Student Handbook 2024/25 (Cert IP / Cert Trade Mark Law and Practice AND MSc Management of IP)

17. Award Postgraduate Taught Programmes

Postgraduate Certificate (PgCert) awards (Updated 5 November 2024)

To be eligible for a PgCert award, a student must meet all of the following requirements: 

i take 60 credits, including a minimum 45 credits at level 7. Any credits below level 7 must be at levels 5 or 6.

ii either:

a)    pass 60 credits; or,

b)    pass a minimum 45 credits and meet the requirements for condoned failure in the remaining credits. 

iii achieve a Classification Mark of 50.0 or higher.

Condoned failure

Failure may be condoned in up to 15 credits of modules of an PgCert award where all of the following conditions are met:

i)      the module mark for each failed module is 40.0 or higher; and,

ii)     the credit-weighted average mark across all modules, including the failed module(s), is 50.0 or higher; and, 

iii)    a failed module is not designated as ‘core’ (must be passed outright) in the programme regulations.

The following programmes have special regulations that specify exceptions or additions to these above regulations:

Special Regulations

PgCert in Intellectual Property Law

The PgCert in Intellectual Property Law is an 80 credit programme. To qualify for award, a student must pass 80 credits, or else pass a minimum 65 credits and be condoned in the remainder. Up to 15 credits may be condoned where all of the following conditions are met: 

i) the module mark for each failed module is 45.0 or higher; and,

ii) the credit-weighted average mark across all modules, including the failed module(s), is 50.0 or higher; and,

iii) a failed module is not designated as ‘core’ (must be passed outright) in the programme regulations.

MSc in Management of Intellectual Property 

Failure may be condoned in up to 30 credits of modules of the MSc in Management of Intellectual Property award where all of the following conditions are met: 

i) the module mark for each failed module is 45.0 or higher; and,

ii) the credit-weighted average mark across all modules, including the failed module(s), is 50.0 or higher; and,

iii) a failed module is not designated as ‘core’ (must be passed outright) in the programme regulations.

Please click here to refer to the full Academic Regulations 2024-25