Sheffield Hallam 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 Sheffield Hallam University, and from every other university with a published scheme.
Check if you qualify →To be considered for a contextual offer from Sheffield Hallam University you need one of the following: a low-participation or high-deprivation postcode, care experience, a disability or long-term health condition, being 21 or over (a mature student), refugee or asylum-seeker status, caring responsibilities, estrangement from your parents, an armed-forces background, a widening-access programme, an underrepresented ethnic background, a household income under about £25,000 or disrupted education.
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 Sheffield Hallam University's published contextual offer policy. Meeting the criteria means Sheffield Hallam 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 Sheffield Hallam University's criteria.
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