UCAS Clearing Dates 2022

Sitting your A Level exams can be a stressful time and it can be even more stressful when you’re trying to apply to university. Revision, paperwork, and deadlines can get on top of you and make life seem really tough.

Results day can be equally stressful, especially if you don’t get the results you need to get into your first choice of university. If this happens, if you didn’t get any university offers, or you declined all of your university offers you’ll need to go through Clearing to get a university place.

Clearing has its own deadlines and course vacancies fill quickly, particularly for popular courses, so you’ll need to be prepared if you want to get into university. Spaces usually fill within the first week after results day and phoning each university until you get an offer if the key to being successful during Clearing.

Be organised, have a list of course vacancies and universities that you’re interested in, and keep a note of everyone you speak to regarding your application. You could get an answer straightaway or you might be contacted soon after with an offer or decline.

To make sure you know what’s going on and to help you get organised and keep on top of all the application deadlines we’ve put together a UCAS Clearing 2022 dates timeline:

26th January 2022 – deadline for UCAS applications for most undergraduate courses.
25th February 2022 – UCAS Extra opens.
30thJune 2022 – deadline for UCAS applications for all subjects and universities. Applications received after this date will automatically be entered for Clearing.
4thJuly 2022 – late date to apply to university via Extra
9thAugust 2022 – SQA results are published. Scottish Clearing course vacancy lists are published.
18thAugust 2022 – A Level, GCE, Diploma, and Irish Leaving Certificate results are published. Clearing course vacancy lists will are published on UCAS Track and in The Daily Telegraph.
28thSeptember 2022 – deadline for applications for 2022 entry.
18thOctober 2022 – Clearing closes for 2022 entry.