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About Apply
Learn how to register to use our online system, Apply, and write inspiring references for your students.

Technical Issues
Check that your internet functionality is compatible with our online systems and learn about any known issues.

Training sessions (this link takes you to another section of this site)
UCAS Apply training is delivered by trainers at approved centres throughout the year, or can be delivered at your school or college as a bespoke session. Learning through hands-on experience has proved very popular, but if you prefer to have only a demonstration, this is also possible.

User guides

Adviser Guide: 2009 entry (0.98MB PDF file)

This guide is for staff at schools, colleges and other centres, who advise potential applicants for higher education (HE) courses in the UK. It explains how students go about applying for higher education and how we deal with their applications.

Big Map: 2009 entry (942 KB file)

A list of all universities and colleges in the UCAS scheme and their locations in the UK.

These guides are PDF documents and you will need to have a copy of Acrobat Reader installed on your machine in order to view them. Click here to get a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader

What your students need to know

Visit the students' section of this site, which provides advice about how to complete their application, as well as guidance notes about the UCAS Similarity Detection Service, which detects plagiarism in students' personal statements.