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University of Sheffield contextual offers

University of Sheffield 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 Sheffield?

To be considered for a contextual offer from University of Sheffield you need 'home' fee status, plus one of the following: an IMD quintile 1-2 area, free school meals, care experience, caring responsibilities, estrangement from your parents, refugee or asylum-seeker status or a widening-access programme.

Everyone must:

• Have 'home' (UK) fee status

Then you need any one of these:

• Live in England's most deprived 40% of areas (IMD quintiles 1-2)
• Have been eligible for free school meals
• Are care-experienced or a care leaver
• Have caring responsibilities (a young carer, a parent, or similar)
• Are estranged from your parents or guardians
• Have refugee, asylum-seeker or humanitarian-protection status (you or your family)
• Have completed a recognised access or outreach programme (e.g. Sutton Trust, Realising Opportunities, or the university's own scheme)

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 Sheffield's contextual offer?

Of the 111 University of Sheffield courses where we have both offers, 101 are one grade lower and 10 are two grades lower. The most common change is AAB to ABB.

Contextual offer for each University of Sheffield course (111)

Course	Standard	Contextual
Accounting and Financial Management BA	AAB	ABB
Accounting and Financial Management and Economics BA	AAB	ABB
Aerospace Engineering BEng	A*AA	AAB
Aerospace Engineering MEng	A*AA	AAB
Architectural Engineering MEng	AAA	AAB
Architecture BA	AAA	AAB
Architecture and Landscape BA	AAA	AAB
Biochemistry BSc	AAB	ABB
Biochemistry MBiolSci	AAA	AAB
Biological Sciences BSc	AAB	ABB
Biological Sciences MBiolSci	AAA	AAB
Biomedical Engineering BEng	AAB	ABB
Biomedical Engineering MEng	AAA	AAB
Biomedical Science BSc	AAB	ABB
Biomedical Science MBiomedSci	AAA	AAB
Business Management BA	AAB	ABB
Business Management and Economics BA	AAB	ABB
Business Management and Modern Languages & Cultures BA	ABB	BBB
Chemical Engineering BEng	AAA	AAB
Chemical Engineering MEng	AAA	AAB
Chemistry BSc	AAB	ABB
Chemistry MChem	AAB	ABB
Chemistry with Biological and Medicinal Chemistry BSc	AAB	ABB
Chemistry with Biological and Medicinal Chemistry MChem	AAB	ABB
Civil Engineering BEng	AAA	AAB
Civil and Structural Engineering MEng	AAA	AAB
Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) BSc	A*AA	AAB
Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) MComp	A*AA	AAB
Computer Science (Software Engineering) BEng	A*AA	AAB
Computer Science (Software Engineering) MEng	A*AA	AAB
Computer Science BSc	A*AA	AAB
Computer Science MComp	A*AA	AAB
Computer Systems Engineering BEng	AAB	ABB
Computer Systems Engineering MEng	AAA	AAB
Criminology BA	AAB	ABB
Data Science BSc	AAB	ABB
Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy BSc	ABB	BBB
Dental Surgery BDS	AAA	AAB
Digital Media and Society BA	ABB	BBB
East Asian Studies BA	ABB	BBB
Economics BA	AAB	ABB
Economics BSc	AAB	ABB
Economics and Mathematics BSc	AAA	AAB
Economics and Politics BA	AAB	ABB
Economics with Finance BSc	AAA	AAB
Education and Psychology BSc	ABB	BBB
Electrical and Electronic Engineering BEng	AAB	ABB
Electrical and Electronic Engineering MEng	AAA	AAB
English Language and Linguistics BA	AAB	ABB
English Language and Literature BA	AAB	ABB
English Literature BA	AAB	ABB
English and History BA	AAB	ABB
English and Modern Languages & Cultures BA	ABB	BBB
English and Music BA	ABB	BBB
English and Philosophy BA	ABB	BBB
Environmental Science BSc	ABB	BBB
Financial Mathematics BSc	AAA	AAB
General Engineering BEng (Hons)	A*AA	AAA
General Engineering MEng (Hons)	A*AA	AAA
Geography BA	AAB	ABB
Geography BSc	AAB	ABB
Geography and Planning BA	ABB	BBB
Global Sustainable Development BA	AAB	ABB
History BA	AAB	ABB
History and Modern Languages & Cultures BA	ABB	BBB
History and Philosophy BA	AAB	ABB
History and Politics BA	AAB	ABB
Journalism Studies BA	ABB	BBB
Landscape Architecture BA	ABB	BBB
Landscape Architecture MLA	ABB	BBB
Law (European and International) LLB	AAA	AAB
Law LLB	AAA	AAB
Law and Criminology LLB	AAB	ABB
Linguistics and Modern Languages & Cultures BA	ABB	BBB
Materials Science and Engineering BEng	AAB	ABB
Materials Science and Engineering MEng	AAA	AAB
Mathematics BSc	AAA	AAB
Mathematics MMath	AAA	AAB
Mathematics and Philosophy BSc	AAA	AAB
Mechanical Engineering BEng	A*AA	AAB
Mechanical Engineering MEng	A*AA	AAB
Mechatronic and Robotic Engineering BEng	AAB	ABB
Mechatronic and Robotic Engineering MEng	AAA	AAB
Medicine MBChB	AAA	AAB
Modern Languages and Cultures BA	ABB	BBB
Music BMus	AAB	ABB
Music and East Asian Studies BA	ABB	BBB
Music and Modern Languages & Cultures BA	ABB	BBB
Nursing (Adult) BMedSci	BBB	BBC
Orthoptics BMedSci	BBB	BBC
Pharmacy MPharm	AAB	ABB
Philosophy BA	AAB	ABB
Philosophy, Politics and Economics BA	AAA	AAB
Philosophy, Religion and Ethics BA	ABB	BBB
Physics BSc	AAB	ABB
Physics MPhys	AAA	AAB
Physics and Astrophysics BSc	AAB	ABB
Physics and Astrophysics MPhys	AAA	AAB
Politics and International Relations BA	AAB	ABB
Politics and Modern Languages & Cultures BA	ABB	BBB
Politics and Philosophy BA	AAB	ABB
Politics and Sociology BA	ABB	BBB
Psychology BSc	AAB	ABB
Social Sciences BA	ABB	BBB
Sociology BA	ABB	BBB
Speech and Language Therapy BMedSci	AAB	ABB
Theoretical Physics BSc	AAB	ABB
Theoretical Physics MPhys	AAA	AAB
Urban Planning MPlan(UG)	ABB	BBB
Zoology BSc	AAB	ABB
Zoology MBiolSci	AAA	AAB

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

University of Sheffield's official policy

This page summarises University of Sheffield's published contextual offer policy. Meeting the criteria means University of Sheffield 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.

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• 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 Aberdeen
• 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 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