Reporter 4/6/03: Engineering Tripos, Part IIA

REGULATIONS FOR EXAMINATIONS: NOTICE BY THE GENERAL BOARD

The General Board give notice that, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board or other authority concerned, the regulations for certain University examinations have been amended as follows:

Engineering Tripos, Part IIA

(Statutes and Ordinances, p. 293)

With immediate effect

Following the amendments to the regulations for Part IIA of the Engineering Tripos announced in Reporter, p. 183, the Faculty Board of Engineering have proposed that the class-list published this year should list candidates in the appropriate engineering areas. Regulation 6 for the Tripos has accordingly been amended as set out below.

Regulation 6.

By amending the regulation so as to read:

6. There shall be a separate class-list for each Part of the Engineering Tripos. The names of the candidates who obtain honours in Part IA and Part IB shall be arranged in three classes, the second of which shall be divided into two divisions. The names in the first and third classes and in each division of the second class shall be arranged in alphabetical order. For each combination of subjects in Part IIA, announced by the Faculty Board as an engineering area, there shall be a separate class-list.* The names of the candidates who obtain honours in each engineering area shall be arranged in three classes, the second of which shall be divided into two divisions. The names in the first and third classes and in each division of the second class shall be arranged in alphabetical order. For special excellence in Part IIA a mark of distinction may be awarded. The names of the candidates who obtain honours in Part IIB shall be arranged in alphabetical order in a single class and distinctive marks shall be attached to the names of those candidates who in the opinion of the Examiners deserve special credit. The mark (d) shall be used to denote a distinguished performance, and the mark (m) a meritorious performance.

* There are currently eight engineering areas: Mechanical Engineering; Energy and the Environment; Aerospace and Aerothermal Engineering; Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Information and Computer Engineering; Electrical and Information Sciences; and Instrumentation and Control.

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