We look forward to welcoming you to the University of Aberdeen!
The below contains information about key dates for United Kingdom and overseas applicants for our undergraduate programmes.
Please remember to complete all required steps as soon as possible. Don't wait until the date listed below to complete a step! If you have any questions about your application, please email Undergraduate Admissions.
I am a prospective student from the UK or Republic of Ireland
Apply via UCAS by 14th January 2026 (equal consideration deadline). For Medicine, the deadline to apply was 15th October 2025. Some degrees will still be accepting applications after this date, so do check on UCAS to see what might still be open for application.
Receive your decision (Unconditional, Conditional or Unsuccessful): you will receive a decision from the University by 13th May 2026 at the latest, though we will hope to have all decisions made by the end of March 2026. Keep an eye on your UCAS Hub account and your emails!
Attend our on-campus Offer Holder Day in April 2026. Once you receive an offer from Aberdeen, you will be sent an email with information on how to book your place for this event.
Exam Results Day - Good luck! SQA Results Day is 4th August 2026 and A Level Results Day is 13th August 2026. Remember, if things don't go as expected, do call our Clearing Hotline to talk through your possible options with our friendly Clearing Team.
Welcome Week (Freshers) starts 14th September 2026 and teaching starts 21st September 2026. See you then!
I am a prospective student from the rest of the world
Accept & send all required documents to the Admissions Team. If your offer was conditional on sending your results then please do this as soon as possible to ugadmissions@abdn.ac.uk. You also need to return to the Admissions Team the Financial Guarantee document (no CAS can be issued without this).
Once you have a Student ID you need to set up your IT account and complete multi-factor authentication from mid August.
You need to complete online registration from mid August.
Welcome Week starts on 14th September 2026. Welcome Week is all about helping you settle in and prepare for your academic and non-academic university life.
Teaching starts on 21st September 2026.
The last date you can register for your undergraduate programme is 5th of October. Please note that you must be in Aberdeen, registered and ready to begin your studies in person by this date. We will not permit students to begin their studies online and will not permit you to register after this date.