Finding your place through Clearing
Clearing is a way of applying to university if you haven’t met your expected results, or simply if you’ve changed your mind about which university you want to study at.
You can also apply to university through Clearing if you missed the UCAS deadline, and you are applying for the first time after 30 June 2025.
You can apply through Clearing if:
- You did not meet the entry requirements for any of your offers, and you're looking for a place at St Mary's.
- You have an offer from a university, but you want to study at St Mary’s.
- You have not applied to any universities yet (after 30 June 2025) – don’t worry there’s still time!
- You did not receive any offers the first time you applied.
How to apply
You can still now until 30 June 2025.
Once Clearing opens on 5 July 2025, we will need to speak to the student in order to process their application*.
- Submit our online application form (available from 5 July 2025 onwards)
- Speak to us via live chat (when an operator is available)
- Get in touch on anytime, and we'll respond in working hours on +44 7360 545889.
* Please be aware that we need to speak directly to the applicant to process their application, or else get their verbal consent, at the beginning of any call.
A guaranteed room on campus
We know that for around half of our students, living on campus is a big part of the University experience. If you’re applying through Clearing – we’ll make sure you don’t miss out on that. We are offering a limited accommodation guarantee to 2025 clearing applicants if you firmly accept a Clearing offer at St Mary's and apply for University accommodation before midday on 21 August 2025.
During the application process, you can let us know your preferred typed of accommodation - whether that be full-catered, en-suite rooms, or shared options. While we cannot guarantee a specific room type, we will try our best to accommodate your preference based on availability at the time.
Five advantages to living in our student halls
After confirming St Mary’s as the firm choice on UCAS, clearing students should navigate to the New students will need to register for an account and complete an online application for accommodation. Please note, it can take up to 48 hours for our accommodation system to update after accepting an offer.
For further information, you can:
- Explore our .
- Take a look at
Clearing information for parents
We're here to support students and their families throughout the Clearing process. If you have any questions, we’re always here at hello@stmarys.ac.uk, and we’ll be happy to offer advice whether your young person ultimately chooses to come to St Mary’s or not.
This shouldn't be a stressful or complicated process, and there are many reasons that a student may still be looking for a university to study at when Clearing opens.
The most common reasons are:
- They did not meet the entry requirements of their offer and they’re looking for a new place
- They have an offer from UCAS, but they want to study at St Mary’s
- They haven’t applied to any universities yet – don’t worry, it’s not too late!
If you’d like to know more about St Mary’s – you don’t need to wait for Clearing to open to make a choice. We’d be happy to arrange a campus tour, or call with an academic. Just in Clearing and we’ll be in touch.
St Mary's is a small, safe university in South West London with a strong community atmosphere. We pride ourselves on our excellent student outcomes, with 96% of graduates in employment, vocation, or further study within 15 months of graduation (HESA 2024).
