In this article
- What services are offered on the UCAS platform?
- How to register with UCAS
- Where is UCAS located?
- Our admission results
UCAS lets you prepare and submit applications to many undergraduate courses in the United Kingdom. This guide covers registration for 2027 entry, the documents to prepare and how to read entry requirements.
What services are offered on the UCAS platform?
The UCAS website provides a course search tool, the UCAS Hub and guidance for applicants, families and schools. Universities make admission decisions; UCAS centralises applications and their status.
Choose the right application route
UCAS Undergraduate covers undergraduate courses. Conservatoires use UCAS Conservatoires, with their own procedures and deadlines. For a Master’s degree or professional training, check the institution’s website for the application route.
How to register with UCAS
Create an account in the UCAS Hub, enter your education history and select up to five course choices without ranking them. Several choices can be at the same university. Medicine, dentistry and veterinary courses have a four-choice limit; Oxford and Cambridge normally cannot both be selected in the same cycle.
The Personal Statement now consists of three responses, with a combined limit of 4,000 characters including spaces and at least 350 characters per response. Prepare your reference and the academic information requested. See the official Personal Statement guidance.
For 2027 entry, the UCAS application fee is £34.50, with waivers subject to official eligibility criteria. Check that the completed application and reference have been submitted by the relevant deadline. If applying through your school, follow its internal deadline. Check the official dates for your course and entry year.
UCAS results: instructions for use
An offer can be conditional on specified academic or language results, or unconditional. Read all conditions and reply by the deadline shown in your UCAS account. An application may also be unsuccessful; submitting it does not guarantee admission.
Universities may express entry requirements as grades, required subjects or UCAS Tariff points. Check the course requirements for the qualification you are taking: a numerical example for another qualification is not an equivalence.
Do not convert an overall IB score out of 45 using the old figures of 720, 611 or 501 UCAS points. Use the official UCAS Tariff calculator for relevant qualifications and check how the university assesses your diploma. Each institution decides which qualifications and points it accepts.
To go further, read our guide: Admission UCAS – Application UCAS – United Kingdom.
Where is UCAS located?
UCAS is based near Marle Hill in Cheltenham, close to Cheltenham Racecourse and a park and ride. It is located just inside the parish of Prestbury, Gloucestershire.
Our admission results
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