Making changes to your application

If you would like to defer your application, you should complete our online form where you can request a deferral, change of course or a withdrawal.

Please be aware that BU’s tuition fees, accommodation costs and financial support available are all subject to change every year. 

Admissions staff will normally process deferral requests within 21 working days.

Complete our deferral form

Admissions staff will normally process deferral requests within 21 working days, and you will be sent a confirmation email to the email address you used on your application.

We will normally only allow one deferral and may ask you to re-apply if you have previously deferred. If you do wish to defer again, please include an explanation for this in your request.

September 2023 entry

We will be able to consider a deferral request up until you have enrolled onto your course in the year you originally applied for. However, you will need to meet all your offer conditions by the 6 September 2023. The last date to make a deferral request on a conditional offer is 21 July 2023. After this date you will need to wait until you have met your offer conditions to make a change. Unconditional offer holders can request a deferral at any time prior to enrolment. 

Please get in touch with your relevant Admissions Team to discuss your options if you are not able to meet your deadline. Our email address is [email protected] for UK applicants and [email protected] for non-UK applicants.

January 2024 entry

We will be able to consider a deferral request up until you have enrolled onto your course. However, you will need to meet all your offer conditions by 22 December 2023 if you are an international applicant, or two weeks prior to your course start date if you are a UK applicant.

Please get in touch with the Admissions Team if you are unable to meet your deadline to discuss your options. Our email address is [email protected] for UK applicants and [email protected] for non-UK applicants.

Yes, you can. Please call the Clearing Line number* on +44 (0)1202 966777 and let the operator know you wish to apply for deferred entry (2024 entry).

_{*Phone lines opens from Tuesday 4 July 2023}

If you are holding a conditional offer, you will still need to meet your offer conditions to be able to defer.

If you won’t receive your exam results before 29 September 2023, we may be able to help you this year. Please contact the Admissions Team for guidance. Our email address is [email protected] for UK applicants and [email protected] for non-UK applicants.

Yes, if the course is still open and has places available. Please use this form and select 'Bring my start date forward’.

Complete our online form

If you would like to be considered for a different course at BU, please submit your request using our online form. You can do this at any point.

If you have a conditional offer, the UCAS deadline for requesting changes is usually mid-to-late July. After the changes deadline, you must wait until you have received your results and a decision has been made on your application before you can request a course change.

If the course you’d like to change to has different entry requirements to the course you’ve been offered (for example, an interview or portfolio assessment), we’ll contact you by email to let you know.

If you’ve applied to a course with a Foundation Year and wish to change to the option without, please submit your request using our online form. You should hear back from us within 10 working days.

We’ve already made you an offer and want you to be a part of our community, but we’ll need to review your application to assess your suitability for the new course. If we’re able to change your course, you’ll receive a new offer letter by email. This could take up to 10 days to process.

If you have applied through UCAS and wish to change your replies, you have a 14-day period from the date you replied to your offers. If the 14 days have passed, you may still be able to change your replies, but you may need our permissions to do so. This is also applicable for postgraduate applications submitted through UCAS.

Contact the UCAS Customer Experience Centre to change your replies and for advice on next steps. UCAS will not be able to change any replies after the end of July.

If you have applied for a postgraduate course through BU’s online application form and accepted our offer, you can change your reply by logging into myHub. For any other changes to your offer replies, you will need to contact the admissions team.

If you have applied for an undergraduate course starting in September 2023 and hold an Unconditional Firm offer you can make this change in your UCAS account. Please visit the UCAS website for more details. If you are holding a Conditional Firm offer, or you applied last year for a deferred entry and therefore are holding an Unconditional Firm offer, you will need to submit your withdrawal request using our online form.

If you have applied for a postgraduate course through BU’s online application form, you will need to submit your withdrawal request using our online form listed above.

Your eligibility for scholarships, bursaries and fees and their level/amount will be determined by the BU policies in place for the year in which you enrol on (start) your course, not the year in which you applied to BU. Scholarship awards cannot be deferred to a later academic year. 

From September 2023, International undergraduate students will no longer be eligible for our Academic Excellence Scholarship. The full range of funding options available can be found on our funding webpages.

If your course requires an Enhanced DBS check, you will be required to pay for this. If you have deferred from a previous admissions cycle after already completing the check in the previous year, you will be responsible for the cost of the new Enhanced DBS check. For more information on the costs, please see the government website. Please note, the cost of the Enhanced DBS check is non-refundable by Bournemouth University in any circumstances.

If you have applied to one of our Health & Social Care courses that require a DBS and/or an Occupational Health (OH) check, you will need to complete these within six months prior to the start date of the course. If you defer after you have completed the checks, you will need to complete them again next year.