Guaranteed offers for final-year undergraduates

At the University of Bristol, we're committed to supporting the academic progression of our students. We offer a guaranteed conditional offer for postgraduate taught programmes, including PGCE routes, provided you meet the academic entry requirements and places remain available on the programme.

Eligibility and how to apply

For entry in the 2025/26 academic year

This offer is available to final-year undergraduate students at the University of Bristol.

You can apply to any postgraduate taught programme open for applications on our online programme finder. You’ll need to be taking any specific subjects or modules listed in the entry requirements for that programme to be guaranteed an offer.

If your results to date are below the programme’s entry criteria, you can still apply. We’ll consider your application and may make you an offer based on the standard entry requirements for that programme. See the terms and conditions below for details.

Terms and conditions

English language requirements

We expect applicants will satisfy the English language requirements for postgraduate study by completing their undergraduate degree at the University of Bristol, per our English language profiles.

Oversubscribed programmes

If the programme becomes full and is subsequently closed to new applications before an offer is made, applications already received from current undergraduate students will be prioritised for offer on a first-come-first-served basis. Where an applicant has qualified for an offer but we are not able to make an offer due to a programme being oversubscribed, we will endeavour to either:

• Identify a suitable alternative programme for which the applicant is qualified and make an offer
• Or make a deferred offer for the original programme.

Selection process

If a programme usually interviews candidates or requires written work to be submitted before an offer is made, current undergraduate applicants will be guaranteed to take part in that selection stage as long as they meet the academic requirements and follow the application deadlines. We cannot offer interviews outside of the regular application timeline. An offer will be dependent on the outcome of that selection stage, per our usual admissions process.

If an application does not meet the academic entry criteria for the applied-for programme, we will try to identify a suitable alternative programme for which the applicant is qualified to make an offer, but cannot guarantee that there is a suitable alternative to every programme.

Programmes not included in the guaranteed offer scheme

While final-year students can apply for the following programmes, they’re not currently part of the guaranteed offer scheme:

• MRes Health Science Research
• MSc Cyber Security
• MSc Psychology (Conversion)
• MSc Strategy, Change and Leadership

 

If you have any queries regarding the guaranteed offers scheme, please contact choosebristol-pg@bristol.ac.uk