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RESULTS DAY AND CLEARING
If things don’ t work out as you’ d hoped, don’ t worry there may still be options available to you- speak to the admissions teams at the universities and colleges, and research your Clearing options.
Depending on circumstance some students maybe eligible for contextual offers, to find out more go to: ucas. com and search‘ contextual’.
Clearing
If things don’ t go to plan on results day you might be interested in Clearing, which is an opportunity to apply for courses that still have availability.
There may be places on a different course at the same institutions you originally applied to, or you could look at somewhere new!
Once I started looking through the openings available, and saw how many there were, I started to relax. There are so many different options in Clearing”.
Ella, BA( Hons) History with English graduate
High Tariff
( top ranking) UK universities also enter courses into Clearing.
41,200 UK students were accepted through Clearing in 2025.
+ 4 % on 2024 applicants UCAS, 2025
There are many reasons people use Clearing...
• your plans have changed, and you now prefer another course
• if you’ ve not met the conditions of your offer
• you didn’ t receive any offers; or you declined a place
• you haven’ t already applied
Clearing applications can be made from early July to late October.
For more information about all results day eventualities, visit: ucas. com