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University of Warwick contextual offers

University of Warwick 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 Warwick?

To be considered for a contextual offer from University of Warwick you need 'home' fee status and a UK state-school education, plus one of the following: free school meals, an IMD quintile 1-2 area, care experience, estrangement from your parents or refugee or asylum-seeker status.

Everyone must:

• Have 'home' (UK) fee status
• Attend, or last attended, a UK state school or college

Then you need any one of these:

• Have been eligible for free school meals
• Live in England's most deprived 40% of areas (IMD quintiles 1-2)
• Are care-experienced or a care leaver
• Are estranged from your parents or guardians
• Have refugee, asylum-seeker or humanitarian-protection status (you or your family)

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 Warwick's contextual offer?

Of the 146 University of Warwick courses where we have both offers, 96 are one grade lower and 50 are two grades lower. The most common change is AAB to ABB.

Contextual offer for each University of Warwick course (157)

Course	Standard	Contextual
Accounting and Finance	A*AA	AAB
Accounting and Finance with Placement Year	A*AA	AAB
Ancient History and Classical Archaeology	AAB	BBB
Ancient History and Classical Archaeology with Study in Europe	AAB	BBB
Automotive Engineering	AAA	AAB
Automotive Engineering	A*AA	AAA
Biochemistry	AAB	BBB
Biochemistry MBio	AAA	ABB
Biochemistry with Industrial Placement MBio	AAA	ABB
Biochemistry with Placement Year	AAB	BBB
Biological Sciences	AAB	ABB
Biological Sciences MBio	AAA	AAB
Biological Sciences with Industrial Placement MBio	AAA	AAB
Biological Sciences with Placement Year	AAB	ABB
Biomedical Sciences	AAB	ABB
Biomedical Sciences MBio	AAA	AAB
Biomedical Sciences with Industrial Placement MBio	AAA	AAB
Biomedical Sciences with Placement Year	AAB	ABB
Biomedical Systems Engineering	AAA	AAB
Biomedical Systems Engineering	A*AA	AAA
Business and Management	A*AA	AAB
Business and Management with Marketing BSC	A*AA	AAB
Business and Management with Marketing with Placement Year BSC	A*AA	AAB
Business and Management with Placement Year	A*AA	AAB
Chemistry	AAB	BBB
Chemistry	AAA	ABB
Chemistry with International Placement	AAA	ABB
Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry	AAB	BBB
Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry	AAA	ABB
Civil Engineering	AAA	AAB
Civil Engineering	A*AA	AAA
Classical Civilisation	AAB	BBB
Classical Civilisation with Study in Europe	AAB	BBB
Classics	AAB	BBB
Classics (Ancient Greek) with Study in Europe	AAB	BBB
Classics (Latin) with Study in Europe	AAB	BBB
Classics and English	AAB	ABB
Computer Science	A*A*A	A*AA
Computer Science	A*A*A	A*AA
Computer Science with Business Studies	A*A*A	A*AA
Computer Systems Engineering	AAA	AAB
Computer Systems Engineering	A*AA	AAA
Cyber Security	AAA	AAB
Data Science	—	B
Data Science	—	B
Design and Global Sustainable Development BASc	AAA	AAB
Design for Sustainable Innovation BASc	AAB	ABB
Digital Futures, Artificial Intelligence and Society BASc	AAA	AAB
Discrete Mathematics	A*A*A	A*AA
Discrete Mathematics	A*A*A	A*AA
Economic Studies and Global Sustainable Development BASc	A*AA	AAB
Economics	A*AA	AAB
Economics and Management	A*AA	AAB
Economics, Politics and International Studies BSc/	A*AA	AAB
Economics, Psychology and Philosophy (EPP) BA/	A*AA	AAB
Education	ABB	BBB
Education Studies and Global Sustainable Development BASc	AAB	ABB
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	AAA	AAB
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	A*AA	AAA
Engineering	AAA	AAB
Engineering	A*AA	AAA
Engineering Business Management	AAA	AAB
English Language and Linguistics	AAB	ABB
English Literature	AAA	ABB
English Literature and Creative Writing	AAA	ABB
English and Classical Civilisation	AAB	ABB
English and History	AAA	ABB
English and Theatre Studies	AAB	ABB
Film and Literature	—	B
French Studies	ABB	BBB
French and Economics	AAB	ABB
German Studies	ABB	BBB
German and Economics	AAB	ABB
Global Politics with Integrated Year Abroad in Brussels	AAA	ABB
Global Sustainable Development BASc	AAA	AAB
Global Sustainable Development and Business Studies BASc	A*AA	AAB
Health and Medical Sciences	AAB	ABB
Hispanic Studies	ABB	BBB
Hispanic Studies and Economics	AAB	ABB
Hispanic Studies and Global Sustainable Development BASc	AAB	ABB
History	AAA	ABB
History and Global Sustainable Development BASc	AAA	AAB
History and Philosophy	AAA	ABB
History and Politics	AAA	ABB
History and Sociology	AAB	ABB
History of Art	ABB	BBB
History of Art with Italian	—	BBB
Human, Social and Political Sciences	ABB	BBB
Integrated Natural Sciences	AAB	ABB
Integrated Natural Sciences	AAA	AAB
International Business and Management	A*AA	AAB
International Business and Management with Marketing	A*AA	AAB
Italian Studies	—	B
Italian and Economics	AAB	ABB
Law	A*AA	AAB
Law (4 Years)	A*AA	AAB
Law and Sociology	AAB	ABB
Law with French	AAB	ABB
Law with German	AAB	ABB
Law with Humanities	A*AA	AAB
Law with Study Abroad in English	A*AA	AAB
Liberal Arts	AAA	ABB
Liberal Arts and Sciences BASc	AAB	BBB
Life Sciences and Global Sustainable Development BASc	AAB	ABB
Linguistics with Modern Languages	AAB	ABB
MORSE	—	B
MORSE MMORSE	—	B
Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering	AAA	AAB
Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering	A*AA	AAA
Mathematics	A*A*A	A*A*B
Mathematics	A*A*A	A*A*B
Mathematics and Philosophy BA/	—	A
Mathematics and Physics	A*AA	A*AB
Mathematics and Physics MMathPhys	A*AA	A*AB
Mathematics and Statistics	—	B
Mathematics and Statistics MMathStat	—	B
Mechanical Engineering	AAA	AAB
Mechanical Engineering	A*AA	AAA
Media and Creative Industries	AAB	BBB
Modern Languages	ABB	BBB
Modern Languages and Economics	AAB	ABB
Modern Languages and Linguistics	ABB	BBB
Modern Languages with Linguistics	ABB	BBB
Modern Languages with Translation and Transcultural Studies	ABB	BBB
Neuroscience	AAB	ABB
Neuroscience MBio	AAA	AAB
Neuroscience with Industrial Placement MBio	AAA	AAB
Neuroscience with Placement Year	AAB	ABB
Philosophy	AAA	ABB
Philosophy and Global Sustainable Development BASc	AAA	AAB
Philosophy and Literature	AAB	ABB
Philosophy and Politics	AAA	ABB
Philosophy with Psychology	AAB	ABB
Philosophy, Literature and Classics	AAB	ABB
Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) BA/	—	B
Physics	A*AA	AAA
Physics	A*AA	AAA
Physics with Astrophysics	A*AA	AAA
Physics with Astrophysics	A*AA	AAA
Politics	AAA	ABB
Politics and International Studies	AAA	ABB
Politics and International Studies with Chinese	AAB	BBB
Politics and Sociology	AAB	BBB
Politics, International Studies and Global Sustainable Development BASc	AAA	AAB
Politics, Philosophy and Law (PPL)	AAA	AAB
Professional and Intercultural Communication	ABB	BBB
Psychology	AAB	ABB
Psychology and Global Sustainable Development BASc	AAB	ABB
Robotics Engineering with Artificial Intelligence	AAA	AAB
Social Sciences with Data Science	ABB	BBB
Sociology	ABB	BBB
Sociology and Criminology	ABB	BBB
Sociology and Global Sustainable Development BASc	AAB	ABB
Systems Engineering	AAA	AAB
Systems Engineering	A*AA	AAA
Theatre and Performance Studies	ABB	BBB
Theatre and Performance Studies and Global Sustainable Development BASc	AAB	ABB

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

University of Warwick's official policy

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

Other universities' contextual offers

• Aberystwyth University
• Aston University
• Bangor University
• Bath Spa University
• Birmingham City University
• 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 Sheffield
• 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 Winchester
• University of Wolverhampton
• University of Worcester
• University of York
• University of the Arts London