Northumbria 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 Northumbria University, and from every other university with a published scheme.
Check if you qualify →To be considered for a contextual offer from Northumbria University you need 'home' fee status, plus one of the following: a low-participation or high-deprivation postcode, an IMD quintile 1-2 area, care experience, an underrepresented ethnic background, free school meals, being 21 or over (a mature student), caring responsibilities, estrangement from your parents, a disability or long-term health condition, an armed-forces background, being first in your family at university, refugee or asylum-seeker status or a widening-access programme.
Everyone must:
Then 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 Northumbria University's published contextual offer policy. Meeting the criteria means Northumbria 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 Northumbria University's criteria.
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