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

To be considered for a contextual offer from University of Bath you need 'home' fee status, plus one of the following: free school meals, (an IMD quintile 1-2 area and a UK state-school education), (being 25 or under and (care experience, caring responsibilities or estrangement from your parents)) or refugee or asylum-seeker status.

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University of Bath contextual offer checker

University of Bath makes contextual offers for 2027 entry: lower-grade offers for applicants from backgrounds that are underrepresented at university. It looks at IMD, free school meals, care experience, caring responsibilities and more. A typical offer drops from A*AA to AAB (two grades lower). It also guarantees an interview or offer to some applicants.

Enter your postcode and school and our free checker automatically looks up IMD for you, then asks a few quick questions to work out whether you qualify for a contextual offer from University of Bath for 2027 entry.

Roughly two minutes with no sign-up to check your circumstances against every university's scheme.

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Real offers posted by University of Bath applicants for 2027 entry, including how many were contextual.

Who qualifies

Everyone must

Have 'home' (UK) fee status

Plus any one of these

Courses: Doesn't apply to FdSc Sport, BSc Social Work, or MPharm Pharmacy with a preparatory year. The checker answers for University of Bath as a whole, so check the policy for the course you're applying to.

Guaranteed offers and other routes

A guaranteed offer for care leavers and estranged students if you have one of the following: care experience or estrangement from your parents. Subject to Bath's criteria and terms for this pledge.
A guaranteed offer (2026 and 2027 entry) if you complete Pathway to Bath, Discover Bath or Bath Ambitions (formerly Target Bath). You need to meet the course's minimum entry and subject requirements; some courses interview first.

The checker tells you which of these your answers meet, except routes that depend on completing a programme.

How much lower is the offer?

Typically A*AA → AAB (two grades lower).

Of the 181 University of Bath courses where we have both offers, 175 are two grades lower and 6 are one grade lower.

Contextual offer for every University of Bath course (181)

Course	Standard	Contextual
Accounting and Finance	A*AA	AAB
Accounting and Finance with Work Placement	A*AA	AAB
Accounting and Management	AAA	ABB
Accounting and Management with Work Placement	AAA	ABB
Aerospace Engineering	AAA	AAA
Aerospace Engineering	AAA	AAA
Aerospace Engineering with Professional Placement	AAA	AAA
Aerospace Engineering with Professional Placement	AAA	AAA
Architecture	A*AA	AAB
Architecture	A*AA	AAB
Architecture with Professional Placement	A*AA	AAB
Biochemistry	AAB	BBB
Biochemistry	AAB	BBB
Biochemistry with Professional Placement	AAB	BBB
Biochemistry with Professional Placement	AAB	BBB
Biology	AAB	BBB
Biology	AAB	BBB
Biology with Professional Placement	AAB	BBB
Biology with Professional Placement	AAB	BBB
Biomedical Sciences	AAA	ABB
Biomedical Sciences	AAA	ABB
Biomedical Sciences with Professional Placement	AAA	ABB
Biomedical Sciences with Professional Placement	AAA	ABB
Business with Work Placement	AAA	ABB
Chemical Engineering	A*AA	AAB
Chemical Engineering	A*AA	AAB
Chemical Engineering with Environmental Engineering	A*AA	AAB
Chemical Engineering with Environmental Engineering with Professional Placement	A*AA	AAB
Chemical Engineering with Professional Placement	A*AA	AAB
Chemical Engineering with Professional Placement	A*AA	AAB
Chemistry	AAB	ABC
Chemistry	AAB	ABC
Chemistry for Drug Discovery	AAB	ABC
Chemistry for Drug Discovery	AAB	ABC
Chemistry for Drug Discovery with Professional Placement or Study Abroad	AAB	ABC
Chemistry for Drug Discovery with Professional Placement or Study Abroad	AAB	ABC
Chemistry with Management	AAB	ABC
Chemistry with Management	AAB	ABC
Chemistry with Management with Professional Placement	AAB	ABC
Chemistry with Management with Professional Placement or Study Abroad	AAB	ABC
Chemistry with Professional Placement or Study Abroad	AAB	ABC
Chemistry with Professional Placement or Study Abroad	AAB	ABC
Civil Engineering	A*AA	AAB
Civil Engineering	A*AA	AAB
Civil Engineering with Professional Placement	A*AA	AAB
Civil Engineering with Professional Placement	A*AA	AAB
Computer Science	AAA	AAA
Computer Science	AAA	AAA
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence	AAA	AAA
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence	AAA	AAA
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence with Professional Placement or Study Abroad	AAA	AAA
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence with Professional Placement or Study Abroad	AAA	AAA
Computer Science and Mathematics	AAA	A*AB
Computer Science and Mathematics	AAA	A*AB
Computer Science and Mathematics with Professional Placement or Study Abroad	AAA	A*AB
Computer Science and Mathematics with Professional Placement or Study Abroad	AAA	A*AB
Computer Science with Professional Placement or Study Abroad	AAA	AAA
Computer Science with Professional Placement or Study Abroad	AAA	AAA
Computer Systems Engineering	AAA	ABB
Computer Systems Engineering	AAA	ABB
Computer Systems Engineering with Professional Placement	AAA	ABB
Computer Systems Engineering with Professional Placement	AAA	ABB
Criminology	AAB	BBB
Criminology with Professional Placement	AAB	BBB
Economics	A*AA	AAB
Economics and Mathematics	A*AA	A*AB
Economics and Mathematics with Professional Placement or Study Abroad	A*AA	A*AB
Economics with Politics	A*AA	AAB
Economics with Politics with Professional Placement or Study Abroad	A*AA	AAB
Economics with Professional Placement or Study Abroad	A*AA	AAB
Education with Psychology	ABB	BBC
Education with Psychology with Professional Placement	ABB	BBC
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	AAA	ABB
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	AAA	ABB
Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Professional Placement	AAA	ABB
Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Professional Placement	AAA	ABB
Electronic Engineering with Space Science and Technology	AAA	ABB
Electronic Engineering with Space Science and Technology	AAA	ABB
Electronic Engineering with Space Science and Technology with Professional Placement	AAA	ABB
Electronic Engineering with Space Science and Technology with Professional Placement	AAA	ABB
Finance	A*AA	AAB
Finance with Work Placement	A*AA	AAB
Health and Exercise Science	AAA	ABB
Health and Exercise Science with Professional Placement	AAA	ABB
Integrated Design Engineering	AAA	AAA
Integrated Design Engineering	AAA	AAA
Integrated Design Engineering with Professional Placement	AAA	AAA
Integrated Design Engineering with Professional Placement	AAA	AAA
Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering	AAA	ABB
Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering	AAA	ABB
Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering with Professional Placement	AAA	ABB
Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering with Professional Placement	AAA	ABB
International Development with Economics	AAB	BBB
International Development with Economics with Professional Placement	AAB	BBB
International Management and Modern Languages (French) with Study or Work Abroad	AAB	BBB
International Management and Modern Languages (German) with Study or Work Abroad	AAB	BBB
International Management and Modern Languages (Spanish) with Study or Work Abroad	AAB	BBB
International Management with Study or Work Abroad	AAA	ABB
International Politics and Modern Languages with Study or Work Abroad	AAB	BBB
Management	AAA	ABB
Management with Marketing	AAA	ABB
Management with Marketing with Work Placement	AAA	ABB
Management with Work Placement	AAA	ABB
Mathematics	AAA	A*AB
Mathematics	AAA	A*AB
Mathematics and Physics	A*AA	A*AB
Mathematics and Physics	A*AA	A*AB
Mathematics and Physics with Professional Placement or Study Abroad	A*AA	A*AB
Mathematics and Physics with Professional Placement or Study Abroad	A*AA	A*AB
Mathematics and Statistics	AAA	A*AB
Mathematics and Statistics with Professional Placement or Study Abroad	AAA	A*AB
Mathematics with Professional Placement	AAA	A*AB
Mathematics with Professional Placement or Study Abroad	AAA	A*AB
Mathematics with Study Abroad	AAA	A*AB
Mathematics, Statistics and Data Science	AAA	A*AB
Mathematics, Statistics and Data Science with Professional Placement or Study Abroad	AAA	A*AB
Mechanical Engineering	AAA	AAA
Mechanical Engineering	AAA	AAA
Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing and Management	AAA	AAA
Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing and Management	AAA	AAA
Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing and Management with Professional Placement	AAA	AAA
Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing and Management with Professional Placement	AAA	AAA
Mechanical Engineering with Professional Placement	AAA	AAA
Mechanical Engineering with Professional Placement	AAA	AAA
Mechanical with Automotive Engineering	AAA	AAA
Mechanical with Automotive Engineering	AAA	AAA
Mechanical with Automotive Engineering with Professional Placement	AAA	AAA
Mechanical with Automotive Engineering with Professional Placement	AAA	AAA
Modern Languages with Study or Work Abroad	ABB	BBC
Natural Sciences	A*AA	AAB
Natural Sciences	A*AA	AAB
Natural Sciences with Professional Placement or Study Abroad	A*AA	AAB
Natural Sciences with Professional Placement or Study Abroad	A*AA	AAB
Pharmacology	AAB	BBB
Pharmacology with Professional Placement	AAB	BBB
Pharmacology with Professional Placement	AAB	BBB
Pharmacy	AAB	BBB
Pharmacy	AAB	BBB
Physics	A*AA	AAB
Physics	A*AA	AAB
Physics with Astrophysics	A*AA	AAB
Physics with Astrophysics	A*AA	AAB
Physics with Astrophysics with Professional Placement or Study Abroad	A*AA	AAB
Physics with Astrophysics with Professional Placement, Research Placement or Study Abroad	A*AA	AAB
Physics with Astrophysics with Research Placement	A*AA	AAB
Physics with Professional Placement or Study Abroad	A*AA	AAB
Physics with Professional Placement, Research Placement or Study Abroad	A*AA	AAB
Physics with Research Placement	A*AA	AAB
Physics with Theoretical Physics	A*AA	AAB
Physics with Theoretical Physics	A*AA	AAB
Physics with Theoretical Physics with Professional Placement or Study Abroad	A*AA	AAB
Physics with Theoretical Physics with Professional Placement, Research Placement or Study Abroad	A*AA	AAB
Physics with Theoretical Physics with Research Placement	A*AA	AAB
Politics and International Relations	AAA	ABB
Politics and International Relations with Professional Placement or Study Abroad	AAA	ABB
Politics with Economics	AAA	ABB
Politics with Economics with Professional Placement or Study Abroad	AAA	ABB
Psychology	A*AA	AAB
Psychology with Work Placement	A*AA	AAB
Robotics Engineering	AAA	ABB
Robotics Engineering	AAA	ABB
Robotics Engineering with Professional Placement	AAA	ABB
Robotics Engineering with Professional Placement	AAA	ABB
Social Policy	AAB	BBB
Social Policy with Professional Placement	AAB	BBB
Social Sciences	AAB	BBB
Social Sciences with Professional Placement	AAB	BBB
Sociology	AAB	BBB
Sociology and Social Policy	AAB	BBB
Sociology and Social Policy with Professional Placement	AAB	BBB
Sociology with Professional Placement	AAB	BBB
Sport Management and Coaching	AAB	BBB
Sport Management and Coaching with Professional Placement	AAB	BBB
Sport and Exercise Science	AAA	ABB
Sport and Exercise Science	AAA	ABB
Sport and Exercise Science with Professional Placement or Study Abroad	AAA	ABB
Sport and Exercise Science with Professional Placement or Study Abroad	AAA	ABB
Structural and Architectural Engineering	A*AA	AAB
Structural and Architectural Engineering	A*AA	AAB
Structural and Architectural Engineering with Professional Placement	A*AA	AAB
Structural and Architectural Engineering with Professional Placement	A*AA	AAB

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

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Summarised from University of Bath's published contextual offer policy. Meeting the criteria means University of Bath 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 5 November 2026.