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.

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University of York contextual offer checker

University of York makes contextual offers for 2027 entry: lower-grade offers for applicants from backgrounds that are underrepresented at university. It looks at POLAR4, IMD, your home area, care experience and more. A typical offer drops from AAB to BBB (two grades lower).

Enter your postcode and school and our free checker automatically looks up POLAR4, IMD and your home area for you, then asks a few quick questions to work out whether you qualify for a contextual offer from University of York for 2027 entry.

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

Who qualifies

Everyone must

Plus any one of these

Guaranteed offers and other routes

An alternative offer up to three grades below the standard offer if you complete an access programme such as Next Step York, Black Access or Realising Opportunities. You also need to meet any subject criteria.

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 AAB → BBB (two grades lower).

Of the 262 University of York courses where we have both offers, 185 are two grades lower and 77 are one grade lower.

Contextual offer for every University of York course (263)

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

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

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Summarised from University of York's published contextual offer policy. Meeting the criteria means University of York 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.