How does the Tariff work?
The Tariff helps universities and colleges when deciding on course entry requirements and making conditional offers. Entry requirements and conditional offers that use Tariff points will often require a minimum level of achievement in a specified subject (for example ‘300 points to include grade A at A level chemistry’, or ‘260 points including SQA Higher grade B in mathematics’). Use of the Tariff may also vary from department to department within any one university or college, and may in some cases be dependent on the programme being offered. • Students can collect Tariff points from a range of different qualifications, eg GCE A level with BTEC Nationals. • There is no ceiling to the number of points that can be accumulated. • There is no double counting. Certain qualifications within the Tariff build on qualifications in the same subject. In these cases only the qualification with the higher Tariff score will be counted. This principle applies to: • GCE Advanced Subsidiary level and
