Adjusted Entry Requirements for 2021 Entry

Adjusted Entry Requirements For 2021 Entry

WORLD CHANGING GLASGOW

1 Q: What do I need to apply for the degree programme I want to study? WIDENING PARTICIPATION A: You’ll need academic qualifications, a personal statement and a reference - we AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW call these our Entry Requirements. For some specific degree programmes you may also The University of Glasgow is committed to widening access. We believe all applicants should need to: have an equal chance of entry and we strive to identify your full talent and potential, regardless of • come to an interview or audition background or life circumstance. To enable this, we operate a system of contextualised admissions for applicants living in Scotland. This means we consider all circumstances faced by individual • sit an admissions test applicants, which may have prevented them meeting our standard entry requirements and make • provide evidence of relevant work or adjusted offers of entry accordingly. voluntary experience You must apply and complete the above by PRE-ENTRY PROGRAMMES WIDENING PARTICIPATION APPLICANTS the UCAS deadline specified on page 13 and the University website’s degree pages, Applicants made an adjusted offer will Applicants who are GUARANTEED an adjusted see glasgow.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees. successfully complete one of our credit offer are those who can meet the adjusted entry requirements in S5 or S6 and: Q: What SQA Higher and Advanced rated University of Glasgow pre-entry programmes: Higher results do I need? • Live in an SIMD decile 1-4 (MD20/40) Scottish postcode area A: The Qualifications and grades you need • Top-Up Programme vary by degree programme and are outlined (completed during school year) • Have care experience in the following tables. Depending on your • Summer School • Are estranged from family and living without personal circumstances, you may receive an (completed in June/July over 4 weeks) family support adjusted offer of entry. • Reach (Access to Dentistry, Law, • Are seeking asylum in the UK We accept Highers and Advanced Highers Medicine, Veterinary Medicine) • Have refugee status in all SQA subjects and count a Higher and (completed during school year) Advanced Higher in the same subject as • Are a carer (provide unpaid care) Access to a Career (Accountancy two separate qualifications, e.g. Advanced • & Finance, Education, Engineering) * To check if you live in an MD20/40 postcode Higher History at Grade B and Higher (completed during school year) visit: glasgow.ac.uk/prioritypostcodes History at Grade A will be regarded as two A Grades in two Highers. However, please • Taster Week and Sutton Trust Summer note that you must have a minimum of School (completed in June/July) Use of Summer School Subject results in lieu four different subjects included within your Successful completion of a programme of SQA Higher Grade results for 2021 entry Higher/Advanced Higher qualifications. may lead to an adjusted offer of entry. To help mitigate the impact of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, for applicants receiving Our research shows that students who adjusted offers for 2021 entry, the University of successfully complete one of these Glasgow will accept subjects successfully passed programmes perform at a higher standard in the Summer School in lieu of Higher SQA than comparable students at the University. subjects. This means, for example, an adjusted We may also accept successful completion offer of BBBB will be accepted as either of the of a comparable pre-entry programme at following combinations: another university instead of a University of • four Higher Grades Glasgow programme. • two Higher Grades and two Summer School subjects • three Higher grades and one Summer School subject. This gives applicants an alternative option in the event that SQA exams are disrupted in 2021, as occurred in 2020.

2 3 Accounting & Finance (BAcc), Accounting & Mathematics, Accounting & Statistics, Community Development (BA) Finance & Mathematics and Finance & Statistics (BSc) Qualification End of S5 S5 MINIMUM SEnd of S6 Qualification End of S5 S5 MINIMUM SEnd of S6 Entry Requirements Entry Requirements Entry Requirements Entry Requirements Entry Requirements Entry Requirements Standard Higher AAB/ABBB guaranteed offer if AAB/ABBB cumulative grade No minimum at S5 requirements meet additional requirements requirement for S6 offer holders Standard Higher ABBB S5 minimum AAAAAB requirements for consideration This is a work-based learning programme therefore all applicants must have at least two days per week of ADDITIONAL paid or unpaid work in the broad field of community development. Applicants with no formal qualifications are Requirements Adjusted Higher encouraged to apply on the premise they have extensive experience within a community development setting. requirements: BBBBB guaranteed BBBBB guaranteed SIMD deciles 1-2 offer if meet additional No minimum at S5 offer if meet additional (MD20), care experience, ADJUSTED requirements requirements estranged, carer, asylum Higher There are no adjusted Higher requirements for this degree programme. seeker, refugee Requirements

AABBB / BBBBBB AABBB / BBBBBB Adjusted Higher guaranteed offer if meet guaranteed offer if meet requirements: No minimum at S5 additional requirements additional requirements SIMD deciles 3-4 (MD40) Considered at BBBBB Considered at BBBBB Dentistry (BDS)

Higher Mathematics at Grade B and Higher English or a Humanities subject at Grade B. Successful completion and grades in either the Top-Up Programme, Summer School, Taster Week or Qualification End of S5 S5 MINIMUM SEnd of S6 Sutton Trust Summer School. Entry Requirements Entry Requirements Entry Requirements ADDITIONAL Applicants who successfully complete the Access to a Career in Accounting Programme also have to Requirements attend and pass either the Top-Up Programme, Summer School, Taster Week or Sutton Trust Summer Standard Higher AABB AAAAB School. requirements Applicants for combinations that include Mathematics or Statistics with less than Advanced Higher Mathematics at Grade B must also successfully complete Maths in Summer School (including those taking Top-Up). Adjusted Higher requirements: AABB (must include A SIMD deciles 1-2 (MD20), AAABB and Advanced Higher No entry from S5 in Chemistry or deciles 3-4 (MD40), care Biology or Chemistry Biology/Human Biology) experience, estranged, carer, asylum seeker, refugee

Arts (MA) and Divinity (BD) Higher Biology/Human Biology at Grade A AND Chemistry at Grade A AND Advanced Higher Biology OR Chemistry at Grade B. Higher Maths or Physics. Higher English or ESOL. ADDITIONAL Applicants who have attained the above grades and have a UCAT score which is no more than 10% Qualification End of S5 S5 MINIMUM SEnd of S6 Requirements Entry Requirements Entry Requirements Entry Requirements below the standard threshold will be considered for interview. Successful completion and grades in the Reach Programme. Standard Higher AAAAA Higher or AAAA BBBB for consideration Note: UCAT: All applicants to Medicine and Dentistry must complete the University Clinical Aptitude Test by the deadline date in the same year requirements Higher+B Advanced Highers as application. The UCAT score together with meeting STANDARD and ADDITIONAL Entry Requirements will be used to select applicants for interview. The UCAT score cut-off points vary from year to year. Information on how to sit the test can be found at www.ucat.ac.uk.

Adjusted Higher The Dentistry (BDS) Person Specification document outlines all entry requirements and UCAT information for applicants; requirements: BBBB guaranteed BBBB guaranteed this can be found at glasgow.ac.uk/school/dental/undergraduate. SIMD deciles 1-2, care offer if meet additional No minimum at S5 offer if meet additional experience, estranged, requirements requirements carer, asylum seeker, refugee

AABB / ABBBB guaranteed AABB / ABBBB guaranteed Adjusted Higher offer if meet additional offer if meet additional requirements: No minimum at S5 requirements requirements Considered SIMD deciles 3-4 Considered at BBBB at BBBB

Higher English at Grade B and a Higher Humanities or Language subject at Grade B. Applicants who wish to study Mathematics, Statistics or Computing Science, or any degree combination that includes these subjects, must also meet relevant requirements in the Science (BSc) table on page 10. ADDITIONAL Successful completion and grades in either the Top-Up Programme, Summer School, Taster Week or Requirements Sutton Trust Summer School. Applicants wishing to study MA Music will be required to have either Higher Music at Grade B or above or ABRSM Grade 5 Theory. Please note BMus Music has separate entry requirements, detailed in the BMus table on page 8

4 5 Engineering (BEng) Health & Social Policy (MA) (Dumfries Campus)

Qualification End of S5 S5 MINIMUM SEnd of S6 Qualification End of S5 S5 MINIMUM SEnd of S6 Entry Requirements Entry Requirements Entry Requirements Entry Requirements Entry Requirements Entry Requirements

Standard Higher BBBB cumulative grade Standard Higher AABB at S5 will be No minimum at S5 AAAAA requirements BBBB Guaranteed offer requirement for S6 offer holders requirements considered

ADDITIONAL There are no additional requirements for this degree programme. Adjusted Higher Requirements requirements: BBBB guaranteed BBBB guaranteed offer if SIMD deciles 1-2, care offer if meet additional No minimum at S5 meet additional requirements experience, estranged, carer, requirements ADJUSTED asylum seeker, refugee Higher There are no adjusted Higher requirements for this degree programme. Requirements

AABB / ABBBB Adjusted Higher guaranteed offer AABB / ABBBB guaranteed requirements: if meet additional No minimum at S5 offer if meet additional requirements SIMD deciles 3-4 requirements Considered at BBBB Considered at BBBB Law (LLB)

Higher Mathematics AND Higher Physics or Engineering Science – both at Grade B. Qualification End of S5 S5 MINIMUM SEnd of S6 Entry Requirements Entry Requirements Entry Requirements Successful completion and grades in either the Top-Up Programme, Summer School, Taster Week or Sutton Trust Summer School. Standard Higher AAABB S5 minimum AAAAAA Higher or AAAA ADDITIONAL Applicants who successfully complete the Access to a Career in Engineering Programme also have requirements for consideration + BB Advanced Higher Requirements to attend and pass either the Top-Up Programme, Summer School, Taster Week or Sutton Trust Summer School. Applicants to Electronic & Software Engineering must also meet the requirements for Computing Adjusted Higher Science in the Science (BSc) table on page 10. requirements: SIMD deciles 1-2, care ABBBB guaranteed offer if ABBBB guaranteed offer if meet No minimum at S5 experience, estranged, meet additional requirements additional requirements carer, asylum seeker, refugee

Environmental Science & Sustainability (BSc) (Dumfries Campus) AAABB / ABBBBB guaranteed Adjusted Higher AAABB / ABBBBB guaranteed offer if meet additional requirements: No minimum at S5 offer if meet additional requirements requirements SIMD deciles 3-4 Considered at ABBBB Qualification End of S5 S5 MINIMUM SEnd of S6 Considered at ABBBB Entry Requirements Entry Requirements Entry Requirements

Standard Higher BBBB guaranteed offer if meet BBBB cumulative grade requirement Higher English at Grade B. No minimum at S5 ADDITIONAL requirements additional requirements for S6 offer holders LNAT at cut-off score or better (see note below). Requirements Successful completion and grades in the Reach Programme. A minimum of one (preferably two) Highers from Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Computing Studies, ADDITIONAL Geography, Geology, Human Biology, Information Systems, Managing Environmental Resources, Note: LNAT: All applicants to LLB degrees (with the exception of the Accelerated LLB) are required to take the Law National Admissions Requirements Mathematics or Physics. Test by January 20 2021. The LNAT is run by a consortium of UK universities and comprises an on-screen test (95 minutes) and essay questions (40 minutes). It is designed to assess verbal reasoning skills and command of written English. The LNAT score together with the ADJUSTED STANDARD and ADDITIONAL Entry Requirements will be used to select applicants for offer. The LNAT score cut-off points vary from year Higher There are no adjusted Higher requirements for this degree programme. to year. Information on how to sit the test can be found at www.lnat.ac.uk. Requirements

6 7 Medicine (MBChB) Nursing (BN)

Standard Higher AAAAA Higher at end of S5 + BBB No minimum at S5 AABBB Standard Higher requirements No entry from S5 AAAAA Advanced Higher or AB Advanced requirements Higher + B Higher in S6 Adjusted Higher requirements: BBBB guaranteed BBBB guaranteed offer SIMD deciles 1-2, care offer if meet additional No minimum at S5 Adjusted Higher if meet additional requirements experience, estranged, carer, requirements requirements: AAABB / AABBBB by the end of S5 and meet the UCAT threshold or AAAAA / AAAABB asylum seeker, refugee SIMD deciles 1-2, deciles by the end of S5 and 10% below the UCAT threshold to be considered for interview. 3-4, care experience, Applicants who are successful at interview will be made Conditional Offers based on S6 results. estranged, carer, asylum AABB / ABBBB seeker, refugee Adjusted Higher guaranteed offer if meet AABB / ABBBB guaranteed offer requirements: additional requirements No minimum at S5 if meet additional requirements SIMD deciles 3-4 Considered at BBBB There are no reductions to the Grades in Higher Requirements noted above. Considered at BBBB S6 Conditional Offers require applicants to achieve EITHER two Advanced Highers (one at Grade A and one at Grade B) PLUS one Higher at Grade B OR three Advanced Highers at Grades BBB. Two Higher Science subjects from Chemistry, Biology/Human Biology, Physics or Mathematics. Minimum of National 5 Chemistry at Grade B. National 5 English at Grade B. Interview. ADDITIONAL Where it is not possible to study three Advanced Highers, alternative combination of Advanced ADDITIONAL Requirements Highers/ Highers may be considered. Successful completion and grades in either the Top-Up Programme, Summer School, Taster Week Requirements UCAT (see note below). Interview. or Sutton Trust Summer School. Successful completion and grades in the Reach Programme. If no Higher Mathematics must have National 5 at Grade B. Nat 5 English at B.

Note: UCAT: All applicants to Medicine and Dentistry must complete the University Clinical Aptitude Test by the deadline date in the same year as application. The UCAT score together with meeting STANDARD and ADDITIONAL Entry Requirements will be used to select applicants for Psychology (BSc, MA or MA (SocSci)) interview. The UCAT score cut-off points vary from year to year. Information on how to sit the test can be found at www.ucat.ac.uk.

Qualification End of S5 S5 MINIMUM SEnd of S6 Entry Requirements Entry Requirements Entry Requirements Music (BMus) S6 entrants will have AAAAAA at Standard Higher AABB at S5 will be Higher. B at Advanced Higher is requirements considered Qualification End of S5 S5 MINIMUM SEnd of S6 equivalent to A at Higher. Entry Requirements Entry Requirements Entry Requirements Adjusted Higher Standard Higher requirements: ABBBB guaranteed ABBBB guaranteed No minimum at S5 AAAB requirements SIMD deciles 1-2, care offer if meet additional No minimum at S5 offer if meet additional experience, estranged, carer, requirements requirements asylum seeker, refugee Adjusted Higher requirements: BBBB guaranteed BBBB guaranteed offer SIMD deciles 1-2, care offer if meet additional No minimum at S5 AAABB / ABBBBB if meet additional requirements Adjusted Higher AAABB / ABBBBB guaranteed experience, estranged, carer, requirements guaranteed offer if meet requirements: No minimum at S5 offer if meet additional requirements asylum seeker, refugee additional requirements SIMD deciles 3-4 Considered at BBBBBB Considered at BBBBBB AABB / ABBBB Adjusted Higher AABB / ABBBB guaranteed offer guaranteed offer if meet requirements: No minimum at S5 if meet additional requirements additional requirements SIMD deciles 3-4 Considered at BBBB Considered at BBBB Successful completion and grades in either the Top-Up Programme, Summer School, Taster Week or Sutton Trust Summer School.. All applicants who do not have Mathematics at Higher must have National 5 Mathematics at Grade B. Higher Music at Grade B or above OR Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) Grade 5 Theory. Applicants to BSc: Two Higher Science subjects (or Mathematics plus one Science subject) ADDITIONAL – both at Grade B. Required performance level is Merit in Grade 8 ABRSM practical exams. Audition. Requirements ADDITIONAL Requirements Applicants who wish to study Mathematics, Statistics or Computing Science, or any degree combination Successful completion and grades in either the Top-Up Programme, Summer School, Taster Week that includes these subjects, must also meet the relevant requirements in the Science (BSc) or Sutton Trust Summer School. table on page 10. Applicants to MA Arts: Higher English and a Higher Humanities or Language subject – both at Grade B. Applicants to MA (SocSci): Higher English or a Higher Humanities or Language subject - both at Grade B.

8 9 Science/Life Sciences (BSc) Social Sciences (MA (SocSci))*

Qualification End of S5 Entry S5 MINIMUM SEnd of S6 Qualification End of S5 S5 MINIMUM SEnd of S6 Requirements Entry Requirements Entry Requirements Entry Requirements Entry Requirements Entry Requirements

Standard Higher ABBB S5 minimum AAAAA Higher or AAAA Higher Standard Higher (AABB S5 minimum for AAAAB requirements for consideration + B Advanced Higher requirements consideration)

Adjusted Higher Adjusted Higher requirements: BBBB guaranteed requirements: BBBBB guaranteed BBBB guaranteed offer BBBBB guaranteed offer SIMD deciles 1-2, care offer if meet additional No minimum at S5 SIMD deciles 1-2, care No minimum at S5 offer if meet additional if meet additional requirements if meet additional requirements experience, estranged, carer, requirements experience, estranged, carer, requirements asylum seeker, refugee asylum seeker, refugee

AABB / ABBBB Adjusted Higher AABB / ABBBB guaranteed offer guaranteed offer if meet requirements: No minimum at S5 if meet additional requirements AABBB / BBBBBB additional requirements Adjusted Higher AABBB / BBBBBB guaranteed offer SIMD deciles 3-4 Considered at BBBB guaranteed offer if meet Considered at BBBB requirements: if meet additional requirements No minimum at S5 additional requirements SIMD deciles 3-4 Considered at BBBBB Considered at BBBBB

Applicants to Life Sciences must have at least ONE Higher in a relevant Science subject. Applicants to Physical Sciences must have at least TWO Highers in relevant Science subjects. Higher English or a Higher Humanities subject at Grade B. Specific subject requirements detailed below. Applicants to joint degrees must meet the entry requirements of both subjects. Applicants to Economics must have a minimum of National 5 Mathematics at Grade B. Successful completion and grades in either the Top-Up Programme, Summer School, Taster Week ADDITIONAL Applicants to Mathematics or Computing Science or any degree combination that includes these or Sutton Trust Summer School. Requirements subjects must also meet the relevant requirements in the Science (BSc) table on page 8. Applicants to Physics or Astronomy require Higher Mathematics AND Physics – both at Grade B. Successful completion and grades in either the Top-Up Programme, Summer School, Taster Week Applicants to Life Sciences degrees (see note below) require Higher Biology/Human Biology or Sutton Trust Summer School. or Chemistry at Grade B. Applicants to Chemical Physics require Highers in Chemistry, Physics * Due to high demand, if you wish to be considered for International Relations you must apply using a UCAS code for International Relations. International Relations and joint degrees that include International Relations may require higher entry grades due to high demand for the subject. ADDITIONAL AND Mathematics at Grade B. Requirements Applicants to Chemistry or Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry require Higher Mathematics and Chemistry - both at Grade B. Applicants to Computing Science and Software Engineering must have Higher Mathematics and Higher Computing Science at B unless they have an A in Higher Mathematics from S5. Teaching: Education with Primary Teaching Qualification (MEduc) Applicants to Electronic & Software Engineering must meet the requirements for Engineering (BEng) Applicants to Mathematics require Higher Mathematics at Grade B. Applicants with less than Qualification End of S5 S5 MINIMUM SEnd of S6 Advanced Higher Mathematics at Grade B must also successfully complete Maths in Summer Entry Requirements Entry Requirements Entry Requirements School (including those taking Top-Up). Applicants to BSc degree programmes in Accounting & Mathematics, Accounting & Statistics, ABBB S5 minimum AAABB cumulative grade requirement Finance & Mathematics, or Finance & Statistics must meet the entry requirements for Standard Higher requirements Accountancy & Finance. for consideration AAABB

Adjusted Higher Note: Life Sciences degrees: Anatomy, Biochemistry, Genetics, Human Biology, Human Biology & Nutrition, Immunology, Marine & requirements: BBBB guaranteed BBBB guaranteed offer Freshwater Biology, Microbiology, Molecular & Cellular Biology, Molecular & Cellular Biology with Plant Science, Neuroscience, SIMD deciles 1-2, care offer if meet additional No minimum at S5 if meet additional requirements Pharmacology, Physiology, Physiology & Sports Science, Physiology, Sports Science & Nutrition, Zoology. experience, estranged, carer, requirements asylum seeker, refugee

AABB / ABBBB Adjusted Higher AABB / ABBBB guaranteed offer guaranteed offer if meet requirements: No minimum at S5 if meet additional requirements additional requirements SIMD deciles 3-4 Considered at BBBB Considered at BBBB

Higher English at Grade B. National 5 Mathematics or National 5 Application of Mathematics at Grade B. Interview.

ADDITIONAL Successful completion and grades in either the Top-Up Programme, Summer School, Taster Week Requirements or Sutton Trust Summer School. Applicants who successfully complete the Access to a Career in Teaching Programme or Access to a Career in Education Programme also have to attend and pass either the Top-Up Programme, Summer School, Taster Week or Sutton Trust Summer School.

10 11 Teaching: Primary Education with Teaching Qualification (MA) (Dumfries Campus) Veterinary Biosciences (BSc)

Standard Higher AAAAAB Higher or AAABB Higher No minimum at S5 AAB/ABBB requirements Standard Higher ABBB S5 minimum + C Advanced Higher. Minimum requirements for consideration consideration ABBBBB or ABBB + Advanced Higher Adjusted Higher requirements: BBBB guaranteed BBBB guaranteed offer Adjusted Higher SIMD deciles 1-2, deciles 3-4, offer if meet additional No minimum at S5 ABBB (Must include A in Chemistry if meet additional requirements requirements: AAAA / AAABB including care experience, estranged, requirements or Biology) Or BBBB PLUS Advanced SIMD deciles 1-2, care Chemistry & Biology at A, No minimum at S5 carer, asylum seeker, refugee Higher Chemistry or Biology experience, estranged, carer, PLUS Maths or Physics asylum seeker, refugee Higher English at Grade B. ADDITIONAL National 5 Mathematics or National 5 Application of Mathematics at Grade B. Interview. Requirements Adjusted Higher AAAA / AAABB including Successful completion and grades in either the Top-Up Programme, Summer School, requirements: Chemistry & Biology at A, No minimum at S5 AABB / ABBBB Taster Week or Sutton Trust Summer School. SIMD deciles 3-4 PLUS Maths or Physics

Entry from S6 must include Higher Chemistry and Biology at grades AB or BA PLUS Maths or ADDITIONAL Physics. Applicants without A grade in either Higher Chemistry or Biology, must pass Advanced Requirements Teaching: Technological Education (MTechEdD) Higher Chemistry or Biology at grade C or above.

Qualification End of S5 S5 MINIMUM SEnd of S6 Entry Requirements Entry Requirements Entry Requirements

Standard Higher No minimum at S5 AAABB requirements

Adjusted Higher requirements: BBBB guaranteed BBBB guaranteed offer SIMD deciles 1-2, care offer if meet additional No minimum at S5 if meet additional requirements experience, estranged, carer, requirements asylum seeker, refugee Veterinary Medicine & Surgery (BVMS)

AABB / ABBBB Adjusted Higher AABB / ABBBB guaranteed offer guaranteed offer if meet Qualification End of S5 S5 MINIMUM SEnd of S6 requirements: No minimum at S5 if meet additional requirements additional requirements Entry Requirements Entry Requirements Entry Requirements SIMD deciles 3-4 Considered at BBBB Considered at BBBB

AAAAB Higher at end of S5 Standard Higher requirements No Entry from S5 AAAAB Higher English at Grade C and either a Higher Science subject, Higher Technological subject or + BB Advanced Higher Higher Mathematics at Grade B. ADDITIONAL Where Mathematics is not one of the Higher subjects, National 5 Mathematics at Grade B. Please Requirements note that National 5 Application of Mathematics cannot be accepted. Interview. Successful completion and grades in either the Top-Up Programme, Summer School, Taster Week Adjusted Higher or Sutton Trust Summer School. requirements: AAABB by the end of S5 including Chemistry at Grade A and Higher Biology AND either Higher SIMD deciles 1-2, deciles 3-4, Mathematics or Higher Physics). These results will allow the applicant to be interviewed. care experience, estranged, Applicants who are successful at interview will be made Conditional Offers based on S6 results. carer, asylum seeker, refugee

There are no reductions to the Grades in Higher Requirements noted above. However, as this ADDITIONAL degree requires Advanced Highers, some concessions may be made to the S6 Grades required Requirements for applicants who are successful at interview. These will be considered on a case by case basis. Successful completion and grades in the Reach Programme.

12 13 Q: Do we accept HNCs and HNDs? A: Higher National Certificates (HNCs) and Higher National Diplomas (HNDs) may allow you to enter either the first or second year of a degree at Glasgow, dependent upon the HNC/ HND programme and the degree programme you want to study at the University. You will need to achieve the stated entry requirements to be considered for an offer, which may include an SQA Higher. The University runs bespoke HNC courses for some subjects, in partnership with several Further Education Colleges, which guarantee entry into year 2 if successfully completed. Details can be found in the Higher National Qualifications: College and Adult Returners page of glasgow.ac.uk/accessglasgow. If you have any queries, please email [email protected]

Q: When do I apply? A: UCAS closing dates for 2021 entry are: • 15 October 2020: application deadline if applying to Dentistry, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine or applying to Oxford or Cambridge. • 15 January 2021: application deadline for all other degree programmes for UK students.

Q: How soon will I receive a decision? A: We respond to all applications as soon as possible. For UK students we will normally respond by no later than 31 March 2021. If we can make you an offer, you will receive either an unconditional or conditional offer. If you already meet all of our entry requirements you may receive an unconditional offer. If you haven’t gained the necessary entry requirements at the point of application, we may look at the qualifications you are taking and consider making a conditional offer.

Q: Is deferred entry possible? A: Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine are unable to consider deferred entry. In other cases it may be possible but it is not granted automatically. Please contact our Admissions Team for more information.

14 15 If you have any queries relating to our If you identify as one of the following pre-entry programmes, please contact groups, please contact the relevant the relevant staff member below: member of staff below for more information on the support we can offer:

Access to a Career Programme If you have experience & Early Secondary Programme of being in care: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] REACH Programme [email protected] If you are estranged from family [email protected] and living without family support: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Summer School [email protected] If you are a carer: [email protected] Sutton Trust Summer School [email protected] and Taster Weeks [email protected] If you are seeking asylum in the UK or have refugee status: Top-Up Programme [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] If you have queries regarding HNC Articulation Programme: studying an HNC/D in FE College: [email protected] [email protected] If you are an adult returner to education: [email protected]

If you have any further questions about Widening Participation provision at the University of Glasgow, please contact the Head of Widening Participation, Neil Croll, at [email protected]

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