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Information for advisers on how to support your students in making a UCAS application and moving into higher education.

Schools, colleges, advisers or agents can become registered UCAS centres and get unique access to their students' higher education applications.

We support international tutors, agents and advisers, on top of processing applications to hundreds of universities and colleges in the UK.

Find all the important dates and deadlines for UCAS Undergraduate and UCAS Conservatoires applications.

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

View our recent advisers’ newsletters for UK and international schools, colleges, and centres

Advice and resources to help you and your students navigate each stage of the application process.

How to provide a reference for an applicant to higher education.

We take you through what you need to do if you've been asked to write a reference for a UCAS Undergraduate applicant.

We take you through what you need to do if you've been asked to write an academic or practical reference for a UCAS Conservatoires applicant.

Here we explain what you need to do if you've been asked to write a reference for a UCAS Postgraduate applicant.

Here you’ll find about what cookies are, and why we use them on our website.

The UCAS Tariff is a means of allocating points to post-16 qualifications, based on a simple mathematical model which uses a qualification size and grading scale to generate a total number of points.

Taster courses are provided by some universities and colleges to let you experience academic and social life on campus, before applying for a place.

We'd recommend you go to one of the British Council events around the world — they have lots of helpful advice, and can also answer any questions you may have.

Find out about UCAS' commitment to web accessibility.

Information and resources for teachers to help students choose their post-16 education and training.

Facts about A levels: recent changes, subjects and grades, who they are for and what you can do afterwards.

Careers information and guidance in schools, how it is delivered and where you can go for more information.

Resources to help you help your students search for courses and decide what to do, including lesson plans, and websites and services for schools.

This toolkit has a range of information and advice to help you support care leavers who are applying to higher education.

We use quite a few terms in the application process. We’ve explained them all here, if you need to check what any mean.

Terms and conditions for voting for your favourite blogger.

Privacy policies and declarations for all UCAS schemes.

Host the UCAS widget on your school/college website or Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), to link students and their parents to important UCAS info.

Watch our videos to find out about the new and non-traditional qualifications an increasing number of students are using to enter higher education.

During the application process, you will be processing the personal data of your students. You are responsible for the correct handling of this data as set out in the Data Protection Act (2018).

Teachers and advisers can contact us by phone, email or using social media.

Here are details of our advisory groups which support the smooth running of core UCAS services.