Follow our step-by-step application guide for the PARTNERS Programme for 2021 entry.
The information below relates to 2021 entry. Applications to the PARTNERS Programme for 2022 entry will open in September 2021. To be notified via email when applications open, complete the following short form:
Read steps 1 - 3 before submitting your application.
Applications to the PARTNERS Programme are available for students in year 13/second year college, at the same time as you apply to university via UCAS.
Application Deadlines
You must submit both your UCAS and PARTNERS application forms by the relevant UCAS deadlines:
Medicine (A100) and Dentistry (A206) - 15 October 2020
All other courses - 29 January 2021 (Following UK COVID-19 restriction announcements the deadline for undergraduate applications has been extended from 15 January)
Missed the Deadline?
PARTNERS applications received after these dates will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. However, applications to the PARTNERS Programme for Medicine and Dentistry applicants (2020/21 admissions cycle) are no longer open.
If you would like to apply after the deadline, please contact us (via partners@ncl.ac.uk) and we will be able to provide further details about whether we can assess your application for the Programme.
Submit your UCAS application form, adding the letter 'P' in the 'Further Details' section next to the degree programme(s) that you apply to.
The 'P' enables our admissions staff to identify PARTNERS applicants. You can apply for up to five courses at Newcastle University through the PARTNERS programme.
We will not be able to process your PARTNERS application until your UCAS application is fully complete as we need your predicated grades, submitted by your teacher/tutor, to be able to fully assess your eligibility.
Therefore, don't submit your PARTNERS application form until you are at the stage to also submit your UCAS form to UCAS.
Forgotten to Include the 'P'?
If you have already submitted your UCAS Form and forgotten to include the letter 'P' in the Further Details section, please contact us to let us know.
Submit your PARTNERS application form via the link below.
Selecting Your Referee
While completing the application form, you must select the most relevant member of staff in your school/college to verify your details. This should be a teacher or tutor who knows you well enough to verify the accuracy of the details on your application form.
We cannot proceed with your application if you select an out-of-date or irrelevant member of staff.
If your referee is not available to select, please contact us.
Your UCAS Number
Once you have submitted your UCAS application form, you will receive your UCAS Personal ID.
To complete the PARTNERS application form you must ensure that you have your UCAS Personal IDto hand as you will need to enter this into the form.
Get in Touch
If you have any questions or issues during the application process, check our FAQs to see if your question has already been answered. If not, please contact us to find out more information.
The following steps confirm what will happen after you've submitted your application to the PARTNERS Programme.
If you have selected a relevant referee and your application is fully complete, we aim to give you a PARTNERS outcome within 20 working days from the date that your referee submits your application to us.
The PARTNERS Team will make a decision as to whether you will be provisionally accepted onto the Programme based on the eligibility criteria.
You will be kept up-to-date with the progress of your application via the following email addresses:
noreply@heat.ac.uk
system@heat.ac.uk
partners@ncl.ac.uk
Spam/Junk Mail Settings
Please make sure that the above email addresses are approved within your email account settings.
If your junk mail filters are set high, the emails we send will go straight into your junk email folder, so please don’t forget to check this folder and then mark us as an approved email address.
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 provisionally accepted to PARTNERS:
Any offer you receive will be the lower PARTNERS offer. This will include the successful completion of the PARTNERS Academic Summer School and mean that you have been formally accepted onto the PARTNERS Programme.
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.
If you are not provisionally accepted to PARTNERS: