Higher Education in the UK

Top University Table

Oxford University

Cambridge University

How to Apply to University in

England

• You can apply to 5 universities using UCAS• Unless you do medicine and you can only apply

to 4

UCAS Website Link

• http://www.ucas.ac.uk/students/apply/

Personal Statement• As well as entering the 5

universities you wish to apply to, and stating which course you want to do, you have to submit a personal statement

• This is 4,000 characters• It is your chance to tell the

university why they should accept you and why you want to do your course

Deadlines

• Middle of October is the deadline for Oxford Cambridge applications and those who want to study medicine

• Middle of January is the deadline for all other courses and universities

• Universities usually reply by February but it can be the end of March

Offers

• When you receive your offers you have to decide where you want to go

• You will have received a conditional offer• This means you have to get certain results to

be able to go, for example AAB. If you do not get the results they say you cannot go

• Once you have decided you have to reply to UCAS

• You will have a 1st and a 2nd choice• You have two incase you don’t get the grades

for your first choice, then you go to your second

• If you don’t get the grades for either of the universities, you have to take a year out

Results Day • Results day is the third Thursday is August

• You go to your school to receive your results

• You also log in to your account on UCAS to see if you have got into your university

Degrees

The most popular degrees are;• Law• Nursing• Economics• Medicine• Design• Psychology• Sports Science

Degrees

You can study almost any subject at University;• Catering• Drama• Business Studies• Art• Tourism

Student’s Union

• This is the heart of the university• Where all clubs and societies meet• Every university has one• Also offers financial and housing advice

University of Leeds Student’s Union

University of Leeds Link

• http://www.leeds.ac.uk/

The Best Subjects at Leeds

• Medicine• Languages• Psychology• Chemistry

Clubs and Societies

• http://www.leedsuniversityunion.org.uk/clubsandsocieties/atozlist/