When does UK Clearing 2026 open?

UCAS Clearing opens fully from Thursday 14 August 2026, the day A-level results are released. Clearing places are actually published from early July for students without an offer, but the bulk of activity is on and immediately after results day.

How does this Clearing tool decide what courses I'd realistically get into?

You enter the A-level grades you have (or expect). The tool reads each course's published typical-offer tariff in UCAS points and groups results into three tiers — Within reach (within a grade either way), Worth calling (one to three grades above, because clearing usually drops the offer), and Comfortably below (you should clear with room to spare).

Is this an official UCAS service?

No. UniversityDB is independent — no university pays to be listed or ranked. We aggregate UCAS course data, OfS outcomes, HESA salary data, NSS scores and league tables in one place so you can compare clearing options side by side.

Can I see live clearing places?

Not yet — this tool matches every UK undergraduate course whose published typical offer fits your grades, and shows you the highest-rated by student satisfaction in each tier. On results day, ring the universities you're interested in to confirm a place. Their own clearing pages and the UCAS clearing search are the authoritative live sources.

UK Clearing 2026

Enter your A-level grades and we'll match every UK undergraduate course whose typical offer fits, then show you the highest-rated by student satisfaction and graduate salary — not by who paid for the slot. Results day is Thursday 14 August 2026.

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1,541 undergraduate courses match — showing the top 24 by student satisfaction in each tier.

Decision-tree guides › See the 2026 clearing data ›

Within reach

806 match — top 24 shown

Courses whose typical offer is within one grade of yours.

Midwifery

Buckinghamshire New University

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·High Wycombe

Typical offer: 112 pts
Satisfaction: 97%

Nursing (Children's)

Oxford Brookes University

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Oxford

Typical offer: See entry requirements
Satisfaction: 95%
Grad salary: £27,000

Midwifery

University of Chester

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Chester

Typical offer: BBC - BBB
Satisfaction: 95%
Grad salary: £27,000

Physiotherapy

University of Worcester

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Worcester

Typical offer: BBB
Satisfaction: 95%
Grad salary: £28,000

Biology

Liverpool John Moores University

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Liverpool

Typical offer: BCC - BBC
Satisfaction: 95%
Grad salary: £23,000

Nursing with Registered Nurse - Children and Young People

University of Central Lancashire

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Preston

Typical offer: See entry requirements
Satisfaction: 95%

Operating Department Practice

Edge Hill University

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Ormskirk

Typical offer: BCC - BBC
Satisfaction: 95%
Grad salary: £28,000

Mental Health Nursing

Coventry University

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Coventry

Typical offer: BCC
Satisfaction: 94%

BSc (Hons) Therapeutic Radiography

University of Hertfordshire

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Hatfield

Typical offer: BBC - BBB
Satisfaction: 94%
Grad salary: £28,000

Paramedic Science

University of the West of Scotland

BSc ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Paisley

Typical offer: BCC
Satisfaction: 94%

Midwifery

Bangor University

BMid (Hon) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Bangor (Wales)

Typical offer: See entry requirements
Satisfaction: 94%
Grad salary: £27,000

Midwifery

Anglia Ruskin University

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Cambridge

Typical offer: See entry requirements
Satisfaction: 93%
Grad salary: £31,500

Children and Young People's Nursing

Coventry University

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Coventry

Typical offer: BBB
Satisfaction: 93%

Counselling Studies and Working with Children, Young People & Families

Birmingham Newman University

BA (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Birmingham

Typical offer: 112 pts
Satisfaction: 92%

Health and Social Care

University College Birmingham

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Birmingham

Typical offer: BBC
Satisfaction: 92%
Grad salary: £20,000

Occupational Therapy

University of Salford

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Salford

Typical offer: BBB
Satisfaction: 92%
Grad salary: £28,000

Health and Social Care

New College Durham

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·1 Year ·Durham

Typical offer: 120 pts
Satisfaction: 92%

Applied Biomedical Science (NHS Placement)

University of Essex

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·4 Years ·Colchester

Typical offer: BBB
Satisfaction: 92%
Grad salary: £28,000

Nursing Science Registered Nurse (Child)

Northumbria University, Newcastle

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Newcastle upon Tyne

Typical offer: 112 pts
Satisfaction: 92%
Grad salary: £27,000

Diagnostic Radiography

London South Bank University

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Southwark

Typical offer: BBB
Satisfaction: 92%
Grad salary: £31,000

Podiatry

University of Northampton

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Northampton

Typical offer: BBC
Satisfaction: 91%
Grad salary: £28,500

Counselling and Psychotherapy (Professional Practice)

University of Salford

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Salford

Typical offer: See entry requirements
Satisfaction: 91%
Grad salary: £28,000

Paramedic Science

Swansea University

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Swansea

Typical offer: BBB
Satisfaction: 91%
Grad salary: £27,000

Occupational Therapy

University of Essex

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Colchester

Typical offer: BBB
Satisfaction: 91%
Grad salary: £28,000

Worth calling

83 match — top 24 shown

Clearing usually drops the published offer by a grade or two — these are realistic if you ring on results day.

Physiotherapy

Leeds Beckett University

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Leeds

Typical offer: 136 pts
Satisfaction: 97%
Grad salary: £26,500

Physiotherapy

University of Salford

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Salford

Typical offer: ABB
Satisfaction: 96%
Grad salary: £27,500

Speech and Language Therapy

De Montfort University

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Leicester

Typical offer: 128 pts
Satisfaction: 96%
Grad salary: £28,000

Speech and Language Therapy

Leeds Beckett University

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Leeds

Typical offer: 128 pts
Satisfaction: 94%
Grad salary: £28,000

Physiotherapy

University of Hertfordshire

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Hatfield

Typical offer: ABB - AAB
Satisfaction: 92%
Grad salary: £27,500

Optometry

University of Plymouth

MOptom ·Full-time ·4 Years ·Plymouth

Typical offer: ABB - AAB
Satisfaction: 91%
Grad salary: £21,000

Psychology with Counselling and Psychotherapy

Manchester Metropolitan University

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Manchester

Typical offer: ABB
Satisfaction: 90%
Grad salary: £21,000

Physiotherapy

University of Brighton

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Brighton

Typical offer: ABB
Satisfaction: 90%

Midwifery

Sheffield Hallam University

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Sheffield

Typical offer: 128 pts
Satisfaction: 89%

Physiotherapy

University College Birmingham

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Birmingham

Typical offer: BBB
Satisfaction: 88%

Biomedical Science

Keele University

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Keele

Typical offer: ABB
Satisfaction: 86%
Grad salary: £24,000

Occupational Therapy

University of Derby

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Derby

Typical offer: ABB
Satisfaction: 86%
Grad salary: £27,000

Physiotherapy

Bournemouth University

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Poole

Typical offer: See entry requirements
Satisfaction: 85%
Grad salary: £27,500

Physiotherapy

University of Huddersfield

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Huddersfield

Typical offer: ABB
Satisfaction: 85%
Grad salary: £28,500

Midwifery

University of Lincoln

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Lincoln

Typical offer: See entry requirements
Satisfaction: 83%
Grad salary: £28,000

Biochemistry with Neuroscience

Keele University

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Keele

Typical offer: ABB
Satisfaction: 81%
Grad salary: £23,000

Physiotherapy

University of Gloucestershire

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Cheltenham

Typical offer: AAB
Satisfaction: 80%
Grad salary: £28,000

Physiotherapy

Teesside University

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Tees Valley

Typical offer: See entry requirements
Satisfaction: 80%
Grad salary: £28,000

Physiotherapy

Sheffield Hallam University

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Sheffield

Typical offer: 128 pts
Satisfaction: 78%
Grad salary: £28,000

Midwifery

Coventry University

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Coventry

Typical offer: ABB
Satisfaction: 78%

Nursing (Child)

University of Derby

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Derby

Typical offer: ABB
Satisfaction: 74%
Grad salary: £27,500

Midwifery

Bournemouth University

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Poole

Typical offer: See entry requirements
Satisfaction: 73%
Grad salary: £32,000

Midwifery

Birmingham City University

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Birmingham

Typical offer: ABB
Satisfaction: 73%
Grad salary: £27,500

Midwifery

University of Bradford

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Bradford

Typical offer: ABB
Satisfaction: 72%
Grad salary: £25,000

Comfortably below

652 match — top 24 shown

You should clear the typical offer with room to spare.

Health and Social Care

University of Sunderland

FdSc ·Full-time ·2 Years ·Sunderland

Typical offer: 56 pts
Satisfaction: 95%

Clinical Exercise Therapy

University of Bedfordshire

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Luton

Typical offer: CCC
Satisfaction: 93%
Grad salary: £25,000

Clinical Exercise Therapy (With Foundation Year)

University of Bedfordshire

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·4 Years ·Luton

Typical offer: C - B
Satisfaction: 93%
Grad salary: £25,000

Counselling, Mental Health and Wellbeing (with Foundation Year)

Birmingham Newman University

BA (Hons) ·Full-time including foundation year ·4 Years ·Birmingham

Typical offer: 48 pts
Satisfaction: 92%

Counselling Studies and Working with Children, Young People & Families (with Foundation Year)

Birmingham Newman University

BA (Hons) ·Full-time ·4 Years ·Birmingham

Typical offer: 48 pts
Satisfaction: 92%

Nursing Associate

Anglia Ruskin University

FdSc ·Full-time ·2 Years ·Cambridge

Typical offer: 48 pts
Satisfaction: 90%
Grad salary: £32,000

Health and Social Care

Nottingham Trent University

BA (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Nottingham

Typical offer: See entry requirements
Satisfaction: 89%
Grad salary: £23,000

Psychology and Counselling Studies (with Foundation Year)

Birmingham Newman University

BA (Hons) ·Full-time ·4 Years ·Birmingham

Typical offer: 48 pts
Satisfaction: 89%

Nursing Associate

University of East London

FdSc ·Full-time ·2 Years ·Newham

Typical offer: See entry requirements
Satisfaction: 89%

Counselling and Psychotherapy (Humanistic Approaches) with Foundation Year

University of Derby

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·4 Years ·Derby

Typical offer: CDD
Satisfaction: 88%
Grad salary: £27,000

Integrated Health and Social Care

Anglia Ruskin University

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Cambridge

Typical offer: 96 pts
Satisfaction: 88%

Creative Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing with Foundation Year

University of Derby

BA (Hons) ·Full-time ·4 Years ·Derby

Typical offer: DDD
Satisfaction: 88%
Grad salary: £21,000

Mental Health Nursing

University of the West of Scotland

BSc ·Full-time ·3 Years ·Paisley

Typical offer: CDD
Satisfaction: 88%

Biology with Foundation Year

Keele University

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time including foundation year ·4 Years ·Keele

Typical offer: See entry requirements
Satisfaction: 87%
Grad salary: £23,000

Paramedic Science With Foundation Year

Canterbury Christ Church University

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·4 Years ·Canterbury

Typical offer: DDE
Satisfaction: 87%

Physiotherapy With Foundation Year

Canterbury Christ Church University

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·4 Years ·Canterbury

Typical offer: DDE
Satisfaction: 87%

Biomedical Science with Foundation Year

Birmingham City University

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time including foundation year ·4 Years ·Birmingham

Typical offer: CDD
Satisfaction: 87%

Health and Social Care with Foundation Year in Health

Leeds Trinity University

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·4 Years ·Leeds

Typical offer: 48 pts
Satisfaction: 86%
Grad salary: £21,000

Pharmacology and Physiology with Foundation

University of Westminster, London

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time including foundation year ·4 Years ·London

Typical offer: DDE
Satisfaction: 86%
Grad salary: £25,000

Pharmacology and Physiology

University of Westminster, London

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·3 Years ·London

Typical offer: CCC
Satisfaction: 86%

Human Nutrition and Health (Extended)

University of Greenwich

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·4 Years ·Greenwich

Typical offer: See entry requirements
Satisfaction: 86%
Grad salary: £28,500

Health and Social Care with Foundation Year

University of Derby

BA (Hons) ·Full-time ·4 Years ·Derby

Typical offer: CDD
Satisfaction: 85%
Grad salary: £21,000

Diagnostic Radiography with Foundation Year

Canterbury Christ Church University

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·4 Years ·Canterbury

Typical offer: DDE
Satisfaction: 85%

Biomedical Science with Foundation Year

University of Derby

BSc (Hons) ·Full-time ·4 Years ·Derby

Typical offer: DDD
Satisfaction: 85%
Grad salary: £28,000

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How clearing actually works

What is clearing?

Clearing is how UK universities fill their remaining undergraduate places after results day. Around 70,000+ students use it every year — many because they didn't get the grades for their firm choice, but also because they did better than expected and want to trade up, or they decided late they wanted to go to university at all.

The "Within reach" tier

Courses whose typical published offer is within one grade of yours. These are the ones most likely to confirm if you call on results day. Most clearing offers are made within an hour of you ringing — have your UCAS personal ID, Track number and a written reason for choosing the course ready.

The "Worth calling" tier

Courses whose published offer is one to three grades above your grades. In clearing, universities frequently drop their published tariff because they have unfilled places to fill in 36 hours. Ring these — the published offer isn't necessarily what they'll take.

What this tool doesn't do (yet)

We don't show live clearing availability — only the published typical offer. On results day, ring the universities you're interested in or check their clearing pages and the UCAS clearing search to confirm a place is open.