Offer Holder - Frequently Asked Questions

An offer holder means that you’ve applied to study at Aberystwyth University and have received a conditional or unconditional offer.

A Conditional offer means that you must meet certain conditions before you can secure your place on you chosen course. An Unconditional offer means that you’ve met the entry requirements for your chosen course.

UCAS Applications: If you’ve applied through UCAS, you can accept your offer by logging into UCAS Hub. It is important that you reply to your offers by the deadline specified by UCAS. You can respond to your offers once you have received decisions from all the universities you have applied to. You can only accept one firm choice and one insurance choice (if you choose to have one). You must decline all other offers. If you firmly accept an Unconditional offer, then all your other choices must be declined. If you firmly accept a Conditional offer, then you have the option to choose another of your offers as your Insurance choice.

Direct Applications: If you’ve applied to us directly, you will need to respond by completing the Offer Reply Form included in your offer letter. 

Your Firm choice is the university and course you most want to attend.

Your Insurance choice is your backup option in case you don’t meet the conditions of your Firm offer.

UCAS Application: Once you’ve received decisions from all of your university choices, your reply deadline will be noted in your UCAS Hub. Please see the UCAS website for more information.

Direct Applications: Please contact our Admissions Team for more information. 

Yes, deferrals are allowed, for one year.  You can request to defer when completing  your UCAS application or by contacting us after receiving an offer. However, we are unable to accept deferral requests for our Nursing courses.

Our Applicant Visiting Days will be held on Saturday 7 March; Saturday 21 March and Saturday 28 March. You will receive information directly, via email, regarding these events. Contact applicant@aber.ac.uk if you have any queries.

Other opportunities to visit campus include Campus Tours.

The Aberystwyth University Scholarships & Merit Awards are open to all our undergraduate applicants and are worth up to £1,000 a year with a chance to obtain an unconditional offer. View the range of scholarships and bursaries we offer.

Our accommodation booking information can be found here. We will contact you directly via email in early 2026 to inform you of when our Accommodation Portal opens. We guarantee accommodation to all first-year undergraduate student as long as you apply by 1 September.  

Visit our accommodation webpages to find out more about accommodation options, how to apply and more.