July 2017 UCAS Tariff points explained UCAS Tariff points are used by some universities and colleges to set entry requirements and to make offers. Currently, one third of courses in the UCAS search tool have a Tariff entry requirement. Instead of asking for grades, a university might express the offer as a number of points. To help understand how many points a qualification is worth, UCAS has a that you can use. For courses starting from September 2017, a new Tariff will be in place. The new Tariff provides a fair and more transparent process of allocating Tariff points across a wider range of qualifications. Although tariff points can be accumulated in different ways, not all points will necessarily be acceptable for entry to a particular course. The achievement of a points score, therefore, does not give an automatic entitlement to entry and many other factors are taken into account in the admissions process. What the new points mean to you The new UCAS Tariff points should not have any impact on your decisions qualification choices at school or college, or your preparation for or application to a higher education course. You'll still need to achieve the same A level, Scottish Advanced Highers, Scottish Highers, or BTEC grades (or grades in any other qualification you're taking) to meet the higher education course entry requirements. All qualifications that are currently on the UCAS Tariff will continue to be allocated points under the new system. The new Tariff is based on a different approach, using a qualification’s size and grades to calculate total Tariff points. The numbers are much lower, for example an A level grade A* gets 56 points under the new Tariff, in comparison to 140 under the current Tariff. 2017 entry courses advertised in the UCAS search tool from May 2016 will refer to the new UCAS Tariff points only. Approximately one third of courses on UCAS search currently refer to Tariff points. It is anticipated a number of courses will refer to the new Tariff from September 2017 onwards.
July 2017 UCAS Tariff points explained UCAS Tariff points are used by some universities and colleges to set entry requirements and to make offers. Currently, one third of courses in the UCAS search tool have a Tariff entry requirement. Instead of asking for grades, a university might express the offer as a number of points. To help understand how many points a qualification is worth, UCAS has a that you can use. For courses starting from September 2017, a new Tariff will be in place. The new Tariff provides a fair and more transparent process of allocating Tariff points across a wider range of qualifications. Although tariff points can be accumulated in different ways, not all points will necessarily be acceptable for entry to a particular course. The achievement of a points score, therefore, does not give an automatic entitlement to entry and many other factors are taken into account in the admissions process. What the new points mean to you The new UCAS Tariff points should not have any impact on your decisions qualification choices at school or college, or your preparation for or application to a higher education course. You'll still need to achieve the same A level, Scottish Advanced Highers, Scottish Highers, or BTEC grades (or grades in any other qualification you're taking) to meet the higher education course entry requirements. All qualifications that are currently on the UCAS Tariff will continue to be allocated points under the new system. The new Tariff is based on a different approach, using a qualification’s size and grades to calculate total Tariff points. The numbers are much lower, for example an A level grade A* gets 56 points under the new Tariff, in comparison to 140 under the current Tariff. 2017 entry courses advertised in the UCAS search tool from May 2016 will refer to the new UCAS Tariff points only. Approximately one third of courses on UCAS search currently refer to Tariff points. It is anticipated a number of courses will refer to the new Tariff from September 2017 onwards.