Statutes and Ordinances of the University of Cambridge
CHAPTER III
EXAMINATIONS

ENTRIES AND LISTS OF CANDIDATES FOR EXAMINATIONS

Scope of regulations.

1. These regulations shall apply to all Honours Examinations, Preliminary Examinations, and to any other examinations for which written papers are set (except those covered by the regulations for the Ph.D., M.Sc., and M.Litt. Degrees, and for the M.Phil. Degree), and to the examination for the Postgraduate Certificate in Education.

Registrary's Notice.

2. In September of each year the Secretary of the Board of Examinations shall circulate to Senior Tutors a Table of Dates giving the dates of the examinations to be held in the following academical year and the dates by which entries of candidates and corrections of those entries are to be submitted.

Entries.

3. Candidates in statu pupillari shall enrol for the examinations listed in Regulation 11 by entering the details, as approved by each student’s Director of Studies, into the University’s on-line student record database during the period 1 October to 15 November each year.

4. Entries of candidates in statu pupillari into the examinations listed in Regulations 12–15 shall be signed by the candidates concerned and sent to the Board of Examinations by Senior Tutors of Colleges by the date specified by the Board under those regulations.

5. Any entry of a candidate who proposes to offer less than is required by the regulations for the examination concerned shall, unless the entry has been prescribed by a Degree Committee under the general regulations for admission as a Graduate Student, require the sanction of the Council. The name of any such candidate shall not be included in the class-list for the examination concerned.

6. Entries and corrections shall be deemed to have been sent to the Board of Examinations on the day on which they were received at the Board.

7. If the latest date for the submission of entries or corrections falls on a Saturday or Sunday, they shall be due on the previous Friday. If the day for the issue of a list of candidates falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, the list shall be issued on the previous Friday.

List of candidates.

8. For every examination a first list of candidates shall be issued, followed by a final, corrected list. The first list and the final list for each examination shall be sent by the Secretary of the Board of Examinations

  1. (a)to the Chairman of Examiners concerned, or, if there is no Chairman, to the senior resident Examiner;
  2. (b)to the Head of the Faculty or the Department concerned or, in the case of Faculties not organized in Departments, to the Secretary of the Faculty Board;
  3. (c)to the Senior Tutor of each College.2
Verification of entries.

9. For the examinations specified in Regulations 11–15 the Secretary of the Board of Examinations shall send to Colleges, for transmission to individual candidates, an entry verification form showing the details of each candidate’s entry; each candidate shall either sign the form as correct or indicate what amendments of the entry are required, and shall return the form to the Senior Tutor, who shall inform the Secretary of the Board of any amendments required. The Secretary of the Board shall subsequently send to Colleges for each candidate an entry confirmation form giving details of the candidate’s entry, the time and place of each written paper for which the candidate is entered, and any identification number allocated to the candidate.

Timetables of entries and lists.

10. The latest dates for the submission of entries and corrections of entries, and for the issue of lists of candidates and of entry verification and confirmation forms, shall be as shown in Regulations 11–15, provided that the Board of Examinations shall have authority to amend those dates in respect of any Tripos, Preliminary, or other examinations held before the division of the Easter Term.

11. For the examinations specified below the procedures shall be as shown in the following table in accordance with Regulation 3:

 

Not later than

Entries received via the on-line student record database in the Board of Examinations

15 November

First lists of candidates to be issued

End of third quarter of Michaelmas Term

Entry verification forms to be issued

Division of Lent Term

Corrections of entries to be sent to Board of Examinations by Colleges

Last day of Full Lent Term

Final lists of candidates and entry confirmation forms to be issued

First day of Full Easter Term

Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Tripos, Parts I and II, and Preliminary Examination for Part I

Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos, Parts I, IIa, and IIb

Architecture Tripos, Parts Ia, Ib, and II

Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Tripos, Parts Ia and Ib

Chemical Engineering Tripos, Parts I, IIa, and IIb

Classical Tripos, Parts Ia, Ib, and II, and Preliminary Examinations for Parts Ia and II

Computer Science Tripos, Parts Ia, Ib, and II

Economics Tripos, Parts I, IIa, and IIb

Economics, Diploma in

Education Tripos, Parts I and II, and Preliminary Examinations for Parts I and II

Education Studies Tripos, Part II

Education, Postgraduate Certificate in

Engineering Tripos, Parts Ia and Ib

English Tripos, Parts I and II, and Preliminary Examination for Part II

Geographical Tripos, Parts Ia, Ib, and II, and Preliminary Examination for Part II

History of Art Tripos, Parts I, IIa, and IIb

Conservation of Easel Paintings, Diploma in

Historical Tripos, Parts I and II, and Preliminary Examinations for Parts I and II

Land Economy Tripos, Parts Ia, Ib, and II

Law Tripos, Parts Ia, Ib, and II

Law for European students, Examination in

LL.M. Examination

Linguistics Tripos, and Preliminary Examination

Management Studies Tripos

Manufacturing Engineering Tripos, Parts I and II

Mathematical Tripos, Parts Ia, Ib, and II

Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos, Parts Ia and Ib (from these entries, entries for the various Easter Term

 Second M.B. and Second Veterinary M.B. Examinations are created)

Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos, Parts Ia, Ib, and II3

Modern Languages, Diploma and Certificate in

Music Tripos, Parts Ia, Ib, and II

Mus.B. Examination

Natural Sciences Tripos, Parts Ia, Ib, II, and III (excluding Astrophysics), and Preliminary Examination for Part II

Philosophy Tripos, Parts Ia, Ib, and II

Politics, Psychology, and Sociology Tripos (Social and Political Sciences Tripos), Parts I, IIa, and IIb

Theological and Religious Studies Tripos, Parts I, IIa, and IIb

Theology and Religious Studies, Diploma in

12. For the examinations specified below the procedures shall be as shown in the following table in accordance with Regulation 4:

 

Not later than

Entries received in the Board of Examinations

15 November

First lists of candidates to be issued

End of third quarter Michaelmas Term

Entry verification forms to be issued

Division of Lent Term

Corrections of entries to be sent to Board of Examinations by Colleges

Last day of Full Lent Term

Final lists of candidates and entry confirmation forms to be issued

First day of Full Easter Term

Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Tripos, Part II and the Preliminary Examination for Part II

Oriental Studies Tripos, Part II

Theology for Ministry, First and Second Examination

13. For the examinations specified below the procedures shall be as shown in the following table in accordance with Regulation 4:

 

Not later than

Entries received in the Board of Examinations

Eight weeks before the beginning of the examination

First lists of candidates and entry verification forms to be issued

Six weeks before the beginning of the examination

Corrections of entries to be sent to Board of Examinations by Colleges

Four weeks before the beginning of the examination

Final lists of candidates and entry confirmation forms to be issued

Two weeks before the beginning of the examination

Oral Examinations for Part II of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos

Second M.B. Examination (Lent Term and September examinations)

Second Vet.M.B. Examination (Lent Term and September examinations)

Final M.B. Examination

Final Veterinary Examination

14. For the examinations specified below the procedure for submission of entries (in accordance with Regulation 4) and for the circulation of lists of candidates shall be as shown:

 

Not later than

Entries received in the Board of Examinations (names only)

15 November

First lists of candidates to be issued (names only)

End of the third quarter of Michaelmas Term

Entries received from the Secretary of the Faculty Board (details)

End of the sixth week of Full Lent Term

Final lists of candidates and entry confirmation forms issued

Beginning of the last week of Full Lent Term

Engineering Tripos, Parts IIa and IIb

15. For the examinations specified below the procedure for submission of entries (in accordance with Regulation 4) and for the circulation of lists of candidates shall be as shown:

 

Not later than

Entries received in the Board of Examinations (names only)

15 November

First list of candidates to be issued (names only)

End of the third quarter of Michaelmas Term

Entries received in the Board of Examinations from the Secretary of the Faculty Board (details)

End of second week of Full Easter Term

Final lists of candidates and entry confirmation forms to be issued

Beginning of the third week of Full Easter Term

Mathematical Tripos, Part III

Natural Sciences Tripos, Part III, Astrophysics

No amendments after latest date.

16. No alteration of an entry, other than a withdrawal of it, and no additional entry shall be accepted after the latest date specified for the submission of corrections.

Graduate Students.

17. In accordance with the general regulations for admission as a Graduate Student, the Examiners for any Tripos or for the LL.M. Examination shall have power at the request of a Degree Committee to arrange for the examination of Graduate Students and to report the result of such examination direct to the Secretary of the Degree Committee. The names of such students shall not appear in any class-list.

Matriculation.

18. No student shall be admitted to an examination leading to the degree of M.Phil., M.B., B.Chir., LL.M., B.A., Mus.B., or Vet.M.B., except, in the case of a student holding a degree of another university, the Second M.B. Examination, unless (a) the student has satisfied, or has been deemed by the Matriculation Board to have satisfied, the examination requirements for matriculation or (b) the student belongs to one of the classes of persons whom the Council have approved as qualified for matriculation.

Footnotes

  1. 2. For the examinations specified in Regulations 11–15 the lists shall be divided by College, and the list sent to each College shall comprise the members of that College who are entered for the examination in question.a
  2. 3. Except for the oral examinations for Part II, for which the procedure shall be as specified in Regulation 13.a