Link Services
Use our link products to manage your applications – web-link and xml-link.
Systems and services guides
View and download manuals for our secure file transfer service and link products.
Service catalogue
Secure file transfer service
This
moveit_user_guide_2022.pdf (1.62 MB)
View a list of all the
MOVEit files (181.58 KB)
Accessing our link products
Please view our
Connecting to UCAS systems – a technical guide (303.34 KB)
web-link
web-link is the user interface we provide, to allow you to view and manage your applications in real-time.
Published April 2023
web-link user guide - April 2023 (4.15 MB)
xml-link manual v17.0.37
Published February 2024 – v17.0.37
You can also read a best practice guide for developers along with details of our link product strategy.
odbc-link manual v1.8.3
Published November 2023 – v1.8.3
Provider Page Leads API technical manual
Published January 2024 – v1
Provider Page Leads API development guide (277.6 KB)
ABL Guide
Published September 2023 – v4.0
2023_abl_guide_v4.0.xlsx (327.73 KB)
2023_abl_guide_v4.0.xlsx (327.73 KB)
Extended character sets
extended-character-sets-substitutions_0.pdf (276.15 KB)
Previous documentation
To access a previous version of a technical manual, please email website@ucas.ac.uk with the system and version of the manual you require.
Fraud and similarity
UCAS operates a dedicated Verification Team tasked with the prevention and detection of fraud in applications and similarity in personal statements.