Information for parents and supporters

It’s important to find a university where your child feels at home. Attending an Open Day s the best way to experience a university for yourself and get a better understanding of its location and atmosphere.

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Things to consider:

• Location: Would your child like to be close to home or live further away? Middlesex University's north London location is close to public transport links and offers many opportunities for your child to build their professional network, gain work experience at global organisations and meeting up with friends and family.
• Campus: Would your child prefer having all their facilities in one place or spread out across a city? Middlesex is a campus university with all the facilities and equipment your child needs to become an expert in their subject conveniently located in one place.
• Atmosphere: What is your and your child’s experience of the university’s community? Our student community at Middlesex is friendly and diverse, with students from over 75 nationalities.
• Reputation: What is the university’s national and global reputation? Middlesex is a Top 6 University in the UK (Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2024)  We are a top 10 UK University for employability (UniCompare Rankings 2025), and a top 10 UK university for industry connections and funding in Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2024. We are also a top 20 university business leaders in the UK (Business Money 2023).

Our campus is leafy, sustainable and safe, with unique spaces for study and socialising.

Your child can apply for up to 5 courses, so start researching as early as possible to help narrow them down. Help them to prioritise what's important.

Things to consider:

• Employability: What courses will help your child achieve their career goals? At Middlesex, our career-focused courses have helped students gain internships, placements and full-time jobs at large international organisations including Deloitte, PwC, Google, Amazon, Disney, Nike, Barclays and Apple.
• Facilities: What facilities can support your child’s learning and personal development? Middlesex has invested £200m in world-class learning facilities, including our brand new £23m Health, Sport and Science Facility in partnership with Saracens Rugby Club and £80 million for our arts and creative learning and research centre.
• Interests: Does the course content and structure fit your child’s interests? At Middlesex, we offer a wide range of courses, including courses with opportunities to study, travel and work abroad.
• Flexibility: Is your child interested in part-time and online study? Students at Middlesex can study courses part-time and receive access to free laptop loans, specialist software and online learning resources to help them study off campus.

Download our undergraduate prospectus to learn more about how Middlesex can help your child boost their employability and develop the skills and knowledge they need to get the future they want.

Another important decision for your child to make is if they want to live at home, stay in university halls of residence, or rented accommodation. At Middlesex, we have student halls close to our campus in Hendon and in North West London. Your child can also search for private accommodation using Middlesexstudentpad to find local rooms, flats, and houses for rent.

How to pay for uni

At Middlesex, we try to make studying affordable for as many people as possible through our cost of living fund and scholarships and awards, including our Excellence Scholarship worth £2000 per year.

Ask our Student welfare team about what help might be available for your child or visit our student finance page to find out more about how we can help your child with the cost of university.

Your child will need to apply for all their chosen undergraduate courses through UCAS (the University and Colleges Admissions Service). To help your child apply to university, it's important to understand how the UCAS application process works.

Find out more about the application process.

To help your son or daughter apply to university, it's important to understand how the UCAS application process works. Head to ucas.com for their fantastic range of how-to guides for both parent and child.

Once they’ve applied, they can track their applications online, and respond to offers they get.

• 15 October - apply for Oxford and Cambridge universities and all medicine and dentistry courses elsewhere
• 25 January - first deadline for all other applications. If your child applies by this date then they will receive a decision by the beginning of May.

At Middlesex we also consider applications made after January. So if you miss the first deadline it’s worth getting in touch to find out your child’s options.

A conditional offer means your child needs to achieve certain exam grades.

An unconditional offer means your child has met all entry requirements. Some courses might also ask for an interview, portfolio or audition.

If your child applies in January then they should choose their first choice or firm option and their back-up or insurance option in beginning to mid-May. Then they will decline all other offers.

It's a good idea to make an insurance choice that has lower entry requirements or conditions than their firm choice. Your child can also defer their entry to university for a year.

Clearing is an alternative way for your child to find a place at university if they don't have one after they get their exam results. They can apply through Clearing if:

• They haven’t received or accepted any offers
• They didn’t achieve the grades for their firm and insurance offers
• They haven’t submitted a UCAS application
• They want to transfer from another university or college.

See our guide to what you need to know about Clearing. Your child should start by looking at the range of courses available through Clearing then call us on.

For data protection purposes, we must speak directly to students when they are making an application. That means you can’t talk to us on your child's behalf. There are other useful things you can do to help. Before they can make sure they have the following:

• UCAS ID number (if they are already in the UCAS system for this cycle)
• Exam results or qualifications
• Course they are interested in
• An email address for confirmation if they are offered a place

• Most students' first week is Welcome Week (Mid-September 2023)
• International students start with an Orientation Week (Mid-September 2023).

Welcome Week and Orientation Week help your child to settle in, meet new people and get to know their course and our support services to prepare them for their first term.

It’s great to hear your child has chosen Middlesex University London! For all our advice, tips and info, find out what happens in the first weeks of university, visit our page for parents and carers of MDX students.

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