Clearing at Keele
UCAS Clearing is your opportunity to find a place at a university where spaces are still available.
Clearing for 2027 will open on 2 July 2027. Check back then for our available vacancies.
Student stories
Hear from some of our current students who found their place at Keele through Clearing.
Amara's Clearing Story
Rachael's Clearing Story
Emelia's Clearing Story
Clearing questions? We've got the answers
Some of the Keele team answer your questions about Clearing, in a live event recorded in August 2026
Useful information
Tuition fees, funding and student financial support.
We're here to support every student throughout their time at Keele.
If you don’t have a confirmed university place, Clearing can help you find one.
UCAS will inform you if/ when you are in Clearing through your UCAS Hub account. You’ll then need to contact universities to check course vacancies and whether they’ll accept you based on your achieved qualifications.
If you’ve already got your results, or once you have them, you can use the search tool on UCAS to find the course(s) that you’re interested in.
Speak to the Universities that you’d like to find a place with. When you've found a place you can add your Clearing choice in your application in UCAS.
See the UCAS website for the most up-to-date guidance and details on applying through Clearing.
Yes, you can still apply to Keele. You can begin a UCAS application in the Clearing cycle providing you already meet the course entry criteria. We don't make conditional offers in Clearing.
Alternatively, if you're only applying to Keele, we may be able to offer you a place directly. You can begin this process by emailing our Admissions Team at admissions@keele.ac.uk stating which course you would like to be considered for and that you are not in the UCAS cycle this year. We'll also need to see copies of your qualifications and a brief personal statement.
To enter Clearing you must have all of your official exam results from the relevant awarding body. We only issue unconditional offers in Clearing so you need to have obtained all of your exams results (usually including any GCSE Maths or English results) before you can apply to us through Clearing.
