Progression and Graduation

Heaven and Soul Connection

Disclaimer: nothing in this document overrides the Academic Regulations, which always take precedence.

BSc degrees

  • You must take 360 credits (normally 24 modules of 15 credits each) including at most 150 credits (normally 10 modules) at level 4 and at least 90 credits (normally 6 modules) at level 6.
  • To progress from year 1 to year 2, you must pass at least 90 credits, and have an average mark of at least 40.
  • To progress from year 2 to year 3, you must pass at least 195 credits (including at least 90 in year 2), and have a weighted average (with first and second year marks being weighted with ratios 1:3) of at least 40.
  • To graduate, you must pass at least 315 credits, including at least 90 in year 3, and at least 90 at level 6, and have a weighted average (with the years weighted 1:3:6) of at least 40.

BSc Mathematics, Statistics and Financial Economics

  • In addition to the above requirements, uou must pass all ECN modules indicated by a superscript P (which are core modules).

If you graduate but fail to meet these requirements then your degree title will be “Mathematics, Statistics and Economic Studies”.

MSci degrees

  • You must take 480 credits, including at least 90 at levels 4, 5 and 6, and at least 120 at level 7.
  • To progress from year 1 to year 2, you must pass at least 90 credits, and have an average mark of at least 40.
  • To progress from year 2 to year 3, you must pass at least 195 credits (including at least 90 in year 2), and have a weighted average (with first and second year marks being weighted with ratios 1:3) of at least 40.
  • To progress from year 3 to year 4, you must pass at least 315 credits (including at least 105 in year 3), and have a weighted average (with years weighted 1:3:6) of at least 60.
  • To graduate, you must pass at least 420 credits, including at least 90 at level 7, and have a weighted average (with the years weighted 1:3:6:6) of at least 40.

Degree classification (BSc and MSci)

We will classify your degree from best to worst as either first, upper second, lower second or third class. All Queen Mary degrees are honours degrees. The number of credits you pass affects whether you progress and finally graduate but it has no direct effect on your degree classification.

We will base your degree classification on all the modules you took, i.e. all 360 credits for a BSc degree or all 480 credits for an MSci degree. This includes any modules you have failed. For a BSc degree, marks for modules taken in the first, second and third developmental years will be weighted 1:3:6 respectively. For an MSci degree the weighting is 1:3:6:6. (Developmental year relates to progression through a study programme and hence the number of credits passed, not to the number of calendar years of study.) The resulting College mark will be on a percentage scale.

College mark ≥ 70%First class
70% > College mark ≥ 60%Second class, upper division
60% > College mark ≥ 50%Second class, lower division
50% > College mark ≥ 40%Third class

During a year out, you cannot attend lectures or exercise classes. You may occasionally consult your advisor or seek information from a lecturer, but we can offer only very limited advice and assistance.

Borderline Policy

Examination boards may use a borderline policy when making recommendations for final degree classifications. Please refer to the relevant edition of the Academic Regulations which outlines the relevant policy for the year you started your programme of study.

Award and progression information for Queen Mary degrees can be found at http://www.arcs.qmul.ac.uk/policy/.

MSci degrees

If you are an MSci candidate and you fail to pass the required number of credits at the end of the MSci degree programme then you may opt to resit failed examinations next year or transfer to a BSc degree, in which case modules taken in your final year will not count towards your degree class.