Honours entry

The policy on Entry to Honours defines the rules for progression to the Honours part of an Honours degree programme. The required module grades are listed in the programme requirements for each degree programme.

For BSc, MA, BD, MTheol and BA International Honours programmes, it is sufficient to pass the required modules at any assessment diet.

For Integrated Masters programmes, the required average module grades are published by each School. On most programmes, these must be achieved at the first assessment of the first enrolment in each module, although Schools have discretion to opt out of this requirement.

You must also gain at least 220 credits, including at least 80 credits at 2000 level, before entering Honours. If you have less than 240 credits you will need to make up the shortfall during the Junior Honours year.

If you do not meet the requirements for Honours entry, you can appeal, which is called requesting a review of the decision. If that is not successful, you may be eligible to enter Honours in a different degree programme, or to complete a General degree.

If you are currently registered on an Integrated Masters programme, and do not meet the requirements for Honours entry in that programme, but you do meet the requirements for the corresponding BSc programme, then you will be offered entry to the BSc. In that case, it may be possible to transfer back to Integrated Masters at the end of Junior Honours, if your grades in that academic year are high enough.

If you are on a BSc programme and narrowly miss the requirements to transfer to Integrated Masters at the end of Junior Honours, you have the right to submit an appeal via the review form below. The deadline is 10 working days after the publication of module results in June, and 5 working days after the publication of module results in August and January.