What is Clearing?

Clearing is an opportunity for you to apply for an undergraduate programme if you don’t hold any offers from an art school or university. During Clearing, art schools and universities match students without university places to programmes that have places available. You may be applying through Clearing because you have:

• not received any offers from the art schools or universities that you have applied for;
• changed your mind about what or where you want to study;
• not received the exam results that you expected;
• received better results than you expected;
• missed the 30 June deadline for applying to art school or university, but want to study this autumn.

This year, the GSA has Scholarships available for International fee-paying students who apply through Clearing. You can find more details about the Scholarship below.

The Glasgow School of Art has a small number of places across all our programmes for qualified and eligible applicants who want to start art school this autumn.

Applying through Clearing with the GSA is easy, but you’ll need to get organised so you can submit your application. Find out more about How to Apply for Clearing.

Clearing is now open and applications should be made directly to the GSA using our online form.

Visit our How to Apply page for more information on what information and documentation you’ll need to prepare and submit as part of your application.

The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) is offering £4,000 scholarships to undergraduate applicants classified as international fee-paying who receive an offer through Clearing, as a contribution towards the cost of their studies for the 2026/27 academic year.

The Clearing Scholarship is automatically awarded to eligible undergraduate international fee-paying students who apply through Clearing and receive an offer to study at GSA.

The value of the Scholarship is £4,000 (a one-off award applied towards the first year’s tuition fees only).

The full terms and conditions for the GSA’s International Clearing Scholarships are available here. For enquiries about the scholarship, please contact the GSA’s Clearing team on [email protected]

To find out more about Clearing at The Glasgow School of Art, you can listen to our Clearing Podcast recorded in July 2025. The episode features David Miller, Team Leader for the GSA Admissions Team as well as two students talking about their experiences of the GSA and life in Glasgow.