How to Choose Right Course

It’s important you choose a subject you enjoy and will help you reach your goals. Here are some things to help you choose the right subject for you:

Think about what you enjoy day-to-day – maybe this could be part of a future job role?
Explore different job sites and graduate career options to look for ideas on what you’d like to do once you’ve finished your studies.
Think about your career goals and the qualifications required as part of a person specification.
Take a look at our subject guides to get an idea of the types of subjects you could study, and the industries graduates go on to work in.
Search for courses by subject to see what’s available.
UK degree courses tend to be very specialised from day one, allowing students to focus on their chosen subject. However, there are others that allow you more flexibility in what you study. Make sure you read the course descriptions carefully, and click through to university websites for further information.

Thinking about more than one course or subject?
To increase your chances of getting a place on a course we give you the option of applying to up to five courses at once, usually all in a similar subject so that your application is relevant to all of them.

Please note, there are a couple of restrictions though:

You can only apply maximum of four courses in any one of medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or veterinary science.
Usually you can only apply to one course at either the University of Oxford or the University of Cambridge. There are exceptions – visit the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge websites for more information.
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