University of Exeter 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.
Find out in about two minutes whether you could get a contextual offer from University of Exeter, and from every other university with a published scheme.
Check if you qualify →To be considered for a contextual offer from University of Exeter you need one of the following: a POLAR4 quintile 1-2 area, a TUNDRA quintile 1-2 area, an IMD quintile 1-2 area, a widening-participation school, free school meals, a widening-access programme, care experience, caring responsibilities or refugee or asylum-seeker status.
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.
On all 102 University of Exeter courses where we have both offers, the contextual offer is two grades lower (for example AAB becomes BBB).
See every University of Exeter course for the full entry requirements.
This page summarises University of Exeter's published contextual offer policy. Meeting the criteria means University of Exeter 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 University of Exeter's criteria.
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