Accept your offer

We recommend you reply to your offer as soon as possible. To keep your offer open, we usually require a response from you within six weeks. Courses with different timescales will be stated on your offer letter.

Check the acceptance instructions for your course carefully for any specific deadlines and requirements that might apply to you.

You can accept your offer via our online application system, NottinghamHub.

Accept your offer

Pay your course deposit

Some courses require you to pay a course deposit at the point of accepting your offer.

If you would like to accept an offer for one of the following courses, find out how to pay your deposit. 

• Any business masters course

• MSc Stem Cell Technology and Regenerative Medicine

Meet the conditions of your offer

Your offer may be conditional upon any or all of the following:

• Provide evidence of your qualifications
• Providing evidence of your English language
• Submit references
• Providing any further evidence for meeting the entry requirements of your course

If you have a conditional offer, your conditions will be stated in your offer letter. Please ensure you read this carefully.

You will need to meet all of the conditions on your offer before you can register. Conditions must be met by the results deadline (please see below).

Further information on how to meet these conditions are below.

Provide evidence of your qualifications 

You will need to provide full colour scanned copies of your certificate and final transcript confirming your qualifications and awarded grade/classification.

You can upload scanned documents or electronic documents via our online application system, NottinghamHub. Your documents should confirm the following information: 

• Your full name  
• The institution where you studied 
• The subject you studied 
• The qualification you were awarded 
• The date of award 
• Your results in each module undertaken  
• Your final overall grade 

Please provide copies of your original documents. If these were issued in a language other than English, please also provide a certified English translation of each document.

Provide evidence of your English language ability 

All applicants, both home and international, are required to hold English language qualifications at an appropriate level in order to study at the university. If you're a native English speaker, or you have studied in an English-speaking country or institution, we may be able to accept your academic qualifications as evidence of your English language ability. 

If we require further evidence of English language, this will be stated on your offer letter. IELTS requirements are detailed on our course pages, though we also accept alternative English language qualifications.  

Some of English language tests, like IELTS, PTE and TOEFL, need to have been taken within two years of your course start date. Alternatively, if you are using a qualification to meet these requirements, such as a GCSE or A level English or acceptable international equivalent, the certificate must clearly state the qualification, subject and result. 

The deadlines for meeting our English language conditions are the same as the deadline listed below for submitting documents. 

If you require additional support to develop your language skills, you may be able to study a pre-sessional course with the Centre for English Language Education.

Submit references

If you included contact details for your referees in your application, the university will have contacted them directly to request a reference on your behalf. If one has not been received, you may wish to contact your nominated referee and ask them to reply to the reference submission request they will have received. 

Alternatively, you can upload electronic copies of your references via the online application system, NottinghamHub.

These should be:

• Signed by the referee
• Dated within two years of your application date
• Saved in a non-editable format
• Feature the institution/company logo as a document header of institution/company stamp
• Contain contact details of the referee (such as a professional email address)

Deadlines for submitting your documents

For postgraduate courses starting on other dates during the year, the deadline for providing results and meeting offer conditions is typically eight working days before the course start date, but this may vary for individual courses. You can check the deadline for submitting your results in our online application system, NottinghamHub. 

Find funding

You've received your offer of postgraduate study – now you can apply for funding. 

For information on the scholarships we offer, postgraduate student loans and other ways to fund your postgraduate degree, check our funding guidance.

Postgraduate funding

Recognition of other learning (ROL)

Credits are a standard way of measuring learning. ROL means you can start your course at the appropriate level through substituting individual modules or reducing the total amount of credits you need to study to gain a qualification.

For example, you could use ROL to put towards the total credits you need to complete a masters degree.

View more information and apply for ROL

Requesting a deferral

If your study plans change and you won't be able to join us this year, we may be able to defer your offer to the next academic year. Find out more about requesting a deferred offer.

Deferring your offer

Next steps

What happens when you accept your offer