How can we help?

• Please complete our update my details form and we'll do this for you. 
• For name and date of birth changes, you need you to attach a clear photo or scanned copy of an official document showing these – such as a birth certificate, marriage certificate, driving licence or passport.
• As long as we’ve got everything we need, we’ll update your details and the changes will display in Track.
• It's important you also let your conservatoires know.

Your assessment will vary depending on the conservatoire you’re applying to and the course you have chosen to study.

Each conservatoire will let you know in advance what they expect you to do, but check out our assessment advice to find out what it might involve.

Conservatoires do not use the Clearing process.

Any UCAS Conservatoires places still available are listed in our search tool. Check details of the course you want to apply for, and contact the conservatoire to check if they’re still accepting applications for this year.

If places are available, you need to register in the UCAS Hub and make an application.

As soon as we receive your application, we process it and send you a welcome email advising you to check your progress in your UCAS Hub.

We send your application to your chosen conservatoires who will consider your application.

Find out more about how to track your application.

Although we don’t arrange student finance, we’ve got lots of links and advice to point you in the right direction in the finance and support section. 

Your audition will vary depending on the conservatoire you’re applying to and the course you have chosen to study. Each conservatoire will let you know in advance what they expect you to do, but check out our audition advice to find out what it might involve.

• For music courses:
  • starting in 2025, the application deadline is 18:00 (UK time) on 2 October 2024 
• The deadline for most dance, drama, and musical theatre courses:
  • starting in 2025 is 18:00 (UK time) on 29 January 2025

You can apply after the deadlines, but you must check with your chosen conservatoires if they can still consider you. Your application will be late and courses may already be full.

The application fee for conservatoires is £28.50 for 2025 entry, and you can make a maximum of six choices.

There are also assessment fees – we collect most of these, but in some cases you'll need to pay the conservatoire directly. The cost of the assessment fee varies depending on the course and the conservatoire.

Find all the information you need to know about assessment and application fees. 

A reference is a written recommendation from a teacher, adviser, or professional who knows you academically.

• You’ll need an academic reference and a practical reference. These must be completed by two different referees. Enter the details of your referees on the application, and send a request to them to complete the reference for you. This will then be attached to your application when you submit it.

• If you are unable to get your references in time, you can proceed without a reference by selecting the relevant tick box in the reference section of your application.You will need to print or download the reference forms and email them to your referees – and they need to send the references to the conservatoires you’re applying to.

• This must be completed by the end of October for music courses, or as soon as possible for courses with other deadlines – check conservatoire websites for specific dates.

Read our advice about references for conservatoires.

This happens when something has been missed out or incorrectly added to the qualifications you have listed.

We will always need something to be entered as the awarding organisation. If you don’t know what to put here, simply enter a dash and this will let you continue. If you need to do this, we recommend you let the conservatoire you’re applying to know.

If you have entered a pending qualification, you may not need to enter a result and can leave this box blank. 

Register in the UCAS Hub and complete the registration questions – confirming the year you want to start your studies and that you're interested in ‘conservatoires’.

You’ll then be taken to your UCAS Hub dashboard where you’ll see a tile called ‘Your application’. Simply click ‘Start’ to begin your application.

There’s quite a lot to fill in, but you don’t have to do it all at once. 

Through UCAS Conservatoires, you can apply for practice-based musical theatre, music, dance, and drama courses, at any of these UK conservatoires.

A full list of courses and entry requirements can be found in our search tool.