How to apply through Clearing

How do I make a Clearing application?

You'll submit personal information, such as contact details, alongside qualification details. You'll also get the chance to tell us about any extracurricular activities or work experience you think we might want to know about. If you have any certificates or transcripts of your qualifications, please make use of the document uploader on the online Clearing webform to send these to us with your Clearing application, especially if these are not standard UK qualifications. Your application then gets sent to our Admissions team and you'll receive further information via email. Simple, right?

How will I find out if I've been offered a place?

We will aim to give you a decision on your clearing application as soon as possible – and normally within a few hours. Please see below for more details:

• If you apply via our Clearing hotline or hold A-levels and apply via our webform, it’s likely we’ll be able to give you an instant decision.
• If we’re not able to give you a decision within a few minutes, because we need some more information or to check whether we’re able to make you an offer for your original course choice or an alternative, we’ll take your details and be back in touch within a few hours (and no later than the following working day).
• If you’ve provided additional information following a request from us, it can take longer than a few hours for us to fully review everything so sit tight and we’ll be back in touch with either a decision or to let you know if we need anything else as soon as possible.

What can I expect when I call the hotline?

How do I accept an offer?

Fingers crossed we can offer you a place. If that’s the case, all the information about what you need to do if you receive a Clearing offer and the next steps will be sent to you via email. If you have applied through UCAS you’ll need to log in to your UCAS Hub and add Essex as your Clearing choice. This is how:

1. Log into UCAS Hub.
2. Find the ‘add Clearing choice’ button.
3. Enter Essex’s institution code – E70
4. Enter the four character course code shown in your confirmation email from us.
5. Celebrate your newfound future at Essex with your favourite dinner!

You can only add one Clearing choice at a time though, so don’t add us until we’ve emailed you confirming that we can make you a Clearing offer.

And if you’re not already in UCAS, no problem! We’ll let you know in your confirmation email what to do next and how to accept your offer.