semester deadlines in Germany?
Germany has no single date. Each university sets its own deadline for each course, so check the course page. If the university uses uni-assist, apply at least 8 weeks before that date; uni-assist says processing takes 4 to 6 weeks.[4]
Is there a February intake in Australia and New Zealand?
Yes. The University of Melbourne's Semester 1 2027 runs from 1 March, and the University of Auckland asks international students to apply for Semester One 2027 by 1 December 2026.[8]
What is the UCAS deadline for September 2027?
13 January 2027 at 18:00 UK time for most undergraduate courses, and 15 October 2026 for Oxford, Cambridge and most medicine, dentistry and veterinary courses.[1]
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Official and partner links
- RelatedUCAS dates and deadlines
Sources
- Dates and deadlines for uni applications, UCAS. Accessed 31 October 2026.
- Dates and deadlines, University of British Columbia. Accessed 31 October 2026.
- Deadlines, University of Toronto. Accessed 31 October 2026.
- Standard procedure: processing times, uni-assist. Accessed 31 October 2026.
- Dates, periods and deadlines, Technical University of Munich. Accessed 31 October 2026.
- Postgraduate application closing dates, University of Auckland. Accessed 31 October 2026.
- Undergraduate application closing dates, University of Auckland. Accessed 31 October 2026.
- Future key dates, The University of Melbourne. Accessed 31 October 2026.
- Applying: the Études en France procedure, Campus France. Accessed 31 October 2026.
- Applying as a first-year, University of California. Accessed 31 October 2026.
- Graduate application deadlines, Stanford University, Computer Science. Accessed 31 October 2026.
- How to apply (international students), Trinity College Dublin. Accessed 31 October 2026.
- Student visa: money, GOV.UK, UK Visas and Immigration. Accessed 31 October 2026.
- How to apply for a long term study visa, Irish Immigration Service (Department of Justice). Accessed 31 October 2026.
- Long stay student visa, Campus France India (French government agency). Accessed 31 October 2026.
- Student visa (subclass 500), Australian Government, Department of Home Affairs. Accessed 31 October 2026.
Found an error or a newer rule? Tell us through the corrections page. Updated 31 October 2026.