Regulations for examinations

Preliminary Examination for Part II of the Historical Tripos

(Statutes and Ordinances, pp. 258 and 264)

With effect from 1 October 2015

The General Board, on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of History, have approved changes to the General Regulations for Preliminary Examinations and to the special regulations for the Preliminary Examination for Part II of the Historical Tripos to remove the requirement to class candidates who pass the Preliminary Examination for Part II of the Historical Tripos and to replace a reference to the classing of candidates for the Preliminary Examination with a reference to a list of successful candidates.

GENERAL REGULATIONS

Regulation 7.

By replacing the words ‘for Part I of the Historical Tripos’ with ‘for Parts I and II of the Historical Tripos’ wherever it appears.

SPECIAL REGULATIONS

HISTORY

Part II

Regulation 4.

By amending the regulation so as to read:

4. The examination shall consist of Papers 1 and 4–30 of Part II of the Historical Tripos. In order to be included in the list of successful candidates a candidate shall offer Paper 1 and either two or three papers, provided that no candidate shall offer a paper which he or she would not be permitted to offer as a candidate for the Tripos. The Examiners shall be the Examiners for Part II of the Tripos.