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Accept your offer

Last updated:
24 March 2026

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You need to accept your offer through the UAL portal.

  • If you applied before the Round 1 application deadline, you’ll need to accept your offer by Thursday 30 April 2026.
  • If you applied before the Round 2 application deadline, you’ll need to accept your offer by Friday 31 July 2026.

Your offer letter will confirm your acceptance deadline.


Reply to your offer through the UAL portal

If your offer is conditional, you’ll need to upload evidence to show you’ve met the conditions of your offer. This could be scans or clear images of your results or certificates.

How you do this will depend on certain factors:

  • If you are a home student or an international student that does not require a student visa, you’ll upload your evidence to your UAL portal.
  • If you are an international student requiring a student visa, you’ll be invited to upload evidence through Enroly CAS (confirmation of acceptance for studies) Shield after you’ve accepted your offer.

Upload your evidence as soon as you can.

If your course starts in September or October 2026, you must provide evidence to show you have met the conditions of your offer by Monday 31 August 2026.

Once you upload your evidence, we’ll check it over. If you have met your offer conditions your offer will be updated to unconditional. You won't receive a new offer letter, but don't worry, you’ll be able to see your updated offer in your UAL portal.

Conditional offer

A conditional offer means you need to meet certain requirements to be able to take up your place.

The condition(s) of your offer may vary, you may need to meet the following:

  • academic entry requirements
  • English language condition
  • additional information requirements.

The conditions will be specified in your offer letter, which can be found in your UAL portal.

Read your offer carefully and if you have any questions, contact us through your UAL portal.

Unconditional offer

If you receive an unconditional offer, it means you have no academic conditions or English language conditions to meet.

Your offer is based on the information provided in your application. You might need to upload evidence of your qualification(s), if you haven’t already done so.

To do this:

  1. Log in to your UAL portal
  2. Select the ‘my Application(s)’ tab
  3. Upload scans or clear images of your results or certificates.

If you have more than one offer from UAL

If you have more than one offer from UAL, decide which course you want to study and accept it in your UAL portal.

Decline your other offers. That way we can offer the place to someone else.

Paying your deposit

After you’ve accepted your offer, you’ll be asked to pay your deposit. We’ll contact you by email. We encourage you to pay your deposit within 14 days of accepting your offer.

We ask for a deposit payment to show you’re committed to joining us. At enrolment, the deposit payment is deducted from the tuition fee owed.

Don't wait to pay until we’ve confirmed your study offer is unconditional. If for any reason you don’t meet the conditions of your study offer, you’ll receive a full refund on your deposit payment.

To do this:

  1. Log in to your UAL portal
  2. Go to 'my Application(s)'
  3. Select the 'Pay your deposit' button.

You’ll need to pay your deposit using Flywire, our payment processing partner.

Learn more about making payments using Flywire

Financial sponsorship deposit waivers

If your full tuition fees are being paid by an official financial sponsor accepted by UK Visas and Immigration, you can request a deposit waiver. This means asking us to confirm we don’t need a deposit payment from you. Contact us through your UAL portal.

English language conditions

If your offer has an English language condition, you need to upload results of an approved English language test. See which tests are accepted.

If you need to improve your English, you might consider taking a UAL Pre-sessional English course. We offer online and in-person courses for UAL offer holders.

If you pass the pre-sessional course and meet any other conditions of your study offer, you can progress to your undergraduate academic course at UAL without needing to take another IELTS or equivalent English test.

Student visas and Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS)

If you need a student visa, you’ll need a Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) number before you can apply. To be eligible to receive your CAS, you must:

  • accept your offer
  • pay your deposit
  • meet all offer conditions
  • provide any additional information we request.

CAS numbers are issued to eligible students from 3 months before the course start date.