Oxford Brookes University UCAS Points: 2026 Entry Requirements

Quick answer: Yes — Oxford Brookes says that "wherever possible we make our conditional offers using the UCAS tariff", and publishes a points figure for every course. Verified September 2026 offers include 128 points for Physiotherapy BSc (Hons), 120 for LLB Law and 112 for Nursing (Adult) BSc (Hons), with foundation courses from 48.

Brookes does something with the Tariff that few universities bother with: rather than leaving you to work out what a number means, it publishes a separate page for each of six totals — 96, 104, 112, 120, 128 and 136 — listing the qualification combinations that reach it. Alongside that, every course page prints a standard offer and a contextual offer side by side, in points, A-level grades, IB points and BTEC grades at once. This page pulls those published figures together, checks the arithmetic behind them, and flags the one place where Brookes' equivalences and the Tariff part company.

Does Oxford Brookes make points-based offers?

Yes, with a clear rationale attached. Brookes' standard entry requirement is three A-levels or equivalent, and it explains that using the Tariff "gives flexibility particularly if you are offering a mix of qualifications, such as two A-levels plus a BTEC National Extended Certificate". A total, unlike three fixed letters, can be reached from combinations a grade-based offer would simply reject.

That flexibility is the whole practical difference between the two admissions styles, and it matters most if your Level 3 profile is not three clean A-levels. Where each university sits is covered in do all universities use UCAS points; the mechanics of the Tariff itself are in what are UCAS points.

Note that a points offer is not the same as a guaranteed place. Brookes runs a "gathered field approach to admission" on some programmes, holding applications until it can compare them together.

Verified offers for September 2026 entry

The pairing in the last two columns is what makes a Brookes course page unusually readable — you can see immediately how far a contextual offer would move the target.

Subject conditions live inside the total rather than beside it. Physiotherapy's 128 must include "40 UCAS Tariff points (or 32 UCAS Tariff points with a contextual offer) from one A-level or a comparable Level 3 qualification in Biology, Physical Education or Psychology" — in other words a grade B, or a grade C on a contextual offer, in a named subject.

The route map Brookes publishes for each total

These are Brookes' own published combinations, reproduced for all six totals it publishes. Read the right-hand column with the caveat that follows it.

The A-level columns are exact. CCC really is 96, BBC really is 112 points, ABB really is 128, and the AS-plus-Extended-Project rows land on the number too: BB at A-level (80) plus an AS at b (16) plus an Extended Project at C (16) is 112 on the nose. The ABB UCAS points breakdown shows the working for the top of that range.

Up to three grades: the size of a Brookes contextual offer

Brookes offers "a grade reduction of up to 3 grades below the standard entry requirements", which is one of the larger published reductions in England — most points-based universities publish one or two. Three single-grade steps at A-level is 24 Tariff points, and the course figures match: Physiotherapy moves from 128 to 104 (ABB to BCC), Nursing (Adult) from 112 to 88 (BBC to CCD), and LLB Law from 120 down as far as 88.

Four circumstances qualify you automatically: having lived in local authority care, holding refugee or humanitarian protection status, having taken part in the Brookes Engage sustained outreach programmes, or being eligible for free school meals. A second route needs two conditions together — attending a school with below-average GCSE performance or in the bottom 40% at A-level nationally, and living in an area of low higher education participation or higher socio-economic disadvantage. There is no separate form: "apply in the usual way through UCAS and if you meet any of the criteria we'll consider you for a contextual offer." How schemes like this operate across the sector is set out in contextual offers explained.

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Which qualifications Brookes counts

The accepted list is broad, and it is stated as a list of what goes onto the Tariff rather than as a hierarchy: A-levels and AS-levels, the Access to Higher Education Diploma, BTEC Certificates, Subsidiary Diplomas and Extended Diplomas, Cambridge Pre-U, the Extended Project, the Irish Leaving Certificate, Scottish Highers, the Welsh Baccalaureate, T Levels, and the International Baccalaureate and European Baccalaureate Diplomas.

Two points follow from that. First, the Extended Project genuinely counts here — it appears in Brookes' own published routes to every total, which is not true of every university, and EPQ explained covers how much it is worth. Second, an AS level you did not carry to A2 is still usable, since the published combinations pair two A-levels with one or two AS grades.

GCSEs are handled course by course rather than university-wide. Physiotherapy asks for grade 4 (C) in English, Maths and Science; Nursing (Adult) asks for English and Maths; the Engineering Foundation asks for Maths at grade 5/B and English Language at 4/C. Level 2 Functional Skills are accepted in place of English and Maths on several courses. Applicants aged 21 and over without standard qualifications can be considered on life and work skills instead.

Foundation courses sit outside the scheme

Brookes' pre-degree routes carry their own, much lower numbers — 48 points for Foundation in Law, 56 for the Engineering Foundation, both around a quarter of a degree-level offer. The catch is that "foundation years and foundation degrees are excluded" from contextual admissions, so the published figure is the figure. That is the reverse of the usual pattern, where a contextual reduction and a foundation route stack on top of each other.

Your next step

Count your total first, then check three things on the course page: the standard points figure, the contextual figure beside it, and any subject rule sitting inside the total. If you are within 24 points of the standard offer and you meet one of Brookes' automatic criteria, the contextual figure is the one that applies to you. If you are further out, the foundation route is a real entry point but will not move for circumstances. For what different totals open up more widely, start with how many UCAS points you need.

Oxford Brookes University UCAS points: FAQ

Does Oxford Brookes University use UCAS points?

Yes. Brookes states that wherever possible it makes its conditional offers using the UCAS tariff, which it says gives flexibility if you are offering a mix of qualifications. LLB Law asks for 120 points for 2026 entry and Nursing (Adult) BSc asks for 112.

How many UCAS points do you need for Oxford Brookes?

Brookes publishes guidance for six totals — 96, 104, 112, 120, 128 and 136 points — and its degrees sit inside that band. Verified 2026 figures include 128 for Physiotherapy BSc, 120 for LLB Law and 112 for Nursing (Adult) BSc.

How big is an Oxford Brookes contextual offer?

Brookes offers a grade reduction of up to three grades below the standard entry requirement, which is 24 Tariff points at A-level. Physiotherapy drops from 128 points to 104, Nursing (Adult) from 112 to 88, and LLB Law from 120 to a band of 88 to 96.

Does Oxford Brookes count the Extended Project towards its offers?

Yes. Brookes lists the Extended Project among the qualifications it considers on the tariff, and its published routes include combinations such as two A-levels at BB plus one AS at b plus an Extended Project at C, which reaches 112 points exactly.

How many UCAS points do you need for an Oxford Brookes foundation course?

Foundation in Law asks for 48 points, or DD at A-level; the Engineering Foundation asks for 56 points, or CD, plus GCSE Maths at grade 5/B. Foundation years and foundation degrees are excluded from the contextual admissions scheme.