Check if you might be eligible for a widening access offer 

Use our tool to find out if you might be eligible for a widening access offer and what you need to do next.

Checker tool 

We use contextual data, such as your postcode and school/college, to highlight whether your application should receive additional consideration in our admissions process.

You can use this tool find out whether your application to study at Edinburgh is likely to be given this additional consideration.

Check your eligibility for a widening access offer

The checker is updated each year with the latest available data and is only relevant to applicants applying for entry in September 2025.

What happens next?  

You might be eligible for a widening access offer 

If you think you might be eligible for a Flag or Plus Flag , it’s important you complete all the relevant fields on your UCAS application . Your teacher or advisor can help you make sure the fields are properly completed. 

Once we have your application, we will assess it to see if you qualify for a Flag or Plus Flag.  

What happens if you’re eligible for a Flag

What happens if you’re eligible for a Plus Flag

You’re not eligible for a widening access offer 

If you are not eligible for a Flag or Plus Flag widening access offer, you may have faced other challenging circumstances you want us to be aware of.  

What challenging circumstances are and how to tell us 

If the checker has said you are not eligible, but you think this is incorrect, you can find more detailed information on the criteria we use to assess your application on our Widening access criteria page: 

Check the criteria we use to assess your eligibility   

Contact us 

If you have any queries about Widening Access offers, get in touch with us via email:

Widening Access Offers

Student Recruitment & Admissions

Contact details

 

Contact us through an online sign language interpreter

British Sign Language (BSL) users can contact the University of Edinburgh via Contact Scotland BSL, the online British Sign Language video relay interpreting service.

Find out more on the Contact Scotland BSL website


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