1. Higher Education in the UK

2. Top University Table

3. Oxford University

4. Cambridge University

5. How to Apply to University in England You can apply to 5 universities using UCAS Unless you do medicine and you can only apply to 4

6. UCAS Website Link http://www.ucas.ac.uk/students/apply/

7. Personal Statement As well as entering the 5 universities you wish to apply to, and stating which course you want to do, you have to submit a personal statement This is 4,000 characters It is your chance to tell the university why they should accept you and why you want to do your course

8. Deadlines Middle of October is the deadline for Oxford Cambridge applications and those who want to study medicine Middle of January is the deadline for all other courses and universities Universities usually reply by February but it can be the end of March

9. Offers When you receive your offers you have to decide where you want to go You will have received a conditional offer This means you have to get certain results to be able to go, for example AAB. If you do not get the results they say you cannot go

10. Once you have decided you have to reply to UCAS You will have a 1 st and a 2 nd choice You have two incase you don’t get the grades for your first choice, then you go to your second If you don’t get the grades for either of the universities, you have to take a year out

11. Results Day Results day is the third Thursday is August You go to your school to receive your results You also log in to your account on UCAS to see if you have got into your university

12. Degrees The most popular degrees are; Law Nursing Economics Medicine Design Psychology Sports Science

13. Degrees You can study almost any subject at University; Catering Drama Business Studies Art Tourism

14. Student’s Union This is the heart of the university Where all clubs and societies meet Every university has one Also offers financial and housing advice

15. University of Leeds Student’s Union

16. University of Leeds Link http://www.leeds.ac.uk/

17. The Best Subjects at Leeds Medicine Languages Psychology Chemistry

18. Clubs and Societies http://www.leedsuniversityunion.org.uk/clubs andsocieties/atozlist/ http://www.leedsuniversityunion.org.uk/clubs andsocieties/atozlist/