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Further information on our Open Days can be found here. You can book a place at an Open Day through that web page if bookings are open.

No, you are welcome to attend the event for as long as you want to. However, do allow yourself enough time to fit in any talks, tours or other activities you would like to do during the Open Day. If you have booked a place at the Open Day through our website, we usually send you further information about the schedule for the day, including an Open Day programme, a few days before the event itself. 

No, you are welcome to arrive at the event later if you wish. However, do allow yourself enough time to fit in any talks, tours or other activities you would like to do during the Open Day. If you have booked a place at the Open Day through our website, we usually send you further information about the schedule for the day, including an Open Day programme, a few days before the event itself. 

Your guests do not need a pass for the Open Day.

If you would like a campus tour, you are welcome to contact us to request one. Find out more about our campus tours and how to book them.

Details of course entry requirements can be found on the individual course pages on our website.

Should you have any specific questions about entry requirements once you have reviewed the information on the course web page, please contact the Enquiries Team.

It is only possible to access a top-up degree qualification if the content of your previous level 5 qualification (e.g. HND or foundation degree) is suitable in terms of the amount of Credit Accumulation Transfer (CAT) points it is made up of and the content of the qualification is sufficiently relevant to the subject of the top-up degree. It is not possible to complete a top-up degree if the subject of your level 5 qualification is in an entirely different subject area, for example if your HND is in Business you could not apply for a top-up degree in Computing.

Transfers from a Midlands Credit Compass scheme university

BCU is a member of the Midlands Enterprise Universities. Therefore, if you're enquiring about transferring with advanced entry to BCU from one of the following universities you can apply through the Midlands Credit Compass scheme: 

• Coventry University 
• University of Derby 
• Nottingham Trent University 
• University of Wolverhampton 
• University of Lincoln

Please email with details of the course you are currently studying and the BCU course you would to transfer to. A copy of your university transcript and an academic reference will also be required to give full consideration to your request to transfer.  

Please note that if you wish to apply for entry onto the first year of one of our undergraduate courses, you will need to apply through UCAS and not through Midlands Credit Compass. 

Transfers from other universities

For transfers to a full-time undergraduate course at BCU from all other universities, please apply using UCAS and choose the year of entry you wish to be considered for. When adding your course choice on the UCAS application form, the ‘point of entry’ field is used to tell us which year of the course you want to start, e.g. point of entry two is the second year of the course.

Students wishing to transfer to a part-time undergraduate course should apply directly to the University using the online application form linked to on the individual course pages on our website. 

Consideration for advanced entry onto our course will largely be dependent upon the content of your current studies and how this compares to the content of our course. It can also depend on how well you have performed on your current course. Where appropriate comparable study is evident, it may be possible for us to award accreditation for prior learning and possibly grant advanced entry onto our course. This is something which is assessed and decided on upon receipt of a completed application form. All applications are considered on an individual basis.

Further information about transfers can be found here. 

If you would like to be considered for a transfer from another university onto the first year or foundation year one of our undergraduate courses, please submit an application through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).

Unfortunately, we do not consider transfers to join an undergraduate course part way through the academic year in Semester 2. So, if an undergraduate course had an intake that began in September then we would not allow students to join the course part way through the year in the following January.

Details about how to make an application for a course can be found in the 'Fees and How to Apply' section of the individual course web pages.

Your referee should usually be:

• a tutor from current or recent studies

• an adviser who knows you

• a present or former employer

The person who provides your reference should be able to comment in an objective and professional manner on your suitability for the course you are applying for. Relatives or friends cannot act as your referee.

If you are unable to obtain an academic reference or an employer reference, perhaps you could ask someone who you know with professional upstanding (a doctor, solicitor, magistrate, teacher, etc.) to provide a reference commenting on your suitability for the course.

If you used up all five choices on your UCAS application and are not holding any offers:

If you used all five choices and you are holding any offers:

If you have forgotten your password you can reset it via the forgotten password button on the mySRS Applicant Portal log on screen. 

Your username is the same as your Birmingham City University (BCU) application number. Your Birmingham City University application number is an 8 digit number and can be found on emails you have received from our Admissions team. Please note: if you have applied via UCAS your BCU ID number is different from your UCAS ID number.

If you do not know your BCU ID number please check your BCU email communications or contact Admissions.

Please contact our Registry Services team to report your issue and receive support to resolve this.

Full-time undergraduate course applications made through UCAS: 

The personal statement on the UCAS application form has a character and line limit – you have 4,000 characters and 47 lines. 

PGCE teacher training course applications made through the Department for Education’s teacher training application form:

If applying through the Department for Education’s teacher training application form, for the personal statement section you have a limit of 600 words to explain why do you want to be a teacher and a limit of 400 words to explain why you feel you are suited to teach your subjects or age group. They do not specify a character limit – only a word count.

Undergraduate (part-time) or postgraduate taught course applications made through BCU's online application form:

There is no word count or limit as such for the personal statement if applying through BCU's online application form. However, one side of A4 in 11 point font and single-spaced text is a good guide.

If you are currently enrolled on a course at BCU, in the first instance please approach your School Office or Personal Tutor to discuss changing courses.

We publish a list of courses which have places in Clearing on our website from early July and this is regularly updated throughout the summer.

You can check our latest Clearing course vacancies on our website from early July onwards.

If the course you are interested does not have any places available when you search the list of course vacancies, please keep checking the website as this may change as Clearing progresses. Please note that we won't be able to tell you whether or not a course may or may not enter Clearing at a later point, so we would encourage you to regularly check the course vacancy listing on our website for up to date information.

A-level results day is also a key date in Clearing when we would know whether any vacancies have become available on a course if it has not had any places available before then. 

If you wish to be considered for a course through Clearing and already have your qualification results, you will need to check to see if there are any available places on your chosen course of interest once Clearing opens in early July.

A list of courses available to apply to through Clearing is published from early July on our website at http://www.bcu.ac.uk/clearing/courses.

You will need to have your exam results before you can apply. Once you have your results, you can apply for courses available in Clearing. If you are waiting for results for any qualifications that would count towards the entry requirements for the course you wish to apply for through Clearing, you will need to wait until you have received confirmation of the exam results for these qualifications before applying for a course in Clearing.

We regret that we do not operate waiting lists for courses that are not in Clearing. If the course you are interested does not have any places available when you search the list of course vacancies, please keep checking the website as this may change as Clearing progresses. Please note that we won't be able to tell you whether or not a course may or may not enter Clearing at a later point, so we would encourage you to regularly check the course vacancy listing on our website for up to date information.

You should only 'add a Clearing choice' to UCAS Track if a university offers you a place on a course through Clearing and you wish to accept that offer. If you add a Clearing Choice on UCAS Track but have not been offered a place for that course and/ or by that university, your application will likely be declined and until that university declines you, you can't accept any another Clearing offer that you may receive.

If you are holding an Unconditional Firm offer, you will be able to self-release into Clearing via your UCAS Track account.

If you have a Conditional offer and wish to be released, you will need to put your request in writing to Admissions through our contact form.