Learn which courses you can apply for on your application

You can choose up to five courses, which Apply will arrange into alphabetical order. Each university and college will only know about their course or courses for which you have applied. They will not know about your other choices until you have received your final decision.

The combination of choices allowed depends upon your chosen course(s)

You can apply to a maximum of:

  • 4 courses in any one of medicine/dentistry/veterinary medicine/veterinary science.
  • 3 courses in Route B art and design.
  • One course at either Oxford University or University of Cambridge (unless you already have a degree or will have gained a degree before September of this cycle in which case you can apply to both).

You can use your remaining choice(s) for any other subject. For example, if you have made four choices for medicine, you could still make one choice for veterinary medicine.

If you apply to Oxford or Cambridge, you must also fill in the university's own application form. You can get this form from your school or college or direct from the university. You must send it directly to the university by 15 October 2007.

Specific courses and institutions have different entry dates

There is an early closing date - 15 October 2007 - if you apply for any course in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or veterinary science, or to either Oxford University or the University of Cambridge.

For Route B art and design courses, we must receive your application by 24 March 2008, however we recommend that you apply by 7 March 2008 to avoid the last-minute rush. You can list up to three choices and will be asked to indicate your choices in order of preference. This is the order in which we will send them to your chosen universities.

For all other courses, applications that we receive up to and including 15 January 2008 will be regarded as on-time and will be considered by the universities and colleges you have chosen. After 15 January, they will consider applications that we receive by 30 June, but only if they still have vacancies in the course(s) that you have selected.

Most courses begin in September, although some specific courses have earlier start dates, such as nursing diplomas, which can start as early as January. When you send your application, make sure that you allow enough time for your chosen universities and colleges to consider your application. Click here if you are an international applicant applying for a nursing or midwifery diploma/degree.

Be prepared for additional requirements

Some courses will require you to take a supplementary admissions test. It is your responsibility to find out whether the course(s) you have chosen are subject to any form of admissions test, and to register for any such test by the relevant deadline. Visit the admissions test section to find out more.

If you are applying for medicine, dentistry, nursing, midwifery or certain other health courses, UK health authorities recommend you should be immunised against Hepatitis B before you start training. Universities and colleges may also ask you for certificates to show that you are not infected. If you are applying for one or more of these subjects, you should check the immunisation requirements with the universities and colleges you have chosen.

For information on courses please check the Course Search section of this site.