Intakes in UK
The major information students should have to complete their application on time is about intake. Based on the intake of students willing to apply they can start their application process by selecting the universities, and courses, collecting the documents, and sending the application. There are mainly three intakes in January, September, and April/ May for sending through the application to the UK universities. The September intake is the most famous where all the universities and courses are open for applications, the next popular intake that would provide enough time to verify the application would be the January intake, April/ May intake is not that famous, and if any case student as skipped January intake, then they can apply for April/ May intake. If you are planning to apply for MBA in the UK then the April/May intake would be the best most of the universities accept admissions for MBA during this intake.
S. No | Intakes | Deadline for Admissions |
1 | January or February | June and September |
2 | September | February and May |
3 | April or May | January and February |
Most of the students who apply for September intake during this intake universities will get an enormous number of applications for different courses, during this intake universities offer all the classes right from the beginning since this intake is considered the start of the academic year. The deadline for all the applications for September intake would be in the month of February and May, which might differ from university to university so, to know the exact deadline for application to a particular course and institution could be checked on their official page. The list of top universities open for September intake is mentioned in the below table. January intake is mainly considered a supplementary intake and students who could not make it up to September intake can apply for January intake. Not all the universities might be open for this intake but most of the courses and universities accept applications during this intake and students will get enough time to process their applications. The deadline for this intake would be in the months of June and September, which would be varying based on the course and university to which the student is applying. The top universities in January intake are mentioned in the table given below. The not-so-famous intake for engineering courses is April/May but during this intake, most of the MBA courses are mostly applied. Fewer universities accept applications during this intake, and the applications for this intake are the least making it easy to get admission for the courses. This intake is also called spring intake and most of the students take spring break due to which this intake receives the least applications. The universities offering courses for this intake are as mentioned in the below table.
S. No | January Intake | September Intake | April/May Intake |
1 | Queen Mary University of London | Queen Mary University of London | Coventry University |
2 | Coventry University | Coventry University | Northumbria University |
3 | University of Liverpool | University of Liverpool | Queen Mary University of London |
4 | University of Exeter | University of Exeter | Keele University |
5 | Aston University | Aston University | Ulster University |
6 | Brunel University | Brunel University | University of Chester |
7 | Bangor University | University of Oxford | Sheffield Hallam University |
8 | Birmingham City University | University of Cambridge | West of Scotland University |