Release of Taught Postgraduate Results
- Some Taught postgraduate programmes in the Department of Computer Science are able to release provisional results and others are not.
- If your programme releases provisional results they will be given out to you by your Programme Director.
When are they released?
- Provisional marks can only be released once the Board of Examiners has met, which is different for each programme.
- Please speak to your Programme Director for further details.
Explanation of Common Grades
| Grade Value | Value Range (%) | Description |
|---|---|---|
P | 40 – 100 | Pass |
F | 0 – 39 / 0 – 49* | Fail (* 4th year and Taught PG modules have a 50% pass mark) |
IR | 0 – 100 | Irregularity under investigation |
WH | 0 | Withheld due to proven irregularity |
NX | 0 | Result not expected |
WD | 0 | Withdrawn |
ZZ | 0 | Barred from assessment |
LA | 0 | Late (due to extenuating circumstances) |
AB | 0 | Absent/non-submission |
NC | 0 | Student was absent/did not submit component of course |
FQ | 40 – 100 | Failed Essential Component of Course |
R | 35-39 | Borderline Fail may be eligible for Summer Referral |
Resits/Failed Modules
- Taught Masters Students are only usually able to resit a module if they fail to achieve their award.
- Note that students are only usually permitted to resit a failed module, or module component, once.
- If you are eligible for a resit, you will be automatically registered for it on Portico and will be expected to sit any failed exams and submit any failed coursework.
| Resit Scenario | Taught PG Students |
|---|---|
| You still have sufficient credits to progress/be made an award | The default position is that you will be made an award without the option to resit the failed module/s. |
| You have insufficient credits to progress/be made an award during the current year. | You will normally need to resit or repeat the failed modules the following year. |
- All students with resits are advised to check their Portico account in September for a list of the exams and coursework that they are expected to complete over the year.
- It is your responsibility to confirm to Registry and Academic Services the examinations you wish to re-sit, via on-line module registration using Portico. It is also your responsibility to check with the Department to determine whether you are required to submit new coursework.
- UCL regulations state that a candidate must complete the assessment for a module within two years of attending that module. This period of two years may be extended at the discretion of UCL Board of Examiners.
- Students who withdraw from an examination owing to special circumstances will not be regarded as having made an entry and therefore would be taking the examination as if for the first time the next academic year. If you have passed the coursework component already, then the marks you achieved will be brought forward.
- If you have any questions regarding your options for resitting modules please talk to your Programme Director.
Students with an outstanding debt to UCL
All students who will, if successful in their examinations, qualify for the award of a degree, should note that:
- UCL will withhold the award in the case of any student who is in debt to UCL.
- This includes any payment due, including tuition and examination fees, fees for UCL residential accommodation and fees to the UCL Library.
- No report will be made on the student’s results until the debt has been settled in full and attendance at a Graduation Ceremony will not be permitted unless the whole debt has been cleared by the due date.
- All other students who are in debt to UCL will have their official results withheld and/or will not be permitted to enrol at any future session.
- For further details see the UCL Academic Regulations for Students [Section 3]













