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 Office then carries out checks on each application and highlights important information for Admission Selectors (e.g. whether the applicant is likely to meet the University's General Requirements, whether he/she has a disability or any specific requirements, predicted grades etc).

If your application has any missing information, such as an academic reference or it is not clear what qualifications you are holding, the form will be held in the Admissions Office while we try to clarify. We will usually contact you via email to request additional information.

Once all the checks are complete your application is forwarded to the College Admissions Selector for consideration.

Each Department/School has an Admissions Selector who will look at a range of criteria such as predicted grades, previous academic performance; prior experiential learning; availability (or lack) of suitable learning opportunities and resources; current courses of study; assessments by referees, educational psychologists or medical practitioners; records of achievement; evidence of commitment and motivation; quality of written work; performance at interview or under examination conditions. The Selectors will also take into account your ability to contribute to the cultural, sporting or social life of the University and the community.

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 transmitted 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 on Track. If you supplied a valid email address on your application, UCAS will email you when a decision has been made. To protect confidential information, the email will not contain the actual decision: you'll still need to go to Track to check the details.

You can also use Track to accept or decline offers and 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.