Viewing information and advice

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

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.

Find out about UCAS' commitment to web accessibility.

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.

Create your future is our flagship event for students interested in creative, media, or performance-related subjects. With hundreds of exciting opportunities under one roof, there’s something for everyone.

View our event terms and conditions, and terms of use.

Ideas for activities and resources.

Here you can sign in to our services, to access and manage your students’ applications.

If you’re not a teacher or a careers adviser, and have been asked to write a reference for someone you know who wants to apply to university, here's how.

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.