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Apply to Year 2 and 3

Found a course that you'd like to apply for? Here are the next steps:

Apply to Year 2 and 3

We recommend applicants for entry into second and third year of our BA degrees apply through UCAS.

As a general rule, you’ll need to meet our entry requirements and the content of the degree you’re currently studying needs to be very similar to the course you're transferring to. We’ll also need you to provide an academic transcript from your current university.

Once we receive your application, we'll contact you for more information about your current course and we may request a digital portfolio or invite you to an audition for our BA (Hons) Acting course. If we're unable to make you an offer for Year 2 or Year 3 then we'll automatically consider you for entry into an earlier year.

In addition, we can currently only accept applications for first year and second year on the following courses:

  • BA (Hons) Acting
  • BA (Hons) Architecture (Part 1 ARB/RIBA)
  • BA (Hons) Communication Design and Strategy
  • BA (Hons) Creative Direction
  • BA (Hons) Games Art and Design
  • BA (Hons) Interior Architecture and Design for Health and Wellbeing

Furthermore, we can currently only accept applications for first year on the following courses:

  • BA (Hons) Creative Writing (Online)
  • BA (Hons) Digital Technology (Design)
  • BA (Hons) Sustainable Design

If you're an EU or Overseas student and you're only applying to us for a full-time undergraduate course, you can apply to us directly. Please note we can only consider direct online applications if you haven't applied through UCAS and you won't apply through UCAS for this year of entry. If you're applying to more than one university in the UK, you should apply through UCAS. You'll find links for each entry year for our courses on the direct application page – click on the link for the year you're entering at and you'll be taken to our online application system.

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Foundation

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Postgraduate

Here's everything you need to know to apply to one of AUB's postgraduate courses

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Portfolio guidelines

Portfolios should show examples of your work – both finished and work in progress – that demonstrate your interests and skills

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Short courses

If you’ve found a short course that you’d like to study, you can find out how to apply here.