Postgraduate Taught Assessment Regulations (PGTAR)
The PGTAR assessment regulations apply to the following courses:
Faculty of Engineering & Design
The following course for students starting from October 2025 or later:
- MSc Robotics and Autonomous Systems
The following course for students starting from October 2023 or later:
- MSc Engineering Business Management
All other courses for students starting from October 2022 or later
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Courses for all students starting from October 202 or later and for all students on the following course:
- Clinical Associate in Psychology (Degree Apprenticeship)
Faculty of Science
The following courses for students starting from October 2025 or later:
- MSc Computer Science
- MSc Data Science
- MSc Statistics and Data Science
- MSc Data Science and Statistics (Health)
- MSc Financial Mathematics with Data Science
- MSc Mathematics with Data Science for Industry
- PG Cert/Dip Statistical Applied Mathematics
- MSc Advanced Machine Learning
- MSc Artificial Intelligence
- PG Cert/PG Dip/MRes Sustainable Chemical Technologies
The following courses for students starting from October 2024 or later:
- MSc Drug Discovery
- MSc Biotechnology (Healthcare Technologies/Sustainable Biotechnologies/with Entrepreneurship)
- MSc Molecular Biosciences (Bioinformatics/Medical Biosciences/ Microbiology)
- Integrated PhD Molecular Biosciences
- Integrated PhD Biotechnology
School of Management
The following courses for students starting from October 2025 or later:
- Full-time MBA
- Executive part-time MBA
- MRes
All MSc courses for students starting from October 2023 or later
New Framework for Assessment: Assessment Regulations: Phases 2 & 3 for postgraduate taught programmes (NFAAR-PGT)
The NFAAR-PGT assessment regulations apply to the following courses:
Faculty of Engineering & Design
The following course for students starting before October 2025:
- MSc Robotics and Autonomous Systems
The following course for students starting before October 2023:
- MSc Engineering Business Management
- MSc Engineering Business Management
All other courses for students starting before October 2022
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Courses for all students starting before October 2024 except for all students on the following course:
- Clinical Associate in Psychology (Degree Apprenticeship)
Faculty of Science
Courses for all students starting before October 2025 except those on the following courses:
- MSc Advanced Clinical Pharmacy Practice
- MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert Clinical Pharmacy Practice Primary/Secondary
and except for students starting the following courses from October 2024 or later:
- MSc Drug Discovery
- MSc Biotechnology (Healthcare Technologies/Sustainable Biotechnologies/with Entrepreneurship)
- MSc Molecular Biosciences (Bioinformatics/Medical Biosciences/ Microbiology)
- Integrated PhD Molecular Biosciences
- Integrated PhD Biotechnology
School of Management
The following courses for students starting before October 2025:
- Full-time MBA
- Executive part-time MBA
- MRes
All MSc and MA courses for students starting before October 2023
Assessment regulations for postgraduate online courses (NFAAR-PGOLC)
The NFAAR-PGOLC assessment regulations apply to the following postgraduate online courses:
- MSc Applied Economics with Banking & Financial Markets
- MSc Artificial Intelligence
- MSc Business Analytics
- MSc Computer Science
- MSc Engineering Business Management
- MSc Entrepreneurship Management and Innovation
- MSc Advanced Clinical Pharmacy Practice
- MSc Clinical Pharmacy Practice
- PG Cert/Dip Clinical Pharmacy Practice (Primary Care)
- PG Cert/Dip Clinical Pharmacy Practice (Secondary Care)