Can I apply to 2 courses in one university through UCAS?

Through UCAS, I'm thinking of applying to:
Oxford - History & Politics
KCL - History & IR, and History & War Studies
LSE - History & Politics
Durham - Combined Honours in Social Sciences (Politics/IR & History)

I really want to go to King's and I'm interested in both of the these courses, but my teacher told me that since they're part of of the same faculty, I will definitely be rejected from one of them. I'm more keen on the History & IR course but the History & War Studies course has a higher acceptance rate. If I were to narrow it down to 1 of them, I would apply to History & Politics at Sheffield as a safety. Is it better to apply to 5 courses at 5 separate universities?

Reply 1

DataVenia

Volunteer Team, Clearing and Applications Advisor

Original post

by aoit

Well, being pedantic, both the KCL courses you've mentioned are joint honours degrees, and are jointly offered by the History Department (within the Faculty of Arts & Humanities) and by the Department of War Studies (within the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy). So to say "they're part of of the same faculty" is wrong for a start.

Is your teacher saying that one or the other of these faculties has a policy of only making one offer per candidate? Are are they saying that this applies to KCL generally?

What I can tell you is that it doesn't apply as a general rule to all universities. I've seen several examples here on TSR of candidates applying to more than one course at the same university and receiving offers from both. I recall one example, where someone was so keen to go to a particular university that they selected one of these offers as their firm and the other as their insurance. There was no issue in them doing so. (Edit: I've just lookup-up that example, and the candidate selected BEng in Product Design Engineering as their firm and BSc in Product Design & Technology as their insurance - so they were definitely within the same faculty! :smile:

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So if your teacher is trying to explain how multiple applications to the same faculty at the same university would be perceived generally, then they're simply wrong. However, I have no specify knowledge of any policy which may be in place at KCL.

That aside, all four of the universities you've mentioned are very competitive and are less likely to be flexible with grades on result day - so it might be wise to follow your plan to apply to History and Politics at Sheffield as a safety anyway, simply to increase the likelihood that you'll secure a range of offers, and will ultimately secure a place without dropping into Clearing.

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Reply 2

aoit

Original post

by DataVenia

Well, being pedantic, both the KCL courses you've mentioned are joint honours degrees, and are jointly offered by the History Department (within the Faculty of Arts & Humanities) and by the Department of War Studies (within the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy). So to say "they're part of of the same faculty" is wrong for a start.
Is your teacher saying that one or the other of these faculties has a policy of only making one offer per candidate? Are are they saying that this applies to KCL generally?
What I can tell you is that it doesn't apply as a general rule to all universities. I've seen several examples here on TSR of candidates applying to more than one course at the same university and receiving offers from both. I recall one example, where someone was so keen to go to a particular university that they selected one of these offers as their firm and the other as their insurance. There was no issue in them doing so. (Edit: I've just lookup-up that example, and the candidate selected BEng in Product Design Engineering as their firm and BSc in Product Design & Technology as their insurance - so they were definitely within the same faculty! :smile:

)
So if your teacher is trying to explain how multiple applications to the same faculty at the same university would be perceived generally, then they're simply wrong. However, I have no specify knowledge of any policy which may be in place at KCL.
That aside, all four of the universities you've mentioned are very competitive and are less likely to be flexible with grades on result day - so it might be wise to follow your plan to apply to History and Politics at Sheffield as a safety anyway, simply to increase the likelihood that you'll secure a range of offers, and will ultimately secure a place without dropping into Clearing.

Thank you! I'll consult my teachers again but I'll likely apply to that safety.

Reply 3

DataVenia

Volunteer Team, Clearing and Applications Advisor

Original post

by aoit

Thank you! I'll consult my teachers again but I'll likely apply to that safety.

You're welcome. :smile:

Reply 4

ageshallnot

Original post

by aoit

Through UCAS, I'm thinking of applying to:
Oxford - History & Politics
KCL - History & IR, and History & War Studies
LSE - History & Politics
Durham - Combined Honours in Social Sciences (Politics/IR & History)
I really want to go to King's and I'm interested in both of the these courses, but my teacher told me that since they're part of of the same faculty, I will definitely be rejected from one of them. I'm more keen on the History & IR course but the History & War Studies course has a higher acceptance rate. If I were to narrow it down to 1 of them, I would apply to History & Politics at Sheffield as a safety. Is it better to apply to 5 courses at 5 separate universities?

You could try applying to Oxford and your favourite KCL course initially, and perhaps one other. If you get an offer from KCL you don't need to double up there. Then add your other choices later but before the equal consideration deadline.