Undergraduate Students

• Students are not permitted to repeat, in the same academic year, assessments or examinations that they have successfully completed or for which they have already achieved a pass or qualified pass, in order to improve their performance.
• Students who do not meet the requirements for their year after the reassessment must repeat the entire year, including all modules and assessment components.
• Students are allowed to repeat any year of their undergraduate programme, as long as they do not repeat the same year more than once and do not repeat more than two years in total during their degree. Exceptions to this rule require special permission from the University Council.
• The maximum number of years to complete an undergraduate degree is six years for a standard four-year programme and seven years for a five-year programme.
• EU students who have not completed a year due to medical reasons may apply through their tutor for the Free Fees Initiative in their repeat year. Application forms for eligibility requests for the Free Fees Initiative can be downloaded here and more information can be found on our Student Finance website.

Postgraduate Students

• The Board of the College reserves the right to exclude from the College, on the recommendation of the University Council, graduate students whose academic progress is unsatisfactory. Normally, students who fail to satisfy the requirements of their year are not permitted to repeat the year.
• Where, as a consequence of performance during the course work component, normal academic progression through the course (for example to the dissertation stage) or to graduation has been impeded, and where the student feels that there are mitigating circumstances, he/she may appeal, in writing, to the relevant School Appeals Committee for permission to repeat the examination(s) and/or assessment(s). The reasons for the request must be clearly stated and supported by appropriate documentary evidence. If the graduate student’s appeal is upheld and a repeat assessment is approved , the results of that assessment will be considered to be final, i.e., repetition of the year will not be permitted.
• Where a graduate student has passed the coursework component but has failed on the assessment of the dissertation (including an oral examination) and where the student feels that there are mitigating circumstances, he/she may appeal, in writing, to the relevant School Appeals Committee for permission to repeat the dissertation. The grounds ((i) to (iii) listed above) for the appeal must be clearly stated and supported by appropriate documentary evidence.
• Students failing to pass individual taught modules may present for supplemental examination or re-submit required work if and as provided for in the course regulations. Students who, following the supplemental examination or re-assessment, have failed to pass the requisite taught modules as provided for in the course regulations above will be deemed to have failed the course, and may apply to the relevant school for permission to repeat it.
• Students on a Masters course who do not achieve a pass mark in the research element or dissertation but achieve a mark within the range of 40-49% (or 30-39%, where the pass mark is 40%) may make one application to the relevant school to repeat this section of their programme. Marks for a new submission will be capped at 50% (or 40 where the pass mark is 40%). Resubmitted research elements must be submitted before the next examination session at a date determined and published by the School. Alternatively, and where this is provided for in the Course regulations, such students may be awarded an associated Postgraduate Diploma.