Aston University makes contextual offers for 2027 entry: lower-grade offers for applicants from backgrounds that are underrepresented at university. It looks at POLAR4, your school, free school meals, outreach programmes and more. A typical offer drops from ABB to BBC (two grades lower).
Enter your postcode and school and our free checker automatically looks up POLAR4 for you, then asks a few quick questions to work out whether you qualify for a contextual offer from Aston University for 2027 entry.
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Courses: Doesn't cover the Business and Social Sciences Foundation Year. MBChB Medicine has its own separate widening-access scheme. The checker answers for Aston University as a whole, so check the policy for the course you're applying to.
Typically ABB → BBC (two grades lower).
Of the 4 Aston University courses where we have both offers, 3 are two grades lower and 1 is one grade lower.
| Course | Standard | Contextual |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare Science (Audiology) | ABB | BBC |
| Neuroscience | BBB | BCC |
| Optometry | AAB | BBB |
| Pharmacy | ABB | BBB |
See every Aston University course for the full entry requirements.
Summarised from Aston University's published contextual offer policy. Meeting the criteria means Aston University may make you a contextual offer, not that it will, and some courses (often medicine, dentistry and other heavily oversubscribed courses) have their own rules. Always check the university's own policy before relying on it. Data updated .