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University of York contextual offers

University of York makes contextual offers (lower entry requirements) to applicants whose background may have limited their opportunities. Here's who qualifies for 2027 entry.

Who is eligible for a contextual offer at University of York?

To be considered for a contextual offer from University of York you need a UK state-school education and 'home' fee status, plus one of the following: a low-participation or high-deprivation postcode, refugee or asylum-seeker status, care experience, estrangement from your parents or a widening-access programme.

Everyone must:

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

Then you need any one of these:

• Live in a low-participation or high-deprivation area (quintile 1-2 under IMD, WIMD, NIMDM, SIMD, POLAR4 or TUNDRA)
• Have refugee, asylum-seeker or humanitarian-protection status (you or your family)
• Are care-experienced or a care leaver
• Are estranged from your parents or guardians
• 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.

University of York contextual offer grades

We have the contextual A-level offer for 263 University of York courses (listed below), but not the standard offers to compare them with.

Contextual offer for each University of York course (263)

Course	Contextual
BA (Hons) Archaeology	BBB
BA (Hons) Architecture	BBB
BA (Hons) Business and Management	BBB
BA (Hons) Business and Management (with a year in industry)	BBB
BA (Hons) Business and Management with French (with a year abroad)	BBB
BA (Hons) Business and Management with French (with a year in industry)	BBB
BA (Hons) Business and Management with German (with a year abroad)	BBB
BA (Hons) Business and Management with German (with a year in industry)	BBB
BA (Hons) Business and Management with Italian (with a year abroad)	BBB
BA (Hons) Business and Management with Italian (with a year in industry)	BBB
BA (Hons) Business and Management with Spanish (with a year abroad)	BBB
BA (Hons) Business and Management with Spanish (with a year in industry)	BBB
BA (Hons) Business and Society	BBB
BA (Hons) Business and Society (with a year in industry)	BBB
BA (Hons) Business of the Creative Industries	BBB
BA (Hons) Childhood Studies	BBB
BA (Hons) Criminal Justice and Social Policy	BBC
BA (Hons) Criminal Justice and Social Policy (with a year in industry)	BBC
BA (Hons) Criminology	BBB
BA (Hons) Curating and Art History	ABC
BA (Hons) Curating and Art History (with a year abroad)	ABC
BA (Hons) Digital Media, Culture and Communication	BBB
BA (Hons) Education	BBC
BA (Hons) Education and French (with a year abroad)	BBC
BA (Hons) Education and German (with a year abroad)	BBC
BA (Hons) Education and Italian (with a year abroad)	BBC
BA (Hons) Education and Spanish (with a year abroad)	BBC
BA (Hons) English Language and Linguistics	BBB
BA (Hons) English Language and Literature	ABC
BA (Hons) English Literature	ABB
BA (Hons) English Literature and History	AAC
BA (Hons) English Literature and History of Art	ABC
BA (Hons) English Literature and Philosophy	ABC
BA (Hons) English Literature and Politics	ABC
BA (Hons) French and German (with a year abroad)	BBB
BA (Hons) French and Italian (with a year abroad)	BBB
BA (Hons) French and Linguistics (with a year abroad)	BBB
BA (Hons) French and Spanish (with a year abroad)	BBB
BA (Hons) German and Italian (with a year abroad)	BBB
BA (Hons) German and Linguistics (with a year abroad)	BBB
BA (Hons) German and Spanish (with a year abroad)	BBB
BA (Hons) Heritage and Archaeology	BBB
BA (Hons) Historical Archaeology	BBB
BA (Hons) History	ABB
BA (Hons) History and Economics	ABB
BA (Hons) History and French (with a year abroad)	ABC
BA (Hons) History and German (with a year abroad)	ABC
BA (Hons) History and History of Art	ABC
BA (Hons) History and Italian (with a year abroad)	ABC
BA (Hons) History and Philosophy	ABC
BA (Hons) History and Politics	ABB
BA (Hons) History and Spanish (with a year abroad)	ABC
BA (Hons) History of Art	BBB
BA (Hons) History of Art (with a year abroad)	BBB
BA (Hons) History of Art with French (with a year abroad)	BBB
BA (Hons) History of Art with German (with a year abroad)	BBB
BA (Hons) History of Art with Italian (with a year abroad)	BBB
BA (Hons) History of Art with Spanish (with a year abroad)	BBB
BA (Hons) Human Geography and Environment	BBB
BA (Hons) Human Geography and Environment (with a placement year)	BBB
BA (Hons) International Relations	BBB
BA (Hons) International Relations and French (with a year abroad)	BBB
BA (Hons) International Relations and German (with a year abroad)	BBB
BA (Hons) International Relations and Italian (with a year abroad)	BBB
BA (Hons) International Relations and Spanish (with a year abroad)	BBB
BA (Hons) Italian and Linguistics (with a year abroad)	BBB
BA (Hons) Italian and Spanish (with a year abroad)	BBB
BA (Hons) Liberal Arts	ABB
BA (Hons) Liberal Arts with French (with a year abroad)	ABB
BA (Hons) Liberal Arts with German (with a year abroad)	ABB
BA (Hons) Liberal Arts with Italian (with a year abroad)	ABB
BA (Hons) Liberal Arts with Spanish (with a year abroad)	ABB
BA (Hons) Linguistics	BBB
BA (Hons) Linguistics with French	BBB
BA (Hons) Linguistics with German	BBB
BA (Hons) Linguistics with Italian	BBB
BA (Hons) Linguistics with Spanish	BBB
BA (Hons) Music	BBB
BA (Hons) Music Production and Sound Recording	BBB
BA (Hons) Philosophy	BBB
BA (Hons) Philosophy and Linguistics	BBB
BA (Hons) Philosophy and Politics	BBB
BA (Hons) Philosophy with French (with a year abroad)	BBB
BA (Hons) Philosophy with German (with a year abroad)	BBB
BA (Hons) Philosophy with Italian (with a year abroad)	BBB
BA (Hons) Philosophy with Sociology	BBB
BA (Hons) Philosophy with Spanish (with a year abroad)	BBB
BA (Hons) Politics	BBB
BA (Hons) Politics with International Relations	BBB
BA (Hons) Social Psychology	BBB
BA (Hons) Social and Political Sciences	BBB
BA (Hons) Social and Political Sciences (with a year in industry)	BBB
BA (Hons) Social and Public Policy	BBC
BA (Hons) Social and Public Policy (Ethics and Justice)	BBC
BA (Hons) Social and Public Policy (Ethics and Justice) (with a year in industry)	BBC
BA (Hons) Social and Public Policy (with a year in industry)	BBC
BA (Hons) Sociology	BBB
BA (Hons) Sociology with Criminology	BBB
BA (Hons) Sociology with Education	BBB
BA (Hons) Sociology with Social Psychology	BBB
BA (Hons) Spanish and Linguistics (with a year abroad)	BBB
BA (Hons) Theatre: Writing, Directing and Performance	BBB
BEng (Hons) Biomedical Engineering	BBB
BEng (Hons) Electronic Engineering	BBB
BEng (Hons) Electronic Engineering (with a foundation year)	BBC
BEng (Hons) Electronic Engineering with Music Technology Systems	BBB
BEng (Hons) Electronic and Computer Engineering	BBB
BEng (Hons) Electronic and Electrical Engineering	BBB
BEng (Hons) Engineering	BBB
BEng (Hons) Engineering (with a foundation year)	BBC
BEng (Hons) Engineering with Audio Technology	BBB
BEng (Hons) Intelligent Digital Health Engineering	BBB
BEng (Hons) Music Technology Systems	BBB
BEng (Hons) Music Technology Systems (with a foundation year)	BBC
BMid (Hons) Midwifery	BBB
BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance	BBB
BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance (with a year in industry)	BBB
BSc (Hons) Accounting, Business Finance and Management	BBB
BSc (Hons) Accounting, Business Finance and Management (with a year in industry)	BBB
BSc (Hons) Actuarial Science	ABB
BSc (Hons) Actuarial Science (with a year in industry)	ABB
BSc (Hons) Archaeology	BBB
BSc (Hons) Bioarchaeology	BBB
BSc (Hons) Biochemistry	BBB
BSc (Hons) Biology	BBB
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences	BBB
BSc (Hons) Biotechnology	BBB
BSc (Hons) Business and Management	BBB
BSc (Hons) Business and Management (with a year in industry)	BBB
BSc (Hons) Chemistry	ABB
BSc (Hons) Chemistry with Digital Methods	ABB
BSc (Hons) Chemistry, Biological and Medicinal Chemistry	ABB
BSc (Hons) Chemistry, Green Principles and Sustainable Processes	ABB
BSc (Hons) Chemistry, the Atmosphere and the Environment	ABB
BSc (Hons) Computer Science	ABB
BSc (Hons) Computer Science (with a year in industry)	ABB
BSc (Hons) Computer Science and Mathematics	ABB
BSc (Hons) Computer Science and Mathematics (with a year in industry)	ABB
BSc (Hons) Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence	ABB
BSc (Hons) Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence (with a year in industry)	ABB
BSc (Hons) Computer Science with Cyber Security	ABB
BSc (Hons) Computer Science with Cyber Security (with a year in industry)	ABB
BSc (Hons) Data Science	ABB
BSc (Hons) Data Science (with a year in industry)	AAB
BSc (Hons) Ecology and Conservation Biology	BBB
BSc (Hons) Ecology and Conservation Biology	BBB
BSc (Hons) Economics and Econometrics	BBB
BSc (Hons) Economics and Finance	BBB
BSc (Hons) Economics and Mathematics	ABB
BSc (Hons) Economics and Philosophy	BBB
BSc (Hons) Economics and Politics	BBB
BSc (Hons) Economics, Econometrics and Finance	BBB
BSc (Hons) Environment, Economics and Ecology	BBB
BSc (Hons) Environment, Economics and Ecology (with a placement year)	BBB
BSc (Hons) Environmental Science	BBB
BSc (Hons) Environmental Science (with a placement year)	BBB
BSc (Hons) Film and Television Production	BBB
BSc (Hons) Genetics	BBB
BSc (Hons) Immunology and Infectious Disease	BBB
BSc (Hons) Interactive Media	BBB
BSc (Hons) Interactive Media with Games	BBB
BSc (Hons) Linguistics	BBB
BSc (Hons) Marketing	BBB
BSc (Hons) Marketing (with a year in industry)	BBB
BSc (Hons) Mathematics	ABB
BSc (Hons) Mathematics (with a year abroad)	ABB
BSc (Hons) Mathematics and Finance	ABB
BSc (Hons) Mathematics and Management	ABB
BSc (Hons) Mathematics and Management (with a year in industry)	ABB
BSc (Hons) Mathematics and Philosophy	ABB
BSc (Hons) Mathematics and Physics	ABB
BSc (Hons) Mathematics and Physics (with a year abroad)	ABB
BSc (Hons) Mathematics and Statistics	ABB
BSc (Hons) Molecular Cell Biology	BBB
BSc (Hons) Neuroscience	BBB
BSc (Hons) Nursing (Adult)	BBC
BSc (Hons) Nursing (Child)	BBB
BSc (Hons) Nursing (Mental Health)	BBC
BSc (Hons) Philosophy, Politics and Economics	BBB
BSc (Hons) Physical Geography and Environment	BBB
BSc (Hons) Physical Geography and Environment (with a placement year)	BBB
BSc (Hons) Physics	BBB
BSc (Hons) Physics (with a foundation year)	BBC
BSc (Hons) Physics (with a year abroad)	BBB
BSc (Hons) Physics (with a year in industry)	BBB
BSc (Hons) Physics with Astrophysics	BBB
BSc (Hons) Physics with Astrophysics (with a year abroad)	BBB
BSc (Hons) Physics with Astrophysics (with a year in industry)	BBB
BSc (Hons) Physics with Philosophy	BBB
BSc (Hons) Physics with Philosophy (with a year abroad)	BBB
BSc (Hons) Psychology	ABB
BSc (Hons) Psychology in Education	BBB
BSc (Hons) Theoretical Physics	BBB
BSc (Hons) Theoretical Physics (with a year abroad)	BBB
BSc (Hons) Theoretical Physics (with a year in industry)	BBB
LLB (Hons) International Human Rights Law	ABB
LLB (Hons) Law	ABB
LLB (Hons) Law and Criminology	ABB
MBiochem (Hons) Biochemistry	ABB
MBiol (Hons) Biology	ABB
MBiol (Hons) Biotechnology	ABB
MBiol (Hons) Genetics	ABB
MBiol (Hons) Molecular Cell Biology	ABB
MBiomedSci (Hons) Biomedical Sciences	ABB
MChem (Hons) Chemistry (with a year abroad)	ABB
MChem (Hons) Chemistry (with a year in industry)	ABB
MChem (Hons) Chemistry with Digital Methods (with a year abroad)	ABB
MChem (Hons) Chemistry with Digital Methods (with a year in industry)	ABB
MChem (Hons) Chemistry, Biological and Medicinal Chemistry (with a year abroad)	ABB
MChem (Hons) Chemistry, Biological and Medicinal Chemistry (with a year in industry)	ABB
MChem (Hons) Chemistry, Green Principles and Sustainable Processes (with a year abroad)	ABB
MChem (Hons) Chemistry, Green Principles and Sustainable Processes (with a year in industry)	ABB
MChem (Hons) Chemistry, the Atmosphere and the Environment (with a year abroad)	ABB
MChem (Hons) Chemistry, the Atmosphere and the Environment (with a year in industry)	ABB
MEng (Hons) Computer Science	AAB
MEng (Hons) Computer Science (with a year in industry)	AAB
MEng (Hons) Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence	AAB
MEng (Hons) Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence (with a year in industry)	AAB
MEng (Hons) Computer Science with Cyber Security	AAB
MEng (Hons) Computer Science with Cyber Security (with a year in industry)	AAB
MEng (Hons) Electronic Engineering	ABB
MEng (Hons) Electronic Engineering with Music Technology Systems	ABB
MEng (Hons) Electronic and Computer Engineering	ABB
MEng (Hons) Electronic and Electrical Engineering	ABB
MEng (Hons) Engineering	ABB
MEng (Hons) Engineering with Audio Technology	ABB
MEng (Hons) Engineering with Renewable Energy	ABB
MEng (Hons) Medical Engineering	ABB
MEng (Hons) Music Technology Systems	ABB
MEng (Hons) Robotic Engineering	ABB
MEnv (Hons) Environment, Economics and Ecology	BBB
MEnv (Hons) Environment, Economics and Ecology (with a placement year)	BBB
MEnv (Hons) Environmental Science	BBB
MEnv (Hons) Environmental Science (with a placement year)	BBB
MEnv (Hons) Physical Geography and Environment	BBB
MEnv (Hons) Physical Geography and Environment (with a placement year)	BBB
MMath (Hons) Mathematics	ABB
MMath (Hons) Mathematics (with a year abroad)	ABB
MMath (Hons) Maths and Computer Science	ABB
MMath (Hons) Maths and Computer Science (with a year in industry)	ABB
MMath/MPhys (Hons) Mathematics and Physics	ABB
MNurs (Hons) Masters in Nursing (Adult)	BBB
MNurs (Hons) Masters in Nursing (Child)	BBB
MNurs (Hons) Masters in Nursing (Mental Health)	BBB
MPhys (Hons) Physics	ABB
MPhys (Hons) Physics (with a year abroad)	ABB
MPhys (Hons) Physics (with a year in industry)	ABB
MPhys (Hons) Physics with Astrophysics	ABB
MPhys (Hons) Physics with Astrophysics (with a year abroad)	ABB
MPhys (Hons) Physics with Astrophysics (with a year in industry)	ABB
MPhys (Hons) Physics with Philosophy	ABB
MPhys (Hons) Theoretical Physics	ABB
MPhys (Hons) Theoretical Physics (with a year abroad)	ABB
MPhys (Hons) Theoretical Physics (with a year in industry)	ABB
MSci (Hons) Data Science	AAB
MSci (Hons) Data Science (with a year in industry)	AAB
MSci (Hons) Ecology and Conservation Biology	ABB
MSci (Hons) Ecology and Conservation Biology	ABB
MSci (Hons) Immunology and Infectious Disease	ABB
MSci (Hons) Linguistics	BBB
MSci (Hons) Neuroscience	ABB
MSci (Hons) Psychology	ABB
MSocW (Hons) Social Work	BBC

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

University of York's official policy

This page summarises University of York's published contextual offer policy. Meeting the criteria means University of York 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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• University of Cambridge
• University of Chester
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• 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
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• University of Plymouth
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• University of Salford
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