How and when to apply:

Application For all full-time courses at any UK University you must advise UKDEMIA and we will forward UCAS forms to you. There is an application fee that is payable to UCAS.  

If you are applying from the UK or European Union (EU), whatever your nationality, we must receive your application form between 1 September 2003 and 15 January 2004, except in the following circumstances:

You must apply to us by 15 October 2003 for courses at Oxford University or Cambridge University, or for courses in medicine (course codes A100, A101, A103, A104 or A106), dentistry (course codes A200, A203, A204, A205 or A206) or veterinary medicine or veterinary science (course codes D100 or D101).

For Art and Design Route B courses, you must apply to us between 1 January 2004 and 24 March 2004. We recommend that you apply by 8 March 2004 if possible to avoid the last-minute rush.

The universities and colleges guarantee to consider your application if we receive your form by the appropriate deadline. If you send in your form after the deadline date but before 30 June 2004, they may consider it but they do not have to.

If we receive your application form on or after 1 July 2004, we will send you details of Clearing. We will not send your application to universities and colleges at this stage, and you will have to contact them directly.

If you want to apply for deferred entry in 2003, perhaps because you want to take a year out between school and higher education, you should check that the university or college will accept a deferred entry application. If you apply for deferred entry in 2003, you must meet the conditions of any offers by 31 August 2004. If you accept a place for 2003 entry, you cannot reapply through us in the 2004 to 2003 cycle, unless you withdraw your original application by 30 September 2004.

You can only submit one UCAS application form in each year's application cycle.

Before you fill in the form, find out more about your preferred universities, colleges and courses by reading their prospectuses. Try to visit a UCAS Education Convention, where many of the universities and colleges will have staff and students at exhibition stands to tell you more about life on campus. Speak to your careers adviser and, if possible, go to university and college open days. Talk to your family and friends, particularly those who have been to your chosen universities or colleges.

You should be happy with your choice of course and university or college before you make your final decision. Remember, you will be spending the next few years there.