After you apply

Short-listing tests/questionnaires

Some course centres 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 on Saturday 1 March 2025
• University of Edinburgh from December to mid-March
• University of Exeter during Wednesday 5 to Monday 10 February 2025
• Lancaster University from February to mid-March
• University of Manchester from February to mid-March
• Salomons - Canterbury Christ Church University on Saturday 1 March 2025
• Staffordshire University during February
• Trent - Universities of Lincoln and Nottingham on a Saturday during February

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

• University of Glasgow
• University of Sheffield

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 details about the selection procedure and feedback policy of individual courses

Short-listing results on your Application

You will be able to see the status of your Application when you login. You should normally 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 more information)
• Reserve for Interview (see Next Page for more information)
• Unsuccessful at Short-list