UCAS Extra is another chance to get into university if you’ve used all of your five choices but aren’t holding any offers from the universities you applied to.
Here’s more about using UCAS Extra:
You’ll be eligible for UCAS Extra if you’ve used your five choices to apply for university but aren’t holding any offers. This could be because you weren’t made any offers or because you’ve declined the offers you were made.
Remember – if you only applied to, and paid the fee for, one university choice then you’ll need to pay the additional application fee on your Track page before making more choices.
UCAS Extra will open on 23 February 2023 and close on 4 July 2023.
If you’re eligible for UCAS Extra then it will show up on the UCAS website when you sign into your Track page.
Students that are eligible for UCAS Extra can apply for other universities one at a time until they are made, and accept, an offer.
There are four easy steps to applying to universities through UCAS Extra:
You can also sign up for UCAS Media emails if you’d like to be emailed details of colleges and universities with vacancies.
As we’ve said above, you can only apply for one university at a time. So make a shortlist of universities that you’re interested in and apply for those in order of suitability from most to least suitable.
Hopefully the university that you apply for will make you an offer – after that you just need to accept the offer and start packing for university!
Make sure you reply and accept the offer by the date shown on your UCAS Track page.
Once you’ve accepted an offer to a university you can’t add any more choices. However, if the university doesn’t make you an offer within 21 days, or you decline the offer, you can add another choice.
Don’t panic – if you still don’t have an offer, or you’ve declined your offers, by the time UCAS Extra finishes then you’ll be eligible for UCAS Clearing which officially opens on 5th July, but really kicks off on A Level results day (17th August 2023).