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School for Cross-faculty Studies Global Sustainable Development

Entry Requirements

All our courses require a minimum of grade in English Language and Mathematics at GCSE or equivalent. Click on the dropdowns below to find out the specific grade requirements of each degree.

A level:

IB:

  • For 2025 entry: 36 to include English and Mathematics

BTEC:

  • We welcome applications from students taking BTECs alongside one or two A levels

Find out more about our BASc Global Sustainable Development degree.

A level:

  • 2022 typical offer: AAA
  • 2023 typical offer: A*AA

  • For our BASc Global Sustainable Development and Business Studies degree we make differential offers to students in a number of circumstances at AAB, plus grade B/grade 6 in English and grade A/7 in Mathematics at GCSE. Please see here for information on our contextual data criteria.

IB:

  • 38 to include English and Mathematics

BTEC:

  • We welcome applications from students taking BTECs alongside one or two A levels

Find out more about our BASc Global Sustainable Development and Business Studies degree.

A level:

  • 2022 typical offer: A*AA to include A in Mathematics
  • 2023 typical offer: A*A*A to include A in Mathematics

  • For our BASc Economic Studies and Global Sustainable Development degree we make differential offers to students in a number of circumstances. For 2022 entry, we will make differential offers at AAB including grade A in Mathematics, plus grade B/grade 6 in English and Mathematics at GCSE. For 2023 entry, we will make differential offers at AAA including grade A in Mathematics, plus grade B/grade 6 in English and Mathematics at GCSE. Please see here for information on our contextual data criteria.

IB:

  • For 2025 entry: 39 to include Mathematics (either ‘Analysis and Approaches’ or ‘Applications and Interpretation’ at Higher Level 6) and English

BTEC:

  • We welcome applications from students taking BTECs alongside one or two A levels, including A level Mathematics

Find out more about our BASc Economic Studies and Global Sustainable Development degree.

A level:

IB:

  • For 2025 entry: 34 points to include English and Mathematics

BTEC:

  • We welcome applications from students taking BTECs alongside one or two A levels

Find out more about our BASc Education Studies and Global Sustainable Development degree.

A level:

  • AAB to include an A level in a modern or classical language

  • For our BASc Hispanic Studies and Global Sustainable Development degree we make differential offers to students in a number of circumstances at ABB including Spanish, plus grade C/grade 4 in English and grade C/grade 4 in Mathematics at GCSE. Please see here for information on our contextual data criteria.

IB:

  • For 2025 entry: 34 to include a modern or classical language at Higher Level 5, and Mathematics and English

BTEC:

  • We welcome applications from students taking BTECs alongside one or two A levels, including an A level in a modern or classical language

Find out more about our BASc Hispanic Studies and Global Sustainable Development degree.

A level:

  • AAA to include History

  • For our BASc History and Global Sustainable Development degree we make differential offers to students in a number of circumstances at AAB including grade A in History, plus grade C/grade 4 in English and grade C/grade 4 in Mathematics at GCSE. Please see here for information on our contextual data criteria.

IB:

  • For 2025 entry: 36 to include History (at Higher Level 6), Mathematics and English

BTEC:

  • We welcome applications from students taking BTECs alongside one or two A levels, including A level History

Find out more about our BASc History and Global Sustainable Development degree.

A level:

  • AAB to include A level in Biology

  • For our BASc Life Sciences and Global Sustainable Development degree we make differential offers to students in a number of circumstances at ABB, to include A level in Biology, plus grade C/grade 4 in English and Mathematics at GCSE. Please see here for information on our contextual data criteria.

IB:

  • For 2025 entry: 34, to include Biology at Higher Level 5, and Mathematics and English.

BTEC:

  • We welcome applications from students taking BTECs alongside one or two A levels, including A level Biology

Find out more about our BASc Life Sciences and Global Sustainable Development degree.

A level:

IB:

  • For 2025 entry: 36 to include Mathematics and English

BTEC:

  • We welcome applications from students taking BTECs alongside one or two A levels

Find out more about our BASc Philosophy and Global Sustainable Development degree.

A level:

IB:

  • For 2025 entry: 36 to include Mathematics and English

BTEC:

  • We welcome applications from students taking BTECs alongside one or two A levels

Find out more about our BASc Politics, International Studies and Global Sustainable Development degree.

A level:

IB:

  • For 2025 entry: 34 to include Mathematics and English

BTEC:

  • We welcome applications from students taking BTECs alongside one or two A levels

Find out more about our BASc Psychology and Global Sustainable Development degree.

A level:

IB:

  • For 2025 entry: 34 to include Mathematics and English

BTEC:

  • We welcome applications from students taking BTECs alongside one or two A levels

Find out more about our BASc Sociology and Global Sustainable Development degree.

A level:

IB:

  • For 2025 entry: 34 to include Mathematics and English

BTEC:

  • We welcome applications from students taking BTECs alongside one or two A levels

Find out more about our BASc Theatre and Performance Studies and Global Sustainable Development degree.

A level:

IB:

  • For 2025 entry: 36 to include Mathematics and English

BTEC:

  • We welcome applications from students taking BTECs alongside one or two A levels

Find out more about our BASc Theatre and Performance Studies and Global Sustainable Development degree.

Essential information

General entrance requirements

Applicants must satisfy the University's General Entrance Requirements.

General Studies and Critical Thinking (A Levels) are not accepted for our courses of study.

Additional requirements

You will also need to meet our English Language requirements. Our courses fall under Band C. 

Access to HE Diploma

We will consider applicants presenting the Access to HE Diploma (QAA recognised), including appropriate subjects with distinction grades in level 3 units.

International qualifications

We welcome applicants with other internationally recognised qualifications. Please see UK Equivalent Scores and WIFP.

Taking a gap year

Applications for deferred entry welcomed.

Differential offers

Warwick may make differential offers to students in a number of circumstances. These include students participating in the Realising Opportunities programme, or who meet two of the contextual data criteria. Differential offers will be one or two grades below Warwick’s standard offer (to a minimum of BBB). For specific contextual offers for each of our courses, please see the information on the left.

Interviews

We do not typically interview applicants. Offers are made based on your UCAS form which includes predicted and actual grades, your personal statement and school reference.

Frequently asked questions

Please see our FAQs page for further information about our entry requirements and application.