How to Apply
Step 1: Check your eligibility
Check whether you're eligible for the PARTNERS Programme here.
Step 2: Submit your UCAS application
You must submit your UCAS application for Newcastle by the relevant deadlines. You will not be able to access the separate PARTNERS application form until you submit your UCAS application
- Medicine (A100) & Dentistry (A206) = Wednesday 15th October, 6pm
- All other courses = Wednesday 14th January, 6pm
Step 3: Register for the Apply to Newcastle Portal
All applicants to Newcastle University will receive a link to register via the email address you have applied through UCAS with and is sent by the Undergraduate Admissions team.
You will receive a link to the portal roughly 24-48 hours after you have submitted your UCAS application
Step 4: Complete the PARTNERS application form
This is located on the homepage of your Apply to Newcastle Portal log in.
You must complete an application to PARTNERS by the following deadlines
- Medicine (A100) & Dentistry (A206) = Wednesday 22nd October by 6pm
- All other courses = Wednesday 21st January by 6pm
We are not always able to consider applications submitted after these dates
You must select a referee as part of your application form to verify details of your application. If there is not a suitable one available you can request a member of staff be added here: Referee request form
You can access the application form by clicking on the relevant icon in the portal
Step 5: PARTNERS application outcome
After submitting your PARTNERS application, we may need to ask a referee to verify some of the information that you have provided. We will contact the referee that you have selected as part of your application form.
Once this has been done we will aim to process your application within 20 working days
Around peak times this may extend to 30 working days
Next Steps
Admissions staff will take the PARTNERS outcome into consideration, consider your UCAS application form and make a final decision as to whether to make you an offer.
If you are made an offer by the University, provided you have applied by the relevant deadlines and been accepted onto PARTNERS, you will receive the lower grade requirements.
In order to take advantage of the PARTNERS offer, you must make the PARTNERS offer your firm choice (CF) through UCAS. You may only make your PARTNERS offer your insurance choice (CI) if your CF is for another course at Newcastle University.
You must also fully attend the PARTNERS Academic Summer School (PASS) from Sunday 28th June - Friday 3rd July 2026
If we are not your firm choice and do not attend the summer school, you will no longer be eligible for the programme and the admissions team will reassess your application as a standard applicant.