Clearing 2019: UK universities with courses available

See which of the top UK universities (according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings) are offering clearing places before and after A-level results day

July 24 2019

Clearing 2019: UK universities with courses available

For Clearing courses available at UK universities in 2020, please click here

With A-level results day fast approaching in the UK (results are out on 15 August), students will be eager to find out whether they have achieved their first (or second) choice of university. Results day in Scotland is slightly earlier, on 6 August.

Clearing – the process that allows students who didn’t get in (or perhaps those who did better than they anticipated and wish to change their choice) to select a different course – is already open on the Ucas website, where you can search for courses that are still available at UK universities. If you are thinking of making a switch, now is a good time to check it out.

Students who have their exam results (including those who did their A levels last year) and do not have any Ucas offers can apply for university places through clearing from July 2019, while students who miss their grades for conditional offers can use clearing after A-level results are released.

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Navigating clearing: what to do if you don’t receive your grades
Clearing: what you should say on the phone to universities

Some of the top universities in the UK are notably missing from the clearing catalogue including the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, London School of Economics and Political Science and the University of St Andrews.

However, many of the top universities in the UK have plenty of clearing places available for a range of courses including cyber security, Korean Studies, world literatures and ancient history. Students must contact universities directly in order to secure a place through clearing.

Below are the top universities in the UK (according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings) with clearing places available at both undergraduate and graduate level. This table was correct at the time of publication, but things may change so it is always worth checking the Ucas clearing selection tool on a regular basis.

The table is based on courses for students living in England. Availability may vary for students from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, or if students are international.

UK universities with clearing courses

UK ranking 2019	World University Ranking 2019	University	Clearing availability 2019
6	29	University of Edinburgh	14 courses available including divinity and law
7	38	King's College London	94 courses available including classics, music and war studies
8	57	University of Manchester	218 courses available including aerospace engineering, fashion management and world literature
9	78	University of Bristol	130 courses available including ancient history, education studies and geology
10	=79	University of Warwick	159 courses available including biochemistry, German studies and liberal arts
11	=93	University of Glasgow	310 courses available including anatomy, Earth science and history of art
12	106	University of Sheffield	341 courses available including archaeology, criminology and nursing
13	=114	Durham University	63 courses available including psychology, primary education and visual arts and film
14	=116	University of Birmingham	9 courses available including education, nursing and sport, health and physical exercise
15	118	University of Southampton	375 courses available including chemistry, finance and marine biology
16	119	University of York	171 courses available including actuarial science, genetics and linguistics
17	130	Queen Mary University of London	324 courses available including creative computing, global health and zoology
18	141	University of Exeter	279 courses available including data science, maths and sociology
19	=146	University of Lancaster	383 courses available including fine art, geography and marketing
20	=149	University of Nottingham	282 courses available including civil engineering, food science and Hispanic studies
21	=153	University of Leeds	270 courses available including Asia Pacific studies, digital media and medical microbiology
22	158	University of Aberdeen	385 courses available including drama, Gaelic studies and real estate
23	=161	University of Sussex	204 courses available including American studies, journalism and theoretical physics
25	=167	University of Leicester	164 courses available including economics, geology and international relations
26	=171	Newcastle University	227 courses available including agriculture, folk and traditional music and pharmacy
27	=181	University of Liverpool	917 courses available including communication and media, Egyptology and pharmacology
28	=187	Cardiff University	345 courses available including Italian, philosophy and translation
29	=190	University of East Anglia	236 courses available including biochemistry, climate change and sports development
=30	201-250	University of Bath	147 courses available including natural sciences, social policy and statistics
=30	201-250	University of Dundee	222 courses available including animation, European philosophy and geopolitics
=30	201-250	Queen's University Belfast	211 courses available including anthropology, environmental management and software engineering
=30	201-250	University of Reading	284 courses available including archaeology, building surveying and entrepreneurship
=34	251-300	University of Essex	647 courses available including computer games, hotel management and occupational therapy
=34	251-300	Royal Holloway, University of London	255 courses available including astrophysics, Greek and politics
=34	251-300	St George's, University of London	10 courses available including medicine, physiotherapy and clinical pharmacology
=34	251-300	University of Surrey	211 courses available including business management, nutrition and theatre production
=34	251-300	Swansea University	374 courses available including medical engineering, medieval studies and software engineering
=40	301-350	Anglia Ruskin University	157 courses available including animal behaviour, artificial intelligence and forensic science
=40	301-350	Birkbeck, University of London	128 courses available including classics, geology and intercultural communication
=40	301-350	Heriot-Watt University	138 courses available including brewing and distilling, fashion technology and quantity surveying
=43	351-400	Aberystwyth University	344 courses available including agriculture, creative writing and plant biology
=43	351-400	Aston University	125 courses available including cyber security, law and optometry
=43	351-400	City, University of London	105 courses available including data science, midwifery and radiography
=43	351-400	University of Kent	337 courses available including autism studies, comparative literature and photography
=43	351-400	University of Stirling	184 courses available including aquaculture, ecology and Scottish history
=48	401-500	Bangor University	442 courses available including adventure sports science, bilingualism, forestry
=48	401-500	Brunel University London	211 courses available including games design, product design and theatre
=48	401-500	Loughborough University	268 courses available including architecture, transport management and textiles: innovation and design
=48	201-500	Middlesex University	251 courses available including dance performance, football science and interior design
=48	401-500	Northumbria University	157 courses available including guidance and counselling, logistics and supply chain management and physics
=48	401-500	University of Plymouth	194 courses available including acting, cruise management and human resource management
=48	401-500	University of Portsmouth	142 courses available including dental hygiene, palaeontology and television and broadcasting
=48	401-500	Royal Veterinary College	10 courses available including wild animal biology, bioveterinary sciences and biological sciences
=48	401-500	SOAS, University of London	276 courses available including Korean studies, social anthropology and world philosophies
=48	401-500	University of Strathclyde	334 courses available including history, immunology and sports engineering
=48	401-500	University of the West of Scotland	83 courses available including commercial music, education and web and mobile development
=59	501-600	Bournemouth University	97 courses available including cyberpsychology, events management and international finance
=59	501-600	University of Hull	258 courses available including Chinese studies, digital design and sport rehabilitation
=59	501-600	Keele University	269 courses available including adult nursing, environmental science and neuroscience
=59	501-600	Liverpool John Moores University	215 courses available including audio and music production, construction engineering and marine and mechanical engineering
=59	501-600	Oxford Brookes University	194 courses available including criminology, Japanese studies and robotic engineering
=65	601-800	University of Bradford	115 courses available including mechanical engineering, paramedic science and virtual and augmented reality
=65	601-800	University of Brighton	185 courses available including 3D design and craft, critical history and interior architecture
=65	601-800	Coventry University	227 courses available including automotive engineering, ethical hacking and cyber security and music technology
=65	601-800	De Montfort University	163 courses available including digital forensics, global leadership and management and textile design
=65	601-800	Edinburgh Napier University	110 courses available including international tourism, popular music and sound design
=65	601-800	Glasgow Caledonian University	63 courses available including fire risk engineering, orthoptics and real estate
=65	601-800	University of Greenwich	214 courses available including childhood and youth studies, public health and zoo husbandry and management
=65	601-800	University of Hertfordshire	236 courses available including astrophysics, information technology and mass communications
=65	601-800	University of Huddersfield	218 courses available including broadcast journalism, graphic design and podiatry
=65	601-800	Kingston University	240 courses available including aviation engineering, filmmaking and historic building conservation
=65	601-800	University of Lincoln	193 courses available including advertising and marketing, ecology and conservation and philosophy
=65	601-800	Manchester Metropolitan University	407 courses available including linguistics, modern history and product design and craft
=65	601-800	Nottingham Trent University	313 courses available including costume design and making, equine sports science and youth justice
=65	601-800	University of Salford	274 courses available including corporate law, media production and software engineering
=65	601-800	Ulster University	149 courses available including culinary arts management, Irish language and literature and stratified medicine
=65	601-800	University of the West of England	225 courses available including banking and finance, drawing and print and urban planning
=65	601-800	University of Westminster	147 courses available including European legal studies, photography and radio and digital production
=65	601-800	University of Wolverhampton	508 courses available including armed forces, event and venue management and glass and ceramics
=83	801-1000	University of Bedfordshire	407 courses available including building technology, football business and special needs and inclusive education
=83	801-100	University of Central Lancashire	449 courses available including computer games development, creative advertising and outdoor adventure leadership
=83	801-1000	University of Derby	660 courses available including motorsport engineering, professional policing and theatre arts
=83	801-1000	University of East London	176 courses available including advertising, child psychology and general engineering
=83	801-1000	Edge Hill University	130 courses available including education, human biology and mental health nursing and social work
=83	801-1000	Leeds Beckett University	155 courses available including counselling and mental health, dietetics and housing studies
=83	801-1000	Robert Gordon University	60 courses available including diagnostic radiotherapy, fashion management and public relations
=83	801-1000	University of Roehampton	107 courses available including classical civilisation, ministerial theology and sport coaching
=83	801-1000	Sheffield Hallam University	300 courses available including esports, jewellery and metalwork and quantity surveying
=83	801-1000	University of South Wales	303 courses available including art practice, cinema and public services
=83	801-1000	Staffordshire University	206 courses available including CGI and visual effects, creative music technology and operating department practice
=83	801-1000	Teesside University	297 courses available including chemical engineering, nursing studies and therapeutic counselling
=95	+1001	Birmingham City University	247 courses available including film and screenwriting, global sport management and horology
=95	+1001	Canterbury Christ Church University	478 courses available including drama, ophthalmic dispensing and plant science
=95	+1001	University of Chester	394 courses available including fine art, genetics and evolution and musical theatre
=95	+1001	London South Bank University	133 courses available including architecture, baking science and technology and human nutrition