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Research Degrees Student Handbook 2012-2013


7.2 Results

Examination reports must be approved by the Research Degrees Examination Results Approval Committee. You’ll be given a decision:

  • pass
  • pass subject to corrections and modifications to your thesis
  • pass subject to substantial amendments to your thesis (but without re-examination)
  • resubmission for re-examination after major revision of your thesis
  • fail.

In exceptional cases a PhD candidate may be awarded an MPhil.

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Resubmission

Only one resubmission is permitted (see Qualification Regulation RD 7.4). If you’re required to resubmit, you’ll be charged further registration fees, as explained in Section 5.1.

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