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Off-Campus Examinations taken by On-Campus Students

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From time to time and for a variety of reasons, applications are received from on-campus students wishing to take examinations off-campus.

Any application that does not present exceptional circumstances will not normally be submitted for consideration. Please click on the link at the bottom of this page for further guidelines on procedures for examinations taken off-campus by on-campus students.

Automatic approval will be given to all students satisfying all the following conditions:

  • the student’s permanent home address as recorded at enrolment is located more than four hours flying time from Edinburgh;
  • the request is supported by the Head of School;
  • the examination is to be held at either:
    1. an approved centre situated nearest the home address
    2. an approved regional centre in the case of more than one student application
  • full additional administrative costs are to be borne by the student

Off-Campus Application Process

The International Centre for Examinations (ICE) is responsible for locating an appropriate centre for the invigilation. Normally this would be a British Council office or a University. Representation from a student on the actual examination site would not normally be accepted.

If you are intending to request permission to resit Off-Campus at the next reassessment diet, you must complete the following document

This form should be completed and returned to the Academic Registry no later than the deadline indicated.

An administrative fee of £125.00 is due when submitting your application, and you will be invoiced for courier/invigilation charges for conducting your examinations off-campus retrospectively.

Examination timings

When approval for an off-campus examination is given, the department or school offering the examination(s) should be aware that if there are candidates sitting the same paper on-campus, the two examinations should run simultaneously. If this is not possible to arrange, a separate paper must be provided for the off-campus candidate.

Further information

The Academic Registry is responsible for the proper conduct of all examinations held off-campus (regulation 9, para 7). This includes individual off-campus resit examinations for on-campus students, distance learning course examinations and any other examinations arranged off-campus for any other reason. Notes of guidance and regulations are issued to administrative contacts in external examination centres.

Senate has ruled that examinations, including re-examinations should always be taken on campus unless Senate explicitly allows otherwise.


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Off-Campus Examinations Guidelines
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Off-Campus Examination Request Form
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Reassessment Procedures