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University of Aberdeen contextual offers

University of Aberdeen makes contextual offers (lower entry requirements) to applicants whose background may have limited their opportunities. Here's who qualifies for 2027 entry and how much lower the offer is.

Who is eligible for a contextual offer at University of Aberdeen?

To be considered for a contextual offer from University of Aberdeen you need one of the following: an SIMD20 area, an SIMD40 area, free school meals, care experience, a widening-participation school, estrangement from your parents, caring responsibilities, a household income under about £25,000, disrupted education, a POLAR4 quintile 1 area, an underrepresented ethnic background, refugee or asylum-seeker status, a rural or remote area or an armed-forces background.

You need any one of these:

• Live in Scotland's most deprived 20% of areas (SIMD20)
• Live in Scotland's most deprived 40% of areas (SIMD40)
• Have been eligible for free school meals
• Are care-experienced or a care leaver
• Attend a school or college with low progression to university, low results, or on the university's widening-participation list
• Are estranged from your parents or guardians
• Have caring responsibilities (a young carer, a parent, or similar)
• Have a household income below about £25,000 a year
• Have had your education significantly disrupted (bereavement, serious illness, family breakdown or similar)
• Live in a POLAR4 quintile 1 area (the 20% of areas where fewest young people go to university)
• Are from an underrepresented ethnic background
• Have refugee, asylum-seeker or humanitarian-protection status (you or your family)
• Live in a rural or remote area
• Are from an armed-forces family, or are a veteran or service leaver

Criteria based on where you live are worked out from your home postcode, which the checker looks up for you. Each link above explains what the criterion means.

How much lower is University of Aberdeen's contextual offer?

Of the 305 University of Aberdeen courses where we have both offers, 304 are two grades lower and 1 is one grade lower. The most common change is BBC to CCC.

Contextual offer for each University of Aberdeen course (305)

Course	Standard	Contextual
Accountancy	BBC	CCC
Accountancy and Business Management	BBC	CCC
Accountancy and Economics	BBC	CCC
Accountancy and Finance	BBC	CCC
Accountancy and French	BBC	CCC
Accountancy and German	BBC	CCC
Accountancy and Legal Studies	BBC	CCC
Accountancy and Spanish & Latin American Studies	BBC	CCC
Animal Behaviour	BBC	CCC
Anthropology	BBC	CCC
Anthropology and Archaeology	BBC	CCC
Anthropology and English	BBC	CCC
Anthropology and Film & Visual Culture	BBC	CCC
Anthropology and French	BBC	CCC
Anthropology and French (5 years)	BBC	CCC
Anthropology and Gaelic Studies	BBC	CCC
Anthropology and Geography	BBC	CCC
Anthropology and German	BBC	CCC
Anthropology and German (5 years)	BBC	CCC
Anthropology and History	BBC	CCC
Anthropology and International Relations	BBC	CCC
Anthropology and Language & Linguistics	BBC	CCC
Anthropology and Philosophy	BBC	CCC
Anthropology and Politics	BBC	CCC
Anthropology and Psychology	BBC	CCC
Anthropology and Sociology	BBC	CCC
Anthropology and Spanish & Latin American Studies	BBC	CCC
Anthropology and Spanish & Latin American Studies (5 years)	BBC	CCC
Anthropology and Theology & Religion	BBC	CCC
Applied Mathematics	BBC	CCC
Applied Mathematics	BBC	CCC
Archaeology	BBC	CCC
Archaeology	BBC	CCC
Archaeology and Art History	BBC	CCC
Archaeology and Celtic & Anglo-Saxon Studies	BBC	CCC
Archaeology and History	BBC	CCC
Archaeology and Language & Linguistics	BBC	CCC
Art History	BBC	CCC
Art History and Celtic & Anglo-Saxon Studies	BBC	CCC
Art History and English	BBC	CCC
Art History and Film & Visual Culture	BBC	CCC
Art History and French	BBC	CCC
Art History and French (5 years)	BBC	CCC
Art History and History	BBC	CCC
Art History and Spanish & Latin American Studies	BBC	CCC
Art History and Spanish & Latin American Studies (5 years)	BBC	CCC
Art History and Theology & Religion	BBC	CCC
Biochemistry	BBC	CCC
Biological Sciences	BBC	CCC
Biology	BBC	CCC
Biomedical Sciences	BBB	BBC
Business Management	BBC	CCC
Business Management and Economics	BBC	CCC
Business Management and English	BBC	CCC
Business Management and French	BBC	CCC
Business Management and French (5 years)	BBC	CCC
Business Management and Gaelic Studies	BBC	CCC
Business Management and Geography	BBC	CCC
Business Management and German	BBC	CCC
Business Management and German (5 years)	BBC	CCC
Business Management and History	BBC	CCC
Business Management and Information Systems	BBC	CCC
Business Management and Information Systems	BBC	CCC
Business Management and International Relations	BBC	CCC
Business Management and Legal Studies	BBC	CCC
Business Management and Mathematics	BBC	CCC
Business Management and Politics	BBC	CCC
Business Management and Psychology	BBC	CCC
Business Management and Real Estate	BBC	CCC
Business Management and Sociology	BBC	CCC
Business Management and Spanish & Latin American Studies	BBC	CCC
Business Management and Spanish & Latin American Studies (5 years)	BBC	CCC
Celtic & Anglo Saxon Studies and German	BBC	CCC
Celtic & Anglo Saxon Studies and Spanish & Latin American Studies	BBC	CCC
Celtic & Anglo Saxon Studies and Theology & Religion	BBC	CCC
Celtic & Anglo-Saxon Studies	BBC	CCC
Celtic & Anglo-Saxon Studies and English	BBC	CCC
Celtic & Anglo-Saxon Studies and Film & Visual Culture	BBC	CCC
Celtic & Anglo-Saxon Studies and French	BBC	CCC
Celtic & Anglo-Saxon Studies and French (5 years)	BBC	CCC
Celtic & Anglo-Saxon Studies and Gaelic Studies	BBC	CCC
Celtic & Anglo-Saxon Studies and German (5 years)	BBC	CCC
Celtic & Anglo-Saxon Studies and History	BBC	CCC
Celtic & Anglo-Saxon Studies and Language & Linguistics	BBC	CCC
Celtic & Anglo-Saxon Studies and Philosophy	BBC	CCC
Celtic & Anglo-Saxon Studies and Sociology	BBC	CCC
Celtic & Anglo-Saxon Studies and Spanish & Latin American Studies (5 years)	BBC	CCC
Chemistry	BBC	CCC
Comparative Literature & Culture	BBC	CCC
Comparative Literature & Culture (5 years)	BBC	CCC
Comparative Literature & Culture and French (5 years)	BBC	CCC
Comparative Literature & Culture and Gaelic	BBC	CCC
Comparative Literature & Culture and German (5 years)	BBC	CCC
Comparative Literature & Culture and Spanish & Latin American Studies (5 years)	BBC	CCC
Comparative Literature & Culture with French	BBC	CCC
Comparative Literature & Culture with Gaelic	BBC	CCC
Comparative Literature & Culture with German	BBC	CCC
Comparative Literature & Culture with Mandarin	BBC	CCC
Comparative Literature & Culture with Spanish & Latin American Studies	BBC	CCC
Computing Science and Mathematics	BBC	CCC
Computing Science and Physics	BBC	CCC
Conservation Biology	BBC	CCC
Criminology and Sociology	BBC	CCC
Ecology	BBC	CCC
Economics	BBC	CCC
Economics and Finance	BBC	CCC
Economics and French	BBC	CCC
Economics and French (5 years)	BBC	CCC
Economics and Gaelic Studies	BBC	CCC
Economics and Geography	BBC	CCC
Economics and German	BBC	CCC
Economics and German (5 years)	BBC	CCC
Economics and History	BBC	CCC
Economics and International Relations	BBC	CCC
Economics and Legal Studies	BBC	CCC
Economics and Mathematics	BBC	CCC
Economics and Philosophy	BBC	CCC
Economics and Politics	BBC	CCC
Economics and Psychology	BBC	CCC
Economics and Sociology	BBC	CCC
Economics and Spanish & Latin American Studies	BBC	CCC
Economics and Spanish & Latin American Studies (5 years)	BBC	CCC
English	BBC	CCC
English Language & Literature	BBC	CCC
English and Film & Visual Culture	BBC	CCC
English and French	BBC	CCC
English and French (5 years)	BBC	CCC
English and Gaelic Studies	BBC	CCC
English and German	BBC	CCC
English and German (5 years)	BBC	CCC
English and History	BBC	CCC
English and International Relations	BBC	CCC
English and Language & Linguistics	BBC	CCC
English and Music Studies	BBC	CCC
English and Philosophy	BBC	CCC
English and Scottish Literature	BBC	CCC
English and Sociology	BBC	CCC
English and Spanish & Latin American Studies	BBC	CCC
English and Spanish & Latin American Studies (5 years)	BBC	CCC
English and Theology & Religion	BBC	CCC
English with Creative Writing	BBC	CCC
Environmental Science	BBC	CCC
Film & Visual Culture	BBC	CCC
Film & Visual Culture and French	BBC	CCC
Film & Visual Culture and French (5 years)	BBC	CCC
Film & Visual Culture and Gaelic Studies	BBC	CCC
Film & Visual Culture and German	BBC	CCC
Film & Visual Culture and German (5 years)	BBC	CCC
Film & Visual Culture and History	BBC	CCC
Film & Visual Culture and International Relations	BBC	CCC
Film & Visual Culture and Philosophy	BBC	CCC
Film & Visual Culture and Sociology	BBC	CCC
Film & Visual Culture and Spanish & Latin American Studies	BBC	CCC
Film & Visual Culture and Spanish & Latin American Studies (5 years)	BBC	CCC
French and Gaelic Studies	BBC	CCC
French and Geography	BBC	CCC
French and German	BBC	CCC
French and History	BBC	CCC
French and History (5 years)	BBC	CCC
French and International Relations	BBC	CCC
French and International Relations (5 years)	BBC	CCC
French and Language & Linguistics	BBC	CCC
French and Language & Linguistics (5 years)	BBC	CCC
French and Legal Studies	BBC	CCC
French and Legal Studies (5 years)	BBC	CCC
French and Music	BBC	CCC
French and Music (5 years)	BBC	CCC
French and Philosophy	BBC	CCC
French and Philosophy (5 years)	BBC	CCC
French and Politics	BBC	CCC
French and Politics (5 years)	BBC	CCC
French and Sociology	BBC	CCC
French and Sociology (5 years)	BBC	CCC
French and Spanish & Latin American Studies	BBC	CCC
Gaelic Studies and Geography	BBC	CCC
Gaelic Studies and German	BBC	CCC
Gaelic Studies and History	BBC	CCC
Gaelic Studies and Language & Linguistics	BBC	CCC
Gaelic Studies and Politics	BBC	CCC
Gaelic Studies and Sociology	BBC	CCC
Gaelic Studies and Spanish & Latin American Studies	BBC	CCC
Gaelic Studies and Theology & Religion	BBC	CCC
Geography	BBC	CCC
Geography	BBC	CCC
Geography and German	BBC	CCC
Geography and German (5 years)	BBC	CCC
Geography and International Relations	BBC	CCC
Geography and Sociology	BBC	CCC
Geography and Spanish & Latin American Studies	BBC	CCC
Geography and Spanish & Latin American Studies (5 years)	BBC	CCC
Geology	BBC	CCC
Geology and Physics	BBC	CCC
Geoscience	BBC	CCC
German and History	BBC	CCC
German and History (5 years)	BBC	CCC
German and International Relations	BBC	CCC
German and International Relations (5 years)	BBC	CCC
German and Language & Linguistics	BBC	CCC
German and Language & Linguistics (5 years)	BBC	CCC
German and Legal Studies	BBC	CCC
German and Legal Studies (5 years)	BBC	CCC
German and Mathematics	BBC	CCC
German and Mathematics	BBC	CCC
German and Music	BBC	CCC
German and Music (5 years)	BBC	CCC
German and Philosophy	BBC	CCC
German and Philosophy (5 years)	BBC	CCC
German and Politics	BBC	CCC
German and Politics (5 years)	BBC	CCC
German and Sociology	BBC	CCC
German and Sociology (5 years)	BBC	CCC
German and Spanish & Latin American Studies	BBC	CCC
History	BBC	CCC
History and International Relations	BBC	CCC
History and Language & Linguistics	BBC	CCC
History and Legal Studies	BBC	CCC
History and Philosophy	BBC	CCC
History and Politics	BBC	CCC
History and Sociology	BBC	CCC
History and Spanish & Latin American Studies	BBC	CCC
History and Spanish & Latin American Studies (5 years)	BBC	CCC
History and Theology & Religion	BBC	CCC
International Business	BBC	CCC
International Business (5 years)	BBC	CCC
International Business with French	BBC	CCC
International Business with French (5 years)	BBC	CCC
International Business with Gaelic	BBC	CCC
International Business with Gaelic (5 years)	BBC	CCC
International Business with German	BBC	CCC
International Business with German (5 years)	BBC	CCC
International Business with Mandarin	BBC	CCC
International Business with Mandarin (5 years)	BBC	CCC
International Business with Spanish	BBC	CCC
International Business with Spanish (5 years)	BBC	CCC
International Relations and Language & Linguistics	BBC	CCC
International Relations and Legal Studies	BBC	CCC
International Relations and Sociology	BBC	CCC
International Relations and Spanish & Latin American Studies	BBC	CCC
International Relations and Spanish & Latin American Studies (5 years)	BBC	CCC
International Relations and Theology & Religion	BBC	CCC
Language & Linguistics	BBC	CCC
Language & Linguistics and Philosophy	BBC	CCC
Language & Linguistics and Psychology	BBC	CCC
Language & Linguistics and Sociology	BBC	CCC
Language & Linguistics and Spanish & Latin American Studies	BBC	CCC
Language & Linguistics and Spanish & Latin American Studies (5 years)	BBC	CCC
Language and Linguistics with Mandarin	BBC	CCC
Legal Studies and Philosophy	BBC	CCC
Legal Studies and Politics	BBC	CCC
Legal Studies and Psychology	BBC	CCC
Legal Studies and Spanish & Latin American Studies	BBC	CCC
Legal Studies and Spanish & Latin American Studies (5 years)	BBC	CCC
Liberal Arts and Sciences	BBC	CCC
Marine Biology	BBC	CCC
Mathematics	BBC	CCC
Mathematics	BBC	CCC
Mathematics and Philosophy	BBC	CCC
Mathematics and Physics	BBC	CCC
Mathematics and Spanish & Latin American Studies	BBC	CCC
Mathematics and Spanish & Latin American Studies	BBC	CCC
Mathematics with Gaelic	BBC	CCC
Mathematics with Gaelic	BBC	CCC
Modern Languages and Translation & Interpreting Studies with Overseas Placement	BBC	CCC
Molecular and Cellular Biology	BBC	CCC
Music and Spanish & Latin American Studies	BBC	CCC
Music and Spanish & Latin American Studies (5 years)	BBC	CCC
Neuroscience with Psychology	BBC	CCC
Pharmacology	BBC	CCC
Philosophy	BBC	CCC
Philosophy and Politics	BBC	CCC
Philosophy and Psychology	BBC	CCC
Philosophy and Sociology	BBC	CCC
Philosophy and Theology & Religion	BBC	CCC
Philosophy, Politics and Economics	BBC	CCC
Physical Sciences	BBC	CCC
Physics	BBC	CCC
Physics with Astrophysics	BBC	CCC
Physics with Geology	BBC	CCC
Physics with Philosophy	BBC	CCC
Physiology	BBC	CCC
Plant and Soil Science	BBC	CCC
Politics and International Relations	BBC	CCC
Politics and Sociology	BBC	CCC
Politics and Spanish & Latin American Studies	BBC	CCC
Politics and Spanish & Latin American Studies (5 years)	BBC	CCC
Politics and Theology & Religion	BBC	CCC
Psychology	BBC	CCC
Psychology	BBC	CCC
Psychology and Sociology	BBC	CCC
Psychology with Counselling Skills	BBC	CCC
Psychology with French	BBC	CCC
Psychology with French	BBC	CCC
Psychology with Gaelic	BBC	CCC
Psychology with German	BBC	CCC
Real Estate	BBC	CCC
Scottish Studies	BBC	CCC
Sociology	BBC	CCC
Sociology and Spanish & Latin American Studies	BBC	CCC
Sociology and Spanish & Latin American Studies (5 years)	BBC	CCC
Sociology and Theology & Religion	BBC	CCC
Spanish & Latin American Studies and Theology & Religion	BBC	CCC
Spanish & Latin American Studies and Theology & Religion (5 years)	BBC	CCC
Sports and Exercise Science	BBC	CCC
Theology and Religion	BBC	CCC
Zoology	BBC	CCC

See every University of Aberdeen course for the full entry requirements.

University of Aberdeen's official policy

This page summarises University of Aberdeen's published contextual offer policy. Meeting the criteria means University of Aberdeen may make you a contextual offer; it doesn't guarantee one, and some courses (often medicine, dentistry and other heavily oversubscribed courses) can have their own rules. Always check the university's own policy before relying on it.

Other universities' contextual offers

• Aberystwyth University
• Aston University
• Bangor University
• Bath Spa University
• Birmingham City University
• Bournemouth University
• Brunel University of London
• Cardiff Metropolitan University
• Cardiff University
• City St George's, University of London
• Coventry University
• Durham University
• Edge Hill University
• Edinburgh Napier University
• Glasgow Caledonian University
• Goldsmiths, University of London
• Harper Adams University
• Heriot-Watt University
• Imperial College London
• Keele University
• King's College London
• Lancaster University
• London School of Economics and Political Science
• Loughborough University
• Newcastle University
• Northumbria University
• Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
• Queen's University Belfast
• Robert Gordon University
• Royal Holloway, University of London
• Sheffield Hallam University
• Swansea University
• UWE Bristol
• University College London
• University of Bath
• University of Birmingham
• University of Bristol
• University of Cambridge
• University of Chester
• University of Chichester
• University of Derby
• University of Dundee
• University of East Anglia
• University of East London
• University of Edinburgh
• University of Exeter
• University of Glasgow
• University of Gloucestershire
• University of Hull
• University of Kent
• University of Lancashire
• University of Leeds
• University of Leicester
• University of Lincoln
• University of Liverpool
• University of Manchester
• University of Plymouth
• University of Reading
• University of Salford
• University of Sheffield
• University of South Wales
• University of Southampton
• University of Strathclyde
• University of Suffolk
• University of Surrey
• University of Sussex
• University of Wales Trinity Saint David
• University of Warwick
• University of Winchester
• University of Wolverhampton
• University of Worcester
• University of York
• University of the Arts London