Bournemouth University makes contextual offers (lower entry requirements) to applicants whose background may have limited their opportunities. Here's who qualifies for 2027 entry.
Find out in about two minutes whether you could get a contextual offer from Bournemouth University, and from every other university with a published scheme.
Check if you qualify →To be considered for a contextual offer from Bournemouth University you need one of the following: care experience, an IMD quintile 1-2 area, free school meals, an armed-forces background, estrangement from your parents or caring responsibilities.
You need any one of these:
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.
This page summarises Bournemouth University's published contextual offer policy. Meeting the criteria means Bournemouth University 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.
Check whether your postcode, school and circumstances meet Bournemouth University's criteria.
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