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2025 entry: Deadline for conservatoire decisions on all outstanding applications and for applicant replies
21st October 2025 • Conservatoires
2026 entry: Deadline for conservatoire decisions on all outstanding applications and for applicant replies
21st October 2026 • Conservatoires
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86 Information and advice pages
How to write UCAS Conservatoires references
We take you through what you need to do if you've been asked to write an academic or practical reference for a UCAS Conservatoires applicant.
How to write UCAS Conservatoires references - 2026 entry
We take you through what you need to do if you've been asked to be a referee for a UCAS Conservatoires applicant.
Becoming a UCAS centre
Schools, colleges, advisers or agents can become registered UCAS centres and get unique access to their students' higher education applications.
Confirmation and Clearing: The essentials
If you’re new to advising, or need a refresh on the essentials, this page contains the essential information about Confirmation and Clearing.
Navigating the application process
Advice and resources to help you and your students navigate each stage of the application process.
References
Find all the advice and information you need on writing references, for undergraduate and conservatoire applications.
Supporting international students
We support international counsellors, agents and advisers, as well as processing applications to hundreds of universities and colleges in the UK.
The results process
What happens, when, and what your students need to do to avoid delays to their application.
UCAS Conservatoires Confirmation overview
If your students have applied through UCAS Conservatoires, this page will give an overview of how you can support their application during Confirmation.
22 Blog posts
Driving aspiration, empowering confidence, and informing decisions
A whistlestop tour of our Project Next Generation Themes Report
7 Nov 2023, 08:17
Sharing a mental health condition: What you need to know
Sharing that you have a mental health condition can feel daunting – Student Minds has some expert advice
26 Jul 2023, 10:10
Children of prisoners: Forgotten, invisible, and HE needs to act
Students with imprisoned parents are a disadvantaged group who need support throughout their educational
12 Jul 2023, 08:53
80 News articles
New UCAS Conservatoires applicant newsletter
The first newsletter was sent to applicants on 27 April.
Conservatoire applicant survey results
The outcomes of an online focus group for conservatoire applicants who had applied for 2015 entry.
AP40 letter no longer being sent
We've now stopped sending the AP40 letter, previously sent to UCAS Undergraduate and UCAS Conservatoires
Issues with Apply experienced this morning
This morning we experienced a problem with UCAS Undergraduate, UCAS Teacher Training, and UCAS Conservatoires
Planned maintenance: 23 – 26 January
We’re carrying out planned maintenance from Thursday 23 January until Sunday 26 January.
Planned maintenance: 23 – 26 January
We’re carrying out planned maintenance from Thursday 23 January until Sunday 26 January.
Switching off www.cukas.ac.uk and redirecting applicants to the new site
The conservatoires page on our new website www.ucas.com/conservatoires contains everything your applicants
Global interest to study music at the UK’s prestigious conservatoires hits new high
A record 1,250 talented performers from outside of the EU have applied through UCAS Conservatoires to
Reminder of systems maintenance activity: 16 July – 19 July
This activity will result in web-link, odbc-link and xml-link services being unavailable from 18:00 on
Over 2,000 students placed on music, dance and drama courses at conservatoires
UCAS today publishes the 2014 UCAS Conservatoires End of Cycle Report, a detailed analytical report setting
UCAS Teacher Training email
On Tuesday morning, we sent an email to UCAS Undergraduate, UCAS Conservatoires, and UCAS Teacher Training
Reminder of planned maintenance: 20 – 23 February
We’re carrying out planned maintenance until Sunday 23 February.