UCAS application fees to slightly increase from 2025; Details Here

There will be a minimal increase in the UCAS application fees in 2025. It will increase from £27.50 to £28.50.

Study in UK: UCAS stands for Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. It processes undergraduate course applications at colleges and universities in the UK. UCAS has announced some changes for the year 2025. Among this is a slight increase in the UCAS application fees which has now increased to £28.50 from £27.50.

The changes are being implemented with the aim to increase the accuracy of admissions teams and enhance the students' experiences. These changes are announced based on feedback from all audiences.

"UCAS is removing the application fee for students in receipt of free school meals, making it easier for young people experiencing acute financial hardship to access higher education. For those applying for 2025 entry and beyond, teachers and advisers will verify eligible students through the adviser portal, and these students will then no longer be required to pay the fee on completion of their UCAS application," reads the official notification.

UCAS application: More changes in store for 2025

• When an applicant is linked to a Centre, UCAS will prepopulate 'place of education' information to ensure that the correct school is added.
• Going forward, students will be able to explain more easily how they have attended an education provider whether through part-time, full-time, or exam only.
• There will be a new study mode with two options to choose from - these are ‘In Person’ or ‘Online’. This has been added so that the students can tell whether they attended their education remotely or attended the class during the course.
• UCAS application will now not have the 'highest qualification on entry' question
• There will be improvements in searching and adding qualifications to the application.
• From 2025, the applicant will not be required to answer ‘Is English your first language?’. There will be fields to input TOEFL and IELTS numbers in the Education section.

The following questions will be added:

• ‘When does your pre-settled status expire?’.
• For the question ‘Do you need a student visa to study in UK?’, there will be a new option of Don’t know’.
• ‘What is your UK visa or immigration status? is the new question being added.

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