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STEP overview

Preparation

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STEP preparation checks

STEP preparation guidance that starts by verifying the institution, course, entry year, dates, and official format before choosing material.

Sources last checked 2026-08-11

Check the exact course before booking.

The test owner controls the test; the institution controls whether your course requires it and by when.

Preparation order

Verify the booking decision first. Preparation advice cannot repair a test choice made for the wrong course, entry year, or module combination.

  1. 1Confirm the exact STEP paper and grade condition on the course page or offer before building a plan.
  2. 2Obtain the current official test-owner specification before choosing format-specific preparation material; the format is not asserted from this repository source set.
  3. 3Use the live OCR cycle for the dates and fees it publishes.

Verify the course record before preparing

Read the institution, exact course scope, and entry year together. A row is not a rule for a different course or university.

No institution requirement is asserted here.

The official records available in this repository cover the test owner, dates, or format, but do not include an institution course source for this test. Check the exact course page before booking or preparing.

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Official sources

Each link goes to the official test owner, institution, or official report. A test-owner page does not establish a university course requirement; that requires an institution source.

  1. STEP Mathematics key dates and fees

    OCR · checked 2026-08-11 · next review 2026-09-01

    Use for the published STEP cycle's dates and fees. A university course page or offer remains the authority for whether a STEP paper or grade is required; this source record does not establish the test format.

Sources and corrections

Next source review 2026-09-01

These records are dated snapshots of official pages. The live test-owner and institution pages win if a requirement, module, deadline, or sitting rule changes. Send the exact page and row when reporting a correction.

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