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Changes to Examination Regulations

The files containing individual changes are separated by the year of publication, then consolidated into a single PDF for each board/board combination. 

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This week's changes

Planning and Resource Allocation Committee

Regulations on Financial Matters (Part 7: Fees)

to remove references to fees payable for old DM course model

Education Committee

Research Degrees (Part 5: Register of Graduate Students)

to require applications for suspension of status from research degrees students to be submitted within 2 terms of the beginning of the suspension period

DPhil, General Regulations (Part 7: Examination)
MSc by Research, General Regulations (Part 6: Examination)
MLitt, General Regulations (Part 6: Examination)

to permit posthumous recognition of achievement

Humanities Board

Classics, Honour Mods

terminology change for 1 assessment

Classics and English, Prelims
Classics and Modern Languages, Prelims

introduction of possibility of awarding a Distinction

Classics and  Modern Languages, FHS

major changes following course restructure

Digital Scholarship, MSc

correction to previously published notice 

Fine Art, MFA

minor change in terminology for assessment element

Greek and/or Roman History, MPhil
Greek and/or Roman History, MSt

correction of ungrammatical wording

History, MPhil
History (full time), MSt
History (part time), MSt

major changes to assessment structure

Literae Humaniores, FHS

correction to previously published notice

Modern Languages, FHS

correction to notice

Philosophy, BPhil

MSt in Philosophy to be exit award only

Philosophy (2021/2022), MSt
Philosophy (2023), MSt

withdrawal of regulations

Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Board

Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division, Research Degrees

update references to reflect revised wording

Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division, Doctoral Training Programmes

(a) adding new doctoral training programmes
(b) adding new DPhil in Zero-Carbon Energy Research

Medical Sciences Board

Clinical Embryology, MSc

(a) changes to assessment
(b) removal of progression point
(c) introduction of PGDip exit award
(d) amendments for clarity

Global Women’s Health, MSc
Reproductive Genetics, MSc

new course

Health Service Improvement and Evaluation, MSc

(a) minor changes to module names
(b) changes to dissertation assignment requirement and timeline
(c) changes to wording for submission of assignments

Integrated Immunology (full time), MSc

(a) consolidation/clarification
(b) removal of progression point
(c) renaming 3 constituent parts of course from ‘Terms’ to ‘Units’
(d) adding PGDip as exit award

Integrated Immunology (part time), MSc

(a) consolidation/clarification
(b) removal of progression point

Medicine, First BM (Parts I and II)

minor change to clarify and address inconsistency

Modelling for Global Health, MSc

minor typographical amendments

Pain Neurosciences, MSc

new course

Precision Cancer Medicine, MSc

(a) change Year 1 assessment from essay-based to poster presentation
(b) amendments for clarity

Social Sciences Board

MSc, General Regulations (I)

update to reflect new degree title ‘Environmental Change and Policy’

MSc, General Regulations (II)

update to reflect new degree title ‘Biodiversity, Conservation, and Nature Recovery’

Applied Financial Economics, MSc

change to individual project submission date

Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition, MSc
Applied Linguistics for Language Teaching (part time), MSc

to change certain assignments to oral examinations

Archaeological Science, MSc

increase to museum label assessment length

Artificial Intelligence for Business (part time), PGDIP

correction to previously published notice

Education, MSc

changes to assessment

Educational Assessment (part time), MSc

introduction of synoptic viva (remote) at end of programme

Environmental Change and Management, MSc

closure of course

Environmental Change and Policy, MSc

new course to replace MSc in Environmental Change and Management

Learning and Teaching (year 1), MSc

(a) addition of a poster presentation in Year 2
(b) change to dissertation deadline

Learning and Teaching (year 2), MSc

dissertation deadline extension

Medical Education (part time), MSc

addition of oral presentation at second residential

Social Data Science, MSc

changes to assessments

Social Science of the Internet (part time), MSc

removal of formative assessment information

Sociology (part time), MSc

changes to sociological analysis core paper assessment

Teacher Education (part time), MSc

Unit 3 assignment changed to poster presentation

This year's changes

Within each file the regulation changes are in the following order: alphabetical by subject, academic precedence, chronological. Use the file's bookmarks or a text search to navigate the PDF. Files are hosted on SharePoint and are available to current University members via Single Sign-On.

Examination Regulations published before 2026/27

Within each file the regulation changes are in the following order: alphabetical by subject, academic precedence, chronological. Use the file's bookmarks or a text search to navigate the PDF. Files are hosted on SharePoint and are available to current University members via Single Sign-On.

Current Examination Regulations

View the regulations of the University relating to the various degrees, diplomas and certificates conferred by the University together with regulations made by boards, and certain other relevant information.

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Publishing changes to regulations

Make sure you have all the required approvals before submitting any changes. Once approved, you must publish a notice in the Gazette to make the change official. The guidance explains what approvals are needed and how to prepare and submit your notice using the correct template.

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