World Mathematics Examination Calendar 2026–2027 | Verified Dates

How to Use the World Mathematics Examination Calendar 2026–2027 Without Missing the Real Deadline

An examination calendar is not a decorative list of dates. It is a control system. A useful calendar tells a student what has already closed, what can still be booked, what must be prepared before the booking date, which dates are provisional, which belong to a different time zone and which events affect the next action rather than the examination itself.

That distinction matters on 29 September 2026 because one major admissions-test deadline has just passed. UAT-UK closed October 2026 booking for TMUA and ESAT at 18:00 UK time on 28 September 2026, which was 01:00 Singapore time on 29 September. The October test window still lies ahead, but an unbooked applicant cannot treat the test date itself as the actionable deadline.

The calendar therefore needs to answer four questions for every route:

1. What is the event?
2. When does it occur in the organiser’s time zone?
3. What does that mean in the candidate’s local time?
4. What action must be completed before that event?

Current admissions-test position | 29 September 2026

These are UAT-UK operational dates for the 2027-entry cycle. The January sitting is not automatically available to every applicant. Most Cambridge and Oxford applicants who require a UAT-UK test must use October, with limited exceptions stated by UAT-UK. Other institutions may allow either sitting. The course page remains authoritative.

The deadline hierarchy

Students often focus on the examination day because it feels like the main event. Operationally, earlier deadlines can be more important.

A typical hierarchy is:

1. course/application requirement becomes known;
2. account creation opens;
3. access-arrangement or bursary process opens;
4. booking or registration opens;
5. access-arrangement deadline;
6. bursary or fee-support deadline;
7. booking/registration closes;
8. test day;
9. results release;
10. post-results or admissions decision stage.

Missing stage 7 can make stage 8 irrelevant. That is why the calendar should be read from left to right as a dependency chain rather than as a collection of dates.

Singapore time conversion matters

International candidates need to separate the organiser’s published time from the local interpretation.

On 28 September 2026, the UK was using British Summer Time. UAT-UK’s October booking deadline of 18:00 UK time corresponded to 01:00 Singapore time on 29 September.

By late October and December, the UK uses Greenwich Mean Time. A deadline stated as 18:00 GMT corresponds to 02:00 Singapore time the following day.

Do not memorise a fixed “UK plus eight hours” or “UK plus seven hours” rule without checking daylight-saving status. Convert the specific date.

Date type 1: hard booking deadline

A hard booking deadline is a gate. UAT-UK states that it cannot accept bookings after its stated deadline. This is not the same as a recommended date or a suggested preparation milestone.

When the calendar marks a hard gate, the student should create an earlier personal deadline. For example, if official booking closes on 21 December, a candidate should not plan to complete identity checks, payment, access arrangements and test-centre choice on 21 December itself.

Date type 2: application or access-arrangement deadline

An access-arrangement deadline often occurs before the ordinary booking deadline because supporting evidence and approval require processing time. Candidates who need arrangements should treat the access deadline as their effective booking deadline.

The calendar should therefore distinguish “ordinary booking closes” from “latest date to begin a support process”.

Date type 3: examination window

A window means the test is offered across multiple dates, but availability can depend on location and test-centre capacity. A window is not a promise that every centre has every day available.

UAT-UK advises candidates to book early so that a suitable local test centre and time are more likely to be available.

Date type 4: fixed examination day

Some examinations, such as STEP papers, have fixed test dates rather than flexible multi-day windows. Fixed dates create different logistics: centre registration, local start time, timetable clashes and travel need to be resolved around one specific day.

STEP Mathematics: current known position

OCR’s currently published STEP key-date page lists the 2026 series: registration opened 1 March 2026, closed 4 May 2026, STEP 2 was held 4 June 2026, STEP 3 on 10 June 2026 and candidate results were released 13 August 2026.

For applicants applying to Cambridge in October 2026 for 2027 entry, Cambridge states that they should normally expect to take STEP in June 2027 if it forms part of their offer. At the time of this page’s 29 September 2026 check, do not manufacture exact June 2027 STEP administrative dates unless OCR has published them. Mark the route as future date pending official OCR publication.

This is an important calendar discipline: “expected in June” is not the same as an officially published paper date.

Known versus projected dates

Every calendar entry should be mentally tagged as one of:

• Official fixed: published by the administering body.
• Official window: published range, specific appointment selected separately.
• Institution-specific: controlled by a university/course rather than the test provider alone.
• Expected period: useful for planning but not yet a published exact date.
• Historical reference: last cycle’s date, not a forecast.

Do not turn a historical pattern into a future official date.

The source hierarchy

When two websites show different dates, use the source closest to the event owner.

1. official test provider;
2. official examination board;
3. official university/course admissions page;
4. official school or test-centre notice;
5. reputable secondary guide;
6. forum, social post or cached snippet.

BTT can organise and explain dates. It does not replace the administering body.

Current UAT-UK source hierarchy

For TMUA and ESAT:

• use UAT-UK for booking, test windows, access arrangements, bursaries, fees and general test rules;
• use the target university and course page for whether the test is required;
• use the course page and UAT-UK guidance for which ESAT modules apply;
• use Pearson appointment information after booking for the exact test-centre appointment.

Do not confuse application deadline with test deadline

A university application deadline and an admissions-test booking deadline can occur at different times. Both may need to be satisfied.

The candidate should maintain separate rows for:

• UCAS or institution application;
• test registration/booking;
• access arrangements;
• test day;
• results.

A calendar should trigger action, not anxiety

Convert each future date into a preparation milestone.

Example for a test on 15 October:

• T-6 weeks: specification audit;
• T-5 weeks: prerequisite repair;
• T-4 weeks: timed clusters;
• T-3 weeks: first full simulation;
• T-2 weeks: failure-pattern repair;
• T-1 week: final full simulation and logistics;
• T-2 days: light maintenance, sleep and travel check;
• test day: execute the prepared routine.

Reverse scheduling

Reverse scheduling begins with the event and works backwards.

If an examination is 40 days away and the learner needs:

• 10 days of prerequisite repair;
• 15 days of topic practice;
• 10 days of timed integration;
• 5 days of taper and logistics;

then the schedule has no unused buffer. A missed week forces a scope reduction rather than magical compression.

Buffer margin

A robust calendar includes buffer time for:

• illness;
• school examinations;
• test-centre travel;
• document processing;
• access-arrangement review;
• technical problems;
• unexpected weak topics.

A plan that requires every day to go perfectly is already fragile.

Calendar conflict audit

For every major examination, place these events on one view:

• school preliminaries;
• national examinations;
• admissions tests;
• application deadlines;
• competition dates;
• travel periods;
• coursework submissions;
• results days.

The problem is not merely overlap. A test can be damaged by a high-load event immediately before it.

Singapore student example

A Singapore student preparing for a UK admissions test may simultaneously have school preliminaries, H2 Mathematics revision, UCAS work and a UAT-UK booking requirement. Treating each item independently can create overload.

Instead, distinguish:

• hard external deadlines;
• academic preparation milestones;
• recoverable internal targets.

If overload appears, move the internal target before violating the external gate.

Results dates are planning dates too

Results can affect the next decision. UAT-UK publishes 16 November 2026 for October-sitting results and 8 February 2027 for January-sitting results.

The candidate should know whether the university receives results automatically and whether any follow-up action is required. UAT-UK states that results are automatically sent to relevant participating institutions included in the UCAS application.

Historical dates should remain labelled historical

The STEP 2026 dates on OCR’s current page are valuable for understanding the operational cycle. They should not be relabelled as 2027 dates.

A good calendar preserves provenance:

“2026 series: registration closed 4 May 2026.”

It does not write:

“2027 registration closes 4 May 2027”

unless OCR publishes that exact information.

Calendar maintenance protocol

Time-sensitive pages need maintenance more often than conceptual Mathematics pages.

1. Read the official source.
2. Record the check date.
3. Separate current date from historical date.
4. Update language when a deadline passes: “closes” becomes “closed”.
5. Do not automatically roll a missed October route into January.
6. Mark unknown future dates as pending.
7. Preserve the stable preparation guidance beneath the date layer.

Stale-language failure

A page can contain the correct date and still become misleading if the verb is stale.

On 27 September:

“Booking closes on 28 September.”

On 29 September:

“Booking closed on 28 September.”

The date did not change. The time-state did.

Countdown calculations

A countdown should use the candidate’s local date and the actual event time, not just the calendar day.

A deadline at 01:00 Singapore time on 29 September is functionally a late-night 28 September task for most students. Planning it as “I still have 29 September” would be dangerous.

Local-time table for UAT-UK January deadlines

During GMT, Singapore is eight hours ahead.

These conversions are operational aids. The official UAT-UK date/time remains the governing deadline.

Do not plan to the last legal minute

A booking process can include:

• account login;
• identity data;
• course/module choice;
• access-arrangement approval;
• bursary approval;
• test-centre availability;
• payment;
• confirmation.

A calendar should create a personal action deadline before the official closure.

Calendar confidence levels

Competition dates and examination dates should not be mixed silently

A mathematics contest, school exam, admissions test and public qualification examination have different consequences. Use a route label.

For example:

• OLY — olympiad/competition;
• ADM — admissions test;
• SEC — school/secondary examination;
• JC — pre-university examination;
• INTL — international qualification.

This makes conflict scanning easier.

One-page student calendar template

The extra “my action deadline” column is essential. It converts an external fact into behaviour.

Parent calendar protocol

Parents do not need to control every study session. They can help by tracking external gates:

• registration open/close;
• fees;
• test-centre confirmation;
• ID requirements;
• access arrangements;
• travel;
• results date.

The learner retains ownership of the Mathematics preparation.

Tutor calendar protocol

A tutor should use dates to change training load, not to create panic.

Far from the test: repair and build.

Midway: interleave and transfer.

Near the test: simulate and stabilise.

Very near the test: reduce novelty, preserve sleep and maintain confidence through known routines.

When the booking deadline has passed

Do not rewrite the calendar as though nothing happened. Change the route state.

For a booked candidate:

BOOKED → PREPARE → SIT → RESULTS.

For an unbooked candidate:

DEADLINE PASSED → CHECK ELIGIBILITY/ALTERNATIVE SITTING → CONTACT INSTITUTION IF NEEDED.

These are different operational states.

January is a separate sitting, not a deadline extension

The January UAT-UK sitting exists within the same admissions cycle, but eligibility differs by institution/course. It should not be described as a universal extension of October booking.

This is especially important for Cambridge and Oxford routes.

Rescheduling is not the same as late booking

UAT-UK permits cancellation or rescheduling up to 48 hours before a booked test time, subject to conditions and availability. That does not reopen booking after the registration deadline. A candidate who cancels after booking closure may not be able to create a new booking.

Calendar entries should distinguish “manage existing appointment” from “create new booking”.

Exam calendar and syllabus calendar are different

A course may change syllabus content, calculator policy, paper structure or grade boundaries on a different timeline from the examination date itself.

Use BTT’s examination tools and reference routes to separate:

• when the exam happens;
• what syllabus applies;
• what calculator is permitted;
• what formula sheet is provided;
• when results are released.

Do not let the calendar replace the specification

Knowing the test date does not tell the learner what to study. The calendar controls timing. The specification controls content. Preparation needs both.

Fresh planning exercise 1

A candidate has a test on 15 October and a school exam on 5 October. Build two preparation phases rather than assuming uninterrupted study.

Phase A before 5 October: repair high-value weaknesses.

5–6 October: school-exam recovery.

7–12 October: full admissions-test integration.

13–14 October: taper and logistics.

15 October: test.

The exact plan depends on the learner, but the calendar reveals the load collision.

Fresh planning exercise 2

January booking opens 26 October and closes 21 December. A candidate needs an access arrangement whose request deadline is 7 December. Which date should control the candidate’s administrative plan?

The 7 December access-arrangement deadline is the more relevant gate if the arrangement is required. The ordinary booking closure is later, but waiting for it could make the arrangement impossible.

Fresh planning exercise 3

A student sees that STEP is “normally in June” and writes 10 June 2027 into the calendar because STEP 3 was on 10 June 2026.

Why is this invalid?

Because a historical date is not an official future date. Mark “June 2027 expected period; exact OCR date pending” until the board publishes the new cycle.

Fresh planning exercise 4

A UAT-UK deadline is listed as 18:00 GMT on 21 December. A Singapore student writes “21 December evening”. What is the risk?

18:00 GMT is 02:00 SGT on 22 December. The local date differs. More importantly, planning for the last hours is fragile. Set a personal deadline earlier.

Calendar audit checklist

• Is the date from an official source?
• Is it for the correct entry/exam cycle?
• Is the time zone stated?
• Have I converted it correctly for my location?
• Is it a hard deadline, window or expected period?
• Does an earlier access/bursary deadline apply?
• Has the date already passed?
• Has the page language been updated from future to past tense?
• Does a January or alternative sitting actually apply to my course?
• What action must I complete before the date?
• What preparation phase should begin because of this date?

Current official references for the admissions-test lane

Use UAT-UK Key Dates and Deadlines for TMUA/ESAT/TARA 2027-entry dates, UAT-UK TMUA and UAT-UK ESAT for test-specific information, and OCR STEP Key Dates and Fees for officially released STEP dates. Cambridge’s undergraduate STEP page explains that applicants applying in October 2026 for 2027 entry would normally sit STEP in June 2027 when required by an offer.

The durable calendar model

A strong examination calendar does not merely answer “When is the test?” It answers:

What is the next irreversible gate, what must be true before I reach it, and what preparation state should I be in when it arrives?

That is how dates become an operating system rather than a list.

World Mathematics Examination Calendar Operating System: Deadlines, Dependencies and Time-Zone Control

A calendar becomes useful only when it tells the reader what action must happen before the date arrives. Examination systems contain several different kinds of dates: registration opening, registration closing, access-arrangement deadlines, bursary deadlines, test windows, paper dates, result dates, appeal windows and institution-specific application deadlines. Putting all of them into one chronological list is not enough.

The reader needs to know which dates are gates, which are events, which are optional, and which depend on another decision.

1. Separate gate dates from event dates

A gate date controls whether a later event remains available. A test date is an event. A registration deadline is a gate.

Missing a test day is obviously serious. Missing the registration deadline several weeks earlier can make the test day irrelevant because the candidate no longer has a valid booking.

For every examination or admissions test, record:

• registration opens;
• registration closes;
• access-arrangement request deadline;
• financial-support or bursary deadline if relevant;
• test window or paper date;
• result date;
• institution-specific application deadline;
• source checked date.

2. Current UAT-UK example: October booking is already closed

For the 2027-entry UAT-UK cycle, the October 2026 booking deadline for TMUA and ESAT was 28 September 2026 at 18:00 UK time. For a Singapore reader, that was 01:00 SGT on 29 September 2026. The calendar should therefore display this as a completed deadline, not a future reminder.

The October test window remains in the future, but a future test date does not reopen a closed booking gate.

3. January is a separate sitting, not an automatic rescue route

UAT-UK publishes a January 2027 sitting, with booking opening on 26 October 2026 and closing on 21 December 2026. However, the validity of the January sitting depends on the institution and course. Most Cambridge and Oxford applicants requiring a UAT-UK test must sit in October, except for the limited January-deadline routes stated by UAT-UK.

The calendar should therefore never display “January sitting available” without the dependency note: check course eligibility first.

4. Time-zone conversion belongs in the record

International applicants often read deadlines published in UK time while planning in Singapore time. The conversion can cross midnight and therefore change the calendar date.

A strong date record contains both:

• the authority’s original timezone and timestamp;
• the local conversion used by the reader.

Do not replace the original time entirely with the local conversion. Preserve both so the conversion can be audited.

5. British Summer Time and Greenwich Mean Time are not interchangeable

UK deadlines can be stated in BST or GMT depending on the date. A calendar that blindly adds eight hours throughout the year can be wrong by an hour.

The safer method is:

1. copy the official timestamp exactly;
2. identify the published timezone;
3. convert that specific timestamp to Singapore time;
4. record the conversion date and time;
5. retain the original source.

6. The deadline ladder

For a high-stakes test, work backwards from the event:

1. test date;
2. booking deadline;
3. access-arrangement deadline;
4. bursary or payment-support deadline;
5. recommended internal deadline;
6. document-preparation date;
7. course/test requirement confirmation date.

The official deadline is the last legal point. It should not be the first planning point.

7. Build an internal deadline before the official one

If a booking closes on Monday, do not plan to book on Monday. Set an internal deadline several days earlier, especially when:

• documents need approval;
• payment can fail;
• test-centre availability matters;
• module selection requires course verification;
• access arrangements are being processed;
• school staff or examination officers must act.

Administrative slack is a risk-control tool.

8. Access arrangements have their own timeline

For UAT-UK January 2027, applications for access arrangements reopen on 5 October 2026 and the published January access-arrangement deadline is 7 December 2026 at 18:00 GMT. UAT-UK instructs candidates to obtain approval before booking because arrangements cannot simply be added after an ordinary booking.

A calendar that records only the final test-booking deadline would therefore be incomplete for candidates who need approved arrangements.

9. Financial support has its own gate

UAT-UK’s bursary scheme is available to eligible UK candidates. For January 2027, the published bursary deadline is 14 December 2026 at 18:00 GMT. UAT-UK states that eligible candidates should apply before paying because it does not reimburse candidates who paid before bursary approval.

The financial-support deadline is therefore not merely informational. It changes the correct action sequence.

10. One cycle can contain more than one sitting

UAT-UK treats the October and January sittings as one admissions cycle. Candidates cannot simply sit the same test twice within that cycle. The calendar should not visually present January as a retake opportunity after an October sitting.

11. Course requirement comes before test-date planning

The correct order is:

course → required test → required modules/papers → valid sitting → booking timeline → preparation timeline.

Starting from a date and asking “What can I still sit?” can produce the wrong admissions route.

12. Examination-board dates and university dates belong to different layers

A Mathematics student may need to coordinate:

• school examinations;
• national examinations;
• university admissions tests;
• university application deadlines;
• competition dates;
• results-release dates.

These systems have different owners. The World Mathematics Examination Calendar can route them together, but it should preserve the authority responsible for each date.

13. Source hierarchy

When dates conflict, prefer:

1. the examination or admissions authority responsible for the event;
2. the university or institution applying the rule;
3. the official examination board;
4. the school or test centre for local administrative cutoffs;
5. secondary summaries only as navigation aids.

A search snippet, forum post or old PDF should not override a current official page.

14. Publication date is not enough

A page can be recently edited while still describing an old cycle. Always inspect the cycle label inside the content.

Likewise, an older permanent specification can remain valid even when a newer news article exists. Freshness should be judged against the kind of fact being checked.

15. Durable fact versus volatile fact

Durable facts include the general purpose of an examination or the mathematical structure of a syllabus. Volatile facts include:

• registration dates;
• fees;
• test-centre rules;
• permitted calculators;
• course-specific admissions requirements;
• access-arrangement deadlines;
• result-release dates.

Volatile facts need explicit last-checked dates.

16. Use a source-check date beside volatile entries

For a calendar item such as a UAT-UK booking deadline, record:

Official source checked: 29 September 2026.

This prevents a future editor from treating the date as timeless.

17. Calendar status states

Every date can carry a state:

• UPCOMING — future official date;
• OPEN — action window currently active;
• CLOSED — gate has passed;
• PENDING — authority has not published the new-cycle date;
• PROVISIONAL — authority labels the date provisional;
• CHECK COURSE — date exists but eligibility depends on institution/course;
• RESULTS RELEASED — result event complete.

Status makes the calendar operational rather than archival.

18. Do not project last year forward

If the 2027 date is not published, mark it pending. Do not copy the 2026 date and change the year because “it is usually around then”.

Historical pattern can support planning, but it is not an official date.

19. Separate candidate deadline from centre deadline

Some examinations require a school or approved centre to submit entries. The official board deadline may be the centre’s deadline, while the centre can impose an earlier internal cutoff for students.

The candidate should follow the earlier applicable deadline.

20. STEP illustrates the centre-entry distinction

STEP is administered by OCR and is normally entered through an approved centre. Cambridge advises applicants for 2027 entry who receive relevant offers to expect STEP in the summer following the application, while OCR manages registration and examination administration.

The precise 2027 STEP paper dates should be inserted only when OCR publishes the applicable series dates. Do not automatically reuse the 2026 paper dates for 2027.

21. Calendar collision: examination and admissions workload

A candidate can be mathematically ready and administratively overloaded. Map clusters of deadlines rather than reading each in isolation.

For example, an applicant may have:

• a university application deadline;
• an admissions test;
• school preliminary examinations;
• coursework;
• reference/document requests.

A crowded period needs earlier preparation because available study hours are lower.

22. Work backwards from immovable dates

Once a deadline is official, it is a fixed constraint. Build the preparation plan backwards.

If a test occurs in six weeks:

• week 6: test and taper;
• week 5: full simulations;
• weeks 3–4: timed mixed practice;
• weeks 1–2: prerequisite repair and format familiarisation.

The calendar becomes a learning schedule rather than a date archive.

23. Do not let a late discovery create a false emergency

If a deadline has already passed, first identify whether the route is truly closed. Check official exceptions and course-specific rules. Do not respond by searching for unofficial workarounds or assuming another sitting is valid.

24. Date verification checklist

• What cycle is this for?
• Who owns the date?
• Is it registration, test, results or application?
• What timezone is published?
• What is the Singapore conversion?
• Is the date final, provisional or pending?
• Does eligibility depend on course or applicant type?
• Is there an earlier access-arrangement deadline?
• Is there an earlier bursary/payment deadline?
• When was the source last checked?

25. Candidate action card

For each high-stakes event, maintain one short action card:

26. Parent and tutor use

A parent or tutor should not own the application on behalf of the learner, but can help maintain visibility:

• confirm that official pages have been checked;
• ask whether the course/test mapping is understood;
• protect preparation time before clusters of deadlines;
• keep study and administration as separate checklists;
• avoid giving outdated date advice from memory.

27. School use

Schools can add local internal cutoffs while preserving the board’s official dates. The distinction should be explicit:

School internal deadline versus external authority deadline.

This avoids confusion when students see two different dates.

28. Calendar maintenance cadence

High-volatility periods should be checked more frequently:

• when registration is about to open;
• within two weeks of a booking deadline;
• when an examination board announces a new cycle;
• after a policy or qualification transition;
• when the current page explicitly says dates are provisional.

Low-volatility historical entries can be maintained less frequently.

29. The calendar should point to preparation owners

A date list should not become a giant duplicate preparation guide. Route the reader from the event to the canonical subject owner:

• TMUA → TMUA preparation guide;
• ESAT → ESAT preparation guide;
• STEP → STEP guide;
• school examinations → relevant syllabus/preparation owner.

This preserves one owner per reader job.

30. The calendar should not become admissions advice beyond its evidence

Dates can be verified. Individual eligibility can depend on institution, course, applicant status and circumstances. The calendar should route the reader to the institution for those decisions rather than infer eligibility from a date row.

31. Current UAT-UK January action sequence

For applicants whose course legitimately permits the January 2027 sitting, the sequence is:

1. confirm course eligibility;
2. prepare access-arrangement evidence if needed;
3. from 5 October, use the relevant UAT-UK support process;
4. from 26 October, book the January test when eligible;
5. complete access-arrangement action by the published December deadline;
6. complete bursary action before its published deadline if eligible;
7. book before the 21 December closing time;
8. sit in the applicable 4–8 January window, subject to location-specific delivery days.

32. Current Cambridge/Oxford caution

Most Cambridge and Oxford applicants requiring TMUA or ESAT need the October sitting. UAT-UK publishes limited exceptions for January-deadline routes. The calendar should not turn those exceptions into a general rule.

33. One-cycle rule

Because October and January belong to the same UAT-UK admissions cycle, a candidate cannot use January as a routine second attempt after sitting the same test in October.

This rule belongs in the calendar because it changes how the two sitting windows should be interpreted.

34. Final calendar audit

Before relying on any row, ask:

1. Is this the current cycle?
2. Is the action still open?
3. Does this row apply to my institution and course?
4. Have I converted the timezone correctly?
5. Is there an earlier supporting deadline?
6. Has the official source changed since the last check?

35. The durable calendar model

A strong examination calendar does not merely answer “When is the test?”

It answers:

What must I verify, what must I do, by when, under whose rule, and what later event becomes impossible if I miss this gate?

That is the difference between a list of dates and an operating calendar.

Continue through TMUA, STEP & ESAT Mathematics Admissions, TMUA 2027 Entry, ESAT 2027 Entry and the World Mathematics Atlas.

Calendar Final Release Check: Never Let a Correct Date Carry the Wrong Action

Before relying on any examination-calendar entry, separate the date from the decision it controls. A test date may be correct while the booking deadline has already passed. A January sitting may exist while being unavailable to a particular course. A historical paper date may be useful for planning while remaining unsafe as a future official date.

For every important entry, write five fields: source, cycle, time zone, status and next action.

• Source: which official body owns the date?
• Cycle: 2026 examination, 2027 entry or another year?
• Time zone: what time did the organiser publish, and what is the local conversion?
• Status: future, open, closing soon, passed or pending official publication?
• Next action: book, request access support, prepare, sit, wait for results or refresh the source?

This prevents a common failure in fast-changing admissions information: retaining a date while leaving its verb in the wrong tense.

For UAT-UK, the October 2026 booking gate is now closed. Booked candidates proceed to the October test window. Candidates considering January must verify course eligibility before using the January booking dates. For STEP 2027, use Cambridge’s broad June expectation for planning but wait for OCR to publish the exact 2027 administrative dates before treating any particular June day as official.

The calendar is complete only when it changes behaviour at the right time.