Plan Your UCAS Application: Free AI Tools & Course Search
Three free AI tools over ~31,000 UK courses: find degrees that fit your grades, balance your 5 UCAS choices, and sharpen your 2026 personal statement.
Three free UCAS tools
- Course Recommender - describe your grades and interests and get around ten matched UK degree courses, grouped safe, match and ambitious.
- Shortlist Optimiser - turn your shortlist into a risk-balanced set of up to five UCAS choices and catch UCAS-rule problems before you submit.
- Personal Statement Review - question-by-question feedback on your 2026 UCAS personal statement, tied to the courses you're applying to.
Browse the data
- UK Course Directory - search and filter around 31,000 UK undergraduate courses.
- UK Universities - all 343 universities and colleges, with rankings, regions and the degrees they offer.
Frequently asked questions
Are these UCAS tools free?
Yes. All three tools - Course Recommender, Shortlist Optimiser and Statement Review - are free. You just create a free account to see your results. There's no card and no tokens.
In what order should I use them?
Use the tool that matches where you are. If you don't know what to study, start with the Course Recommender (Discover). Once you have a shortlist, run the Shortlist Optimiser to balance your five choices (Balance). When you're drafting your application, use the Statement Review (Sharpen). You can use any one on its own.
Do they work for IB students as well as A-level?
Yes. The tools are IB-native - enter your predicted total and HL/SL grades directly, not just A-level equivalents - and they work for A-levels too. Where a course lists its requirements, we convert your grades to UCAS tariff points to compare like for like.
How much course data is behind the recommendations?
Around 31,000 live undergraduate courses from 343 UK universities and colleges, held as structured, queryable data rather than a list of links. More than 8 in 10 are backed by the institution's own course-page text, and over 90% carry UCAS tariff points.
Will the AI write my personal statement for me?
No. The Statement Review gives you feedback - question-by-question grading and line-level annotations tied to the courses you're applying to - but it never rewrites your statement. The words stay yours.
Can I just browse courses myself instead?
Yes. The Course Directory lets you search and filter around 31,000 courses, and the UK Universities directory covers all 343 universities and colleges - rankings, regions and the degrees they offer. The AI tools are there for when you'd rather be guided.