Entry requirements

At LJMU we welcome applicants with a wide variety of educational qualifications including: n A/AS levels n BTEC qualifications n QAA Approved Access to

HE Diploma

n Advanced Diplomas n Advanced Apprenticeships n Irish Leaving Certificates n International

Baccalaureate

n Open University credits n NVQ Level 3 n T Levels n Scottish Highers n Welsh Baccalaureate n Equivalent home and

overseas qualifications

Most of the entry requirements detailed within this prospectus are listed as a UCAS Tariff score. If you cannot see your qualification please refer to the UCAS website at ucas.com, contact our Course Enquiries team on 0151 231 5090 or email courses@ljmu.ac.uk and they will be happy to advise you.

Mature and non-standard applicants, such as care leavers or applicants returning to education, will be considered on an individual basis and may be asked to submit an essay and/or attend an interview – contact the relevant admissions office for

more information.

Minimum entry requirements

For all of our courses there will be a minimum UCAS Tariff score requirement. In addition, many courses will ask for specific subjects and grades at GCSE and/or A level or equivalent. If a GCSE subject is required you will always need at least a grade C or grade 4.

The offer process

There are a number of offers that we can make you.

n An unconditional offer - this will be made if you already satisfy the entrance criteria (i.e. you may be a mature student or already have the results of your examinations). n A conditional offer - this will be made if you have yet to sit your examinations, and you will be advised of the grades and other criteria we would like you to fulfil. n A changed course offer - if we have read through your application form and think that you would be best suited to a different course, we will contact you to offer you an alternative unconditional or conditional offer for another course. You do not have to accept this offer should you not wish to do so.

Applicant Day events

Once an offer has been made, we will invite you to a schoolbased Applicant Day, where you will have an opportunity to meet current staff and students, see the facilities in more detail, and find out about our student accommodation.

Making your Firm and Insurance choices

Once you have received decisions back from all your choices, you will be asked to decide which two offers you wish to accept. You will have to choose which you wish to make ‘Firm’ (your first choice) and which you wish to make ‘Insurance’ (your second choice).

UCAS Extra

If you have applied for all your five choices through UCAS but are not successful in gaining a place or you have declined all the offers you received, you will be eligible for UCAS Extra. UCAS Extra runs from February to July.

Receiving your results Clearing

You will automatically be accepted if you meet the requirements of your Conditional Firm (CF) offer with LJMU. If you do not attain the required grades, we may still accept you on your chosen programme or offer you an alternative programme. If your application is unsuccessful you will then be considered by your ‘Insurance’ choice. Clearing is an additional opportunity to get a place at university, starting a course in September 2022. If you are late to apply, or do not fulfil the conditions of your conditional or unconditional choices, you can then enter the Clearing process. During Clearing, you contact universities directly to establish if you can be accepted on to one of their courses. Clearing will take place during August, after exam results are released.

Go online for detailed course information: ljmu.ac.uk/courses