- Graduation Information
- Debts
- Decisions of Undergraduate Boards of Examiners
- Decisions of Postgraduate Boards of Examiners
- Replacement Parchment Request
Awards Congregations
Awards Ceremonies (or Congregations) are held in July and November each year. All students hoping to graduate or be presented MUST enrol to graduate by completing a form and paying the appropriate fee (£35 to graduate in person; £20 to graduate "in absentia"). Details of the ceremonies and enrolment forms are usually available from Registry in March each year.
Students who wish to graduate in July must register by the last Friday in April - they cannot wait until their results or their award has been confirmed. The closing date to register for graduation in July 2010 is 30th April and for graduation in November the closing date is 3rd September. Postgraduate Diploma students may, if they wish, be "presented" at a November ceremony only. To do so, they should complete a Graduation Enrolment form and pay the appropriate fee.
Graduation information and enrolment forms for ceremonies are available here:
Debts
Under Ordinance 5 of the University, "No person shall be admitted to a Degree...or granted a Diploma...unless he has paid the fees prescribed and any other sums due to the University". As well as preventing students from graduating, outstanding debts will also prevent registration for the next year of a course (Regulation 6.4.8).
Decisions of Undergraduate Boards of Examiners
The University operates a system whereby degree examination results are approved by Boards of Examiners. A Board is made up of representatives of all the Departments teaching on a course and has the responsibility for approving exam results and for taking decisions about the progress of students. Boards generally meet twice a year, once in late June to review students' performance in the January and May/June diets of examinations, and again in September to review the August diet. Students' identities are not disclosed during the marking process for all examinations and in some cases double-marking by internal examiners takes place. Examination question papers and scripts are subject to scrutiny by External Examiners.
Boards of Examiners make their decisions on the basis of a student's performance and the regulations appropriate to that course.
Decisions of Postgraduate Boards of Examiners
Postgraduate Instructional Courses
All Faculties in the University operate a system whereby students' examination and coursework results are presented to a Board of Examiners for a final decision to be taken with regards to progress or award. For postgraduate instructional courses, an examining body of not less than four people is appointed by Senate for each course. Members include academic staff responsible for the delivery of the course and an External Examiner. These Boards of Examiners make their decision on the basis of student performance and the regulations appropriate to each course.
Postgraduate Research Programmes
The Examination Committee for postgraduate research programmes normally comprises at least two members, including an Internal and an External Examiner. The Supervisor may also attend, but in a non-voting capacity. A viva voce (an oral examination) will normally be held for Doctoral candidates, and may be required for some Masters candidates.
Students intending to appeal against the decision of the Postgraduate Board of Examiners should consult the appropriate Regulations in the University Calendar. Where an appeal against an award is pending, either at Faculty or Senate level, the student IS NOT permitted to graduate.
Replacement Parchment Request
Graduates who have lost or mislaid their original
parchment may request a replacement degree certificate. The fee for this
service is £35 and we aim to be able to re-issue the replacement to you within
7 to 10 working days. The replacement that is issued will be produced within
the current University style and will state at the top:
This parchment is issued in replacement of the original which is presumed to be destroyed.
Regrettably we are unable to reproduce certificates for courses that were completed at Jordanhill College of Education prior to the 1993 merger with the University of Strathclyde.
