It has the earliest deadline of October 15th in the year preceding your entry to medical school. This means that if you are planning to start medical school in September 2022, you will need to submit your applications by October 15 in 2021.
UK
Application Deadline: 15 October 2021
Intake: September 2022
The UK is home to some of the most prestigious medical schools and is one of the top destinations for international students. It has the earliest deadline of October 15th in the year preceding your entry to medical school. This means that if you are planning to start medical school in September 2022, you will need to submit your applications by October 15 in 2021. In the UK, applications to medical programs take place through a centralized platform called the UCAS. Students will be allowed to choose up to 4 medical programs and they all have the same deadline of October 15th.
Students who are in the final year of JC or high school should plan around this deadline since it usually falls right before their final A-level examinations or other important school deadlines.
Ireland
Application Deadline: Mid January 2022
Intake: September 2022
Ireland applications take place after the UK deadline, and students will apply through the Irish Universities and Medical Schools Consortium (IUMC). The IUMC comprises four of the oldest and most prestigious universities including Trinity College Dublin. These applications take place through the IUMC agency in Singapore and they accept applications until mid-January 2022 for their September 2022 intake. Mid January is the final deadline, but students are encouraged to send in applications early.
Singapore
Application Deadline: End February / Mid March 2022
Intake: August / September 2022
Local universities typically accept applications until mid-March. NUS medicine has separate application deadlines based on your school curriculum. If you are an IB student applying to the medical programs in either NUS or NTU, you will have an earlier application deadline in end-February. If you are an A-levels student, you will be allowed to apply upon the release of your A-level results all the way until the application closing date in mid-March. NTU follows a similar application deadline in mid-March for both IB and A-level students.
Do note that depending on the scheme through which you choose to apply (Standard vs Aptitude) you may have slightly differing deadlines.
Australia
Application Deadline: June – End September 2021
Intake: February 2022
Australian university admissions take place last since they work on a different application cycle in which entry to all courses start in February, rather than September. This means that a student taking their final IB exams in May 2020 will only be starting their course in February 2022. Applications usually open at the beginning of March the year before the intake. Application deadlines range from June to the end of September the year before the intake, depending on the university.