Statutes and Ordinances of the University of Cambridge
CHAPTER III
EXAMINATIONS

DATES OF EXAMINATIONS AND PUBLICATION OF CLASS-LISTS

Amended by Graces 2 of 10 October 2007 and 2 of 12 March 2008

Board of Examinations.

1. The dates on which the Qualifying Examination in Theology for Ministry, the First and Second Examinations for the B.Th. Degree, all examinations for the M.Phil. Degree, and all Preliminary Examinations shall begin shall be determined by the Board of Examinations in consultation with the Faculty Boards and other similar bodies concerned.

Easter Term examinations.

2. The dates on which all other examinations held in the Easter Term shall begin (except for examinations for the M.B., B.Chir., and Vet.M.B. Degrees, and for Certificates of Postgraduate Study, which shall begin on dates determined in accordance with the regulations for those examinations) shall be as set out in the table below, provided that

  1. (a)in any year in which candidates for an examination are permitted to offer a paper or subject included in another examination, the time-tables of the examinations shall be arranged accordingly;
  2. (b)in any year in which Full Easter Term begins on or after 22 April, all examinations held in that term which are specified in the table below as beginning on or after the Monday before the last Sunday but one in May shall begin one week later than the dates specified in the table;
  3. (c)it shall be competent for the Board of Examinations, on the recommendation of the Committee for the Natural Sciences Tripos, to determine that practical examinations for Part Ia of that Tripos be held on up to four of the weekdays immediately preceding the date specified for the beginning of examinations for that Part, and that the practical examination for the subject Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience in Part II of that Tripos be held at any time after the first day of Full Easter Term;
  4. (d)subject to the agreement of the Faculty Board or other comparable body concerned, it shall be competent for the Board of Examinations to determine that any particular paper of an examination in the following list shall be held up to three days (Saturdays and Sundays not being counted) before the date specified for the beginning of that examination.

Monday before first day of Full Easter Term

Engineering Tripos, Part IIb

Natural Sciences Tripos, Part III4 (Easter Term examination)

Second day of Full Easter Term

Manufacturing Engineering Tripos, Part II

First Monday of Full Easter Term

Chemical Engineering Tripos, Part IIa

First Thursday of Full Easter Term

Engineering Tripos, Part IIa

First Friday of Full Easter Term

Manufacturing Engineering Tripos, Part I

Second Tuesday of Full Easter Term

Management Studies Tripos

Wednesday before last Sunday but one in May

Education Tripos, Parts I and II

Education Studies Tripos, Part II

Diplomas and Certificates in Modern Languages5

Thursday before last Sunday but one in May

English Tripos, Part II

Geographical Tripos, Part II

Friday before last Sunday but one in May

English Tripos, Part I

Land Economy Tripos

Linguistics Tripos

Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos, Parts Ia and Ib6 and Part II7

Philosophy Tripos

Saturday before last Sunday but one in May

Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos, Part Ib8

Natural Sciences Tripos, Part Ib

Monday before last Sunday in May

Chemical Engineering Tripos, Part IIb

Economics Tripos, Part IIb

Law Tripos

LL.M. Examination

Music Tripos, Parts Ib and II

Mus.B. Examination

Tuesday before last Sunday in May

Architecture Tripos, Parts Ia and Ib

Theological and Religious Studies Tripos

Diploma in Theology and Religious Studies

Wednesday before last Sunday in May

Architecture Tripos, Part II

Classical Tripos, Part II

Diploma in Economics

Geographical Tripos, Part Ia

Music Tripos, Part Ia

Natural Sciences Tripos, Part II

Thursday before last Sunday in May

Historical Tripos, Part I

History of Art Tripos, Part I

Mathematical Tripos, Parts Ia and III

Social and Political Sciences Tripos, Parts IIa and IIb

Friday before last Sunday in May

Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Tripos9

Historical Tripos, Part II

Oriental Studies Tripos10

Monday before first Sunday in June

Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos

Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos, Parts IIa and IIb

Chemical Engineering Tripos, Part I

Computer Science Tripos, Parts Ia, Ib, and II (General)

Economics, Part IIa

Engineering Tripos, Part Ib

Mathematical Tripos, Part II

Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos, Part Ia

Natural Sciences Tripos, Part III

Tuesday before first Sunday in June

Computer Science Tripos, Part II

Mathematical Tripos, Part Ib

Wednesday before first Sunday in June

Classical Tripos, Part Ib11

Geographical Tripos, Part Ib

Thursday before first Sunday in June

Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos, Part I

Classical Tripos, Part Ia

Social and Political Sciences Tripos (Politics, Psychology, and Sociology Tripos), Part I

Friday before first Sunday in June

Natural Sciences Tripos, Part Ia

History of Art Tripos, Parts IIa and IIb

Monday after first Sunday in June

Economics Tripos, Part I

Engineering Tripos, Part Ia

Examinations not in Easter Term.

3. The dates on which all examinations not held in the Easter Term shall begin (except for the examinations for the M.B., B.Chir., and Vet.M.B. Degrees, which shall begin on dates determined in accordance with the regulations for those examinations) shall be as follows:

Natural Sciences Tripos, Part III12 (Lent Term examination)

The Monday that next precedes the first day of Full Lent Term.

Change of date.

4. If it is necessary, from whatever cause, to begin an examination on a date other than that specified by Ordinance and there is not time to obtain approval by Grace for the change, the Council, or if a meeting of the Council cannot conveniently be convened, the Registrary or a deputy, shall have power to approve the change, on the recommendation of the Chairman of Examiners, provided that the change shall be announced in the Reporter as soon as possible.

Publication of class-lists.

5. The latest dates for publication, where applicable, of class-lists of Preliminary Examinations and of examinations the dates of which are specified in Regulation 2 shall be as follows:

The Tuesday before the days of General Admission:

The class-lists for undivided Triposes, Part II examinations for Triposes, Part IIa of the Chemical Engineering Tripos, Part Ib of the Engineering Tripos, Part Ib of the Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos, Part Ib of the Natural Sciences Tripos, Part I of the Manufacturing Engineering Tripos, and the Second Examination for the B.Th. Degree.

The Friday after the days of General Admission:

The class-lists for all other Honours Examinations, for the LL.M. Examination and the Mus.B. Examination, for the Preliminary Examinations, Qualifying Examinations, Certificate Examinations, and the First Examination for the B.Th. Degree.

Footnotes

  1. 4. Examination in Experimental and Theoretical Physics only. See also Regulation 3.(Refs: 1)
  2. 5. Except for the oral examinations, which shall begin on the following dates: oral examination for the Diploma, the Monday before the first day of Full Easter Term; oral examination for the Certificate, the fourth Friday of Full Easter Term.(Refs: 1)
  3. 6. Except for the following examinations, which shall begin on the dates specified:(Refs: 1)
  4. 7. Except for the oral examinations, which shall begin not earlier than the eighth day before the first day of Full Michaelmas Term.(Refs: 1)
  5. 8. Except for the viva voce examination in Comparative Vertebrate Biology, which shall begin on the first day of Full Easter Term.(Refs: 1)
  6. 9. Except for the oral examinations in East Asian Studies, which shall be held not earlier than the third Monday of Full Easter Term, on dates to be announced by the Examiners after consultation with the Board of Examinations.(Refs: 1)
  7. 10. Except for the oral examinations in Oriental languages, which shall be held not earlier than the third Monday of Full Easter Term, on dates to be announced by the Examiners after consultation with the Board of Examinations.(Refs: 1)
  8. 11. Except for Papers 11 and 12, the examinations for which shall be held on the first and second days of Full Easter Term.(Refs: 1)
  9. 12. Examination in Experimental and Theoretical Physics only.(Refs: 1)