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Aberystwyth University

Aberystwyth
#801 QS World

Rankings

QS World University Ranking

Ranked #801 in 2027

Academic reputation14
Employer reputation10.9
Employment outcomes14.7

Admissions

Offer rate: 85.6%

9,040 applicants · 2025 entry

Admissions statistics for Aberystwyth University

In the 2025 UCAS cycle: 9,040 applied, 7,740 received an offer (85.6% offer rate), and 1,440 were placed.

Placed · 1,440
Offer declined · 6,300
Not offered · 1,300

UK offers are usually conditional on exam grades, so a high offer rate does not mean easy admission. The entry requirements are the real bar.

How to apply

UK undergraduate admissions run through UCAS.

Application
Via UCAS (one application, up to 5 course choices)
Deadline
29 January · 15 October for Oxford, Cambridge, medicine, dentistry & veterinary

Academics

Courses & entry tariff

Typical UCAS tariff points that entrants held, by course (Discover Uni). This runs above the published offer, since entrants often carry extra qualifications. For reference, AAA = 144 points and A*A*A* = 168.

120typical entrant tariff (≈ BBB)
Cymraeg (i fyfyrwyr iaith gyntaf ac ail iaith)183 · ≈A*A*A*+
Celtic Studies167 · ≈A*A*A*
Cymraeg a'r Ieithoedd Celtaidd167 · ≈A*A*A*
Law and International Relations153 · ≈A*AA
Fine Art142 · ≈AAA
Fine Art with Art History139 · ≈AAB
Fine Art/Art History139 · ≈AAB
Nursing (Adult)139 · ≈AAB
Physical Geography (with integrated year studying abroad)139 · ≈AAB
Astrophysics137 · ≈AAB
Agriculture with Business Management (with integrated year in industry)132 · ≈AAB
Agriculture (with integrated year in industry)132 · ≈AAB
Agriculture132 · ≈AAB
Agriculture (with integrated year studying abroad)132 · ≈AAB
Software Engineering (with integrated year in industry)132 · ≈AAB
Psychology (with integrated year in industry)132 · ≈AAB
Business & Management129 · ≈ABB
Wildlife Conservation128 · ≈ABB
Wildlife Conservation (with year in industry)128 · ≈ABB
Creative Writing and Fine Art128 · ≈ABB
Physical Geography (with integrated year in industry)128 · ≈ABB
Business and Management with Foundation Year127 · ≈ABB
Accounting and Finance / Business and Management127 · ≈ABB
Business and Management / French127 · ≈ABB
Politics & Modern History126 · ≈ABB
Film & Television Studies126 · ≈ABB
Sport and Exercise Science126 · ≈ABB
Agriculture with Animal Science125 · ≈ABB
Animal Science125 · ≈ABB
Animal Science (with year in industry)125 · ≈ABB
Equine and Veterinary Bioscience (with year in industry)125 · ≈ABB
Equine and Veterinary Bioscience125 · ≈ABB
Equine and Veterinary Bioscience (with integrated year studying abroad)125 · ≈ABB
Agriculture with Animal Science (with integrated year in industry)125 · ≈ABB
Veterinary Biosciences125 · ≈ABB
Zoology (with year in industry)125 · ≈ABB
Psychology/Criminology125 · ≈ABB
Media and Communication Studies125 · ≈ABB
Drama & Theatre Studies124 · ≈ABB
Film-making123 · ≈BBB
Psychology (with integrated year studying abroad)123 · ≈BBB
Film & Television Studies (with integrated foundation year)122 · ≈BBB
Film & Television Studies/Fine Art122 · ≈BBB
Cymraeg/Education121 · ≈BBB
Education / History121 · ≈BBB
Education / Drama and Theatre121 · ≈BBB
Education121 · ≈BBB
Childhood Studies121 · ≈BBB
Early Childhood Studies with Early Years Practitioner Status121 · ≈BBB
Education (with integrated foundation year)121 · ≈BBB
Education with Spanish121 · ≈BBB
English Literature121 · ≈BBB
Modern Languages121 · ≈BBB
Physical Geography121 · ≈BBB
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (inc Integrated Industrial and Professional Training)121 · ≈BBB
Marketing / Modern Languages121 · ≈BBB
Cymraeg/Mathematics120 · ≈BBB
Mathematics / Drama and Theatre Studies120 · ≈BBB
Film and Television Studies / Mathematics120 · ≈BBB
Modern Languages / Mathematics120 · ≈BBB
Mathematical Modelling120 · ≈BBB
Mathematical and Theoretical Physics120 · ≈BBB
Mathematics/Physics120 · ≈BBB
Mathematics (includes foundation year)120 · ≈BBB
Mathematics (with integrated year in industry)120 · ≈BBB
Applied Mathematics/Pure Mathematics120 · ≈BBB
Financial Mathematics120 · ≈BBB
Financial Mathematics (includes foundation year)120 · ≈BBB
Pure Mathematics/Statistics120 · ≈BBB
Mathematics / Economics120 · ≈BBB
Mathematics / Business and Management120 · ≈BBB
Mathematics / Accounting and Finance120 · ≈BBB
Mathematics with Education120 · ≈BBB
Mathematics / Education120 · ≈BBB
History120 · ≈BBB
Environmental Science120 · ≈BBB
Mathematics120 · ≈BBB
Writing for Broadcasting, Media and Performance119 · ≈BBB
Environmental Science (with integrated year studying abroad)119 · ≈BBB
Environmental Science (with integrated year in industry)119 · ≈BBB
Environmental Science (with integrated foundation year)119 · ≈BBB
Daearyddiaeth118 · ≈BBB
Geography (with integrated year in industry)118 · ≈BBB
Geography (with integrated foundation year)118 · ≈BBB
Physical Geography (with integrated foundation year)118 · ≈BBB
Physical Geography/Mathematics118 · ≈BBB
Economics and Climate Change118 · ≈BBB
Business and Climate Change118 · ≈BBB
Media and English Literature117 · ≈BBB
English Literature/Education117 · ≈BBB
Modern Languages / English Literature117 · ≈BBB
Film & Television Studies/English Literature117 · ≈BBB
Fine Art / English Literature117 · ≈BBB
Cultural Heritage: Libraries, Archives and Museums117 · ≈BBB
English Studies and Climate Change116 · ≈BBB
Drama and English116 · ≈BBB
Engineering Physics (with year in industry)116 · ≈BBB
Engineering Physics116 · ≈BBB
Physics116 · ≈BBB
Physics (with integrated year in industry)116 · ≈BBB
Physics with Planetary & Space Physics116 · ≈BBB
Engineering Physics (with integrated year in industry)116 · ≈BBB
Robotics and Embedded Systems Engineering116 · ≈BBB
Robotics and Embedded Systems Engineering (with integrated year in industry)116 · ≈BBB
Creative Writing116 · ≈BBB
History / Mathematics115 · ≈BBC
Cymraeg a Hanes115 · ≈BBC
Modern Languages / History115 · ≈BBC
Hanes115 · ≈BBC
History (with integrated foundation year)115 · ≈BBC
Medieval and Early Modern History115 · ≈BBC
Modern and Contemporary History115 · ≈BBC
Hanes a Hanes Cymru115 · ≈BBC
History and Welsh History115 · ≈BBC
Drama & Theatre Studies/History115 · ≈BBC
Creative Writing and History115 · ≈BBC
Animal Behaviour114 · ≈BBC
Animal Behaviour (with year in industry)114 · ≈BBC
Animal Behaviour (with integrated foundation year)114 · ≈BBC
Zoology114 · ≈BBC

Cost

Tuition

UK undergraduate tuition fees.

Home (UK)
£9,250 / year
International
Varies by course

Graduate outcomes

£26,000
Median graduate salary
85%
In work or further study
86%
Continue past first year

Earnings and destinations about 15 months after graduating (Discover Uni).

Student body

11,170
undergraduates

Demographics

6%international students
White89.6%
Mixed4.1%
Asian3%
Black/African American1.5%
Other0.7%