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We take you through what you need to do if you've been asked to write a reference for a UCAS Undergraduate applicant.

Strengthen bonds with your applicants during the moments that matter, building the trust they need to make your institution first choice. Discover your biggest conversion drop-off points to improve future performance. Learn why they chose you, or crucially, why they chose another university or college over you.

Make full use of everything we offer to recruit students this cycle. Compare yourself to competitors and the sector as a whole, identify and understand untapped prospects, and even benchmark the diversity of your applicant pool against your chosen institutions. Many products and services are included in your capitation fee.

Interviews and auditions help course tutors to compare applicants before deciding what offers to make. Get some advice here.

Discover the support options for neurodiverse applicants and apprentices with UCAS

Our range of products and services for providers can help you to connect with applicants, inform your student recruitment activity and ensure a smooth admissions cycle.

Once applicants have received revised grades they may contact you regarding their previous firm choices which were made unsuccessful (REJ) or had changed course offers (UCC) to find out if you will be willing to reconsider them.

This guidance is for any advisers (school counsellors, agents, IECS etc.), and other centres based outside the UK, who advise potential undergraduate applicants to higher education (HE) courses in the UK.

Connecting you with students and applicants.

Understand the different reference processes and terminology for independent, centre-linked, and reference-only applicants.

Academic scholarships, grants, and bursaries reward university applicants who achieve high grades in their school exams. And the good news? They require little to no extra work.

In Web-Link, we split the applicant-related functionality from other functionality.

Engage directly with future applicants and customers, exactly where they want to hear from you.

With UCAS you can reach the right students, at the right time. By working together, we help you connect with the applicants you're looking for.

This page shows you all the extra tips international applicants might need to know when making a UCAS application.

Read our tips for international applicants, about choosing a course and university, how to apply, visas, student finance, and where to get help and support.

Our UCAS Conservatoires data resources cover key statistics (applications, applicants, and acceptances) by selected variables such as age, domicile, and sex.

Our UCAS Conservatoires 2019 end of cycle data resources cover key statistics (applications, applicants, and acceptances) by selected variables such as age, domicile, and gender.

Our UCAS Conservatoires 2020 end of cycle data resources cover key statistics (applications, applicants, and acceptances) by selected variables such as age, domicile, and gender

Our UCAS Conservatoires 2021 end of cycle data resources cover key statistics (applications, applicants, and acceptances) by selected variables such as age, domicile, and gender