Examinations – timetables, rules, resits
Module Handbooks and the University Course Catalogues contain details of the percentage of the final module mark that will be derived from the formal examinations. Information on the University’s examination processes may be found at:
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/academic/Examinations/
Students are required to make themselves available in St Andrews for the full duration of the December and May Examination Diets, dates of which are detailed under the Important Dates section of the University Handbook.
When returning to St Andrews for an examination, you should ensure that you schedule your travel arrangements so as to arrive in good time. This is especially important in December, when bad weather can often delay public transport. Poor scheduling on a student’s part will not be acceptable as a valid excuse for missing an examination. You should be aware that you should be present up until the last day of the semester.
Registration for Degree Examinations
All matriculated students are entered automatically for the January and May/June degree examination diets.
Reassessment Registration
If you are offered the opportunity to take re-sit examinations and/or deferred assessments at the August Exam Diet you must register individually in advance for the diet, via the online registration facility. In late June, you will be notified directly by e-mail when this is available. All registrations must be submitted by the annually advised deadline in August. Registrations will not be confirmed until the appropriate re-entry fee has been paid in full. Failure to register fully by the due date may mean that you will not be able to sit your examination in the diet.
Where the examination is a reassessment, there is a fee payable at the time of registration. Similarly, those students who are out of time or whose studies have been terminated but who have been given permission by the relevant Faculty Business Committee to sit only the examination (via extended Permission to Proceed) in a particular semester must also register individually for the diet in question and pay the appropriate fee. Students sitting deferred examinations must also register in advance, but will not be liable for a fee.
Examination Timetables
The provisional degree Examination Timetable is published for each examination diet no later than Week 8 of Semester 1 and Week 7 of Semester 2.
You are reminded of the importance of checking the provisional timetable carefully. Whilst every effort is made by Schools and Registry to prevent timetable clashes, they can on occasion occur. Where such a clash is identified, students should in the first instance alert the University Examinations Office (examoff@st-andrews.ac.uk) as a matter of urgency.
The confirmed degree Examination Timetable is published in Week 9 or 10 of each semester: in December for degree examinations in January, and in April for degree examinations in May. Students are strongly advised not to make any travel or other arrangements for the period of the examinations until the confirmed Timetable has been published. The Degree Examination Timetable for the September Reassessment diet is published in July of each year and students are expected to attend in St Andrews for any examinations scheduled during this diet.
All Examination Timetables are published via the web only at
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/academic/Examinations/
Individual Personal Student Examination Timetables for the January and May diets only can also be downloaded from this webpage.
Re-assessment
In Sub-Honours modules in the School of History, students must gain grades of 7.0 in both the continuously assessed element of the module and in the end of semester examination in order to pass the module. Students are given the opportunity to sit a re-assessment exam in the following circumstances:
i) If the combined average grade of their coursework and exam grade falls between 4.0 and 6.9.
ii) If their exam grade was 6.9 or lower but their coursework grade was 7.0 or higher; these students' grades are reported as 6.9F.
iii) It their coursework grade was 6.9 or less but their exam grade was 7.0 or above; these students' grades are reported as 6.9F.
Reassessment examinations for sub-honours modules take place during the August exam diet.
Sub-honours: In 1000-level and 2000-level modules the grades for coursework and examination are equally weighted (50%:50%) for the final calculation of the module grade. However, if you are invited to sit the reassessment examination, your coursework grade will not be included in the module grade calculation and your module grade will be based entirely on your reassessment examination.
NB. In some programmes, entry to Honours require 11 in the first round of assessment. Please see the Undergraduate Course Catalogue for the requirements of your degree.
Honours: In the case of a 3000-level or 4000-level module failed with a grade of 3.9 or less, there is no right to reassessment and the original grade is reported and entered into the algorithmic calculation for degree classification even though no credits are obtained for the module.
In the case of a 3000-level or 4000-level module failed with a grade of 4-6.9, there is a right to reassessment. If the reassessment is passed, the grade reported, recorded on the transcript and entered into the algorithmic calculation for degree classification is a “capped” grade of “7.0” (not the original failed grade).
The form of reassessment in Honours modules is decided by the Module Board. It is normally a 3-hour reassessment examination that takes place during the August exam diet, but the Module Board may decide on an alternative assessment (particularly for modules with no exam component).