Keele contextual offer checker: typical vs contextual offers by course

A contextual offer is a lower grade requirement some universities make to applicants whose circumstances may have affected their grades. Who is eligible varies by university and sometimes by course, so treat this as a guide and confirm with Keele University.

Course at KeelePredicted A-level grades

Typical offer

BBC

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Contextual offer

CCC

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A simple grade comparison only. Whether you qualify for a contextual offer is decided by the university.

All Keele courses with a contextual offer

Course	Typical offer	Contextual offer	Official page
(Eng) Civil Engineering (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
(Eng) Electrical and Electronic Engineering (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Accounting and Finance	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Accounting and Finance (BA, with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Accounting with Business Analytics	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Accounting with Business Analytics (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Astrophysics (BSc, with a foundation year)	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Biochemistry	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Biochemistry (with a foundation year)	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Biochemistry with Neuroscience	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Biochemistry with Neuroscience (with a foundation year)	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Bioengineering (Regenerative Medicine)	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Bioengineering (Regenerative Medicine) (with a foundation year)	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Biology	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Biology (with a foundation year)	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Biomedical Science	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Biomedical Science (with a foundation year)	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Bioveterinary Science	BBB	BBC	Entry requirements
Bioveterinary Science (with a foundation year)	BBB	BBC	Entry requirements
Business Management	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Business Management (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Business Management and Accounting	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Business Management and Accounting (BSc, with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Business Management and Economics	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Business Management and Economics (BSc, with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Business Management and Finance	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Business Management and Finance (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Business Management and Marketing	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Business Management and Marketing (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Business Management with Analytics	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Business Management with Analytics (BSc, with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Business Management with Entrepreneurship	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Business Management with Events	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Business Management with Hospitality	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Business Management with Human Resources	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Business Management with Human Resources (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Business Management with International Tourism	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Business Management with Supply Chain	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Business Management with Sustainability	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Business Technology	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Business Technology (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Chemical Engineering	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Chemical Engineering (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Chemistry	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Chemistry (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Chemistry with Materials Chemistry	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Chemistry with Materials Chemistry (MChem)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Chemistry with Materials Chemistry (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Chemistry with Mathematics	ABC	BCC	Entry requirements
Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Civil Engineering	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Computer Science	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence)	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Computer Science (Software Engineering)	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Computer Science (with a foundation year)	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Computer Science and Mathematics	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Computer Science and Music Production	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Creative Writing	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Creative Writing (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Criminology	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Criminology (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Criminology and Criminal Justice	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Criminology and Criminal Justice (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Criminology and History	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Criminology and Sociology	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Data Science	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Data Science (with a foundation year)	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Digital Media	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Digital Media (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Digital Media and Marketing	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Digital Media and Music Production	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Digital Media and Sociology	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Ecology and Conservation	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Ecology and Conservation (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Economics	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Economics (BSc, with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Economics (BSc)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Economics and Finance	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Economics and Finance (BA, with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Education	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Education (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Education and English	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Education and Sociology	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Engineering	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Engineering (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
English	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
English and Creative Writing	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
English and Creative Writing (with a foundation year)	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
English and Film Studies	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
English and History	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
English and Philosophy	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Environmental Science	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Environmental Science (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Environmental Science and Geography	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Esports Business Management	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Esports Business Management (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Film and Media Studies	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Film and Music Production	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Film Studies	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Film Studies (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Film Studies and Creative Writing	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Film Studies and Creative Writing (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Forensic Biology	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Forensic Biology (with a foundation year)	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Forensic Chemistry	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Forensic Chemistry (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Forensic Psychology	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Forensic Psychology (with a foundation year)	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Forensic Science	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Forensic Science (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Forensic Science with Criminology	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Game Design	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Game Design (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Geography (Human and Physical)	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Geography (Human and Physical) (with a foundation year)	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Geography (Human)	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Geography (Physical)	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Geography (Physical) (with a foundation year)	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Geography with Business Management	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Geology	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Geology (Applied Geophysics)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Geology (Environmental Geoscience)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Geology (Volcanology)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Geology (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Geology and Physical Geography	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Geology and Physical Geography (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Health and Social Care	CCC	CDD	Entry requirements
Health and Social Care (with a foundation year)	CCC	CDD	Entry requirements
History	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
History (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
History and Education	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Human Anatomy	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Human Anatomy (with a foundation year)	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Human Biology (with a foundation year)	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
International Business Management	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
International Business Management (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
International Relations	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
International Relations (with a foundation year)	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Law	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Law (with a foundation year)	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Law with Business	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Law with Business (with a foundation year)	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Law with Criminology	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Law with Criminology (with a foundation year)	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Law with Politics	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Law with Politics (with a foundation year)	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Law with Professional Legal Practice	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Law with Professional Legal Practice (with a foundation year)	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Marketing	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Marketing (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Mathematics	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Mathematics (Applied Mathematics)	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Mathematics (Pure Mathematics)	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Mathematics (with a foundation year)	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Mathematics (with Statistics)	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Mechanical Engineering	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Mechanical Engineering (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Mechatronic Engineering	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Mechatronic Engineering (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Media (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Media and Communications	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Media and Communications (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Media with Business Management	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Microbiology and Immunology	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Microbiology and Immunology (with a foundation year)	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Midwifery	ABB	BBB	Entry requirements
Midwifery (with a foundation year)	ABB	BBB	Entry requirements
Modern History and International Relations	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Modern History and Politics	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Music Production (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Music Production and Sound Design	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Music Production and Sound Design (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Music Production with Business Management	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Neuroscience	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Neuroscience (with a foundation year)	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Neuroscience with Artificial Intelligence	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Neuroscience with Artificial Intelligence (with a foundation year)	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Neuroscience with Psychology	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Neuroscience with Psychology (with a foundation year)	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Nursing (Adult)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Nursing (Adult) (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Nursing (Children's)	BBC	BCC	Entry requirements
Nursing (Children's) (with a foundation year)	BBC	BCC	Entry requirements
Nursing (Mental Health)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Nursing (Mental Health) (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Occupational Therapy	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Occupational Therapy (with a foundation year)	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Pharmaceutical Science	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Pharmaceutical Science (with a foundation year)	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Pharmacology	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Pharmacology (with a foundation year)	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Philosophy	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Philosophy (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Philosophy and Education	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Philosophy and Politics	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Philosophy Politics and Economics	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Philosophy Politics and Economics (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Physics	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Physics (with a foundation year)	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Physics with Artificial Intelligence	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Physics with Artificial Intelligence (with a foundation year)	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Physics with Astrophysics	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Physics with Astrophysics (with a foundation year)	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Physics with Renewable Energy	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Physics with Renewable Energy (with a foundation year)	ABB	BBC	Entry requirements
Politics	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Politics (with a foundation year)	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Politics and International Relations	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Politics and Sociology	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Politics and Sociology (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Politics with Economics	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Politics with Economics (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Psychology	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Psychology (with a foundation year)	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Psychology (with a placement year)	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Psychology in Education	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Psychology in Education (with a foundation year)	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Psychology with Counselling	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Psychology with Counselling (with a foundation year)	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Psychology with Criminology	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Psychology with Human Biology	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Psychology with Neuroscience	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Psychology with Neuroscience (with a foundation year)	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Psychology with Philosophy	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Psychology with Sociology	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Radiography (Diagnostic Imaging)	ABB	BBB	Entry requirements
Radiography (Diagnostic Imaging) (with a foundation year)	ABB	BBB	Entry requirements
Rehabilitation and Exercise Science	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Rehabilitation and Exercise Science (with a foundation year)	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Social Sciences	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Social Sciences (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Social Work	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Social Work (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Sociology	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Sociology (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Sport and Exercise Psychology	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Sport and Exercise Psychology (with a foundation year)	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Sport and Exercise Science	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Sport and Exercise Science (with a foundation year)	BBB	BCC	Entry requirements
Sports Business Management	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Sports Business Management (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Sustainability and Environment Management (with a foundation year)	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements
Sustainability and Environmental Management	BBC	CCC	Entry requirements

Data updated September 2026. Courses without a published contextual offer are not shown.

Frequently asked questions

Who gets a contextual offer at Keele?

Criteria vary by university and sometimes by course. Common factors include school performance, local area participation or deprivation data, care experience, and eligibility for free school meals or similar. Keele University decides eligibility itself, so check its official page before assuming you qualify.

Is a contextual offer guaranteed?

No. A contextual offer is a lower grade requirement for eligible applicants who also meet the course's other requirements, such as required subjects. It does not guarantee an offer.

Where does this data come from?

Offers are taken from university course pages (data updated September 2026). Courses without a published contextual offer are not listed. Always confirm on the official page.

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