Exam Dates & Timetable
Exam Dates and Timetable
View the dates of upcoming exam periods and find out how to view your exam timetable.
Exam Dates 2019/20
Students must be available for exams at all times during the exam periods. The University cannot accept individual requests from students with regard to the timing of their exams. All morning exams start at 09:30 and all afternoon exams start at 14:00 (unless otherwise stated).
| Semester | Dates of Exams |
|---|---|
| Semester One |
Monday 13 January 2020 to Friday 24 January 2020 |
| Semester Two |
Monday 18 May 2020 to Friday 5 June 2020 |
| August |
Monday 17 August 2020 to Friday 4 September 2020 |
Exam Timetable
The timetable for the next academic year will be published as below:
| Semester | Provisional Timetable Published | Final Timetable Published |
|---|---|---|
| Semester One | Week beginning 18 November 2019 | Week ending 29 November 2019 |
| Semester Two | n/a | Week ending 24 April 2020 |
| August | 4 August 2020 | 6 August 2020 |
For many programmes on offer at the University, students are provided with an extensive range of modules to choose from. This has several benefits and advantages, but also means that creating an exam timetable can be a very complex process.
Work on the timetable starts 3-4 months before the exam period and involves several different stages and checks. Specialist exam scheduling software is used to try and ensure the best possible timetable is created.
The main priorities are:
- Avoiding exam clashes (normally achieved for 100% of students)
- Avoiding students having two exams on the same day (for Sem 1 2018/19, this was achieved for over 99.9% of students)
- Avoiding students having a PM exam followed by an AM exam the next day (for Sem 1 2018/19, this was achieved for 99.9% of students)
Due to the complexities of scheduling between 650-900 exams for each main exam period for over 15,000 different students, it is not possible to avoid students having exams scheduled on consecutive days.
Students are expected to be available for the entire duration of each exam period, including any weekend exam dates, and requests for exams to be moved due to individual availability will not be considered. If you are going to miss an exam due to circumstances out of your control, you will need to submit a PEC form to your academic school.
Help on preparing for exams is available on the Exam Rules and Guidance webpage.