Our subject-specific flagship event, Create Your Future, is an unmissable opportunity to meet students suitable for your creative courses, apprenticeships, and other services.
To get started, make sure you have your exhibitor reference code ready. You'll need this to access the booking form and secure your preferred stand space.
Need pricing details or marketing options? Get in touch with the team who will be able to send across the details eventssales@ucas.ac.uk
Spaces are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis
Create Your Future is an unmissable opportunity to meet students interested in the creative industries. HE providers, employers, and industry/commercial brands and organisations come together to provide the next cohort of creatives with opportunities, knowledge and insight, leaving them inspired to take their next steps. Students with a creative flair can find out about degrees, apprenticeships, and the latest advances in creative technology.
- Bring your courses to life: Why not show off your current talent with a stage performance or bring your course to life with a creative workshop? Students will leave feeling inspired and excited about what they could study with you.
- Capture your imagination: we know students engage with the stands that capture their imagination. Go unique with an interactive experience or activity to showcase what you’re about.
- Build your own prospects: with our data scanning service, anyone who visits your stand can have their ticket scanned by your mobile device. You’ll be able to download the data into your CRM, meaning you can immediately start building a connection to convert leads.
Generate conversations, trigger their imagination and access more leads.
"90% of exhibitors found the event was effective in connecting them with suitable pre-applicants"
| Events | Venue | Dates |
| Create Your Future London | London ExCeL | 6 - 7 October 2025 |
| Create Your Future Manchester | Manchester Central | 11 - 12 November 2025 |
*Events are subject to change.
"Over 43% of Create Your Future event attendees submitted UCAS applications in 2024"
Our team of experts has designed an exciting array of marketing and sponsorship opportunities that can help you reach the right audience, at the right time, before, during and after the event.
For our latest exhibition stand and marketing opportunity pricing, please get in touch.
Let students and advisers know you’ll be at the event as soon as they start researching with a display advert on ucas.com.
With targeted display MPU ads on event specific pages you’ll be able to raise your profile and boost attendance to your stand on the day.
21,977 views*
- monthly average for UCAS.com event pages*
By advertising in communications triggered by visitors’ registration, your organisation will be directly associated with the event.
Containing critical information and sent before the event, the relevance and timeliness of these emails offers great results to advertisers with the right messaging.
54% open rate*
40.3% click-through rate*
With a solus email and SMS to students, you can start building a real connection with event attendees beforehand and encourage further direct engagement at the event itself.
We’ll ensure you get the most from your creative, sent just before an exhibition to the students registered. By aligning your message with our trusted brand, you can ensure great reach and impact with a highly engaged audience.
52% email open rate*
3.6% email click-through rate*
*For last full round of in-person events activity 2023
Directly engage with our audience face-to-face with your very own exhibition stand.
Stand options and sizes vary with premium positions also available.
Showcase your students with a live or pre-recorded performance on the Creative stage.
Host your advert on screens on the stage in between performances and talks to increase your brand awareness in London or Manchester.
Connect with students by hosting a student talk on a specific subject area or hold an interactive workshop to showcase what they can be learning in creative courses.
Champion young creative talent by hosting a performance in our Buskers Corner featured area on our second stage. This stage can create a real buzz so use this opportunity to get your brand in front of the audience.
Get your brand front and centre of students’ minds through a high-impact video on our event screens.
Your 10 second video clip will play on a loop to our captive audience, helping expand brand awareness and signpost visitors to your stand.
Let visitors know exactly who and where you are from the moment they enter the exhibition, with the ultimate signposting opportunity.
Your large, double sided vinyl banners are printed in four colours and hung directly above your stand.
Capture the attention of a wider audience and increase traffic to your stand with your own branded floor tiles.
You’ll get 5 identical, fully branded tiles that include your messaging and creative, located in high traffic areas of the event.
Boost your brand presence with a full colour A6 advert in the event guide. The brochure includes the floor plan and is used by students to navigate the event.
As one of a limited number of advertisers included and with placements amongst key UCAS and event information, your ad will have great visibility.
Improve your in-event profile and boost the visibility of your stand's location with your logo included in the event guide exhibitor list.
Sitting alongside the floor plan, the addition of your full colour branding in the exhibitor list will help you stand out from the competition and increase your visitor footfall.
Collect invaluable, quality data in seconds and use it to enhance your own future marketing campaigns with messaging direct to your student leads.
Purchasing licenses based on the maximum number of staff and devices you plan to have at the event, you’ll use your phone to instantly collect information on visitors to your stand.
We offer options to hire furniture such as computer plinth tables with cupboards, literature racks, stools, chairs, tables and plasma screens to help enhance your stand and the experience of your visitors.
Remind students about what you can offer them and continue your relationship after the event with a solus email.
Sent after they attend, your email creative will go direct to students who already associate you with the event and know your message is relevant – giving a high engagement rate. This offers a great opportunity to cement the connections you’ve already made.
46.2% open rate*
3.7% click-through rate*
*For in-person events activity 2023
eventssales@ucas.ac.uk