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Which Universities do which courses?
If you know what subject area you are looking for you should go to the official UCAS website - Universities and Colleges Admissions Service.
Enter the students’ pathway and carry out a course search using the ‘subject and location' options.
Don’t be put off by the range of courses available and don’t expect to find the perfect course on your first search.
Remember that the name of the course may not correspond to how you think of the course. For example, if you are interested in Computer Games Design and you search under that name you may not find many courses. So you should then think ‘sideways’ and search for Interactive Entertainment Technology or Creative Visualisation or Multimedia Technology, this will then bring up other possible courses.
You may be confused by entry requirements for some universities appearing as a points score. This is because UCAS uses a tariff. Here is a table showing how grades convert to points:
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Grade
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A
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B
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C
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D
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E
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UCAS Points
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60
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50
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40
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30
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20
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Grade
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A
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B
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C
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D
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E
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UCAS Points
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120
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100
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80
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60
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40
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Remember that you do not get points for AS results in subjects you are continuing to A2 because they are included in your final A2 grade. If you have completed an AS and gained a grade but are not taking the subject to A2 level those AS points do apply separately.
If you want to know what current and ex university students think about the universities they attended visit www.Whatuni.com.
Don’t forget that university and college prospectuses and websites are primarily a marketing tool and will be full of happy people, excellent facilities and sunny weather! If you want to see what graduates really think of their university experience you can look at the results of the National Student Survey. Log onto www.unistats.com and register. This will enable you to view your subject at HE institutions you are considering and compare their ratings.
To find out when you can visit universities you should log onto www.opendays.com.
If you are interested in finding out more about applying to Oxford and Cambridge a useful website can be found at www.oxbridge-admissions.info
If you think you may want to study in the USA you should access the Fulbright commission website. A more general website concerned with studying abroad can be found at www.astarfuture.co.uk.
