Examinations
Main Examinations May 2025
Examinations will take place from Tuesday 6 May to Friday 23 May 2025
Email notification of individual timetables will be sent to students - TBC
Resit Examinations July 2025
Resit Examinations will take place from Monday 30 June to Friday 4 July 2025
Email notification of individual timetables will be sent to students - TBC
Extenuating Circumstances Claims and the Current Exam Period
Please also read the regulations and procedures for Extenuating Circumstances here Consideration of Personal Circumstances - University of Huddersfield
If you have a scheduled on campus Exam or In Class Test (ICT) this week and it goes ahead as planned but you are unable to attend due to travel disruption/weather conditions – an EC claim will be approved and no additional evidence will be required but you must apply for an EC, on time (within 5 days of the original exam date).
If your Exam or In Class test is cancelled – no EC claim will be required for the cancelled exam/ICT.
If your Exam/ICT is cancelled and you are advised that it has been re-scheduled, but you cannot attend on the re-scheduled date/time – you must apply for an EC, on time - (within 5 days of the rescheduled exam/ICT date) .Your EC claim form should provide details of the reasons why you cannot attend the new date/time. This will be during term time so you are expected to be available on the new Exam/ICT date. We will make a decision whether to approve the EC claim or not based on information you have provided.
You would be expected to email your module tutor advising them that you cannot attend on the new date/time as soon as you as you receive confirmation of when this has been scheduled. You should provide a copy of this email to support your EC claim but you may also be asked for additional supporting information depending on the reasons given for not being able to attend the new exam time.
EC claims should be submitted on time and for late claims the usual requirements for evidence to support the reasons for lateness will be required.
Please be aware that a small number of courses organise their exams outside these periods. If you are not sure, please check with your department.
Additional Requirements and Arrangements for Examinations
If you have a PLSP which recommends additional requirements and arrangements for your exams then you will be contacted directly by your School/Departmental Office. For on-campus exams, additional time and support can only be provided if you attend at the venue advised to you personally by your School/Departmental Office. If you attend at the main exam room you will not be able to receive extra time.
If you require exam adjustments due to a serious and long term disability, health condition or mental health issue and Disability Services are not already aware of this, please ensure you make contact with Disability Services as soon as possible and provide them with evidence of your disability or condition. You can contact Disability Services on disability@hud.ac.uk or ring on +44 (0)1484 472 227. If you do not contact Disability Services promptly, the University will not be able to make any adjustments to your exam(s).
Claims for Extenuating Circumstances Based on Religious Observances
If you are claiming ECs for a religious holiday which is recognised by the University, you will need to complete the Religious Observance Notification Form and submit it to your School office, no later than 5 working days before the assessment deadline which is being missed.
Additional Information about Exams and periods of religious fasting
The University’s exams periods may, from time to time, coincide with periods of religious fasting. The academic calendar cannot be amended to avoid these periods; however, the University understands that religious observances involving fasting may impact your performance in exams.
The University’s ‘fit to sit policy’ means that by attending your examination, you are declaring yourself fit to take that assessment and any subsequent claim for an EC is unlikely to be approved. If you feel your performance in an examination is likely to be impacted by fasting and you choose not to attend the examination, you should submit a claim for ECs where you can request to sit the exam in the next scheduled examination period (e.g. in the July resit period for exams scheduled in May).
Fit to Sit Policy
The University operates a 'Fit to Sit Policy' for examinations - this means that by attending your examination, you are declaring yourself fit to take that assessment and any subsequent claim for an EC is unlikely to be approved.
If you fall ill during an examination then you must make an invigilator aware of this and obtain evidence at the earliest opportunity to confirm you could not have continued with the examination. You must also complete a claim for an EC including the medical evidence you have gathered.
Please also read:
Information for Exam Candidates
Regulations relating to examinations can be found in Section 7 of the Regulations for Taught Students
Regulations for assessment in periods of emergency, with specific relation to Covid-19 can be found in section 8.8 of the Regulations for Awards (Taught courses)