31 October 2023

What are offers?

Offers are the conditional offers, unconditional offers, and rejections used in decision making. Conditional offers define the entry requirements of programmes. Conditional offers can have academic conditions and non-academic conditions. Non-academic conditions are clearance checks with the category of Other evidence. Offers are defined by the reference data Offer library. Offer libraries must be approved to be used in decision making.

Offer libraries

Offers form the main decision and additional conditions for the entry requirements of programmes and decisions making. Unconditional offers and rejections are used for the main decision only. However, conditional offers can be used for the main decision, additional conditions, or both.

Unconditional offers and rejections

Unconditional offers and rejections consist of offer text for the main decision. Rejections also have a rejection reason, such as the course is full, which is used for reporting purposes.

Conditional offers

Conditional offers consist of the offer text for the main decision and the additional conditions depending on the offer library type. Conditional offers also have a conditions flow that defines the academic and non-academic conditions of the conditional offer. By default, the offer text is from the applicant facing text of the academic conditions and non-academic conditions that form the conditions flow of the offer. However, the text can be edited as required.

Offer text

Offers have a main decision offer text and an additional conditions offer text depending on the offer library type. The offer text consists of the text from the applicant-facing descriptions on the academic and non-academic conditions. The text is used in communications with applicants and explains the decision, such as the reason for rejecting an application. For more information on correspondence with applicants, go to What are communications templates?

Example conditional offers

The example conditional offers detail the academic conditions required to build the offer and the conditions flow of the offer.

UCAS tariff points with required A level subjects and grades

A programme has the following entry requirements:

  • 136 UCAS tariff points

  • A level grade A in biology and physics

  • GCSE grade 5 or above

Three A levels with required subjects and grades

A programme has the following entry requirements:

  • Three A levels grade AAA

  • Including A levels at grade A in biology and physics

English language test with minimum scores in reading and writing

A programme has the following entry requirements:

  • IELTS overall score of 6.5 or above

  • Minimum of 6.0 reading

  • Minimum of 6.0 writing