University for the Creative Arts

• Rank: 71/131 Sunday Times University League Table 2021. TEF Gold
• Address: UCA Farnham Falkner Road Farnham GU9 7DS Campuses in Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham and Rochester
• Country: United Kingdom
• International Office Contact name: UCA use InUNI to process application. InUNI used to be called Global University Systems (GUS). We do not deal direct with the University. Sini Nair, Business Development Manager at InUNI
• International Office Contact Email: sini.nair@inuniglobal.com
• International Office Contact Telephone: +91 79947 91119
• Accommodation Office Contact Email: sini.nair@inuniglobal.com
• Accommodation Office Contact Phone: +91 79947 91119
• Tuition Fee Range: £12,000 - £15,000
• Scholarships:

   

  Scholarship info -Scholarships | University for the Creative Arts (uca.ac.uk)

   

  International Future Leaders of the creative industry scholarship -Value: £3,000 fee deduction for the first year

   

  UCA Merit Scholarships-Value: £4,500 fee deduction for the first year

                                         Eligibility: All applicants who achieve 80% or higher in their entry 

   

  UCA Excellence Scholarships-Value: £2,000 each year for the 2nd and 3rd years of an Undergraduate course.

  Pathways to Degree Scholarships-Value: If you received a scholarship for your Integrated International Foundation or Integrated International Pre-masters, you will receive a £3,000 fee reduction again in the following year of study.

   

  Please refer website for more information about criteria. 

   

  Wish you a successful 2024 intake !! 

   

• Additional Info:

  CONTRACT IS WITH InUNI for UCA IS GLOBAL

  InUni is part of the Global University Systems or GUS for short.  InUni is the section of GUS which handles all the UK university partners.  InUni/GUS is a dedicated partner for the University for the Creative Arts.  It is a similar arrangement that UCOL has some UK universities where they have dedicated staff in country who are the Country Managers.  Sini Nair is the UCA manager at InUni and is our main point of contact.

  For a short training video on UCA pleave watchi this recording made on 10 June 24 

  UCA training June 2024

   

  HOW TO APPLY

   

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  1. InUni UCA Application Process
  
  InUni UK - UCA application process:

  1. GUS Gateway quick registration form Login to GUS (UCA) to ensure the application is tagged to your agency within GUS/InUni system.

  Please contact Luke to be set up on the GUS Gateway Portal so you have your own login and password.

  2. Full Students Applications should then be made through UCA website ensuring GUS/InUni is selected within agency section https://www.uca.ac.uk/study/courses/.

  2. An acknowledgment email will be sent to the applicant once the application is received.

  3. A second email with instructions on how to upload the required academic documents* will be sent to the applicant within 2 working days. 

  4. Once the academic qualifications have been reviewed, either - 

  ·an offer will be made,

  ·an alternative course may be suggested,

  ·or the application may be rejected.

  ·We aim to complete the academic document review within 5-7 working days.

  5. If an offer is made, further upload functions will be available in the applicant portal. This will allow students to upload their portfolio, English language certificates or any other requested documents. 
  6. The additional documents will be reviewed and the conditional offer will be updated in the applicant portal. Please note, revised offer letters are not issued until the offer becomes unconditional. Once all documents are received, we aim to issue unconditional offers within 5-7 working days.

  * Academic documents must show the qualification the applicant is currently studying or has completed.  If a UCAS application with predicted grades has been made, please upload a document that states ‘Predicted grades have been included in UCAS application’.

  As previously notified this is a kind reminder that for students applying for business programmes you should start booking interview sessions prior to students receiving an offer using GUS id provided to you by your relevant business developer as UCA will only be processing selected applications for business programmes where all conditions are met and interview is passed. For students who might’ve already received an offer but aren’t going ahead with their admission due to not meeting requirements/failing interview and other reasons please ensure you notify your relevant business developer so that such applications could be withdrawn timely and spaces could then be open for new qualified applicants.

  This is the reminder on InUni UCA suitability interview booking link as per below. Please ensure your students are well prepared or had a mock interview session with your relevant business developer.

  InUni UCA suitability interview booking link

   

  In the DOCUMENT UPLOAD section below you will find 2 useful PDF documents: Instructions for  uploading documents to the applicant portal new AND UCA application form online guide.  Please read them to understand the process better.

   

  Documents upload process:

  You will no longer need to upload documents via GUS Gateway. Instead once your students receive their UCA id they will be able to access UCA applicant portal

  Log in to the portal (ucreative.ac.uk) using password they initially created when submitting their UCA application form. Once students receive their conditional offer letter they will be able to upload their documents within UCA applicant portal which includes portfolio, academic documents, proof of English and other required documents.

  Please ensure you follow the guidelines (see "instructions for uploading to the applicant portal new" on here) on uploading documents and portfolio and don’t forget to submit your documents once you have uploaded them fully.

  You can save your documents within UCA applicant portal before submitting them if you haven’t yet arranged all required documents. If applicants have any problems with uploading documents via UCA applicant portal, please contact UCA applicant portal team on applicantportal@uca.ac.uk. If applicants have any questions in regards with their specific application, they can contact admissions team internationaladmissions@uca.ac.uk

  
   

  ENTRY CRITERIA AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE TESTS

  Please refer to the document upload section where you will find information on entry requirements including English language or click on https://www.uca.ac.uk/international/language-requirements-support/

  Note that 12th standard english exemption is not given to applicants from the Punjab or Haryana. They will need to do IELTS.

  CREDIBILITY INTERVIEWS

  All applicants to UCA will have a credibility interview which will take about 45 minutes. See attached PDF document with mock questions. The students record their answers and UCA will view the video and make a decision within 3 - 5 working days. To book a credibility interview use the new link for UCA below:

  https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/INUNIINTERVIEWS@gus.onmicrosoft.com/bookings/s/JhQX848kp0C3XSQDsUy6Zw2

  Some students will have a Pre CAS interview run by UCA. See attached PDF with pre CAS questions. This is a live interview over the internet with a member of staff at UCA. Only students where there are concerns over their application eg English will be given one of these interviews.

  DEPOSITS

  50% of the tuition fee before CAS is issued.  The remaining 50% must be paid prior to enroment.

  MBA

  This course requires 2 years work experience.

  GAPS IN STUDY

  For UG students there can be a gap of up to 2 years and for PG students a gap of up to 4 years. There are exceptions if a strong case can be made eg very experienced student wanting to do their MBA.

  INDIAN STUDENTS AT UCA

  There are around 100+ students from India at UCA

  Update Message from UCA September 23

  MoI is no longer accepted for ALL the Business programmes (PG/UG/Pathway entry) for South Asia regions (India, Pakistan, Bangladeshi, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the rest of SA region) 

  • Please note UCA will not be processing every single application for business courses due to high volume of applications and limited spaces therefore we will be taking further filtering steps before your students applications for business courses could be processed further. It’s important you work with your relevant business developer to clear your students pipeline and only keep active applications who will be converting for September 2023 intake – students meet criteria, provided all documents, passed our interview etc
  • MoI is accepted for applicants from South Asia region, who applies for arts / design programme. This will include direct entry to PG and Pre-masters programmes.
  • For students from India - 70% in English in Higher Secondary can still be accepted as a proof of English as per previous entry requirements “Indian Standard XII from a NARIC recognised board with minimum 70% in English (excluding Punjab or Haryana boards)”
  • For BA Architecture and BA Film Production the English entry requirement will be increased from 6.0 to 6.5
  • Please note UCA Pearson English test score requirement has slightly changed. Please refer to below link for further details depending on the course your students are applying for:
    • English Language Requirements | University for the Creative Arts (uca.ac.uk)
  • Please also note UCA no longer accepts online English tests as per UCA website English Language Requirements | University for the Creative Arts (uca.ac.uk)
  • Students who are deferring to Sept 23 from previous intakes and already paid might have their UOL offer granted provided MOI or online English test is still within accepted time limit and was provided by November 2022 
  • Please note UCA doesn’t accept students from Punjab region in India and those who completed their qualification in this region for pathway programmes entry (this includes both Foundation and Pre-Master’s entry standalone and integrated options). UCA does accept students from Punjab region in India for direct entry onto Bachelor’s and Postgraduate degrees though.
  • Please note UCA requires suitability interviews for ALL students applying for Business programmes and ALL Pathway (foundation/pre-Masters) programmes which you can book as per standard InUni suitability interview process. For students who apply for arts / design programmes please contact your relevant business developer to arrange a consultation session at the soonest.
  • Please note UCA will no longer issue auto-conditional offer after new application is submitted – New Applications are now part of a full Qualification review meaning conditional and/or unconditional offer can only be issued after required documents are uploaded via applicant portal (need to show academic docs confirming completion or due to complete - this is for conditional offer issuing, the minimum documents are: academic documents (such as completion letter, transcripts). Please do encourage students to submit all the documents if they have them ready, so that UCA could issue unconditional offer straight away. 
  • Once application is submitted online, admission will open the portal for the applicant, this can take 24 – 48 hours after the application is received.
  • This is a kind reminder to please ensure you and your teams follow the process outlined below as per previous communication shared.

   

  Any questions please feel free to reach out to your relevant business developer.

• Commission(%): 20 - 25%
• Commission(Additional Information):

  UG COURSES

  1 - 10 students = 20%

  11 -40 students = 22.5%

  >41 students = 25%

   

  PG COURSES

  1 - 25 students = 20%

  26 - 74 students = 22.5%

  >75 students = 25%

   

  ADDITIONAL BONUS

  InUNI is excited to inform you that we introduce an incentive* of £100 per enrolment for September 2023 intake if you achieve at least 3 enrolments for UCA Arts/Creative/Computer Science programmes this September! Please note this is an uncapped incentive for example if you achieve 10 enrolments for September you will receive £1000 or more if you achieve higher enrolment numbers!

  We would also be happy to incentivise you on Business programmes if you achieve at least 3 enrolments for business courses this September 2023 intake however, please note since applications and spaces are limited on business courses please ONLY submit applications where a full package of documents is available, meet criteria, pass our filter checks and who would be prepared to wait until they pass interview before their case can be taken forward for an offer letter and would be prepared to proceed with the payment as soon as the offer is issued. As previously informed UCA doesn’t issue offers for all business cases given caps in place hence a strict filtering process should be followed first. Please also note UCA does not accept MOI for Business courses but can only consider MOI for Arts programmes. Please also note students are required to pay their first year tuition fees in full for CAS purposes (for students from South Asian countries).

  *Please note this incentive replaces the one stipulated within your InUni UCA agency agreement which suggests the target of 20/30 enrolments.

   

  PRE-SESSIONAL ENGLISH

  10% commission