{"id":7133,"date":"2023-04-10T12:56:36","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T07:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/?p=7133"},"modified":"2026-01-15T17:39:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T12:09:43","slug":"student-intakes-in-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/admission-guide\/student-intakes-in-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"A Guide to Student Intakes in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The United Kingdom is known to be the best study destination in the world. Many students are applying to universities every year. If you want to study in the UK, you must choose programmes between three intakes: <strong>autumn, winter, and summer<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You will need a lot of preparation. First, with applications, deadlines, visas, flights, etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To understand each intake better, let\u2019s get into details:<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>All About September Intake: Autumn Intake<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the primary intake. It is for all the universities in the UK. During this intake, universities are open to all types of courses. The application process for all the universities begins within 8\u201316 months. The deadlines vary among universities. Please check with the university for detailed information on their websites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can apply for both programs.<\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>Let&#8217;s have a look at some of these top universities:<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> University of Cambridge<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> University of Oxford<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> University of Warwick<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> University of Leeds<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> University of Manchester<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Coventry University<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lancaster University<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> University of Bristol<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> University of Edinburgh<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>All About January Intake: Winter Intake<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the second intake. It is open only to a few universities. There are a limited number of courses available. The application process for all the universities starts in June. It ends in September. The deadlines vary among universities. Please check with the university for detailed information on deadlines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Some of the programmes offered during this intake are:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Management, technology, banking, engineering, designing, etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>L<\/strong><b>et\u2019s have a look at the universities:<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> City University of London<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Kingston University<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> University of Brighton<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Oxford Brookes University<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Aston University<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Brunel University<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> University of Chester<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>All About May Intake: Summer Intake<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the extra intake offered by a few universities in the UK. During this intake, there are a limited number of student applications. There are more vacancies. So, more chances for you to get into universities. But the course is very limited. The application process for all the universities begins in October. It ends in January. The deadlines vary among universities. Please check with the university for detailed information on deadlines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Some of the programmes offered during this intake are<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Management, banking, technology, engineering, designing, etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Let\u2019s have a look at the universities:\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keele University<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coventry University<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Birmingham City University<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">West of Scotland University<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cranfield University<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ulster University<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Queen\u2019s University Belfast<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Admission Journey<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 1: List the universities of your interest. Start to gather information on their applications and deadlines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 2: Depending upon your selected course or programmes, you will be required to take a standardised test (TOEFL, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GMAT<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GRE<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/admission-guide\/the-complete-guide-to-ielts-preparation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\"><strong>IELTS<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, etc.).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 3: Collect all the required documents. Then apply.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 4: Choose the university you wish to attend and revert to them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 5: Start applying for funds and scholarships for your education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 6: After receiving an offer letter from your desired university. You should start now by applying for a UK student visa.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 7: Book your tickets and get ready for your journey to study in the UK.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We hope this will help you in your journey to find a university. These are the intake for the UK.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>List of Cities in United Kingdom for Students:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/london\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">London<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/sheffield\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sheffield<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/coventry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Coventry<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/manchester\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Manchester<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/edinburgh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Edinburgh<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/birmingham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Birmingham<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/leicester\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Leicester<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/nottingham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nottingham<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/liverpool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/exeter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Exeter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/glasgow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Glasgow<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/leeds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Leeds<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/cardiff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cardiff<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/aberdeen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aberdeen<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/newcastle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Newcastle<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/oxford\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oxford<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/reading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reading<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/york\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">York<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/bristol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bristol<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/cambridge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cambridge<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/kingston\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kingston<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/dundee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dundee<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/plymouth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Plymouth<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/gloucester\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gloucester<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/hatfield\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hatfield<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/stirling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stirling<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/southampton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Southampton<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/bournemouth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bournemouth<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/swansea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Swansea<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/belfast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Belfast<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/brighton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brighton<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/bath\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bath<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/wolverhampton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wolverhampton<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/loughborough\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Loughborough<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/salford\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Salford<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/warwick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Warwick<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/stockton-on-tees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stockton on Tees<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/medway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Medway<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/cheltenham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cheltenham<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/durham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Durham<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/chester\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chester<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/derby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Derby<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/stoke-on-trent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stoke on Trent<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/newport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Newport<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/carlisle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Carlisle<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/norwich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Norwich<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/hull\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hull<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/guildford\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Guildford<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/middlesbrough\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Middlesbrough<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/bradford\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bradford<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/ipswich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ipswich<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/bolton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bolton<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/luton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Luton<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/egham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Egham<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/canterbury\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Canterbury<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/bangor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bangor<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/lancaster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lancaster<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/colchester\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Colchester<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/portsmouth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Portsmouth<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/preston\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Preston<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/sunderland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sunderland<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/lincoln\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lincoln<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/wrexham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wrexham<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/united-kingdom\/city\/huddersfield\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Huddersfield<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Kingdom is known to be the best study destination in the world. Many students are applying to universities every year. If you want to study in the UK, you must choose programmes between three intakes: autumn, winter, and summer. You will need a lot of preparation. First, with applications, deadlines, visas, flights, etc.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[974],"tags":[229],"class_list":["post-7133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-admission-guide","tag-united-kingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.universityliving.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}