The phrase "were accepted to study" is correct and can be used in written English.
You might use this phrase to describe someone's educational journey, for example: "I was accepted to study law at Harvard in 1992."
"There is a contract the student has been accepted to study Independent Studies.
He has applied, and been accepted, to study at Cambridge University in England.
Alagappan, who has been accepted to study at Stanford University, plans to publish his findings in the scientific journal Nature Materials.
Afterwards, he sent some works of war subjects to the Royal College of Art and in 1947 was accepted to study there.
Twice, he has been accepted to study at the London School of Economics, but both times did not get a visa.
In Ms Williams' case, though, she has already been accepted to study arts and culture at the university.
Safa Nour, 19, who had been accepted to study biomedical science at Surrey, said she thought the school cared less about BTec students.
He has now been accepted to study sociology at Hull after getting C grades in media studies and film studies, a U in law and a D in AS-level sociology.
She married a Pakistani doctor who was accepted to study for a master's degree at Harvard, with whom she had three children.
A homeless student who slept on friends' sofas while taking his A-levels has been accepted to study law at Cambridge University after achieving straight A*s.
Before his flight leaves Washington to take him back to California, where he's just been accepted to study political science at UCLA, Anderson reflects on how the right interventions prevented his life taking a destructive course.
