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ESAT admissions test booking closes at 6pm UK time on 28 September 2026 for the October sitting and on 21 December 2026 for January.

Questions people ask

When is the ESAT booking deadline for October 2026?

Monday 28 September 2026 at 6pm UK time, for the October sitting (tests 12 to 16 October). January 2027 booking opens on 26 October 2026 and closes on 21 December 2026 at 6pm.

When is the TARA test in October 2026?

TARA shares the UAT-UK October window, 12 to 16 October 2026. In China, Hong Kong and Macau it runs on 14 October 2026 only.

When do ESAT and TARA results come out?

On 16 November 2026 for the October sitting and 8 February 2027 for January, according to UAT-UK.

What is the LNAT deadline for Oxford and Cambridge?

Book by 15 September 2026 and sit by 15 October 2026. King's, LSE and UCL need it sat by 31 December 2026; Bristol and Durham by 13 January 2027.

Does the calendar file work with Google Calendar and iPhone?

Yes. It is a standard .ics file: open it on your phone or import it into Google, Apple or Outlook calendar.

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How we work this out

What it does

Pick your tests, sitting and universities to see every booking, test and UCAS date that applies to you, the next one first, and add them to your calendar.

Provider dates for 2027 entry from UAT-UK (ESAT, TARA, TMUA), the LNAT Consortium, the UCAT Consortium (UK testing, 2026) and UCAS. Individual college or course exceptions beyond UAT-UK's January rule, and school internal deadlines, are not included.

Method

  1. Every date is copied from the provider's own key-dates page, with its time and the page it came from.
  2. We keep the dates that match the tests, sitting (October or January), test-centre region, LNAT universities and UCAS deadline you choose.
  3. For a January ESAT, TARA or TMUA sitting we ask where the score is going: UAT-UK says January is not applicable to standard Cambridge or Oxford applications (only Cambridge mature colleges and Oxford Foundation Year programmes with a January deadline), so those plans follow the October dates.
  4. Deadlines are compared with the current time as UK instants, so a 6pm deadline counts as passed at 6pm UK time.
  5. The calendar file holds only exact dates: timed deadlines at their UK time, test windows as all-day events, and a reminder the day before each deadline.
  6. A date given only as 'mid-February' or as a rule ('before booking') is listed in words and left out of the file.

Published figures

All 2027-entry dates

Provider dates for 2027 entry, UK time
DateWhatWho it applies to
Tuesday 12 May 2026UCAS applications open for draftingUCAS undergraduate applicants
Wednesday 20 May 2026, 2pm UK timeUCAT registration opensUCAT
Wednesday 20 May 2026, 2pm UK timeUCAT access requests openUCAT
Wednesday 20 May 2026, 2pm UK timeUCAT bursary requests openUCAT
Monday 1 June 2026, 3pm UK timeESAT, TARA and TMUA account creation opensESAT, TARA, TMUA
Monday 1 June 2026, 3pm UK timeESAT, TARA and TMUA access requests openESAT, TARA, TMUA
Monday 1 June 2026, 3pm UK timeESAT, TARA and TMUA bursary requests openESAT, TARA, TMUA
Tuesday 23 June 2026, 2pm UK timeUCAT booking opensUCAT
13 July to 24 September 2026UCAT test datesUCAT
Monday 20 July 2026, 3pm UK timeESAT, TARA and TMUA booking opensESAT, TARA, TMUA
Saturday 1 August 2026LNAT registration and booking opensLNAT
1 September 2026 to 31 July 2027LNAT test windowLNAT
1 September 2026 to 15 March 2027LNAT: SUSS test windowSUSS July 2027 intake
Tuesday 1 September 2026UCAS starts accepting applicationsUCAS undergraduate applicants
Thursday 10 September 2026, 3pm UK timeUCAT access requests closeUCAT
Monday 14 September 2026, 6pm UK timeESAT, TARA and TMUA access requests closeESAT, TARA, TMUA
Tuesday 15 September 2026LNAT booking closesOxford and Cambridge standard applicants
Wednesday 16 September 2026, 3pm UK timeUCAT booking closesUCAT
Wednesday 16 September 2026, 3pm UK timeUCAT registration closesUCAT
Monday 21 September 2026, 6pm UK timeESAT, TARA and TMUA bursary requests closeESAT, TARA, TMUA
Thursday 24 September 2026, 3pm UK timeUCAT bursary requests closeUCAT
Monday 28 September 2026, 6pm UK timeESAT, TARA and TMUA booking closesESAT, TARA, TMUA
Monday 5 October 2026, 3pm UK timeESAT, TARA and TMUA access requests openESAT, TARA, TMUA
Monday 5 October 2026, 3pm UK timeESAT, TARA and TMUA bursary requests openESAT, TARA, TMUA
12 October to 16 October 2026ESAT, TARA and TMUA test datesESAT, TARA, TMUA
12 October to 13 October 2026ESAT test dates in China, Hong Kong and MacauESAT
Wednesday 14 October 2026TARA test dates in China, Hong Kong and MacauTARA
15 October to 16 October 2026TMUA test dates in China, Hong Kong and MacauTMUA
Thursday 15 October 2026Latest date to sit the LNATOxford and Cambridge standard applicants
Thursday 15 October 2026, 6pm UK timeUCAS deadline for Oxford, Cambridge, medicine, dentistry and veterinary coursesOxford, Cambridge and most medicine, dentistry, veterinary courses
Wednesday 21 October 2026LNAT university results beginTests from 1 September through 20 October
Monday 26 October 2026, 3pm UK timeESAT, TARA and TMUA booking opensESAT, TARA, TMUA
Monday 16 November 2026ESAT, TARA and TMUA candidate resultsESAT, TARA, TMUA
Monday 7 December 2026, 6pm UK timeESAT, TARA and TMUA access requests closeESAT, TARA, TMUA
Monday 14 December 2026, 6pm UK timeESAT, TARA and TMUA bursary requests closeESAT, TARA, TMUA
Monday 21 December 2026, 6pm UK timeESAT, TARA and TMUA booking closesESAT, TARA, TMUA
Thursday 31 December 2026Latest date to sit the LNATKCL, LSE and UCL
4 January to 8 January 2027ESAT, TARA and TMUA test datesESAT, TARA, TMUA
Wednesday 6 January 2027ESAT test dates in China, Hong Kong and MacauESAT
Thursday 7 January 2027TARA test dates in China, Hong Kong and MacauTARA
Friday 8 January 2027TMUA test dates in China, Hong Kong and MacauTMUA
Wednesday 13 January 2027Latest date to sit the LNATOxford Foundation Year in Law
Before Wednesday 13 January 2027LNAT booking closesBristol and Durham
Wednesday 13 January 2027Latest date to sit the LNATBristol and Durham
Wednesday 13 January 2027, 6pm UK timeUCAS deadline for most other coursesCourses without 15 October deadline
Before Wednesday 20 January 2027LNAT booking closesOther LNAT universities excluding named exceptions
Monday 25 January 2027Latest date to sit the LNATOther LNAT universities excluding named exceptions
Monday 8 February 2027ESAT, TARA and TMUA candidate resultsESAT, TARA, TMUA
Wednesday 30 June 2027, 6pm UK timeUCAS pre-clearing application closesUCAS undergraduate applicants
Sunday 25 July 2027LNAT late booking closesOnly applicants whose universities accept late testing
Saturday 31 July 2027LNAT late test closesOnly applicants whose universities accept late testing
Early November 2026 (no exact day published)UCAT university resultsUCAT
No fixed dateUCAT: Candidate resultsUCAT
Mid February 2027 (no exact day published)LNAT candidate resultsTest on or before 26 January
Mid August 2027 (no exact day published)LNAT candidate resultsTest after 26 January
No fixed dateLNAT: Access approvalLNAT
No fixed dateLNAT: Bursary approvalLNAT

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