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Your offer to study - entry for 2024/25

By making you an offer, we know that you are right for us. We realise that going to university is one of the biggest decisions you will ever make so we want you to be sure that being part of the University of Suffolk community is right for you.

Your offer will set out the academic and non-academic conditions you are required to meet, on UCAS and/or in your offer email so you know exactly what you need to do to be able to enrol on your chosen course. Make sure you read these carefully and contact us if you have any questions. 

Whatever offer you receive, it is important that you are fully prepared for studying at higher education level. Pushing yourself to achieve the best you can will help you at university and beyond: 

Achieving in your Level 3 qualifications (A Level, BTEC, Access etc) will ensure you have excellent transferable skills required to be successful at university, these include but aren’t limited to time management, essay writing techniques, prioritisation and research skills. 

If you’re studying a subject that you wish to take forward at higher education level, your level 3 qualifications will form the basis of the basic subject knowledge required.

When you complete your degree, future employers will likely ask for the grades achieved at GCSE and A Level standard and consider these as part of their selection processes. 

The University of Suffolk makes a range of offers to applicants depending on their individual circumstances and academic profile,  recognising that some individuals may face barriers in accessing higher education. 

We subscribe to the UCAS contextual data service and the UCAS Modernised contextualised data service in order to access additional information in order to identify whether the following may have an impact on an individual’s ability to progress to higher education: 

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) – the official measure of relative deprivation for small areas (or neighbourhoods) in England 

Participation of Local Areas (POLAR) – The measure of entry to higher education by age 19 in small geographical areas across the UK 

We believe that the offer we make to you should reflect our belief in your ability to be successful in higher education.  

The University of Suffolk works in partnership with Schools and Colleges to encourage progression to higher education. This includes signing formal Progression Agreements with Schools and Colleges to make lower conditional offers to students within those schools.

Depending on your application (including the course you have applied for), and individual circumstances we will therefore make you one of three types of offers: 

If you are currently studying towards qualifications that could meet our academic entry requirements, and you do not already meet the academic entry requirements we will make you a conditional offer.  

A conditional offer asks that you achieve a minimum number of tariff points, or a minimum grade in your qualification(s). If you receive your results and find that you have not quite met the conditions of your offer do not worry – we will review your application on an individual basis and may still be able to accept you based on the grades achieved, and the course that you are applying for. Your offer may also include non-academic conditions such as references, placement hours, and occupational health or DBS requirements. 

Receiving a conditional offer demonstrates that we believe you have the potential to be successful at the University of Suffolk. 

If you fall within the below measures for IMD and/or POLAR have applied for an undergraduate Bachelors degree (i.e. a 3 year programme) and are currently studying towards qualifications that could meet our academic entry requirements, and/or you do not already meet the academic entry requirements we will make you a contextual conditional offer: 

  • IMD Quintile 1 or 2
  • POLAR4 Quintile 1 or 2

Contextual conditional offers will also be made to applicants who declare the following:

  • A disability or learning difficulty
  • Time in care

The contextual conditional offer will require achievement of tariff points normally equating to at least one grade lower than published entry requirements.  

A conditional offer asks that you achieve a minimum number of Tariff points, or a minimum grade in your qualification(s). If you receive your results and find that you have not quite met the conditions of your offer do not worry – we will review your application on an individual basis and may still be able to accept you based on the grades achieved, and the course that you are applying for. Your offer may also include non-academic conditions such as references, placement hours, and occupational health or DBS requirements. 

By making a contextual conditional offer we acknowledge that there may be factors outside your control which have an impact on your progression to higher education, this offer demonstrates that we believe you have the potential to be successful at the University of Suffolk.

If you have already completed your qualifications, and meet our academic entry requirements and/or apply as a mature applicant and demonstrate other skills and experience that may demonstrate your suitability for higher education or apply for a course that includes a portfolio review as part of the decision making process we may be able to make you an unconditional offer.  

This will be based on the information provided in your application, and you will therefore need to provide evidence of the qualifications you have listed to confirm these. Your offer may also include non-academic conditions such as references, placement hours, and occupational health or DBS requirements. 

Due to the competitive nature of professional health courses and limited contract places here at the University of Suffolk we use reserve lists for some courses.

When you attend a Selection Day we may be unable to offer a place on the course due to the limited number of places available, this is normally because we have already offered places close to or above our contract limit and we are awaiting applicants responses. Where possible we will inform you of this as soon as possible before the Selection Day, however this is not always possible.

If you are selected for a reserve place it means you were successful in the Admissions Test and/or interview and we would like to offer you a place but do not have availability at that time. If this is the case we will notify UCAS and write to you detailing the conditions of your reserve place.

If places then become available we will contact the next preferred candidate. Places may become available at short notice so you should ensure that you keep your contact details up to date, if we are unable to get hold of you quickly then we may contact the next candidate.

Unfortunately we are unable to guarantee that vacancies will become available. If you do not get a place you will be required to re-apply through UCAS for the next academic year.

The number of candidates held on a reserve list vary depending on the total number of places on the course.