University of Leicester 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 University of Leicester, and from every other university with a published scheme.
Check if you qualify →To be considered for a contextual offer from University of Leicester you need one of the following: a widening-access programme, care experience, being 21 or over (a mature student), an IMD quintile 1 area, estrangement from your parents, caring responsibilities or free school meals.
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 University of Leicester's published contextual offer policy. Meeting the criteria means University of Leicester 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 Leicester's criteria.
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