Conservatoire admissions guide and resources
Here you'll find information and advice about managing UCAS conservatoire applications.
Here you'll find information and advice about managing UCAS conservatoire applications.
To gather a more complete set of data, and to improve data quality, we have introduced some additional questions within the nationality section, to aid with fee and residency assessments. These additional questions will only be shown to relevant applicants, based on their residency and nationality answers. New questions include:
There is also a new answer option of 'Don’t know' for the question ‘Do you need a student visa to study in the UK?’.
The application fee for 2024 is £27.50. This covers a selection of up to six choices per application.
The application fee for 2025 will be £28.50
In response to feedback, and to improve the student experience, we have added two new options to the gender question.
Applicants are now able to select from:
We’ll continue to work with students, advisers, and universities and colleges, to explore how we can improve the options available for future cycles.
JISC (formerly HESA) does not require the national and dual national identity information applicants have previously given. Therefore, we have removed these questions from the application, and you will no longer receive these details in your end of cycle data for 2024.
Please note, this does not affect the Nationality and Dual nationality questions, which remain in the application.
The policy has been governed to ensure applications to courses at conservatoires in the scheme are handled fairly and consistently.
Adhering to the policy is a condition of being a customer in the scheme. It's essential to ensure the accuracy of application stats and the integrity of our admissions service for all our providers and applicants.
Applicants can apply through UCAS Conservatoires for entry to any year of the courses listed in our search tool.
The following statements support the underlying principles. UCAS will provide a filter in the search tool which will enable prospective applicants to filter by Conservatoires UK (CUK) courses. UCAS has agreed that only conservatoires which are members of CUK may be listed under this filter, and will be permitted to join the UCAS Conservatoires scheme.
Applicants who have studied an undergraduate course who then apply to a postgraduate course at the same conservatoire, must apply through UCAS Conservatoires again.
Applicants who are studying at a conservatoire and then apply to study a course at any level at another conservatoire, must apply through UCAS Conservatoires. Second or third year entry must apply through UCAS Conservatoires.
Students who have completed at least one academic year of a part-time course with credit, who are transferring to a full-time course leading to the same award at the same conservatoire, do not need to apply through UCAS Conservatoires.
Conservatoires simultaneously consider applications to courses listed in the search tool. Courses only appear under one course name, because with multiple listings an applicant could accidentally use two choices for one course.
Applicants apply online. If they haven't used all six of their available choices they can add more to their application (until the closing date for the receipt of late applications). After then, or outside the UCAS Conservatoires scheme, you can also offer a place by adding the applicant's details in a Record of Prior Acceptance (RPA).
There's an application fee to be paid by an applicant applying to UCAS Conservatoires.
An applicant can apply for up to six choices on their initial application, and the application fee is the same however many choices they make.
Setting up conservatoire and course data
Our collection tool and web-link are secure online databases for you to set up and maintain their provider and course details. It's important to make sure course fees, audition fees, and audition locations and specialisms are set up in good time before the cycle starts – as much of this information is displayed in the search tool for applicants.
Data collected includes:
web-link is used to view and process applicants who've applied – and to maintain your provider contacts and requirements.