Full-time Undergraduate Courses
Applications for the majority of full-time undergraduate courses are handled by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS), although there are other undergraduate application procedures, such as applying via NMAS for nursing and midwifery programmes.

Postgraduate and Part-time Courses
Most applications for Postgraduate and Part-time Courses should be made direct to the University, however, there are a few exceptions in areas such as law and teacher education. Most postgraduate and part-time taught programmes can be applied for online - the application form is accessed via the individual course entry within the courses database. if you have any doubt, contact the counsellors immediately.

How to Apply - Full-time Undergraduate Courses

Applications via UCAS
Most full-time and sandwich first degrees, extended degrees, DipHE and HND courses require that application is made through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).

Applicants can use ucasapply wherever there is access to the internet, and full instructions and detailed online help are available. Application details can be checked and printed at any time, text for personal statements and references can be copied and pasted into applications from a word processing package, and applications can normally be processed by UCAS within one working day once submitted.

If you are unable to access the internet, then paper copies of the form are available from UCAS

Students may apply for up to six programmes on the UCAS form. Choices can be formed in any way from the courses listed in the UCAS Directory and degree and non-degree courses can be mixed. Students wishing to apply to the same institution for more than one course will have to make a separate entry for each choice. Please ensure that you use the correct course code when making your application. If you are unsure as to which course code to use then please contact the University for advice.

Choices must be listed in the order in which they appear in the UCAS Directory. All applications are treated equally and therefore no order of preference can be expressed. When your form arrives in the University, admissions selectors will not be able to see at this stage which other institutions you have applied to as these will have been 'blanked out' by UCAS.

If you wish to defer your entry, you should ensure you indicate this in section 3j of the UCAS application form. Since a smaller copy of the application form has to be sent by UCAS to all the institutions you apply to, applicants who submit a paper copy of the form should ensure that they write neatly, legibly and in black ink.

Application forms, accompanied by the registration fee, should be returned to UCAS between 1 September and 15 January in the year before the programme commences - except for Route B Art and Design courses (see below) - although it is possible to apply later than this if courses still have vacancies. Time should be allowed for a reference to be provided before the form is sent to UCAS. Admissions Tutors will normally only consider late applications, ie those received after the 15 January deadline, if there are still vacancies on a programme. Anyone applying after 1 July will be automatically entered into Clearing. Clearing takes place after the publication of the A Level results in August when Universities will have a clearer picture of how many offers have been accepted and therefore how many vacancies they may have. Anyone in Clearing may then apply for these vacant places.

Studio-Based Art and Design Programme (Routes A and B)
There are two ways to apply for art and design courses - Route A and Route B. If a course is listed as Route A, you must use Route A to apply for it. If a course is listed as Route B, you must use Route B. Both types of courses are listed in shaded boxes in the UCAS Directory. Route B course codes contain an 'E'.

Route A courses recruit through the normal UCAS procedure as outlined above.

For courses using Route B, you can list up to three choices in the order they appear in the UCAS Directory. Your application form must be received at UCAS between 1 January and 24 March. You must also fill in an interview preference form to indicate your first choice, second choice and third choice. If you are invited to interview by your first choice, and are subsequently made an offer which you accept, your other choices will be cancelled. If you turn down the offer, or do not receive an offer, your application will be sent to your second choice and so on.

The following programmes at Northumbria all recruit via Route B:

BA (Hons) Design for Industry
BA (Hons) Fashion
BA (Hons) Fashion Marketing
BA (Hons) Graphic Design
BA (Hons) Interior Design
BA (Hons) Multimedia Design
BA (Hons) Three Dimensional Design: Furniture and Product

The following programmes recruit via Routes A and B and have different UCAS codes to indicate this:

BA (Hons) Fine Art
BA (Hons) Media Production
BA (Hons) Transportation Design.

You can apply for courses through both Route A and Route B, but you cannot choose more than three Route B courses. You are advised not to apply for the same programme through both routes as you will only be interviewed once and will have wasted a choice.

Non-UCAS Applications
Nursing and Midwifery Admissions Service (NMAS)

Applications for the Diploma in Nursing Studies/Registered Nurse are made through the Nursing and Midwifery Admissions Service.

You can make up to four choices of institutions and programmes and do not need to indicate an order of preference. Each institution you apply to considers your application after receipt from NMAS and decides whether to interview you. The outcome of an interview is communicated to you through NMAS. All offers of places are unconditional, and you must already meet the statutory entry requirements at the time of entry.

International Students

The University has a thriving overseas community and applications from International students are welcome. Advice on the suitability of overseas qualifications is available from the International Office.

Disabled Students

Northumbria welcomes enquiries and applications from disabled students whether disability is due to mobility or sensory impairment, specific learning difficulties, mental health issues or a medical condition.

Applications from disabled students are processed in the usual way, but applicants should declare their disability at the application stage so that the University can contact them to assess how to meet any support needs they may have. Disabled applicants may be invited to visit the University so that this can be done in person.

Selection

Interviews
Applicants who may not have the standard entry qualifications are welcome to apply and may be interviewed. Some programmes will interview as part of the selection process. This applies particularly to programmes in art and design, teaching and health.

Health Screening
Applicants for Nursing, Midwifery, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Primary (Early Years) and Social Work will be required to complete a health questionnaire. They may be required to attend for doctor or nurse assessment at the University Health Centre.

Prior to beginning their programme, all applicants to Nursing, Midwifery, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy are advised to start a course of Hepatitis B vaccinations, available from their own GP. In addition, Midwifery applicants must provide evidence before they commence training that they are immune to Hepatitis B or have Hepatitis B non-carried status.

Applicants to these programmes who have had contact with MRSA in the previous 6 months may be asked to provide evidence that they are not colonised by submitting negative swabs results prior to commencement of training. Alternatively, they may be screened on commencement of the programme.

All applicants will receive vaccination screening at the University Health Centre on commencement of their programme.

Disclosure of Criminal Background
To help the University reduce the risk of harm or injury to any member of its community caused by the criminal behaviour of other students, it must know about any relevant criminal convictions an applicant has.

Relevant criminal convictions are only those convictions for offences against the person, whether of a violent or sexual nature, and convictions for offences involving unlawfully supplying controlled drugs or substances where the conviction concerns commercial drug dealing or trafficking. Convictions that are spent (as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974) are not considered to be relevant and you should not reveal them.

If you are applying for courses in teaching, health, social work and courses involving work with children or vulnerable adults, you must complete the section of your UCAS application form entitled ‘Criminal Convictions’. You must disclose any criminal convictions, including spent sentences and cautions (including verbal cautions) and bindover orders. Further information on how to complete this section is available from the UCAS booklet ‘How to Apply’. For these courses, applicants are required to undergo police clearance for entry and will need to complete a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) enhanced disclosure form. The University will send you the appropriate documents to fill in if you are offered a place in the course.

The University is a registered body with the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB).

If you are convicted of a relevant criminal offence after you have applied, you must tell UCAS and the University. Do not send details of the offence; simply tell UCAS and the University that you have a relevant criminal conviction. You may then be asked to supply more details.

Anti-fraud Checks
Please note that both UCAS and the University follow anti-fraud procedures to detect and prevent fraudulent applications.

Provision of Information
The University reserves the right at any stage to request applicants and enrolling students to provide additional information about any aspect of their application or enrolment. In the event of any student providing false or inaccurate information at any stage, and/or failing to provide additional information when requested to do so, the University further reserves the right to refuse to consider an application, to withdraw registration, rescind home fees status where applicable, and/or demand payment of any fees or monies due to the University.

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