Student Handbook 2025/26

Exit awards

1. Students who fail to achieve their intended award may qualify for an exit award where sufficient credits have been passed and a classification mark has been achieved.
2. For a PG Certificate, students must pass 60 credits with a classification mark of 50% (up to 15 credits may be condoned, with a mark of 40-49).
3. The exit award will be automatically applied where the student does not pass at the final attempt if they pass the required number of credits.

For more information on Queen Mary’s academic regulations, please visit this webpage: http://www.arcs.qmul.ac.uk/policy/

Condoned failure

Failure may be condoned in up to 30 credits of modules of an MA, MBA, LLM, MPA, MRes, or MSc masters 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.

Failure may be condoned in up to 30 credits of modules of a PgDip 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 ʻcoreʼ (must be passed outright) in the programme regulations.

Failure may be condoned in up to 15 credits of modules of a 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 ʻcoreʼ (must be passed outright) in the programme regulation