How To Apply

Check whether you're eligible for the PARTNERS Programme here.

Submit your UCAS application form, adding the letter 'P' in the 'Further Details' section next to the Newcastle University choice(s) that you apply to.

The 'P' enables our admissions staff to identify PARTNERS applicants. You can apply for up to five courses at Newcastle University through the PARTNERS Programme.

The PARTNERS UCAS Form Guide provides a screenshot of where to enter the 'P' on your UCAS application form.

Submit your UCAS form before your PARTNERS form

We will not be able to process your PARTNERS application until your UCAS application is fully complete as we need your predicated grades, submitted by your teacher/tutor, to be able to fully assess your eligibility.

Therefore, don't submit your PARTNERS application form until you are at the stage to also submit your UCAS form to UCAS.

 Forgotten to include the 'P'?

You do not need to contact us if you've forgotten to add this. As long as you have submitted a separate PARTNERS application, the PARTNERS team will be able to match this up to your university application and ensure that, if you're made an offer, this will be the lower PARTNERS offer.

If you forgot to add the P to your UCAS application, this may mean you are made a standard offer from the university initially, but rest assured, once your PARTNERS application has been processed, your offer will be amended to the lower PARTNERS offer. 

The deadline for your PARTNERS applications is the same as your UCAS deadline
For all other courses, this is Wednesday 29th January 2025

Your UCAS number

Once you have submitted your UCAS application form, you will receive your UCAS Personal ID.

To complete the PARTNERS application form you must ensure that you have your UCAS Personal ID to hand as you will need to enter this into the form.

Selecting a referee

While completing the application form, you must select the most relevant member of staff in your school/college to verify your details. This should be a teacher or tutor who knows you well enough to verify the accuracy of the details on your application form.

To select your referee:

• Choose the correct Sixth Form School/College that you attend (or most recently attended).
• The referees available at the bottom of the form will change depending upon which School/College you select.
• Select the referee that can verify the details of your application form.

What if your preferred referee is not available to select on the application form?

Referee Request Form: If your referee isn’t listed, complete the referee request form here by Wednesday 29th January 2025 at 6pm

We cannot proceed with your application if you select an out-of-date or irrelevant member of staff.

The member of school or college staff you selected as a referee will receive your application via email and will then confirm your application and provide additional information where necessary.

They will complete the reference and send the application to us to process

We cannot proceed with the application until this step has been completed by your referee.

Guidance for your referee can be found here

The PARTNERS team will make a decision as to whether you will be provisionally accepted onto the programme based on the eligibility criteria.

You will be kept up-to-date with the progress of your application via the following email addresses:

• noreply@heat.ac.uk
• system@heat.ac.uk
• partners@ncl.ac.uk

Spam/junk mail settings

Please make sure that the above email addresses are approved within your email account settings.

If your junk mail filters are set high, the emails we send will go straight into your junk email folder. Please don’t forget to check this folder and then mark us as an approved email address.

Admissions staff will take the PARTNERS outcome into consideration, consider your UCAS application form and make a final decision as to whether to make you an offer.

If you are provisionally accepted to PARTNERS, any offer you receive will be the lower PARTNERS offer. This will include the successful completion of the PARTNERS Academic Summer School and mean that you have been formally accepted onto the PARTNERS Programme.

In order to take advantage of the PARTNERS offer, you must make the PARTNERS offer your firm choice (CF) through UCAS. You may only make your PARTNERS offer your insurance choice (CI) if your CF is for another course at Newcastle University.

If you are not provisionally accepted to PARTNERS, any offer you receive will be the typical offer.

If you’re offered a place at Newcastle University through the PARTNERS Programme, you must attend the PARTNERS Academic Summer School.