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There are several routes that you can use to apply to one of our undergraduate courses depending on your circumstances.
If you're applying from the UK or Channel Islands, you'll need to apply to us through UCAS. If you're applying from the EU or overseas there are other options available besides applying through UCAS, like applying directly or through an agent.
We've broken down each of the different application options and when you should apply through them, below.
Before starting an application, make sure to read through our:
We welcome students from all areas of the world into our creative community. Please note that the entry requirements below are for 2025 entry.
All applicants must have Level 3 qualifications, which will normally include at least one creative subject. We're looking for between 112 and 120 UCAS Tariff points. You can use the UCAS Tariff Calculator to work out how many points you have.
The standard offers for degree courses include:
AUB welcomes applications from students who have completed, or who are soon to complete, a T level in a relevant subject to their chosen course of study. Applicants will be required to achieve an overall grade of Merit or above.
Applicants with VTCT qualifications who've the ability to achieve the minimum stated entry requirements of between 112-120 UCAS points will be considered.
For BA (Hons) Architecture, the standard offer is ABB at A-Level (128 UCAS) Tariff points.
Please note that AUB doesn't request information about criminal records from our applicants.
IB (International Baccalaureate) Diploma – score equivalent to 112-120 UCAS tariff points and these can be made up from a range of qualifications including but not limited to: Standard Level, Higher Level, BTEC, Cambridge Technical. We'll consider applications from students who haven’t enrolled in the full IB Diploma Programme and have completed independent subject courses/certificates.
Students who've chosen not to enrol in the IB Diploma Programme will be expected to achieve 112-120 UCAS points from a minimum of three Higher Level subjects.
Australia - Successful completion the Australian Senior Secondary Certificate of Education and ATAR with a score of 85 or higher
Austria – Successful completion of the Reifeprüfungzeugnis or Matura requirement with an overall average Grade of 2
Bangladesh – Successful completion of a recognised foundation course or one year of degree level studies
Belgium – Successful completion of the Diploma van Secundair Onderwijs, with an overall result of 6.5/10 or 13/20
Bulgaria – Pass Diploma za Sredno Obrazovanie with an overall average mark of at least 5.0
Canada - Achieve an average of 65% or better on the Canadian High School Diploma
China – Successful completion of the Chinese Senior Secondary School Certificate with a minimum overall pass mark of 70% OR Pass CAFA International Foundation Year with a minimum of 70%
Cyprus – Achieve a minimum overall grade of 17 Apolyterion
Czech Republic – A score of 2.9 or higher in the Maturita
Denmark – Successful completion of the Studentereksamen with an overall result of 8/12
Egypt - Successful completion of a recognised foundation course
Estonia – Successful completion of Gümnaasiumi Lõputunnistus with an overall average result of 4.0 or above in all subjects, and Riigieksamid (National Exams) with average result of 70% in tests taken
Finland – Successful completion of the Ylioppilastutkinto/Studentexamen with an average grade of 4 or above (Cum Laude)
France – A good pass (grade 12 or above) in the Baccalaureate. Baccalaureate à Option Internationale/Baccalaureate de l’Enseignement du Second Degré
Georgia - Successful completion of a recognised foundation course
Germany –Achieve a minimum overall grade of 2.7 in the Abitur Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife/Zeugnis der Reife/Reifezeugnis. A minimum grade of 10 (Gut) on the English component of the Abitur meets our English language requirements
Greece – Achieve a minimum overall grade of 17 in the Apolytirion
Honduras - Successful completion of a recognised foundation course or achieve Título de Técnico Universitario/Título de Grado Asociado with GPA 3.0/4.0 or Bueno or higher
Hong Kong – Successful completion of the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKSDE) with grades of 333 or above
Hungary – A grade of 4.0 in the Erettsegi
Iceland – Successful completion of Iceland Studentsprof
India – 65% or above in Standard 12 from a recognised exam board
Indonesia - Successfully complete the SMA (Certificate of Completion of Academic Secondary School) with a minimum score of 80% or above or Diploma III (D3) with an overall minimum grade of 3.0 out of 4, or successfully complete the first year of study in Indonesia
Iran - Achieve an average grade of 14/20 or above in the High School Diploma (Certificate of Completion of Secondary Education) and have completed the Konkur examination or associate degree
Ireland – Pass FETAC: 3 subjects with Distinction and 2 with Merit. Or Pass Irish Leaving Certificate (Irish Highers): H2, H3, H3, H3, H3 or equivalent
Italy – A minimum of 70 points in Diploma di Esame di Stato (formerly Diploma di Maturita)
Japan – Successful completion of a recognised foundation course or successful completion of JCFL Study Overseas Art and Design college program
Kenya - Achieve A-level grades BBB or above
Kuwait - Successful completion of a recognised foundation course
Latvia – Good grades (7–8) in the Atestats par visparejo videjo izglitibu, plus a Grade 8 for English
Lithuania – Brandos Atestatas overall grade 7.5, with grade 8 for English
Malaysia – Successful completion of Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (Malaysia Higher School Certificate) with grades BBB
Mexico – Successful completion of a recognised foundation course
Netherlands – Successful completion of the VWO Diploma with an overall result of 7/10
Nepal – Successful completion of a recognised foundation course or one year of degree level studies
New Zealand - Achieve NCEA Level 3 with Merit endorsement including 24 Level 3 credits at Excellence
Nigeria – Successful completion of a recognised foundation course or one year of degree level studies
Norway – Vitnemal (with four in key subjects including English)
Oman – General Education Diploma with a minimum 80% mark
Pakistan – Successful completion of a recognised foundation course or one year of degree level studies
Paraguay - Successful completion of a recognised foundation course
Peru - Successful completion of a recognised foundation course
Philippines – Successful completion of a recognised foundation course or two years of completed study at degree level
Poland – Successful completion of the Matura with an overall result of 60%
Portugal – Diploma de Ensino Secundário/Certificado de fim de Estudios Secundários with an average score of 16.0 in all subjects
Romania – Pass Romania - Diploma de Bacalaureat with Grade 7 or above
Russia – Successful completion of a recognised foundation course or one year of degree level studies
Singapore - Achieve grades of BBB or above in Singaporean A-levels or a recognised polytechnic diploma
Slovakia – lovakia-Vysvedcenie o Maturitnej Skuske with a minimum of Grade 2.0 (chvalitebny) in all subjects with the majority at grade 1.0 (vyborny)
South Africa – Successful completion of the South African National Senior Certificate with grades ABBBB/76666
South Korea – Successful completion of a recognised foundation course
Spain – Pass Título de Bachillerato with an average mark of 7.0 or higher
Sri Lanka - Achieve grades of BBB or above in the Sri Lankan General Certificate of Education
Sweden – minimum grade of C/15 in the Avgångsbetyg/Slutbetyg från Gymnasieskola
Switzerland – Pass Cantonal Maturity Certificate or a Federal Maturity Certificate, or a professional Maturity Certificate at grade 4
Taiwan – Successful completion of the Taiwanese Senior High School Leaving Certificate with a minimum overall pass mark of 70%
Thailand – Successful completion of a recognised foundation course or one year of degree level studies
Turkey – Successful completion of the LISE Diplomasi with an overall grade of 70% or above
Ukraine – Successful completion of a recognised foundation course or one year of degree level studies
United Arab Emirates – Successful completion of a recognised foundation course or one year of degree level studies
Uruguay - Successful completion of a recognised foundation course
USA – For direct admission, prospective applicants are urged to follow a college preparatory programme in high school, taking a senior course in fine or applied art where possible.
We'll accept any one of the following:
We will consider applicants who present a US high school diploma but who have not completed additional SAT, ACT, or AP exams. Applicants without those external exams will still be considered on the strength of their portfolio/audition and/or personal statements and are expected to demonstrate a profile of academics and experience related to the creative arts.
Vietnam – Successful completion of a recognised foundation course.
Once you've applied and received an offer, you'll get the chance to explore the campus on an offer holder day. These events are invite-only and give you an opportunity to meet prospective course teams, your future classmates and take part in group activities.
We understand that applying to university can be a confusing time. We've answered a few of our frequently asked question below but if you have an unanswered question or are unsure about whether your qualifications meet our requirements, you can email our Admissions team on admissions@aub.ac.uk.
You can also call us on 01202 363225 or 01202 363228.
The UCAS equal consideration (on-time) application for September 2025 entry is January 29th 2025.
If you apply after 29 January, you should be aware that places may be limited on our courses and we may close courses to new applications.
Applications directly to second or third year can be made via 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.
Due to the nature of the course, our BA (Hons) Acting course can only accept applications for first year.
In addition, we can currently only accept applications for first year on the following courses:
Conditional offer – this means that you must fulfil certain criteria before you can be accepted onto a course. Usually, this will be passing your current examinations at a certain grade. The details of the offer are printed in your offer letter and can be viewed on MyApplication and via UCAS Hub
Unconditional offer – this means that you've already satisfied the entry criteria and have secured a place.
UCAS defines mature students as applicants over 21. If you are a mature student and you meet the entry requirements above, please apply through UCAS.
If you don’t meet the entry requirements, we may still consider your application. We can assess your formal qualifications and also take into account relevant work experience.
We're very interested in applicants who have relevant experience in the creative industries, so make sure you give details of this in your application.
We might advise you to take a Foundation Diploma course at AUB, or to consider an Access to HE course. Unfortunately, we don't offer Access courses at AUB, but you can find out more here.
If you're unsuccessful, you’ll be able to view feedback on the UCAS website. We’ll also send you a message on the AUB applicant portal, giving you further information.
If you'd like to request additional feedback, you can email admissions@aub.ac.uk – Please note that only you can request this feedback.
AUB will only consider overseas applicants through The Common Application who haven't already applied through UCAS. Applicants submitting applications via The Common Application must be liable to pay overseas fees.
Contextual data: We may flag some contextual data in your application. This helps us to understand more about you as an applicant. You can read more about contextual data.
Transparency data: Information on the number of applications, offers, registrations and attainment of different groups of AUB applicants and students is available on the OFS Transparency page.
BA (Hons) Acting is the only course where you'll be asked to attend an audition; if you're invited to one, you'll have at least 10 days notice to prepare.
If you're unable to attend an audition in person (for example due to living outside the UK) then we'll request a link to a recorded audition.
Many of our other courses will require you to submit a link to your online portfolio or showreel.
Some of our courses are designed to accept students with suitable qualifications and for these courses we'll be able to make a decision based on your application without the need to submit a portfolio. If you apply for one of these courses without the qualification subjects we're looking for, don't worry! If we can't make a decision based on the information in your application then we'll request a link to your online portfolio.
When we get your application we will send you two emails. These emails will normally be sent during working hours, so please wait for at least one working day for them to come through.
The first email will acknowledge you application and the second will contain your initial login details for the AUB applicant portal. Many email providers will try to block these emails because they contain login details.
We recommend that applicants don't use a school or college email address on their application. We find that school spam filters often block your login details emails completely. It's also important to use your own personal email so that you don't lose access to our emails to you during the Summer!
On your personal email account it's a good idea to add admissions@aub.ac.uk to your contacts or safe senders list as well as checking your junk or spam folders regularly.
If it's been longer than one working day since you applied and you haven't got our emails and they're not in your junk/spam folders then please just let us know – if you include your full name, date of birth and the course you've applied to in the email then we'll be able to find your application and help you log in to the portal.
When you log in for the first time, you'll be asked to change you password to something more memorable. If you're using an Apple device then it's best not to allow the device to "remember" your password. Unfortunately Apple devices tend to save the temporary password instead of the new one, so you can end up locked out of the portal.
Please ensure you're trying to log in to the correct portal. Make sure you've closed down any browsers/tabs on other devices that might be trying to access the portal. The login and password reset process will often fail if you try to log in on more than one tab. This is the most common cause of errors.
You can then try to reset your password by following these steps:
If you're logging in using an iPhone or iPad, you'll need to follow a slightly different process:
If you still experience problems, just let us know. If possible, try to send us screenshots showing the problem so that we can help.
If you try to reset your password and get the error message – "Account details incorrect - forgotten password could not be reset" – this might mean that we have an error in your data on our application system.
Please email admissions@aub.ac.uk with the AUB ID, Last Name and Date of Birth entered onto the form and we'll check them against the details on our system and correct any errors.
We'll also manually reset your password so that you're able to log in again.
If you're logging in using an iPhone/iPad you'll need to follow a slightly different process:
If you still experience problems just let us know. If possible, try to send us screenshots showing the problem so that we can help.
If you get an 'invalid ISS message', your browser has cached the old password. Sometimes entering the correct login details a second time will resolve this, but if that doesn't work, then the browser cache needs to be cleared:
Clear cache to wipe old passwords stored:
Yes, that’s absolutely fine and something a lot of our applicants actually choose to do. You'll need to apply for the Foundation Diploma directly to us (not through UCAS), which means you don't have to use up an extra UCAS choice.
If you accept an offer from us for both the Foundation Diploma and BA (Hons) course, we’ll contact you in August to ask you which place you plan to take up.
If you’d like to apply for the Foundation Diploma and we’ve already got a UCAS application from you, simply email us at admissions@aub.ac.uk with your AUB ID or UCAS ID and let us know.
We can create a new Foundation Diploma application for you using the information on your UCAS form, so there’s no need to fill out our direct application form yourself!
If you’ve applied through UCAS, you can only reply to your offers when all of your five choices have made a decision on your application. Please see the UCAS website for help with this.
If you’ve applied to us directly (for example for our Foundation Diploma in Art, Design and Media or our Master's degrees) then you can reply to your offer by logging into the AUB applicant portal. There should be a message in your in-tray that you can click on to accept or decline or to request to defer your place. If you can’t see this message then please email us admissions@aub.ac.uk with your AUB ID, course name and what you'd like to do and we can reply to your offer on your behalf.
Once you accept an offer from us, new tiles will be available in the AUB applicant portal:
Join the AUB Applicants Facebook group. When you request to join, you'll be asked to provide your AUB ID or your UCAS ID and the course that you've applied for. This is so we can verify that every member of the group is a genuine AUB applicant, so you can be confident that you're meeting your future course mates.
We'll try to approve you to join as soon as possible – usually within a few hours.
There are lots of opportunities to visit AUB:
To book a room, please note the following information:
For more information, please contact one of our Student Advisors on studentservices@aub.ac.uk or by calling 01202 363780.
Applicants who are under 18 at the start of their course will be considered in the normal way. However, the university does require an under-18 consent form to be completed and returned before we're able to confirm a student's place on the course. This'll be sent to you by email at the point of any offer being made.
For more information, please view our AUB Under-18 Policy Statement, or contact the Admissions team on admissions@aub.ac.uk or by calling 01202 363225.
For undergraduate courses, we don't expect you to submit a digital portfolio at the same time as your UCAS application.
If we require a link to your online portfolio we'll contact you by email and through the AUB applicant portal to request the URL. So you only need to provide us with your portfolio when we request it.
To understand what our course teams expect to see please see our portfolio guidelines.
We normally ask that your portfolio is provided within four weeks of us requesting it.
If you're unable to provide us with your portfolio within four weeks, please just let us know so we can make a note on your application and extend your deadline.
It's worth knowing that the sooner we receive your portfolio the sooner the course team can make a decision on your application.
For undergraduate courses, we need to make a decision on your application before a deadline set by UCAS and this will determine the latest date that we will be able to accept a portfolio – we may have to reduce the deadlines from April onwards.
We’ll ask you to submit a single link to your online portfolio. This can be a link to a public portfolio on a website like wix.com, Instagram, Behance or similar or it can be a private link to a copy of your portfolio hosted on an online file sharing site like Google Drive.
For showreels and auditions we also ask for a single link to a video or playlist hosted on YouTube or Vimeo or similar (either public or unlisted).
There are a number of platforms well suited to submitting your portfolio. We recommend you take into consideration what type of file you are generally using and how you wish it to be viewed.
The most important thing you can do is ensure you adhere as closely to the AUB portfolio guidelines as you can.
Regardless of which platform you choose, please just ensure your portfolio is available to view publicly and isn't password protected or require a login to access it.
You can produce your portfolio using YouTube, Vimeo, Behance, Wix, Flickr, Drop Box, Google Drive or another suitable platform for your work.
We need you to collate everything in one place and have available a single link that you can share with us. It's also very important that there is no password or login required to access the link.
You need to submit your portfolio link via the AUB applicant portal. This will ensure your portfolio is properly recorded on your application. You can do this following the instructions below:
Once this is done the link will be automatically added to your application, and we'll receive a notification to send your full application to the course team for further review.
Once you submit your link the admissions team will test the link to make sure it’s working and available without logging in.
If that’s fine then we’ll pass your application and portfolio on to the course team to review. If there are any problems then we’ll get in touch by email and through the applicant portal to explain the issue and reopen the option to submit a new link on the applicant portal.