Link Services

Use our link products to manage your applications – web-link and xml-link.

web-link

web-link is the user interface we provide, to allow you to view and manage your applications in real-time.

Providers of UCAS Undergraduate and UCAS Conservatoires courses use web-link. It is split into two sections:

Applicant data

View and manage applications.
Complete Records of Prior Acceptance (RPAs) – for UCAS Undergraduate providers only
View and maintain offer abbreviations.

Decisions are made in real-time, so applicants can view your decision as soon as it's submitted. Please check it's correct before sending.

Institution data

Maintain your institution information, e.g. contact details.
Manage web-link user accounts.
Access Application/Decision Tracker.

xml-link

xml-link (Extensible Mark-up Language) is a web service. It allows you to connect to the UCAS database and push and pull information through your own student management tool, such as:

applicant data
offers
reports relating to the management of applications

Development work is required, by either your in-house IT team or student management software provider, to view the data in your system(s). You will also need an xml web services client to access the data.

Unlike web-link, where updates are made real-time, xml-link users can choose how often they wish to send and receive data to and from UCAS.

To find out more about integrating with UCAS, please contact: sdmtech@ucas.ac.uk