After you apply

Short-listing tests/questionnaires

Some courses use online/written tests or questionnaires as part of their short-listing process. Some courses call these screening tests.

The tests/questionnaires we are aware of are:

• University of East London from February to mid-March
• University of Edinburgh from January to mid-March
• University of Exeter from February to mid-March (questionnaires which are not timed)
• Lancaster University from February to mid-March
• University of Manchester from February to mid-March
• Salomons - Canterbury Christ Church University likely to be on Saturday 14 February 2026
• University of Sheffield from February to mid-March
• Trent - Universities of Lincoln and Nottingham usually on a Saturday during February

The following courses are also considering using a short-listing test/questionnaire. Please follow the links to their websites for updates:

• University of Birmingham
• University of Glasgow
• University of Hertfordshire

Short-listing results

The Clearing House does not make decisions about who is invited to interview: this is done by the courses.

• Please see the Courses section for the selection procedure and feedback policy of individual courses

Short-listing results on your Application

You can see the status of your Application when you login.

You will usually hear from the course directly first, as your Application is only updated after we have checked the outcome with them.

Your Application will change from "Application released to course centres" to one of the following:

• Invited to Interview (see Next Page for details)
• Reserve for Interview (see Next Page for details)
• Unsuccessful at Short-list