After you've applied to Swansea University

We normally receive over 1,000 applications a week during the busiest period, but we try our best to let you know our decision as quickly as possible.

When we receive your application, we will email you to let you know. The Admissions Team then carries out checks on each application and highlights important information for Admission Selectors (such as key qualifications, predicted grades or relevant information from the personal statement).

If your application has any missing information, such as an academic reference or it is not clear what qualifications you are holding, we'll contact you via email to request additional information that'll help us make the most suitable decision.

Once all the checks are complete, it's over to our Admissions Selectors, who will consider your application.

Each of our departments or schools has an Admissions Selector who will review your application. They will assess your predicted grades and previous academic performance, as well your reference and personal statement, and will use this information to decide whether we can offer you a place on the course.  

If you are a candidate with a serious disability or chronic medical condition or have significant support requirements, then we will send you a questionnaire to assess your support needs and we may require you to be interviewed by the University's Disability Officer and/or the Director for Occupational Health after the academic decision has been made.

This is to ensure that we are aware of any circumstances which might affect your admission to the University, and your subsequent studies, and to ensure we can put into place any support systems which you might need.

Once the Admission Selector has fully considered the application, the decision will be input into our systems and then sent to UCAS. 

UCAS will formally tell you whether the University is offering a place, including any conditions which must be met before the start of the academic year. The details will be shown in your UCAS Hub - you'll receive a notification from UCAS letting you know there's an update. You can then log in, and view any decision sent to you.

You can also use the UCAS Hub to accept or decline offers, once you've heard back from all of your choices. You can also change some personal details, such as your postal address, telephone number and email address.

No offers of admission made by other means are considered to be legally binding. Indications of admission by a member of staff of any Department should not be considered to constitute an offer of a place, nor should it be considered binding in any way, before you receive a formal offer through UCAS.

If you applied before the deadline but have not secured a suitable place (if you have been rejected by all choices and/or declined any/all offers) from any time between the end of February and the start of July, you will be given another chance through UCAS Extra.

Follow UCAS’s step-by-step guide on how to make additional choices with UCAS Extra.  

Please note, if you made your first application to a course that is no longer available in UCAS Extra, you may want to consider related or alternative subjects.  

Each year following Results Day, Swansea offers a number of places for courses through the Clearing period. Our Clearing pages tell you everything you need to know about what to expect, should you want to apply for one of our courses through Clearing.  

Many students join us each year through Clearing, and go on to have an amazing university experience. Head to our Clearing Student Stories page to find out more about their experiences.