Contextual Offers

When we review your application, we'll look at:

• Qualifications you have already achieved
• Predicted grades for incomplete qualifications
• Your personal statement
• Your reference
• Any extenuating circumstances you have told us about

Contextual Offers

We’re committed to widening participation and supporting your journey into higher education.  Depending on your situation, you may receive an offer towards the lower end of our typical entry requirement range (this can be up to two grades, or up to 16 UCAS tariff points lower than our typical entry requirement).  You may be eligible if you:

• Are estranged from your parents
• Have been in care
• Have caring responsibilities
• Live in a disadvantaged area (based on your home post code)
• Have Refugee or Asylum Seeker Status
• Are the first in your immediate family to go to university

We receive this information directly from UCAS, so contextual offers are only available to applicants who apply through UCAS.

Please note that subject-specific requirements (eg a certain grade in a subject, or an art portfolio) still apply.  Please see our undergraduate course pages for details of our standard entry criteria.

BVSc Veterinary Science

If you're applying for the BVSc Veterinary Science course, your application will be handled by the RVC, and their contextual admissions criteria will apply.  Please see their website for further information: RVC Admissions Policy

Seren Network

If you take part in the Welsh Government's Seren Network, please email us at admissions@aber.ac.uk so we can make sure you're considered for a contextual offer.

Special circumstances

If something outside your control has affected your studies, please let us know by emailing admissions@aber.ac.uk either when you apply, or as soon as possible if the issue arises later.  We'll make sure these circumstances are considered sensitively by the appropriate admissions professional, provided they haven't already been taken into account by your exam board.