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Our products and systems

There's a range of ways you can interact with us, enter the latest data for your provider, and gain unrivalled applicant insights to optimise your recruitment strategies.

Link products

  • Use web-link to make enquiries and update your application data.
  • Two methods are available to transfer data: odbc-link and xml-link. You can download our data into your own admissions system.

Updating applicant data

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Data destinations

UCAS works in partnership with other organisations in the sector to provide course data, with the intention of connecting students with higher education. Find out how and where course data is provided, and how regularly it is updated:

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Data and analysis

View and download our analysis of applications and admissions to full-time higher education in the UK for the UCAS Undergraduate, UCAS Teacher Training and UCAS Conservatoires schemes.

Application and Decision Tracker 

Providing data from early September through to Extra in July, Application and Decision Tracker is the only available source of weekly updated, in-cycle, unrounded, application and decision data.

There are two levels of access available – standard, which is included within your capitation fee, and advanced, which is available on an annual subscription.

To find out more about the differences between the two levels of access, contact the Insight and Consultancy Team at MediainsightTeam@ucas.ac.uk.

HESA return

We collect data from our applicants, as well as providers. This section includes information about HESA, and details about UCAS Data for HESA Transaction (also known as STAR (*) J).

EXACT

EXACT is a UCAS Media service that can create new data sets to a particular specification. It is based around a growing set of over 90 variables, covering applicants and provision from our published data sets. These can be used to subset and specify UCAS Undergraduate data in any combination. Statistics including number of applicants, applications, offers, replies, and acceptances can be requested for the chosen specification.

Outreach Evaluator (STROBE)

Outreach Evaluator is a UCAS service that can track individuals into the UCAS applications system, and report anonymously on their outcomes or characteristics at aggregate levels. Users can request different output measures or reporting categories, according to what is best for their data. Outreach Evaluator is particularly suitable for anonymous evaluation of application and entry outcomes from groups of individuals who have taken part in activities designed to encourage entry to higher education. It can also be used to obtain anonymous statistics – including those available through the EXACT service – for any group of individuals.