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Loughborough University contextual offer checker

Loughborough University makes contextual offers for 2027 entry: lower-grade offers for applicants from backgrounds that are underrepresented at university. To be considered for a contextual offer from Loughborough University you need 'home' fee status, plus (studying A-levels or the IB or studying a BTEC) and (free school meals or (a UK state-school education and an IMD quintile 1 area)). A typical offer drops from AAB to BBB (two grades lower).

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 Loughborough University 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 Loughborough University applicants for 2027 entry, including how many were contextual.

Who qualifies

Everyone must

Have 'home' (UK) fee status

Plus both of these

Any one of:
- Be studying A-levels or the International Baccalaureate
- Be studying a BTEC (or a mix of A-levels and BTECs)
Any one of:
- Have been eligible for free school meals
- Both of:
  - Attend, or last attended, a UK state school or college
  - Live in England's most deprived 20% of areas (IMD quintile 1) from your postcode

How much lower is the offer?

Typically AAB → BBB (two grades lower).

Of the 124 Loughborough University courses where we have both offers, 121 are two grades lower and 3 are one grade lower.

Contextual offer for every Loughborough University course (124)

Course	Standard	Contextual
Accounting and Finance	AAB	BBB
Aeronautical Engineering	AAB	BBB
Aeronautical Engineering	A*AA	AAB
Aerospace Materials	ABB	BBC
Aerospace Materials	AAA	ABB
Architectural Engineering	ABB	BBC
Architectural Engineering	AAB	BBB
Architecture	AAA	ABB
Automotive Engineering	AAB	BBB
Automotive Engineering	A*AA	AAB
Automotive Materials	ABB	BBC
Automotive Materials	AAA	ABB
Biological Sciences	AAB	BBB
Biomedical Engineering	AAB	BBB
Biomedical Engineering	AAA	ABB
Biomedical Materials	ABB	BBC
Biomedical Materials	AAA	ABB
Business Analytics	AAB	BBB
Chemical Engineering	AAB	BBB
Chemical Engineering	AAA	ABB
Chemistry	ABB	BBC
Chemistry	AAB	BBB
Chemistry with Computing	ABB	BBC
Chemistry with Computing	AAB	BBB
Civil Engineering	ABB	BBC
Civil Engineering	AAB	BBB
Commercial Management and Quantity Surveying	BBB	BBC
Computer Science	AAA	ABB
Computer Science	A*AA	AAB
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence	AAA	ABB
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence	A*AA	AAB
Computer Science and Cyber Security	AAA	ABB
Computer Science and Cyber Security	A*AA	AAB
Computer Science and Mathematics	AAA	ABB
Computer Science and Mathematics	A*AA	AAB
Computer and Electronic Engineering	ABB	BBC
Computer and Electronic Engineering	AAA	ABB
Computing and Management	AAB	BBB
Computing and Management	AAA	ABB
Construction Engineering Management	BBB	BBC
Criminology	ABB	BBC
Criminology and Sociology	ABB	BBC
Design	ABB	BBC
Economics	AAA	ABB
Economics and Finance	AAA	ABB
Economics and Management	AAB	BBB
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	ABB	BBC
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	AAA	ABB
Energy Engineering	ABB	BBC
Energy Engineering	AAA	ABB
Engineering Management	ABB	BBC
Engineering Physics	AAB	BBB
Engineering Physics	AAA	ABB
English	ABB	BBC
English Literature	ABB	BBC
English and Creative Writing	ABB	BBC
English and History	ABB	BBC
English and Sport Science	ABB	BBC
English with Business Studies	ABB	BBC
Fashion Design and Technology	ABB	BBC
Finance	AAB	BBB
Financial Mathematics	AAA	ABB
Fine Art	ABB	BBC
Geography	AAB	BBB
Geography	AAB	BBB
Geography and Management	AAB	BBB
Geography and Sport Science	AAB	BBB
Geography with Economics	AAB	BBB
Graphic Design	ABB	BBC
History	ABB	BBC
History and International Relations	ABB	BBC
History and Politics	ABB	BBC
Human Biology	AAB	BBB
Industrial Design	ABB	BBC
Information Technology Management for Business	AAA	ABB
Information Technology Management for Business (ITMB)	AAB	BBB
International Business	AAB	BBB
International Relations	ABB	BBC
Law	AAB	BBB
Management	AAB	BBB
Marketing	AAB	BBB
Materials Science and Engineering	ABB	BBC
Materials Science and Engineering	AAA	ABB
Mathematics	AAA	ABB
Mathematics	AAA	ABB
Mathematics and Accounting and Finance	AAA	ABB
Mathematics and Physics	AAB	BBB
Mathematics and Physics	AAA	ABB
Mathematics and Sport Science	AAA	ABB
Mathematics with Economics	AAA	ABB
Mathematics with Statistics	AAA	ABB
Mechanical Engineering	AAB	BBB
Mechanical Engineering	A*AA	AAB
Media and Communication	ABB	BBC
Medicinal Chemistry	ABB	BBC
Medicinal Chemistry	AAB	BBB
Natural Sciences	AAA	ABB
Natural Sciences	A*AA	AAB
Physics	AAB	BBB
Physics	AAA	ABB
Physics with Computing	AAB	BBB
Physics with Computing	AAA	ABB
Physics with Theoretical Physics	AAB	BBB
Physics with Theoretical Physics	AAA	ABB
Politics	ABB	BBC
Politics and International Relations	ABB	BBC
Politics, Philosophy and Economics	AAB	BBB
Product Design Engineering	ABB	BBC
Product Design Engineering	AAA	ABB
Product Design and Technology	ABB	BBC
Psychology	AAB	BBB
Psychology of Sport and Exercise	AAB	BBB
Psychology with Criminology	AAB	BBB
Robotics, Mechatronics and Control Engineering	ABB	BBC
Robotics, Mechatronics and Control Engineering	AAA	ABB
Sociology	ABB	BBC
Sport Management	AAB	BBB
Sport Science, Coaching and Physical Education	AAB	BBB
Sport and Exercise Science	A*AA	AAB
Sports Technology	ABB	BBC
Sports Technology	AAA	ABB
Textile Design	BBB	BBC
Urban Planning	ABB	BBC
Urban Planning	AAB	BBB

See every Loughborough University course for the full entry requirements.

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