Only If a course here is your only choice, you must still complete the UCAS application form, but need not enter any other institution on the form. If you want, you could include up to four different courses here. If wishing to defer entry for a year before starting your course, you can apply one year in advance, but you should amend your UCAS form to show the required year. Apart from Fine Art courses, we are normally quite happy to consider applicants for deferred entry but you will need to give brief reasons for why you wish to defer. You will need to meet all other conditions by 31 August of the academic year in which you apply.
Some courses have closing dates for receipt of applications.
Applicants are advised to return their completed form by February of the year of admission or sooner if possible, but it is advisable to check the closing date by referring to the course leaflet. In making decisions we put a lot of emphasis on the further personal information that you provide in section 10 of the UCAS form. We find it difficult to make these judgements when the choices of courses on the UCAS form reflect very different subjects or some choices are honours degrees and others are joint honours degrees, unless you provide an explanation. In general we try not to make all our offers before the 15 December deadline but early applicants are bound to have somewhat better choice than those who only just beat the deadline. Again we find it very helpful if referees indicate the reasons for their statements.