Groups and forums
Your opinion matters. Stay up to date with the latest discussions and actions taken by our groups and forums and find out how to get involved and have your say.
Information and advice pages
Groups and forums
Your opinion matters. Stay up to date with the latest discussions and actions taken by our groups and forums and find out how to get involved and have your say.
Amendments to the Tariff consultation
In July 2021 UCAS launched a consultation into a number of proposals relating to the information we make available about qualifications and their use in progression to higher education. The scope of this consultation included the current Tariff (but not the methodology behind the calculation of Tariff points) and Qualification Information Profiles.
Displaced students
If you're applying to higher education as a refugee, asylum seeker or with an insecure immigration status, there may be support available to help you. This page has been created in collaboration with Refugee Education UK, STAR Network and We Belong.
HE provider good practice briefing for students in receipt of free school meals (FSM)
This briefing is for staff working in universities and colleges and supports the introduction of the new UCAS flag to identify applicants who have been in receipt of free school meals (FSM). Here, we outline the common challenges for these students, share examples of good practice around the UK to improve access to and success in higher education, and provide considerations ahead of the new question.
Qualifications advice for international advisers
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.
2015 entry UCAS Undergraduate reports by sex, area background, and ethnic group
These data cover applications, offers, and placed applicants by sex, area background, and ethnic group at 132 larger universities.
2016 entry UCAS Undergraduate reports by sex, area background, and ethnic group
These data cover applications, offers, and placed applicants by sex, area background, and ethnic group at 133 larger universities.
2017 entry UCAS Undergraduate reports by sex, area background, and ethnic group
These data cover applications, offers, and placed applicants by sex, area background, and ethnic group, at 132 larger universities.
Additional funding
As well as a student loan, there’s other financial support available from a range of sources. Find out more about funding your undergraduate course.
Finance for full-time EU students
Lots of students from overseas choose to study in the UK, and could be eligible for student finance.
Finance for part-time tuition fee only students
Lots of students from overseas choose to study in the UK, and could be eligible for student finance. Content provided by Student Finance England.
Living costs for part-time students
You can get student finance to help towards your living costs while you’re at university or college. Content provided by Student Finance England.