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Overseas study intelPublished 2026-11-02

UAC has five offer rounds across January and February: 5 February 2027 is not the only deadline

The official table lists five offer rounds in January and February 2027, with application and change cut-offs at 11.59pm and offers released at 7.30am.

Gradepath@BeBuddiDigital editor

Key date2027-02-05

Official notice

UAC's international applications and offers page carries a table titled "Application and offer dates: semester 2, 2026 and semester 1, 2027". After the 23 December 2026 round it lists five more: apply and pay by 2 January 2027, change courses by 3 January, unconditional offers released at 7.30am on 8 January; 15 January / 17 January / 22 January; 30 January / 31 January / 5 February; 5 February / 14 February / 19 February; and 5 February / 22 February / 26 February. The three columns are "Apply and pay by 11.59pm on", "Change your courses by 11.59pm on" and "Unconditional offers released at 7.30am on". The same 5 February application deadline pairs with two change-of-course dates - 14 and 22 February - and two offer dates, 19 and 26 February. A footnote warns: do not change your courses between the change-of-course date and the date offers are released, or you may miss out on an offer to your preferred course.

Gradepath analysis

Many families treat 5 February 2027 as the single gate for Australian entry and assume a miss means waiting a year. The official table shows five further offer rounds across January and February: 8 January, 22 January, 5 February, 19 February and 26 February. Applying after public exam results is therefore still possible in Australia, but the later you apply, the fewer rounds you can join - UCAS's counterpart states that most semester 1, 2027 offers are made in December and January, so pushing an application into February means competing in the rounds the official text treats as the tail. Second, note that the three columns do not share a clock: application and change-of-course both close at 11.59pm while offers are released at 7.30am, and the change deadline is not the same day as the release - the interval is exactly when UAC tells you not to touch your preferences. Third, the 5 February application deadline feeds two rounds, so applying and paying by that date still gives you change-of-course windows on 14 and 22 February and offer releases on 19 and 26 February.

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Dates, quotas and admission arrangements follow official and school announcements; the analysis here is general information and is not individual admissions or professional advice.

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