Eligibility for the Guaranteed Offer Scheme - 2013 Entry

Students on the Assessed Summer School

  In order to be eligible for the Guaranteed Offer Scheme (2013 entry) you must fulfil the following criteria:

  • your school or college must be involved in PARTNERS.
  • you must meet any specific subject requirements at A level (and equivalent), and GCSE, listed on our Undergraduate website for the course(s) to which you've applied
  • your predicted grades must be within two grades of the typical offer. For example, if the typical offer is AAB, and you are predicted to achieve BBB, you will receive a guaranteed offer of AAB from the University. Where the typical offer is expressed as a range eg AAA-BBB, you must be predicted to achieve within two grades of the top of the range. Students studying BTEC qualifications or the International Baccalaureate will be considered on an individual basis
  • you must meet all UCAS deadlines when submitting your UCAS form - 15 October for Medicine and Dental Surgery, 15 January for all other applications

NB: Please note the following criteria are for students applying for 2013 entry. Any students applying for 2012 entry should contact the Student Recruitment Team on 0191 222 6094.

The Guaranteed Offer Scheme applies to all degree programmes at Newcastle University, except where selection is based on grades, plus other criteria (such as assessment, portfolio and interviews). This applies to:

  • Architectural Studies (K100) - where a student is studying A2 art or design, an offer to eligible students is guaranteed; where they are not taking A2 art or design, an interview is guaranteed and a portfolio will be assessed
  • Business Accounting and Finance (NN14)
  • Fine Art (W150/E100)
  • Folk and Traditional Music (W340)
  • Music (W300 & W304)
  • Speech and Language Sciences (B620)
  • Medicine (A100)
  • Dental Surgery (A206)