Before you apply
Consider all the options available to you before you begin your application. Find out what places are really like, attend events, research industries, and make sure you're clear on what you want to do before you proceed.
Information and advice pages
Before you apply
Consider all the options available to you before you begin your application. Find out what places are really like, attend events, research industries, and make sure you're clear on what you want to do before you proceed.
Bills, budgeting and preparing for uni
For many students, uni will be the first time they will have budgeted and paid for bills. Start planning now to make sure they know what to do.
Cambridge Technicals
Facts about Cambridge Technicals: who they are for and what subjects are available.
Careers planner for 16 – 18s
Sixth form is full of big and exciting future decisions for Year 12 and 13 students. Use our free careers planner to help set them on a path to a bigger, brighter future.
Classroom resources
Resources to help you help your students search for courses and decide what to do, including lesson plans, and websites and services for schools.
Comparing undergraduate courses and unis
With so many courses, and many similar ones available, it's important that you find out more about the course and the university or college before you start to shortlist your options.
Conservatoire application toolkit
This toolkit includes information and resources to help you support students applying to conservatoires.
Conservatoire assessments
Conservatoires will let you know what you should prepare for an assessment.
Contextual admissions
Some students face additional challenges during their education which may impact their results. Universities recognise these challenges, and can make adjustments through ‘contextual admissions’. Find out more about what this is, who is eligible, and how you qualify.
Contextualised admissions – how it works in practice
Helping form a more complete picture of an applicant’s individual characteristics.
Criminal convictions good practice for providers
Check out our good practice resources, to support you with changes to the criminal conviction question in the application.
Disabled students: Researching your choices
Our best advice: start your research early. Alongside your research into courses and universities, you may also need to take your individual support needs into account when making your choices.
Disabled students: Support with transition to university
A new start can make you feel excited and nervous – there’s a lot to think about.
Discover Subjects
Connect with students as they find out more about their subject of interest and translate ideas into more concrete plans, at our Discover Subjects events.
DSA eligibility FAQs
Our FAQs will help you find out if you're eligible for the Disabled Students' Allowance (DSA).
Early careers webinars
Discover how to sign up to upcoming webinars, and play back the ones you missed.
Education personal statement guide
Go beyond teaching in your education personal statement, to really explain your passion and interest in how we learn, the role of education today, and how we can shape learning environments.
Enhanced Provider Pages
Engage applicants and pre-applicants with rich provider content that's presented to them from the earliest stages of their research, boosting brand awareness and securing lead gen data.