Clearing
Clearing is used by applicants who have not managed to secure a place at university
or college for the current year.
Clearing typically sees 38,000 people placed at a university or college each year.
Course vacancies in Clearing are published on the UCAS website from mid-August until
late September.
The products and services that UCAS Media offer are ideal for reaching out to potential
students at the most timely and opportune moment. For higher education institutions
we offer the most effective way to bolster their numbers through Clearing.
In Clearing 07 those universities and colleges who placed advertising on UCAS averaged
2,079 click throughs for the period of Clearing, these clicks are from users who
are almost certainly looking for a place at university or college in the immediate
future.