Keying an Application
How do I enter a Postgraduate Application?
- Step 1 Navigating to the Application Form
- Step 2 Starting the Application
- Step 3 Uploading Application Documentation
- Step 4 Completing the Application Form
- Step 5 Keying the Applicant's Email address
- Step 6 Submitting the Application
Example 1 – Entering application details via the ‘Postgraduate Application Form’ for a PgCert Health Information Governance (Online Distance Learning) 1 year, 2010/11 entry.
The Steps below describe the actions required to enter application details in the Other Admissions - Postgraduate Application Form:
Step 1 – Navigating to the Application Form
Click on the Postgraduate Application Form link.
Select the PgCert Health Information Governance (Online Distance Learning) 1 year from the Programme drop down list.
Select the appropriate year (the academic year in which the applicant will begin their studies) from the Academic Year drop down list.
Click on the 
button to proceed.
Click on the Start Application link next to the appropriate start date. There could be many options if the programme can start in different months.
This will display the Application Guidance page that is shown to the applicant before they begin the online application.
Click on the 
button to proceed.
Select the pictures that display flowers and click on the 
button.
This action is required to rebuff spam email within EUCLID.
Step 2 – Starting the Application
Enter the Forename(s), Surname & Date of Birth in the New User Details screen,
NB Enter your own Edinburgh University email address in this Email field, not the applicants. This allows Student Systems to generate an intray message should EUCLID crash/or you accidently close the application form mid-application. In addition it allows Student Systems to identify who has created the application.
Go to your EUCLID Home page and select the Students option. Select Quick Student Lookup and run a search on the applicant Surname and Known as fields. If you find a match to an existing student, select Yes from the dropdown box in answer to the Have you applied or studied at the University of Edinburgh before? question.Then enter the student UUN (University Username).
If no match was found in the Quick Student Lookup, then enter No.
Click on the 
button.
The screen above is displayed to confirm that the personal details are correct and you wish to proceed.
Click on the 
button.
Step 3 –Uploading application documentation
NB Staff should ignore the Upload Documents screen.
Click on 
to continue.
Step 4 – Completing the application form
The application form is split into sections in a tab format:
You should complete the details, taking care to enter the mandatory fields marked with an *.
The following fields marked with an * need not be completed by staff:
- Personal statement
- Relevant knowledge/skills
- Research Topic
- Published Work
- Employment
- Finance
- Referees
Step 5 – Keying the applicants email address if a portal user
If the applicant wishes to be setup with EUCLID access they should be selected as a Portal user in the Personal page and the applicants email address should be entered in the Contact page:
Personal page
Contact page
If the applicant has been selected as a Portal user, you should enter the applicants Email address in the Contact Page.
If the applicant has been selected as a Non-Portal user, the Email address fields in the Contact page will be hidden from view.
Step 6 – Submitting the application
Once the appropriate details have been completed the application can be submitted:
On submission, the application will be retrievable in the Application & Decision Entry (ACD) option in EUCLID.
Click on the 
button to complete the process.
If the applicant has been entered as a Portal user they will receive an email which will show their EASE registration details.