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What happens once I have sent in my application form?

Your application will be considered by the University, along with all the other applications they receive. For many courses, universities receive more applications than there are places available.

For courses applied to through UCAS, you will be contacted and told if the University wants to offer you a place. This offer could be conditional or unconditional. Find out more here about the different types of offer.

If you receive no offers, or decide not to accept any of your offers, you may be eligible for UCAS Extra. Find out more about Extra by clicking here.

If you are accepted onto a course, your place will be confirmed in a letter from UCAS and will appear on Track; log into Track to reply to your offers. Often, you will be given a deadline to do this by. Missing this deadline could lead to the offer being withdrawn.

If you have applied directly to the university, the university will inform you of the decision; write back directly to them to accept an offer.

If you are not able to fulfil the requirements of a conditional place (because you did not achieve a certain exam grade, for example) your application form will go into the Clearing system. You have to act quickly during Clearing as places get filled up fast. Other universities or colleges that still have places available may then offer you a place on a similar course. You can decide whether or not to accept.

 

 

 

 

 

 
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