Editorial policy

This page explains how we write the guides on Universities DB and what you can expect from them. For how we collect the data on university listings, see how we collect data.

Sources

• Facts about a university (fees, deadlines, entry requirements, programmes) come from that university's official website or documents.
• Rules set by governments, such as visas and post-study work, come from official government pages.
• Rankings are quoted with the publisher's name and the year of the ranking.
• Where a guide gives a figure, it links to its source or to the university's listing, which shows the source.

How we use AI

We use AI tools to help research and draft guides. AI output is a draft: facts are checked against official sources before a guide is published, and anything we can't confirm is left out rather than guessed. Where a guide names a writer or reviewer, that person is responsible for its content.

Authors and reviewers

Guides with a named author show who wrote them and, where a second person checked them, who reviewed them and when. Each person has a page listing the guides they worked on.

Keeping guides current

Each guide shows the date it was published and the date of its last significant update. Fees, deadlines and requirements change every year, so always confirm them with the university before you apply.

Corrections

If you spot a mistake, tell us and include a link to an official source. We fix confirmed errors and, where a correction changes a fact a reader may have relied on, we say so at the end of the guide.

Independence and paid listings

• Guides are not sponsored, and universities cannot pay to be included in a guide or to change what it says.
• Universities can pay for extra listing features, such as more photos or a higher position in lists. Paid placements are labelled ("Featured" or "Sponsored") and never change the facts we show.
• Whether a university pays us has no effect on whether we mention it in a guide or how we describe it.