Examination Regulations 2023/24
Changes to Examination Regulations published in the Gazette during academic year 2023/24
The files containing individual changes have been consolidated into a single file for each board/combined board. Within each file the regulation changes are in the following order:
- chronological, then
- academic precedence, then
- alphabetical
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- Planning and Resource Allocation Committee
- Financial Matters
- Education Committee
- Conduct of University Examinations: Regulations
- Research Degrees: General Regulations
- Status of Graduate Taught Students: Regulations
- First and Second Public Examination: General Regulations
- Ancient and Modern History: CertHE
- Foundation Year CertHE: General Regulations
- Philosophy, Politics and Economics: CertHE
- Continuing Education Board
- Architectural History: PGCert
- Cognitive Behavioural Studies: PGCert
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: MSt
- Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: PGCert
- Theology: BTh
- Continuing Education Board/Humanities Board
- Practical Ethics
- Continuing Education Board/Medical Sciences Board
- Experimental and Translational Therapeutics: MSc & PGDip
- Evidence-Based Health Care
- Paediatric Infectious Diseases: PG Programme
- Surgical Science and Practice: MSc, PGDip & PGCert
- Translational Health Sciences: MSc
- Humanities Board
- Asian and Middle Eastern Studies: Research Degrees, MPhils & Honour Schools
- Celtic Studies: MPhil & MSt
- Classical Hebrew Studies: MSt
- Comparative Literature and Critical Translation: MSt
- Computer Science and Philosophy: Prelims
- Economic and Social History: MSc
- Digital Scholarship: MSc
- Film Aesthetics: MSt
- Fine Art: MFA
- History: MPhil & FHS
- History and English: FHS
- History of Art and Visual Culture: MSt
- Islamic Art and Architecture: MPhil
- Linguistics in all Honour Schools including Linguistics
- Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics: Research Degrees, MPhil & MSt
- Mathematics and Philosophy: Prelims
- Medieval and Modern Languages, and associated Joint Schools: FHS
- Medieval Studies: MSt
- Modern Languages: MPhil, MSt & FHS
- Modern Middle Eastern Studies: MSc
- Music, Research Degrees: MSt & Prelims
- Philosophy: FHS
- Physics and Philosophy: FHS & Prelims
- Theology and Religion: FHS
- Traditional China: MSt
- Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies: MSt
- Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Board
- Advanced Computer Science: MSc
- Biology: FHS & Prelims
- Chemistry: Prelims
- Computer Science: FHS & Prelims
- Computer Science & Philosophy: FHS & Prelims
- Earth Sciences: FHS
- Materials Science: FHS
- Mathematical & Computational Finance: MSc
- Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing: MSci & MSc
- MPLS: Research Degrees & Doctoral Training Programmes
- Mathematics: FHS & Prelims
- Mathematics/Mathematics & Statistics: Prelims
- Mathematics & Computer Science: FHS & Prelims
- Mathematics & Foundations of Computer Science: MSc
- Mathematics & Statistics: FHS
- Physical Sciences: Research Degrees
- Theoretical & Computational Chemistry: MSc
- Medical Sciences Board
- Applied Cancer Science: MSc
- Applied Digital Health: MSc
- Cell & Systems Biology/Neuroscience: FHS
- Clinical Trials: MSc
- DCIinPsych
- Evidence-Based Health Care Programme
- Experimental Psychology: FHS
- Genomic Medicine: MSc
- Global Health Research: PGDip
- Global Health Science & Epidemiology: MSc
- Integrated Immunology: MSc
- Medical Physics with Radiobiology: MSc
- Medical Sciences: FHS
- Medical Sciences MSc: General Regulations
- Medicine: Second BM, First BM, Principles of Clinical Anatomy, Prelims
- Medicine & Surgery: Regulations for Degrees
- Modelling for Global Health: MSc
- Paediatric Infectious Diseases: MSc, Postgraduate Programme, PGDip Patient Safety: PGCert Psychological Research: MSc
- Psychology, Philosophy & Linguistics: FHS
- Radiation Biology: MSc Radiobiology: MSc Statistics & Epidemiology: PGCert
- Supervision of Applied Psychological Practice: PGCert
- Social Sciences Board
- African Studies: MSc
- Applied Linguistics & Second Language Acquisition: MSc
- Applied Linguistics for Language Teaching: MSc
- Archaeological Science: MSc
- Archaeology: MSc
- Archaeology & Anthropology: FHS
- Artificial Intelligence for Business: PGDip
- Biodiversity, Conservation & Management: MPhil
- Business Administration: EMBA, MBA
- Classical Archaeology: MPhil, MSt
- Comparative Social Policy: MPhil
- Contemporary Chinese Studies: MSc
- Criminology & Criminal Justice: MSc
- Economics: Research Degrees, MPhil
- Economics for Development: MSc
- Education: MSc, Professional Graduate Certificate, PGCert
- Educational Assessment: MSc
- Environmental Change & Management: MPhil
- Global & Area Studies: Research Degrees, MPhil
- Global Governance & Diplomacy: MSc
- History & Politics: FHS
- Human Sciences: Prelims
- Intellectual Property Law & Practice, PGDip
- International Development: Research Degrees
- Internet Institute: Research Degrees
- Japanese Studies: MSc, MPhil
- Latin American Studies: MSc, MPhil
- Law: BCL/MJur
- Law & Finance: MSc
- Law & Socio-Legal Research: MPhil
- Learning & Teaching: MSc
- Major Programme Management: MSc
- Medical Anthropology: MSc, MPhil
- Medical Education: MSc
- Migration Studies: MSc
- Modern Chinese Studies: MPhil
- Modern South Asian Studies: MSc
- Nature, Society & Environmental Governance: MSc, MPhil
- Philosophy, Politics & Economics: FHS, Prelims
- Political Theory Research: MSc
- Politics (Comparative Government, European Politics & Society: Political Theory): MPhil
- Politics & International Relations: Research Degrees
- Politics Research: MSc
- Public Policy: MPP
- Public Policy Research: MSc
- Refugee & Forced Migration Studies: MSc
- Russian & East European Studies: MSc
- Social Anthropology: MPhil
- Social Data Science: MSc
- Social Policy & Intervention: Research Degrees
- Social Science of the Internet: MSc
- Social Sciences: Research Degrees
- Sociology: Research Degrees
- Teacher Education: MSc
- Visual, Material & Museum Anthropology: MPhil
- Water Science Policy & Management: MSc, MPhilExamination Regulations published before 2025/26
- Previous years' Examination Regulation changes
- 2024/25
- Planning and Resource Allocation Committee
- Financial Matters
- Education Committee
- BPhil & MPhil: General Regulations
- DPhil: General Regulations
- History of Art: UGDip & UGCert
- MLitt: General Regulations
- MSc by Research: General Regulations
- Research Degrees: General Regulations
- University Examinations: Regulations for Conduct
- Continuing Education Strategic Management Board
- Ancient and Modern History: CertHE
- Chemistry: CertHE
- Classical Archaeology and Ancient History: CertHE
- Classics: CertHE
- Classics & English: CertHE
- Continuing Education: Research Degrees
- Engineering Science: CertHE
- English Language & Literature: CertHE
- Foundation Year Certificate of Higher Education: General Regulations
- Higher Education: UGCert
- History: CertHE
- International Wildlife Conservation Practice: PGDip
- Law: CertHE
- Materials Science: CertHE
- Theology: BTh
- Theology and Religion: CertHE
- Continuing Education Board/Humanities Board
- Practical Ethics
- Humanities Board
- Asian and Middle Eastern Studies: MPhil, FHS & Prelims
- Buddhist Studies: MPhil
- Celtic Studies: MSt
- Classics: Research Degrees
- Classics & Modern Languages: FHS
- Digital Scholarship: MSc
- Economic and Social History: MSc
- English and Modern Languages: Prelims
- English Language and Literature: FHS
- Global and Imperial History: MSt
- History: MPhil, MSt & FHS
- History & Economics: FHS
- History & English: FHS
- History & Modern Languages: FHS & Prelims
- History of Art: FHS & Prelims
- Jewish Studies in the Graeco-Roman Period: MPhil & MSt
- Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics: MPhil
- Linguistics in all Honour Schools including Linguistics
- Literae Humaniores: FHS
- Medieval & Modern Languages: Research Degrees
- Modern Languages: FHS & Prelims
- Modern Languages & Linguistics: FHS
- Music: Prelims
- Philosophy and Modern Languages: FHS & Prelims
- Philosophy of Physics: MSt
- Slavonic Studies: MPhil & MSt
- Theology: MPhil
- Theology & Religion: Research Degrees & PGDip
- Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies: MSt
- Humanities Board/Medical Sciences Board
- Psychology, Philosophy & Linguistics: FHS
- Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Board
- Advanced Computer Science: MSc
- Biological Sciences (Plant Sciences and Zoology): Research Degrees
- Biology: FHS
- Chemistry: FHS
- Computer Science: Prelims
- Computer Science & Philosophy: Prelims
- Energy Systems: MSc
- IT Systems Analysis and Design: UGAdvDip
- Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing: MSc
- Mathematics & Computer Science: Prelims
- Mathematics & Foundations of Computer Science: MSc
- Mathematics & Philosophy: FHS
- Mathematics & Statistics: FHS
- Theoretical & Computational Chemistry: MSc
- Medical Sciences Board
- Cell & Systems Biology & Neuroscience: FHS
- Clinical Trials: MSc
- International Health & Tropical Medicine: MSc
- Medical Sciences: Research Degrees
- Medicine: Doctor, Graduate-entry, Second BM & First BM
- Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry: FHS
- Sleep Medicine: MSc & PGDip
- Social Sciences Board
- Archaeological Science: MSc
- BCL/MJur
- Blavatnik School of Government: Research Degrees
- Business Administration: EMBA, MBA
- Comparative Social Policy: MSc & MPhil
- Contemporary Chinese Studies: MSc
- Criminology & Criminal Justice: MSc & MPhil
- Development Studies: MPhil
- Economics: Research Degrees & MPhil
- Economics & Management: FHS
- Education: Research Degrees, MSc, Professional Graduate Certificate & PGCE
- Evidence-Based Social Intervention & Policy Evaluation: MSc & MPhil
- Finance: DPhil
- Geography: Research Degrees
- Global & Area Studies: MPhil
- Global Governance & Diplomacy: MSc,
- Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership
- Human Sciences: FHS
- International Development: Research Degrees
- International Relations: MPhil
- Latin American Studies: MSc
- Law: Research Degrees
- Law & Finance: MSc
- Legal Studies: Dip
- Migration Studies: MSc
- Modern Chinese Studies: MPhil
- Modern South Asian Studies, MPhil
- Nature, Society & Environmental Governance: MPhil
- Oxford Internet Institute: Research Degrees
- Philosophy, Politics & Economics: EPS & FHS
- Political Theory Research: MSc
- Politics: MPhil
- Politics & International Relations: Research Degrees & MSc
- Refugee & Forced Migration Studies: MSc
- Social Anthropology: MSc
- Social Policy & Intervention: Research Degrees
- Social Science of the Internet: MSc
- Sociology: MSc
- Sociology & Demography: MPhil
- Visual, Material & Museum Anthropology: MSc
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- 2023/24
- Planning and Resource Allocation Committee
- Financial Matters
- Education Committee
- Conduct of University Examinations: Regulations
- Research Degrees: General Regulations
- Status of Graduate Taught Students: Regulations
- First and Second Public Examination: General Regulations
- Ancient and Modern History: CertHE
- Foundation Year CertHE: General Regulations
- Philosophy, Politics and Economics: CertHE
- Continuing Education Board
- Architectural History: PGCert
- Cognitive Behavioural Studies: PGCert
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: MSt
- Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: PGCert
- Theology: BTh
- Continuing Education Board/Humanities Board
- Practical Ethics
- Continuing Education Board/Medical Sciences Board
- Experimental and Translational Therapeutics: MSc & PGDip
- Evidence-Based Health Care
- Paediatric Infectious Diseases: PG Programme
- Surgical Science and Practice: MSc, PGDip & PGCert
- Translational Health Sciences: MSc
- Humanities Board
- Asian and Middle Eastern Studies: Research Degrees, MPhils & Honour Schools
- Celtic Studies: MPhil & MSt
- Classical Hebrew Studies: MSt
- Comparative Literature and Critical Translation: MSt
- Computer Science and Philosophy: Prelims
- Economic and Social History: MSc
- Digital Scholarship: MSc
- Film Aesthetics: MSt
- Fine Art: MFA
- History: MPhil & FHS
- History and English: FHS
- History of Art and Visual Culture: MSt
- Islamic Art and Architecture: MPhil
- Linguistics in all Honour Schools including Linguistics
- Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics: Research Degrees, MPhil & MSt
- Mathematics and Philosophy: Prelims
- Medieval and Modern Languages, and associated Joint Schools: FHS
- Medieval Studies: MSt
- Modern Languages: MPhil, MSt & FHS
- Modern Middle Eastern Studies: MSc
- Music, Research Degrees: MSt & Prelims
- Philosophy: FHS
- Physics and Philosophy: FHS & Prelims
- Theology and Religion: FHS
- Traditional China: MSt
- Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies: MSt
- Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Board
- Advanced Computer Science: MSc
- Biology: FHS & Prelims
- Chemistry: Prelims
- Computer Science: FHS & Prelims
- Computer Science & Philosophy: FHS & Prelims
- Earth Sciences: FHS
- Materials Science: FHS
- Mathematical & Computational Finance: MSc
- Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing: MSci & MSc
- MPLS: Research Degrees & Doctoral Training Programmes
- Mathematics: FHS & Prelims
- Mathematics/Mathematics & Statistics: Prelims
- Mathematics & Computer Science: FHS & Prelims
- Mathematics & Foundations of Computer Science: MSc
- Mathematics & Statistics: FHS
- Physical Sciences: Research Degrees
- Theoretical & Computational Chemistry: MSc
- Medical Sciences Board
- Applied Cancer Science: MSc
- Applied Digital Health: MSc
- Cell & Systems Biology/Neuroscience: FHS
- Clinical Trials: MSc
- DCIinPsych
- Evidence-Based Health Care Programme
- Experimental Psychology: FHS
- Genomic Medicine: MSc
- Global Health Research: PGDip
- Global Health Science & Epidemiology: MSc
- Integrated Immunology: MSc
- Medical Physics with Radiobiology: MSc
- Medical Sciences: FHS
- Medical Sciences MSc: General Regulations
- Medicine: Second BM, First BM, Principles of Clinical Anatomy, Prelims
- Medicine & Surgery: Regulations for Degrees
- Modelling for Global Health: MSc
- Paediatric Infectious Diseases: MSc, Postgraduate Programme, PGDip Patient Safety: PGCert Psychological Research: MSc
- Psychology, Philosophy & Linguistics: FHS
- Radiation Biology: MSc Radiobiology: MSc Statistics & Epidemiology: PGCert
- Supervision of Applied Psychological Practice: PGCert
- Social Sciences Board
- African Studies: MSc
- Applied Linguistics & Second Language Acquisition: MSc
- Applied Linguistics for Language Teaching: MSc
- Archaeological Science: MSc
- Archaeology: MSc
- Archaeology & Anthropology: FHS
- Artificial Intelligence for Business: PGDip
- Biodiversity, Conservation & Management: MPhil
- Business Administration: EMBA, MBA
- Classical Archaeology: MPhil, MSt
- Comparative Social Policy: MPhil
- Contemporary Chinese Studies: MSc
- Criminology & Criminal Justice: MSc
- Economics: Research Degrees, MPhil
- Economics for Development: MSc
- Education: MSc, Professional Graduate Certificate, PGCert
- Educational Assessment: MSc
- Environmental Change & Management: MPhil
- Global & Area Studies: Research Degrees, MPhil
- Global Governance & Diplomacy: MSc
- History & Politics: FHS
- Human Sciences: Prelims
- Intellectual Property Law & Practice, PGDip
- International Development: Research Degrees
- Internet Institute: Research Degrees
- Japanese Studies: MSc, MPhil
- Latin American Studies: MSc, MPhil
- Law: BCL/MJur
- Law & Finance: MSc
- Law & Socio-Legal Research: MPhil
- Learning & Teaching: MSc
- Major Programme Management: MSc
- Medical Anthropology: MSc, MPhil
- Medical Education: MSc
- Migration Studies: MSc
- Modern Chinese Studies: MPhil
- Modern South Asian Studies: MSc
- Nature, Society & Environmental Governance: MSc, MPhil
- Philosophy, Politics & Economics: FHS, Prelims
- Political Theory Research: MSc
- Politics (Comparative Government, European Politics & Society: Political Theory): MPhil
- Politics & International Relations: Research Degrees
- Politics Research: MSc
- Public Policy: MPP
- Public Policy Research: MSc
- Refugee & Forced Migration Studies: MSc
- Russian & East European Studies: MSc
- Social Anthropology: MPhil
- Social Data Science: MSc
- Social Policy & Intervention: Research Degrees
- Social Science of the Internet: MSc
- Social Sciences: Research Degrees
- Sociology: Research Degrees
- Teacher Education: MSc
- Visual, Material & Museum Anthropology: MPhil
- Water Science Policy & Management: MSc, MPhil
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