The EPQ allows you to develop essential skills which will benefit you at university and in your future careers. Due to the EPQ’s intensive requirement for independent learning, critical thinking, evaluation and enquiry, pupils with an Extended Project Qualification are held in high regard by universities and future employers. In some cases, admissions tutors may make a reduced offer to applicants that involves successful completion of the Extended Project. Pupils can draw upon their experience of undertaking the project when writing their personal statement, and a successfully completed Extended Project is often taken into account if a pupil narrowly misses the grades outlined in a university offer to them.
Universities have said:
We welcome the Extended Project and would encourage applicants to undertake one as it will help to develop independent study and research skills valuable for higher education.
University of Cambridge
Durham University sees the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) as a valuable addition to A-levels or alternative post-16 qualifications. As a research intensive University, Durham supports the skills that the EPQ helps to develop and sees them as beneficial to improving transition from year 13 to Higher Education.
Durham University
Applicants who take the EPQ and meet our offer criteria will be made two offers: the standard offer for their programme of choice; and an alternative offer which will be one grade lower plus a grade A in the EPQ.
University of Birmingham