Art & design courses

Route B - sending applications to universities and colleges

We start to send applications to each Route B choice on the following dates:

Whenever we receive a decision from a university or college, we will let you know. Use Track if you want to get this information by email or SMS text.

Route A - decisions & offers

If you have applied only for Route A courses, you can hold two offers. You must decline any other offers. See College/university decisions.

Route B - decisions & offers

We will send you a decision for your first choice in Route B. If it is an offer, you can either accept it or decline it. If you accept the offer, we will not send your application to any other Route B choices you may have made. If you decline it, or the college or university does not make you an offer, and you have applied for further Route B courses, we will send your application to your next choice provided that there are still vacancies. The starting dates for sending applications to each Route B choice are listed in the table above.

You have 14 days from the date on your offer letter to reply to a Route B offer. If you do not reply, during this period, the offer will be withdrawn. If you have applied for further Route B courses, we will send your application to your next Route B choice provided that there are still vacancies. The starting dates for sending applications to each Route B choice are listed in the table above.

If you have applied for Route B courses only, you can only hold one offer.

Both Route A and Route B applications

If you have applied for choices in both Route A and Route B, you can hold two offers, but you can only hold one offer in Route B.

If you firmly accept an unconditional offer for either a Route A or Route B course, you cannot accept any other offer.

Examples of accepting offers

See Your replies for more information on accepting offers.