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CAS deadlines
Deadline to submit CAS and Country of residence | |||||||||
International Foundation Year, International Year One, Pre-Masters Programme (2 semesters) Start date: 22nd September 2025 | 3rd July 2025 | 14th July 2025 | 23rd July 2025 | 29th July 2025 | 1st August 2025 | 5th August 2025 | 12th August 2025 | 21st August 2025 | 1st Sept 2025 |
International Foundation Year, International Year One, Pre-Masters Programme Start date: 24th November 2025 | 4th September 2025 | 15th September 2025 | 24th September 2025 | 30th September 2025 | 3rd October 2025 | 7th October 2025 | 14th October 2025 | 23rd October 2025
| 3rd November 2025 |
Nigeria Pakistan
| Sri Lanka | Nepal Peru Saudi Arabia South Africa | Iraq
| Macau Malaysia Mexico Myanmar (Burma) New Zealand Oman Philippines Qatar Russia Singapore Taiwan ROC
| Afghanistan Algeria Bangladesh Egypt India Iran Kuwait Sudan Syria Uganda Ukraine Vietnam Zimbabwe | Applicable to all countries except ones listed in other columns. | Portugal Spain Switzerland | UK onshore |
If you are applying from a country that is not listed in the above table, then your CAS deadline will be similar to the countries with the earliest deadline (i.e. Angola, Bahrain, Brazil).
Later CAS deadlines may be available if you are using a Super Priority or Priority Service. Contact Admissions for information.
For the 22nd September 2025 start date, the deadline for United Kingdom onshore students (already in the UK) will be 12th September 2025.
For the 24th November 2025 start date, the deadline for United Kingdom onshore students (already in the UK) will be 14th November 2025.
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