Senate Regulation 5: Regulations governing undergraduate programmes of study (2025/26 onwards)

Downloadable version of Senate Regulation 5 (PDF, 454kb)

Register of approved programme specific dispensations (PDF, 239kb)

Introduction

5.1

These regulations set out:

• how the University’s undergraduate degree programmes are structured and assessed - how decisions are made regarding a student’s progression between the different years of their degree
• the requirements that a student must meet to achieve their award and how that award is classified

5.2

A summary of all these issues is provided in the Student Guide to Senate Regulation 5. Read the guide to the terminology used in Senate Regulations (log-in required).

5.3

These regulations apply to all students who started a programme in the table under 5.8, after 1 August 2025. Students who started undergraduate study before this point will typically be considered under the regulations which applied to their cohort when they started. Read the regulations.

5.4

These regulations apply in full to all undergraduate programmes, including apprenticeships, unless otherwise stated. There may be some programmes where additional requirements beyond those set out in these regulations will apply. This will typically be where there are additional requirements set out by the external Professional, Regulatory or Statutory Bodies (PSRBs) which accredit the University’s degrees. Where this is the case a dispensation from these regulations can be granted by the Curriculum and Quality Sub-Committee. Where dispensations are in place for individual programmes these will be set out in the programme specification or module specifications as appropriate.

5.5

These regulations do not apply to the MBChB programme. The regulations for the MBChB programme are provided as appendix 1 to this document.