Notices by Faculty Boards, etc.

Electronic calculators in University examinations, 2019–20

The Faculty Boards and other authorities concerned give notice that in the following examinations in 2019–20 candidates will be permitted to take a designated calculator into the examination room:

Tripos and qualifying examinations

Architecture Tripos, Parts Ia, Ib and II

Chemical Engineering Tripos, Parts I, IIa and IIb

Computer Science Tripos, Parts Ia, Ib, II and III (Calculators are not permitted in the Mathematics papers borrowed from either the Mathematical Tripos, Part Ia, or from the Natural Sciences Tripos, Part Ia)

Economics Tripos, Parts I, IIa and IIb

Engineering Tripos, Parts Ia, Ib, IIa and IIb

Human, Social and Political Sciences Tripos, Parts IIa and IIb

Land Economy Tripos, Parts Ia, Ib and II

Management Studies Tripos

Manufacturing Engineering Tripos, Parts IIa and IIb

Medical Sciences Tripos, Parts Ia and Ib, and the Second M.B. Examination

Final M.B. Examination

Natural Sciences Tripos, Part Ia (Calculators are not permitted in the subject Mathematics)

Natural Sciences Tripos, Parts Ib, II and III (Calculators are not permitted in the Mathematics papers borrowed from the Mathematical Tripos)

Philosophy Tripos, Part Ia (Paper 5 only)

Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Tripos, Part I (Paper PBS2 only)

Veterinary Sciences Tripos, Parts Ia and Ib, and the Second Vet.M.B. Examination

Final Vet.M.B. Examination

Masters and other examinations

M.A.St. in Astrophysics (Calculators are not permitted in the Mathematics papers borrowed from the Mathematical Tripos, Part III)

M.A.St. in Earth Sciences

M.A.St. in Materials Science

M.A.St. in Physics (Calculators are not permitted in the Mathematics papers borrowed from the Mathematical Tripos, Part III)

M.B.A. and Executive M.B.A.

M.C.L. (Accounting and Finance)

M.Fin.

M.Phil. in Advanced Computer Science

M.Phil. in Clinical Science (Experimental Medicine)

M.Phil. in Clinical Science (Rare Diseases)

M.Phil. in Computational Biology

M.Phil. in Economics

M.Phil. in Epidemiology

M.Phil. in Land Economy

M.Phil. in Management

M.Phil. in Micro- and Nanotechnology Enterprise

M.Phil. in Public Health

M.Phil. in Scientific Computing (Paper 2 and Paper 3 only)

Diploma in Economics

For the above examinations the following calculators marked in the approved manner are permitted:

CASIO fx 991 (any version)
CASIO fx 115 (any version)
CASIO fx 570 (any version)

(1) Education Tripos, Part II
Candidates taking papers from the Natural Sciences Tripos will be permitted to use the calculator permitted for that examination (see above).

(2) Land Economy Tripos
The permitted calculators for use in the Land Economy Tripos will be the standard University calculator CASIO fx 991 (any version), CASIO fx 115 (any version) or CASIO fx 570 (any version); or the Hewlett Packard HP 10BII or HP 10BII+. Candidates may take only one model of calculator into the examination hall.

(3) Mathematical Tripos
The use of electronic calculators will NOT be permitted in any papers set for the Mathematical Tripos. Candidates for Part Ia of the Mathematical Tripos who offer a paper from the Natural Sciences Tripos will be permitted to use the calculator permitted for that examination (see above).

(4) Medical Sciences Tripos, Parts Ia and Ib; Veterinary Sciences Tripos, Parts Ia and Ib; Second M.B. and Second Vet.M.B. Examinations
The permitted calculators for use in the Medical Sciences and Veterinary Sciences Triposes and Second M.B./Second Vet.M.B. Examinations will be the standard University calculator CASIO fx 991 (any version), CASIO fx 115 (any version) or CASIO fx 570 (any version); or the CASIO fx 83 (any version) or CASIO fx 85 (any version).

(5) Master of Finance Examinations
The permitted calculators for use in the Master of Finance Examinations will be the standard University calculator CASIO fx 991 (any version), CASIO fx 115 (any version) or CASIO fx 570 (any version); or the Texas Instruments BA II Plus or the Texas Instruments BA II Plus Professional. Candidates may take only one model of calculator into the examination hall.

(6) M.Phil. Examinations in Land Economy
The permitted calculators for use in the M.Phil. Examinations in Land Economy will be the standard University calculator CASIO fx 991 (any version), CASIO fx 115 (any version) or CASIO fx 570 (any version); or the Hewlett Packard HP 10BII. Candidates may take only one model of calculator into the examination hall.

(7) Other subjects
Papers from the examinations named above may be taken by those who are candidates for other examinations. The restriction on the use of calculators will apply when any paper or subject is offered from an examination which is the subject of this Notice.

It is the responsibility of each student to equip themselves with a suitable calculator as described above.

Each such calculator permitted in an examination must be marked by the Department in the approved fashion so that they are clearly identified as being permitted during the examination.

No other calculator may be brought into the examination venue.

Sale of approved calculators

Approved calculators (marked in the approved fashion) can be purchased from the following locations:

Computer Laboratory, William Gates Building (Computer Science Tripos)
Department of Chemistry (Natural Sciences Tripos)
Department of Engineering (Engineering Examinations)
Department of Land Economy (Land Economy Tripos and M.Phil.)
Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (Medical Sciences Tripos and Veterinary Sciences Tripos)
Department of Physics, Bragg Building, Cavendish Laboratory (Natural Sciences Tripos)

Approved calculators bought elsewhere will need to have the approved marking applied by the relevant Department.

Annual Meetings of the Faculties

Clinical Medicine

The Chair of the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine gives notice that the Annual Meeting of the Faculty will be held from 1 p.m. to 1.15 p.m. on Monday, 11 November 2019, in the Committee Room, School of Clinical Medicine. The Annual Meeting will be followed by a Faculty Board meeting which will take place from 1.15 p.m. and is for members of the Faculty Board and Clinical School Professors (observers) only.

Conservation Leadership for the M.Phil. Degree, 2019–20: Correction

Further to the Notice published on 1 May 2019 (Reporter, 6545, 2018–19, p. 496), the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Earth Sciences and Geography gives notice of a correction to the title of one of the modules available for examination for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Conservation Leadership in 2019–20 as follows (additional text shown in bold):

CL1	Conservation leadership problems and practice

All other elements of the examination remain unchanged.

Micro- and Nanotechnology Enterprise for the M.Phil. Degree, 2019–20: Amendment

Further to the Notice published on 9 May 2019 (Reporter, 6546, 2018–19, p. 530), the Degree Committee for the Faculty Board of Physics and Chemistry gives notice of an amendment to the modules available to candidates for examination for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Micro- and Nanotechnology Enterprise in 2019–20 as follows:

By withdrawing the following from the list of modules:

NE.02   MEMS design

The Degree Committee is satisfied that no candidate’s preparation for the examination will be adversely affected by the withdrawal.