TheRightU

TheRightU is a Singapore-based overseas education consultancy with more than ten years of experience, operating from an office at 144 Robinson Road in central Singapore. It is a registered UCAS application centre and the official agent for 250+ universities and foundation providers across the UK, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, Switzerland, Ireland, Malaysia and China. Its service is free to students (funded by university commission) and covers study planning, credit-exemption and scholarship assessment, personal-statement coaching, document processing, English-test and bank-loan assistance, accommodation matching and pre-departure support, with a single portal to apply to up to eight courses at once.

TheRightU does not charge students a placement fee. Like most education agents, it is paid a commission by the schools, colleges and universities it places students into — including English-language (ELICOS) and vocational (VET) providers, not just higher education. That does not make its advice bad — but the agent is paid by the institution, not by you, so it has more financial reason to recommend a partner institution than a non-partner one. Ask which institutions it represents, and whether your shortlist is on that list.

• ▸Foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate applicants who want a UCAS-centre agent with scholarship and visa support