name: The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service
notes: UCAS is the central organisation through which applications are processed for entry to UK higher education institutions.  The company is funded by university applicants and public authorities.
  
  UCAS became subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on 1 November 2011 in respect of the provision and maintenance of a central applications and admissions service in relation to publicly funded educational institutions.1