DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES OPEN TO NON-MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY

1. The following regulations shall apply to any University examination for Diplomas and Certificates open to non-members of the University listed in the Schedule to these regulations.

2. A subject for any Diploma or Certificate under these regulations and listed in the Schedule, together with a syllabus for the course, the special regulations for the examination, and any subsequent amendments thereof, shall be approved by the General Board.

3. Any person may be approved for admission to a course of study leading to the award of a Diploma or a Certificate granted under the provisions of these regulations who has satisfied the relevant body1 administering the Diploma or a Certificate as qualified to engage in study for the qualification. A register shall be kept by the Registrary of all persons who are studying with a view to obtaining such a qualification.

4. A date shall be agreed between the administering body and the Registrary by which the head of the body administering the Diploma or Certificate shall send to the Registrary a list of all the students who have been newly admitted by that body and who are studying towards a Diploma or Certificate listed in the Schedule to these regulations.

5. The length of candidature for each award shall be determined by the General Board on the recommendation of the administering body.

6. While studying for a Diploma or a Certificate under these regulations a candidate shall pay the appropriate fee for the course as determined by the General Board from time to time on the recommendation of the administering body.

7. No person who has not paid the appropriate fee shall be entitled to attend any lectures related to a course or any course of instruction for a Diploma or Certificate under these regulations.

8. No person shall be permitted to be a candidate in the examination, or any part of the examination, for any Diploma or Certificate under these regulations unless the person’s name is on the register and he or she has met the relevant course requirements.

9. Lists of candidates for any written papers in the examinations or any other parts of examinations for any Diploma or Certificate under these regulations shall be sent by the head of the administering body to the Registrary at least three weeks before the first assignment is due to be submitted or, in the case of written papers, before the examination starts.

10. The General Board, on the recommendation of the administering body, shall have powers to recognize periods of previous successful study as meeting part of the requirements for the award.

11. A candidate shall study for a Diploma or Certificate under these regulations in Cambridge, or such other place as the administering body concerned, with the approval of the General Board, shall determine, under the direction of a Course Director appointed by that body and under any special conditions that that body may lay down in each case.

12. The administering body for a Diploma or Certificate shall appoint such number of Examiners as necessary to conduct the examination.

13. A Diploma or Certificate under these regulations shall be awarded to any person who has attended a course of lectures and classes prescribed by the administering body, has satisfactorily completed the assignments for the course, and has also satisfied the Examiners in the examination for the Diploma or the Certificate. The list of successful candidates shall specify the subject in which each candidate has satisfied the Examiners. The symbol (d) may be placed against the names of candidates who acquit themselves with distinction, and the symbol (c) against the names of those who acquit themselves with credit.

14. The Diploma or Certificate shall be in the following form:
 

THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT                                      having attended a course of instruction in                                   and having been admitted to the examination appointed by the University of Cambridge has been approved2             by the Examiners and has been awarded the  Diploma [Certificate]3     in4

 

15. The General Board, on the recommendation of the administering body, shall determine, for each award, whether a candidate who is not awarded a Diploma or Certificate may be a candidate again in either the same or in any other field.

16. Fees to Examiners shall be as determined from time to time by the General Board on the recommendation of the administering body.

17. Review procedures for examination results and student complaints shall be approved from time to time by the General Board on the recommendation of the administering body.

SCHEDULE
Examinations for which the foregoing regulations apply

Amended by Notices (Reporter, 2016–17, pp. 528 and 581)

Diplomas

Certificates

Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship

Amended by Notice (Reporter, 2016–17, p. 581)

For the Postgraduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship administered by the Faculty Board of Business and Management, examination shall be by tasks prescribed by the Degree Committee. The volume of work required to complete the award shall be [15,000–20,000 words] 〈20,000–24,000 words〉8 or equivalent.

Diploma in Theology for Ministry

1. The Faculty Board of Divinity shall be the administering body for the Diploma in Theology for Ministry, but they may delegate the detailed administration of the Diploma to their Committee for the Management of the B.Th. Degree.

2.  A student may be a candidate for the Diploma of Theology for Ministry if he or she has been proposed by a Member Institution of the Cambridge Theological Federation and admitted by the Faculty Board. The course of study shall be either for one-year (full-time) or for two-years (part-time).

3. Candidates shall be required to offer five papers, or the equivalent combination of papers and half-papers, comprising:

1. (a)a total of three papers drawn from those specified for the B.Th. Degree in Groups A, B, C, and D;
2. (b)Paper B.Th. 51;
3. (c)a reflective report of no more than 3,000 words on a placement, which shall count as one half-paper; and
4. (d)a dissertation on any topic, approved by the Faculty Board, relating to the subject of any full or half-paper from among those specified for the B.Th. Degree, as specified under Regulation 21 for the Bachelor of Theology Degree, which shall count as one paper.

Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Studies

1. The Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Studies shall be administered by the Faculty of Education.

2. The Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Studies shall be awarded on the basis of the completion of 120 credits from practitioner professional development courses. The volume of work required to complete the award shall be at least 16,000 words.

Postgraduate Awards of Practitioner Professional Development

1. The postgraduate awards of Practitioner Professional Development shall be administered by the Faculty Board of Education and shall be awarded on the basis of the completion of credits from practitioner professional development courses listed in the Schedule to these regulations.

2. The Postgraduate Advanced Certificate in Educational Studies shall be awarded on the basis of the completion of 90 credits from practitioner professional development courses. The volume of work required to complete the award shall be at least 12,000 words.

3. The Postgraduate Certificate in Educational Studies shall be awarded on the basis of the completion of 60 credits from practitioner professional development courses. The volume of work required to complete the award shall be at least 8,000 words.

4. The Postgraduate Award in Educational Studies shall be awarded on the basis of the completion of 30 credits from practitioner professional development courses. The volume of work required to complete the award shall be at least 4,000 words.

SCHEDULE

Diploma

For the Diplomas (60 credits) administered by the Institute of Continuing Education examination shall be by such tasks appropriate to the discipline as prescribed by the Strategic Committee for the Institute. The volume of work required to complete the award shall be 9,000–12,000 words or the equivalent.

Diploma of Higher Education

Diplomas of Higher Education (120 credits) administered by the Institute of Continuing Education shall be awarded on successful completion of two (60 credit) Diplomas.

Advanced Diploma

For the Advanced Diplomas administered by the Institute of Continuing Education examination shall be by tasks appropriate to the discipline as prescribed by the Strategic Committee for the Institute. The volume of work required to complete the award shall be 16,000–20,000 words or the equivalent.

Postgraduate Diploma

For the Postgraduate Diplomas administered by the Institute of Continuing Education examination shall be by tasks appropriate to the discipline as prescribed by the Strategic Committee for the Institute. The volume of work required to complete the award shall be 15,000–24,000 words or the equivalent.

Postgraduate Diploma in Genomic Medicine

Amended by Notices (Reporter, 2016–17, pp. 713 and 785)

1. The Postgraduate Diploma in Genomic Medicine shall be administered by the Institute of Continuing Education.

2. [The scheme of examination for the Postgraduate Diploma in Genomic Medicine shall consist of seven core modules, and one further module chosen from a range of optional modules announced by the Degree Committee for the Faculties of Clinical Medicine and Veterinary Medicine not later than the end of the Easter Term preceding the examination.]10 〈The scheme of examination for the Postgraduate Diploma in Genomic Medicine shall consist of eight modules chosen from a list of core and optional modules, to be announced by the Degree Committee for the Faculties of Clinical Medicine and Veterinary Medicine not later than the end of the Easter Term preceding the examination and stipulating which modules are core and which are optional.〉10 Each module shall be examined by assignments of 2,500 to 3,500 words, or assignments deemed their equivalent by the Degree Committee, except where other methods of assessment are published in individual module descriptions.

Certificate

For the Certificates (60 credits) administered by the Institute of Continuing Education examination shall be by tasks appropriate to the discipline as prescribed by the Strategic Committee for the Institute. The volume of work required to complete the award shall be 9,000–12,000 words or the equivalent.

Certificate of Higher Education

The Certificates of Higher Education (120 credits) administered by the Institute of Continuing Education shall be awarded on successful completion of two (60-credit) Certificates.

Postgraduate Certificate

The scheme of examination for the Postgraduate Certificates administered by the Institute of Continuing Education shall be prescribed by the Strategic Committee for the Institute and shall require submission of work of 9,000–15,000 words or the equivalent.

Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Medicine

1. The Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Medicine shall be administered by the Strategic Committee of the Institute of Continuing Education.

2. The scheme of examination for the Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Medicine shall consist of three core modules listed in the Schedule to these regulations. Each module shall be examined by assignments of 3,000 words, or assignments deemed their equivalent by the Degree Committee for the Faculties of Clinical Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, except where other methods of assessment are published in individual module descriptions.

SCHEDULE

    Clinical research

    Clinical education

    Clinical leadership

Postgraduate Certificate in Genomic Medicine

Amended by Notices (Reporter, 2016–17, pp. 713 and 785)

1. The Postgraduate Certificate in Genomic Medicine shall be administered by the Institute of Continuing Education.

2. [The scheme of examination for the Postgraduate Certificate in Genomic Medicine shall consist of four core modules.]10 〈The scheme of examination for the Postgraduate Certificate in Genomic Medicine shall consist of four modules chosen from a list of core and optional modules, to be announced by the Degree Committee for the Faculties of Clinical Medicine and Veterinary Medicine not later than the end of the Easter Term preceding the examination and stipulating which modules are core and which are optional.〉10 Each module shall be examined by assignments of 2,500 to 3,500 words, or assignments deemed their equivalent by the Degree Committee, except where other methods of assessment are published in individual module descriptions.

Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Business

The Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Business shall be administered by the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and shall be awarded on the basis of the completion of 60 credits from either the Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Business or the Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Value Chains, 60 credits gained by attending practitioner/professional development workshops, and completion of assessed work equivalent to at least 12,000 words.

Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Business

1. The Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Business shall be administered by the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.

2. The scheme of examination for the Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Business shall be as follows:

1. (a)two essays (a case review and a strategy paper), each of not more than 3,000 words in length, and each on a topic approved by the Degree Committee,
2. (b)an essay (a group project) of not more than 7,000 words in length on a topic approved by the Degree Committee.

Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Value Chains

1. The Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Value Chains shall be administered by the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.

2. The scheme of examination for the Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Value Chains shall be as follows:

1. (a)two assignments, each of not more than 3,000 words in length, each on a topic to be agreed with the Degree Committee;
2. (b)an assignment (a group project) of not more than 7,000 words in length on a topic to be agreed with the Degree Committee.

CULP Awards in French, German, Italian, Advanced Russian, and Spanish

1. The CULP Awards in French, German, Italian, Advanced Russian, and Spanish shall be administered by the Committee of Management of the Language Centre.

2. The scheme of assessment shall be as follows: attendance 5%; participation 5%; written homework 10%; oral presentation 30%; final examination (reading/listening comprehension and writing) 50%. The final examination shall take place on the last Saturday of the course during Lent Term and will be of two hours’ duration. Full details of the expectations with regard to each element of assessment will be issued to students at the start of the course and made available on the Language Centre website.