Your Clearing questions answered

From A Level results day, Thursday 15 August 2019, you will be able to contact us to find out if we will be able to make you an offer or not. If we can make you an offer you will need to refer yourself to Southampton via UCAS Track (or apply via UCAS Clearing if you have not yet applied to UCAS).

UCAS step-by-step guide to Clearing and Adjustment.

If you call our team of friendly advisors on results day (15 August) you will need to be able to give us:

• Your name
• Your UCAS Personal ID (if you've already made any application through UCAS for 2019 entry)
• Your results (which may include relevant GCSE - or equivalent - results)
• The subject area / course you are interested in

Our list of available courses and their accompanying entry grades are now published. The entry grades will not go down as Clearing continues.

Being released into Clearing means you'll be giving up your place at Southampton. Before you release yourself into Clearing, please make sure you are happy with this decision and you have secured an offer (in principle) from another University or College. We may not be able to accept you if change your mind and want your old place back.

Once you’re sure you want to be released, sign into UCAS Track and choose 'Decline my place' and then follow the on-screen prompts.

You will need your Southampton student ID number to apply for accommodation and to formally enrol with the University.

If you were holding a firm or insurance offer with Southampton you will be able to find this number on your offer email and on the email we sent to you confirming your place.

If we have made you an offer via Clearing or Adjustment, we will be able to confirm your ID number shortly after you make Southampton your Clearing choice via UCAS Track. This can take several hours and so please check your inbox and junk/spam folders for the confirmation.

There can be a number of reasons why your place is yet to be confirmed and you should receive an email from us on Thursday 15 August giving you some further advice. The most common reasons are:

• Your offer included the need to pass one or more GCSEs the results of which have not yet been published.
• Your offer required you to achieve a specific result in an English language test and you have yet to provide us with this information.
• We have not yet received your results (or have only received partial results) from UCAS – don’t worry, this does happen sometimes and once we receive your results we will update your offer. If you have already received your full results please ask your school/college to email these to us as quickly as possible using the address at the foot of the email we sent you.
• Your course requires you to obtain an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check – if you have already applied for this please don’t worry - they can take a little while to come through. If you haven’t applied for your DBS check yet please follow the information in your offer email.
• Your offer requires you to submit a satisfactory Occupational Health report – your offer will be updated as soon as possible after we have received the report and it has been assessed.

If you have already informed us of your particular circumstances, we will already have taken these into account when making our final decision and so we will not be able to reconsider our decision.

If you haven’t already informed us of your circumstances, please forward details of your case via email to the Admissions Team, along with any supporting evidence, and we will make a decision on your application as quickly as we possibly can. Please make sure you put 'mitigating circumstances' in the title of the email.

Please email the Admissions Team to confirm that you have asked for a remark, ensuring that you confirm which subject(s) is/are being remarked. We may be able to hold your place if the decision on your remark is made prior to 31 August.

Please make sure that you put 'remark' in the title of the email.

This can depend on the course you applied for. Please put your request in an email to the Admissions Team, including any specific reasons for your request, or mitigating circumstances. We will contact you within 5 days with our decision.

Please put 'Deferral request' in the title of your email.

Please email the Admissions Team to put your request in writing. We will consider this request and let you know the decision as soon as we are able to. All such requests will be dependent upon the availability of places for your chosen course.

If we have places on your chosen course we may be able to make you a Clearing offer.

If you have met the conditions of our offer then we will be able to accept you, as long as there are vacancies on your chosen course. Check our vacancies and speak to us.

If you wish to proceed you'll need to release yourself from your firm choice – select the 'Decline my place' option in UCAS Track - and then apply to Southampton through Clearing. We would urge you to telephone our Clearing hotline (03300 586940) before you do this to ensure we will be able to accept you.

You can apply online from 6am on Thursday 15 August, or call our Clearing hotline to discuss your grades with us. If we can offer you a place you will first need to release yourself from your current offer before you can formally apply to Southampton in Clearing. In UCAS Track select the 'Decline my place' option and then make a Clearing application to Southampton.

In some circumstances we may have been able to accept you even if you didn’t quite meet the conditions of your offer. We will have emailed you to confirm your place on Thursday 15 August so please check your inbox and/or junk/spam folder.

You can apply online from 6am on Thursday 15 August, or call our Clearing hotline to discuss your enquiry. If we are able to make you an offer we will ask you to apply via UCAS Clearing.

If you are already holding an offer from another university which is dependent upon achieving specific English and/or Maths GCSE grades then you will not be able to use Clearing until they have made their decision as to whether to accept you or not.

If you don't currently hold any offers, or if you will be applying directly via Clearing, you will be able to do so, but we may not be able to confirm your place with us until you have your GCSE results.

Yes, all our courses that have places are open for both Clearing and Adjustment applicants.

None of our medicine courses are available in Clearing or Adjustment as they are full. However, we do have places in courses that are related to medicine, or could lead to a career in medicine. Search our undergraduate course listing to explore your options.

Yes, if we have vacancies remaining for any of our Foundation Year courses these will be available in Clearing.

Most international students will have enough time to obtain a visa to study in the UK if they accept a place through Clearing. Once you hold an unconditional offer with the University we will provide you with a Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) document which you will need in order to apply for your visa. Further information can be found on our Visa and Immigration page.

The University’s International Office team provide prospective students with tailored support to help them prepare for studying with us and they regularly attend events in countries around the world. Find out when our team are visiting your country.

Our International team are also attending a number of events this year in Hong Kong. Find out more about Hong Kong Clearing.

We will hold a special Clearing and Adjustment Open Day, just for offer holders. This will be held on Saturday 17 August from 10am to 3pm. It will take place on our Highfield Campus. Details of how to book your place at this Open Day will be sent to you in your offer email.

Before then you can visit the University through a Campus Tour, or through one of our summer undergraduate Open Days. Learn more about ways to visit us.