{"id":841,"date":"2019-08-15T18:41:18","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T18:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zaghawaonline.com\/zagtes1\/?p=841"},"modified":"2019-08-15T18:41:18","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T18:41:18","slug":"applying-to-a-british-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zaghawa.org\/english\/2019\/08\/15\/applying-to-a-british-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Applying to a British University"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3>How and When to Apply<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>All applications to UK universities are made through UCAS (the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service). Simply fill in a UCAS application form on the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucas.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UCAS website<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Make sure you get your application in well before the deadline, particularly if you want to study at one of the top universities in the UK. See our handy page listing all UCAS deadlines&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk\/universities\/applying-to-university-and-ucas-deadlines\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There are 5 steps to UCAS applications:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Registration&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First and foremost register your details with UCAS. This bit is simple just make sure you input it all correctly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Find a course<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Possibly the most important stage, you&#8217;ll need to identify a course you want to spend the next 3 or more years of your life committed to. Our advice on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk\/courses\/choosing-a-course\/\">Choosing a Course<\/a>&nbsp;takes you through the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Use our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk\/courses\/search\">CUG Course Chooser<\/a>&nbsp;to search through over 100,000 courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve found a course take a note of its unique UCAS code, you&#8217;ll need this to fill out the application form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Find a university<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;ve found the perfect course now you need to make sure you study it at the right university. Advice on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk\/universities\/choosing-the-right-university\/\">Choosing a University<\/a>&nbsp;will help you come to the right decision. Think about more than just&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk\/league-tables\/rankings\">league table<\/a>position \u2013 what about the location, the accommodation and the facilities?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve made your shortlist of universities make a note of their unique UCAS codes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Fill out the application form<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One application form is used to apply for 5 different choices. You can apply to 5 different universities for the same course or 5 different courses at the same university, it&#8217;s up to you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember you&#8217;ll only have room for one personal statement and these are normally quite specific to the course. Read our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk\/universities\/applying-to-university-and-ucas-deadlines\/personal-statements-%E2%80%93-an-insider's-view\/\">insider advice on successful personal statements<\/a>, courtesy of James Seymour, Director of Admissions at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk\/buckingham\">University of Buckingham<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How and When to Apply All applications to UK universities are made through UCAS (the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service). Simply fill in a UCAS application..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zaghawa.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zaghawa.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zaghawa.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zaghawa.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zaghawa.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zaghawa.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zaghawa.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zaghawa.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zaghawa.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}