Free Guides for Every Step of the UK Admissions Process
Why Start With a Guide
These guides are the fastest way to get oriented. Read through the one that fits your situation, then go deeper with a full resource like How to Apply, or talk it through directly with our team whenever you’re ready.
Free Downloadable Guides
Bachelor's Guide
For students exploring a UK undergraduate degree and not sure where to start. Covers the basics of applying, what’s different from the US system, and what to expect at each stage.
What’s inside:
- How UK undergraduate applications differ from the US
- What UCAS requires at each step
- Key deadlines and how to plan around them
Graduate Degree Guide
For students who’ve finished their bachelor’s and are considering a UK master’s or PhD. Covers how graduate applications differ from undergraduate ones and what to plan for.
- How graduate applications differ from undergraduate ones
- What to expect from direct university applications
- Funding and program length differences to plan for
College Counselor's Guide
For counselors who want to help students consider studying in the UK, whether they’ve advised on this before or not. Covers what your students need and how to support them through it.
What’s inside:
- What your students need to know before applying
- How to support a UK application from your role
- Where to point students for further help
Hear From Other Students
The UK Study Expert program helped me finally go after my dream of studying abroad. Jackie Christopher, the founder of the program, was my main point of contact, and she took the time to really get to know me and what I was looking for in a university. She matched me with UK schools that aligned perfectly with my interests.
Without her guidance, I never would have discovered my dream school, the University of Glasgow. When I told Jackie how much I had fallen in love with UofG, she reassured me that attending was not only possible but within reach. Her encouragement gave me the confidence to apply.
Thanks to Jackie and The UK Study Expert, I was accepted to the University of Glasgow and am now preparing to pursue my master’s degree abroad. I’m incredibly grateful for their support. I truly wouldn’t be on this journey without them.
Bailie Manning
Ella has been at the University of Brighton for over a year. She is absolutely loving life there and has blossomed into an independent, self-assured young adult and student. We are grateful for all your support-she couldn’t be happier and she said that now you could put her anywhere in the world, in any situation and she’d figure it out.
Judith Ricci
I have found The UK Study Expert website and its resources invaluable while advising students on UK universities and the UCAS application process. My students find the information easy to understand and use, and it’s made it much easier for them to make successful applications to UK universities that fit their needs. Jackie is the best!” – Allison Slater Tate, School College Counselor, Lake Mary Preparatory School, Seminole County, Florida.
“The only way to cost-effectively assess UK university options is to have one source to obtain information efficiently. That source is The UK Study Expert website. My confidence in recommending UK options comes from The UK Study Expert. Their website is my one-stop shop for hundreds of UK universities.”
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