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Everything you need to prepare for the 2026 application cycle – all in one place.

For some students, their individual circumstances can have a significant impact on their decision to go to university or college – and on their experience when they are there.

Heard of Clearing but not sure what it’s all about? Here we share what you need to know and practical tips for supporting someone through the process.

UCAS Collection Tool is your portal to manage and promote your courses to your market all in one place. You can also manage applications to your UG & UC courses by setting vacancy statuses and eligibility criteria.

Discover key dates, essentials and guidance for Confirmation and Clearing in our adviser toolkit.

This toolkit includes information and resources to help you support students applying to conservatoires.

Access a free toolkit, designed to help more young people into university.

Everything you need to prepare for the 2025 application cycle – all in one place.

These resources help you support and guide your students through each stage of their application - with handy tools like classroom exercises and mythbusters.

Here you’ll find our top tips and links to handy toolkits and resources which will help you guide your students and their parents.

Our step-by-step toolkit and 'Get ready for UCAS Discovery' lesson plan include useful links, videos, and checklists to help you and your students make the most of their time at a UCAS Discovery event.

This tool is a way to interactively explore some of the 15 October deadline data for the 2019 cycle.

These statistical releases describe applicants and applications from the 2019 UCAS Undergraduate cycle at the 30 June deadline. All the PDFs and CSVs can be found underneath the interactive tool below.

If you're not already using ChatGPT or other AI tools, you've probably heard about them. But should they be used to help with your UCAS personal statement? Is it cheating? Or can they be helpful in crafting your personal statement?

This tool is a way to interactively explore some of the data published in the 2017 UCAS January deadline applicant analysis report.

Looking to start a career in the digital and IT sector? There's no better way to immerse yourself in the tech world than an apprenticeship, where you will get access to industry-standard tools, equipment and work on live projects on a daily basis. Take a look through our digital and IT apprenticeship application guide below, and find out the first steps of your journey into a future in the tech space.

Find out about different postgraduate course types and subject areas, then search for a course using our course search tool.