Admissions Procedures - UCAS
1.51. Completed application forms should
be submitted, along with the relevant registration fee, to
UCAS
between 1
September and 15 January in the year before the programme commences
- except for certain Art and Design courses which have a deadline
of 24th March - although it is possible to apply later
than this if courses still have vacancies.
1.52. Time should be allowed for a
reference to be provided before the form is sent to
UCAS
1.53. Selectors will normally only
consider late applications, i.e. those received after the 15
January deadline, if there are still vacancies on a programme.
Applicants applying after 1 July will be automatically be entered
into
Clearing
.
1.54. Places may also be available
through
UCAS
Extra
, this starts mid January and continues until July,
this is for applicants who have not received an offer, or have
declined all the offers they obtained when they originally
submitted their application to their preferred 5 institutions. Full
details on how to enter
UCAS
Extra
, and programmes which are available to
UCAS
Extra
applicants can be found on the
UCAS
website.
1.55.
Clearing
takes place after the publication of the A Level results in August
when Universities will have a clearer picture of how many offers
have been accepted and therefore how many vacancies they may have.
Anyone in
Clearing
may then apply for these vacant places.