How to Apply to Mathematics at Aston University: BSc Mathematics (3 or 4 Years) and BSc Mathematics with Economics (4 Years), Typical Offer ABB With A-Level Maths at A, and Entry Requirements for UK, International (Including Chinese) and Transfer Applicants

Aston University is in central Birmingham. Its “Applied Mathematics and Data Science” subject page lists two undergraduate degrees: BSc (Hons) Mathematics and BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Economics. Aston files both under Engineering and Physical Sciences, and the Mathematics with Economics page says it is delivered jointly by the School of Engineering and Innovation and Aston Business School. This guide sets out September 2027 entry from the course pages, for UK applicants, international applicants (including those from China) and transfer applicants.

1. The degrees and how admission works

• BSc (Hons) Mathematics: UCAS code G100, full time, 3 or 4 years (4 with a placement year), starts September 2027, typical offer ABB. Aston says it is accredited by the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) and is undergoing routine re-accreditation, with confirmation expected before September 2026.
• BSc (Hons) Mathematics with Economics: UCAS code G1L1, full time, 4 years, starts September 2027, typical offer ABB, also IMA accredited and under re-accreditation. The page says you “will spend your third year on placement” while elsewhere calling the placement an option, so whether the placement is compulsory is not fully clear; ask the admissions team.
• You apply directly to the degree using its UCAS code; the course pages do not mention a shared undecided first year. The course pages do not give conditions for changing course after entry; check with the admissions team.
• Aston also lists a one-year Mathematics Foundation Programme (UCAS G10F, typical offer CCD) and a Mathematics with Economics Foundation Programme, with progression to the degree on successful completion. The Mathematics foundation page says it is for UK students only; international students are directed to OnCampus Aston (below).
• The course pages do not mention MAT, STEP or TMUA, or an interview. Aston’s application guide says some courses require an interview and that this is shown on the course page; neither page shows one.

2. Entry requirements (per the course pages)

• A-level: ABB including A-level Maths at grade A; or BBB including Maths at B with an EPQ at grade B; contextual offer BBC including Maths at B. Both courses use the same wording.
• IB: 32 points with 6,5,5 at Higher Level, including a 6 in Higher Level Mathematics and a 5 in Standard Level English.
• BTEC: several combinations are listed, for example a BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma (any subject) at DDM plus an A-level in Mathematics at B; a National Extended Certificate or Subsidiary Diploma (any subject) at M plus two A-levels at AB including Maths at A; see the course page for the full list. The Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering needs a Distinction plus Maths at A; the Extended Diploma in that subject is not accepted.
• Access to HE: a QAA-recognised Access Diploma with at least 24 Distinctions and 21 Merits at Level 3, including at least 15 credits in Mathematics units; the English and Maths components do not count, so GCSE requirements still apply.
• T Levels: not currently accepted (the page points to the foundation route).
• GCSE: English Language or Literature at C/4 and Mathematics at C/4.
• Scottish Highers and Advanced Highers and similar qualifications are not listed separately in the content used for this guide; check with the admissions team.
• Aston adds “We look for potential, not just grades”: if you do not meet the standard entry, the foundation programme is the route the page points to.

3. What you study (modules listed on the pages)

• Mathematics, Year 1 core (15 credits each, 120 in total): Introductory Mathematics for Engineering, Digital and Physical Sciences, Probability, Introductory Programming, Mathematical Modelling, Introduction to Calculus, Statistics, Power Skills, Interdisciplinary Design Project. Year 2: Vector Calculus, Analysis, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations and their Methods, Numerical Methods, Introduction to Machine Learning, Mathematics Team Project, Stochastic Processes. Final year: Mathematics Major Project (30 credits), Partial Differential Equations, Computational Mathematics, Optimisation, one of Game Theory or Time Series, and one stream: Modelling (Chaos and Dynamical Systems, Fluid Mechanics), Finance (Financial Mathematics 1 and 2) or Data Science (Data Mining, Deep Learning). Optional modules depend on staffing and numbers.
• Mathematics with Economics, Year 1: Introductory Mathematics, Probability, Introductory Programming, Principles of Microeconomics, Statistics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Power Skills, Interdisciplinary Design Project. Year 2: Vector Calculus, Intermediate Microeconomics, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations and their Methods, Numerical Methods, Stochastic Processes, Mathematics Team Project, Intermediate Macroeconomics. Final year: Mathematics Major Project (30 credits), Partial Differential Equations, Computational Mathematics, Further Topics in Microeconomics and in Macroeconomics, Financial Mathematics 1 and 2.
• Placement: the Mathematics page calls the placement year optional but strongly encouraged; the Mathematics with Economics page encourages all students to take one. Aston says its Careers and Placements team supports placement searches.

4. Timeline and process

• How to apply: undergraduate applications go through UCAS; Aston’s institution code is A80. The step-by-step guide says you can apply for up to five courses (no ranking needed), fill in education history, work experience and a personal statement, have a teacher, adviser or professional who knows your academic ability write a reference, and pay the UCAS fee on submission. The UCAS fee and exact formats are not given on Aston’s page; check the UCAS website. This is Aston’s step-by-step page; the transfer notes on course pages add that Aston does not accept direct applications and requires a UCAS application.
• Deadline: the page says applications for September 2027 entry must reach UCAS by 13 January 2027 (15 October 2026 for Medicine). Check the date on UCAS as well.
• Offers and interviews: Aston describes unconditional, conditional and alternative offers. Some courses require an interview (on campus or on Microsoft Teams); whether one is needed is shown on each course page, and an invited applicant must attend. Exam results such as A-levels are published in August and visible in your UCAS Hub.

5. By type of applicant

• UK applicants and contextual offers:

• UK applicants: course pages list requirements by qualification (A-level, BTEC, IB, Access to HE, T Levels, etc.; see each subject below). Scottish Highers and Northern Irish qualifications are not listed separately on the pages used here, apart from Advanced Highers on the Medicine page; check with the admissions team. For England-domiciled students Aston says the 2027/28 fee is expected to be £10,050, subject to parliamentary approval, with annual inflation-linked increases afterwards; the course pages give £1,250 for a placement year. Home applicants pay a deposit to secure a place (UK undergraduates with a student loan do not), deducted from first-year tuition.
• Contextual offers (Aston Ready): Aston says you must have attended a state school and be assessed as a Home fee student, and meet one of these: free school meals eligibility in the last six years, a low-participation neighbourhood (POLAR4 quintile 1 or 2), a declared disability, completion of an Aston Pathways programme, attendance at a school in Aston’s STEM Education Academy Trust, local authority care experience, or refugee status. Offers are usually one or two grades lower than standard (for example ABB becomes BBB). International applicants with Overseas fee status, including applicants from China, are not covered.

• International applicants:

• English language: Aston’s English language requirements page lists accepted tests: IELTS Academic (including Academic Online), TOEFL iBT (the Home edition is not accepted), Oxford ELLT, Pearson PTE Academic, Password (taken at NCUK centres only), Kaplan KTE, Cambridge CAE and CPE, and Duolingo. Online versions of other tests are not accepted unless stated; tests with several components must be taken in one sitting; results must be within two years of the course start date. Required scores depend on school and programme; IELTS scores are given for each subject below, and the page holds the tables for other tests.
• Pathways: OnCampus Aston, Aston’s International Pathway Centre run with Cambridge Education Group, offers an Undergraduate Foundation Programme, International Year One and a Pre-Master’s Programme; its page says successful students who meet the academic criteria are guaranteed progression to their chosen degree. The mathematics and economics course pages add that international students can enter Year 2 after completing an undergraduate year one with approved partners ONCAMPUS Aston or NCUK. Aston’s own Foundation Programmes are for UK students only; international students are directed to OnCampus Aston.
• If you are still studying: applicants currently on a post-16 qualification or foundation programme must submit a complete UCAS application with the full qualification name, list of units, predicted grades for English, subject units and the overall result, and a supportive reference; applications without verified predicted grades may not be progressed. International applicants who joined a foundation programme in January are subject to the January UCAS equal consideration date.
• Visa, proof of funds, credential evaluation: the international students page links to visa information and a CAS explainer video (see the International Student Support page). The amount of funds to show and credential evaluation are not given on the pages used for this guide; check that page and the UK government Student visa pages.
• IELTS for mathematics: Aston’s IELTS table is by school: Engineering and Physical Sciences undergraduates need 6.0 overall with 5.5 in each component; Aston Business School undergraduates need 6.5 overall with two bands at 5.5 and the others 6.0 or above. Aston files both courses under Engineering and Physical Sciences, but the table does not name the courses and Mathematics with Economics is delivered jointly with the Business School, so which level applies is not stated; ask the admissions team. Score tables for TOEFL and other tests are on the English language requirements page.

Applicants from China

• Aston has a China page. For undergraduate entry it says applicants with a complete A-level profile with grades between BCC and BBB, or equivalent IB Diploma results (31 points with 5,5,5 at Higher Level; 29 with 5,5,4; 28 with 5,4,4) or NCUK (BBB, BBC, BCC), may be considered; applicants with an average of 60 per cent in the Senior High School Leaving Certificate may be considered for ONCAMPUS Aston to progress to undergraduate study.
• Whether the gaokao is used directly for undergraduate admission, how huikao materials and transcripts are verified, is not stated on that page or on the course pages used here; ask the admissions team. The page gives chinaoffice@aston.ac.uk and WeChat (Aston_University) as contacts, and Aston says it works with education advisers and representatives in a number of countries.
• Note that BCC–BBB on the China page is a general range; each course page has its own grade requirement (below). Treat the course page as the one that applies and confirm with the admissions team how Chinese qualifications are matched.

6. Fees and scholarships

• International fee (2027/28): £22,575 for the first year of both degrees; £2,500 for a placement year (the page notes this is the September 2026 placement fee and that the 2027 figure would be updated by 31 July 2026, so check the course page). Aston says total tuition will not rise by more than 6% year on year.
• UK fee (2027/28): expected £10,050 for the first year, subject to parliamentary approval; £1,250 for a placement year.
• International undergraduate scholarships (September 2027 entry): Aston’s scholarships page lists two. (1) The International Community Scholarship (Undergraduate) is competitive and application-based: £9,000 off tuition in total, £3,000 in each of Years 1, 2 and 3 (Years 2 and 3 awarded automatically on progression), for taught years only (placement and repeated years are excluded); students entering a final-year top-up receive only the Year 1 £3,000. (2) The Sir Adrian Cadbury Chancellor’s Scholarship is a £10,000 tuition reduction; you submit a form and a 500-word statement (statements of 550 or more, or 450 or fewer, are not assessed). Both are open to self-funded international undergraduate offer-holders only, with the application link emailed after you hold an offer rather than published; application, outcome and deposit dates are all shown as “TBC”. Nursing, MBChB Medicine, Optometry, MPharm Pharmacy and Healthcare Science (Audiology) are excluded.
• The China page says scholarships cannot be combined and students receive the highest-value one available. Aston also lists NCUK and OnCampus Aston scholarships, but the amounts shown are for September 2026 entry; check the site for 2027. For scholarship questions the page gives hello@aston.ac.uk.

7. Transfers

• Year 1 entry: students currently in the first year of a degree elsewhere may be considered; they must meet the GCSE and A-level (or equivalent) requirements, apply through UCAS and include an academic reference from the current institution.
• Year 2 entry: not part of the standard process and at the discretion of the admissions team and tutor, only if there is space. Typically you meet the GCSE and A-level requirements and have passed (or are expected to pass) a first year of 120 credits on an equivalent programme at another recognised university with very similar module content; the tutor reviews the programme specification you provide.
• Year 3: Aston will not consider applications.
• International students can also enter Year 2 after an undergraduate year one with ONCAMPUS Aston or NCUK.

8. Not given on the pages used

• A maths admissions test or interview, conditions for changing course, how the gaokao is used, equivalents for Scottish and Northern Irish qualifications, and the amount of funds to show for a visa are not given on the pages used for this guide; check with the admissions team and the official sites.
• The China page’s BCC–BBB range and the course pages’ ABB/BBB both appear; treat the course page as the one that applies and confirm with the admissions team.

All of this comes from Aston University’s website. Figures and dates can change, so check the official site and UCAS before applying.