The UCAS process

From 1 September UCAS open their doors to applications for entry the following year. The deadline for Oxbridge, medical, dentistry and veterinary courses is 15 October. The normal closing date for receiving any other applications is 15 January.

UCAS allows applicants to choose up to five universities or courses (although they can apply for fewer). When they have received a decision from all the universities they've applied to, your son or daughter needs to pick one university as their firm choice (top choice) and another as their insurance choice (second choice).

If your son or daughter does not receive any offers from their five chosen institutions they can still apply through UCAS Extra.

Clearing starts in mid-August and allows unplaced applicants to contact individual universities about their unfilled places. UCAS will automatically send out information to eligible applicants.

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Part-time degrees and other courses

For part-time degrees, undergraduate certificates and diplomas, applicants should apply directly to the University's Information, Recruitment and Admissions Office or online

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Decisions on applications

Kent will give students a decision on their application as soon as possible. If students have applied through UCAS, the decision will be confirmed by UCAS, if students have applied for part time or postgraduate courses the University of Kent will inform students directly.  

Applicants can enquire about an application in progress by contacting the University's Information, Recruitment and Admissions Office, or online via the UCAS website.

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Further information

Information, Recruitment and Admissions Office, The Registry, University of Kent
Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NZ
T: 01227 827272
F: 01227 827077
E: information@kent.ac.uk

Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)
Customer Service Unit, UCAS, PO Box 28, Cheltenham GL52 3LZ.
T: 0870 1122211
E: enquiries@ucas.ac.uk
www.ucas.com

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