Applications can be sent to us from mid-September.

Deadline for receipt at UCAS of applications to Oxford or Cambridge, and all with choices for courses in medicine, dentistry, and veterinary medicine/science to reach UCAS.

Deadline for receipt of applications at UCAS for all courses except those listed with a 15 October 2011 deadline and art and design courses with 24 March 2012 deadline. Go to Course Search to check application deadlines for courses.

If your son or daughter is eligible to use Extra, they can refer themselves to another choice. More about Extra

Deadline for the receipt of applications at UCAS for art and design courses except those listed with a 15 January 2012 deadline. Go to Course Search to check application deadlines for courses.

If we receive an application by 15 January, the universities and colleges should aim to have sent us their decisions by this date (but they can take longer).

If we receive all decisions from their universities/colleges by 31 March, your son or daughter needs to reply to any offers by this date (unless you live outside the EU or you are applying through Extra). If we don't receive their replies, we will decline the offers on their behalf.

If your son or daughter applied by 15 January and is waiting for decisions, universities and colleges need to send us their decisions by this date. If they don't, we will make any outstanding choices unsuccessful on their behalf.

If we receive all decisions from the universities/colleges by 10 May, your son or daughter needs to reply to any offers by this date (unless they are applying through Extra). If we don't receive their replies, we will decline the offers on their behalf.

If we receive all decisions from their universities or colleges by 8 June 2012, your son or daughter needs to reply to any offers by this date (unless they are applying through Extra). If we don't receive their replies, we will decline the offers on their behalf.

If your son or daughter sends their application to us by this date, we will send it to their chosen universities and colleges. If we receive their application after this date, it will be entered into Clearing. More about Clearing

This is the last date to apply through Extra.

If your son or daughter applied by 30 June and is waiting for decisions, universities and colleges need to send us their decisions by this date. If they don't, we will make any outstanding choices unsuccessful on their behalf.

If we receive all decisions from their universities/colleges by 19 July, your son or daughter needs to reply to any offers by this date (this includes if they are applying through Extra). If we don't receive their replies, we will decline the offers on their behalf.

SQA results are published and the Scottish Clearing vacancy information service starts. More about Clearing

GCE and Advanced Diploma results are published and the full Clearing vacancy information service starts. More about Clearing

Adjustment closes on this date.

This is the last date that we will accept applications for courses starting in 2012.

The Clearing vacancy search is closed after this date. Your son or daughter should contact universities direct to discuss vacancies. Clearing choices can still be added in Track.

This is the last date to add a Clearing choice.
This is the last date a university or college can accept an applicant in Clearing.