Office for Students Transparency Information

The Office for Students requires the University to publish information about student attainment.

The information published on this pages shows:

The number of students who attained a particular degree or other academic award, or a particular level of such an award, on completion of their course with us. It shows these numbers by reference to:

  • The gender of the individuals to which they relate
  • Their ethnicity
  • Their socioeconomic background.

Aston University is committed to equality of opportunity for all. Recent initiatives to help all students achieve their full potential have included activities led by the Learning Development Centre, such as the ‘Get Ahead’ programme which helps students prepare for their studies. Students wanting additional support with their studies can find a number of resources and programmes run by the Learning Development Centre throughout their degree programmes. We regularly review data as part of reflective self-audit for Athena Swan and Race Equality Charter schemes. This data review informs wider discussion of inequalities with minority groups, continually informing our action plans and supporting our monitoring of the impact of interventions.

Aston University context

Aston University has demonstrated a long standing, sustained commitment to supporting access and success for its students. The University continually challenges itself to conduct research into the causes of gaps at access and success, and provide evidence-based initiatives which address these. Our plans and targets are set out in our Access and Participation Plan, which can be accessed here: 

Access and Participation Plan 2025/26 to 2028/29

 

Transparency information 2023: Attainment of 2021-22 qualifiers

Provider: Aston University
UKPRN: 10007759

For details of non-numeric values in the following tables, please see the 'Rounding and suppression' worksheet

Table 1a: Percentage of classified first degrees at grade 2:1 or above by characteristic for 2021-22 qualifiers.

Characteristic Characteristic split Percentage
Ethnicity Ethnic minorities 84%
  White 93%
EIMD 2019 quintile 1 and 2 82.1%
  3 to 5 88.1%
Sex Female 86.6%
  Male 82.4%
  Other N

Transparency information 2023: Attainment of 2021-22 qualifiers

Provider: Aston University
UKPRN: 10007759

For details of non-numeric values in the following tables, please see the 'Rounding and suppression' worksheet

Table 1b: Detailed information on attainment for 2021-22 qualifiers

Mode of Study Characteristic Characteristic split Headcount of classified First Degrees awarded Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as first class Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as upper second class Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as lower second class Percentage of classified First Degrees awarded as third class / pass Headcount of unclassified First Degrees awarded Headcount of other undergraduate awards
Full-time Ethnicity Asian 1050 25% 60% 15% 0% N 80
    Black 260 15% 65% 15% 0% N 40
    Mixed 70 25% 60% 15% DP N N
    White 420 45% 45% 5% DP N 50
    Other 50 35% 50% 15% DP N N
    Unknown 510 20% 55% 25% 0% N 40
  EIMD 2019 quintile 1 900 24% 57% 18% 1% N 90
    2 460 25% 57% 17% 1% N 50
    3 360 30% 55% 15% DP N 30
    4 300 33% 56% 11% DP N 30
    5 320 35% 55% 10% DP N 30
    N/A N N N N N N N
    Unknown N N N N N N N
  Sex Female 1200 28.0% 58.4% 13.1% 0.5% N 80
    Male 1160 27.4% 54.2% 17.6% 0.8% 30 140
    Other N N N N N N N
Part-time Ethnicity Asian N N N N N N/A N
    Black N N N N N N/A N
    Mixed N N N N N N/A N
    Other N N N N N N/A N
    White N N N N N N/A N
    Unknown N N N N N N/A N
  EIMD 2019 quintile 1 N N N N N N/A N
    2 N N N N N N/A N
    3 N N N N N N/A N
    4 N N N N N N/A N
    5 N N N N N N/A N
    N/A N N N N N N/A N
    Unknown N N N N N N/A N
  Sex Female N N N N N N/A N
    Male N N N N N N/A N
    Other N N N N N N/A N
Apprenticeships Ethnicity Asian N N N N N N N
    Black N N N N N N N
    Mixed N N N N N N N
    Other N N N N N N N
    White 70 65% 26% 9% DP N/A N
    Unknown N N N N N N N
  EIMD 2019 quintile 1 N N N N N N N
    2 N N N N N N N
    3 N N N N N N N
    4 N N N N N N N
    5 30 65% 35% DP DP N N
    N/A N N N N N N N
    Unknown N N N N N N N
  Sex Female 30 70% 20% 10% DP N N
    Male 60 60% 30% 5% DP N N
    Other N N N N N N N

The Transparency 2023 tables can also be accessed in Excel format via the link below

Fee information summary for new entrants 2025-26