Competition for places on your chosen degree programme was extremely high

Due to the high level of competition for places, we are not able to make offers to all applicants.

We receive an extremely high number of applications per place each year. Spaces are limited and unfortunately we are not able to make offers to all applicants.

All applications which meet - or are on track to meet - our entry requirements are considered. However, in high demand degrees, we may only be able to make offers to those with higher grades than the published Standard entry requirement. 

The Standard entry requirement is set at a level where offers have been made in recent years. However, our entry requirements are published more than a year before selection takes place. As such, it cannot take account of changes in competition levels when applications are received.  

Sadly, this means that we often have to turn away many academically talented students. A perfect - or near perfect - academic profile may be required in order to receive an offer for some of our degrees.

For further information please see our Admissions Statistics where you can find a breakdown of applications and offers per subject area. 

Admissions Statistics

In considering an application we recognise that not all applicants have an equal chance to demonstrate their potential and so we also take a number of additional factors into consideration to set academic achievement in context.

Information on contextual admissions