Personal details

Step 2: Applying

Your personal information will be sent to your chosen universities and colleges

Your title, gender, name and address and date of birth will be filled in automatically with the details provided during registration.

Further personal details

You are asked for extra information so that the universities and colleges can decide what tuition fees you should be charged and what entitlements you might be qualified to receive. They need to know your residential status, where/whether you will be looking for funding and/or sponsorship, and if you have any special needs or disabilities which they would need to consider.

As part of their duty of care to all applicants/existing students they will also need to know if you have any relevant criminal convictions. You are asked to tick a box if you have a relevant criminal conviction. If you do not, please leave the box blank.

Entering an email address

If you enter an email address, you need to verify that it is correct. You will receive an email containing instructions on what to do. Your email address needs to be verified before you can send your application to us.

We need your email address so that, once we have processed your application, we can send emails alerting you to changes to the status of your application, including decisions made by your chosen colleges or universities. These emails will not list the actual changes or give any decisions; they will tell you to log in to the Track service to view any changes.

Your email address will be seen by UCAS and the universities and colleges, so please make sure that it does not cause offence.

Nominated access

If you are likely to be away at any time during the application period, for example on a gap year, you may wish to nominate someone who can make decisions on your behalf and discuss your application with us if necessary.

This section of your application is not compulsory - you do not have provide details if you do not wish to nominate anyone. If you do, you enter their name and their relationship to you.

Universities and colleges have their own policies for discussing applications with third parties.