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Postgraduate Taught

Decisions and Replies

Postgraduate Taught Applications

When a decision is made on your application this will be one of the following: 

  • Unconditional offer – this means that you have met all requirements for your chosen programme and we are offering you a place at Durham.
  • Conditional offer – we are offering you a place, provided you meet certain conditions. These will usually be that you achieve the qualification you are studying with a specific grade or score, but may also be that you provide evidence of your English language ability or satisfactory references.
  • Unsuccessful – unfortunately we aren’t able to offer you a place at this time.
  • Further information required – we don’t have sufficient information/documentation to make a decision and so we have requested further information via your applicant portal to enable us to do so. 

All of our decisions are sent to you through the Applicant Portal.   

If you have been made an offer, you can reply by logging in to the Applicant Portal and from the drop down menu next to the application you have been made an offer for, choose ‘view offer’. 

The Applicant Portal also has many other useful features which will help you during your journey with us, including: 

  • Tracking the progress of your application 
  • Uploading documents 
  • Viewing alerts for any actions you may need to take 
  • Viewing the conditions of your offer if you are made one 
  • Accepting or declining your offer if you are made one 
  • Requesting to change your programme or defer 
  • Seeing emails and other communications that have been sent to you 
  • Amending or adding details of your referee, agent or nominated contact if required 
  • Viewing a copy of your application form 
  • Viewing our Frequently Asked Questions or ask us another question about your application or the University 
  • Withdrawing your application. 

You should visit the Applicant Portal regularly and explore the many features it offers. 

If you accept our offer then find out more by visiting our Offer Holders page.

PGCE Applications 

We will let you know our decision shortly after your interview. This will be either:

Unconditional offer – this means you have met all requirements for your chosen programme and we are offering you a place at Durham. 

Conditional offer – we are offering you a place provided you meet certain conditions.  These will usually be that you achieve the qualification you are studying with a specific grade or score, but may also be that you gain some school experience. 

Unsuccessful – unfortunately we aren’t able to offer you a place at this time. 

You can see your decision on UCAS Teacher Training.  If you receive an offer you will have 10 days to reply once you have received all of the decisions from the places you have applied to.  If you do not reply within the timeframe then your offer will automatically be declined.  You will also receive more information from us on what your next steps are. 

If you have applied for a PGCE International programme, please refer to ‘Postgraduate Taught Applications- Decisions and Replies.’