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Pass rules for Postgraduate Diploma and Certificate

Postgraduate Diploma

The University regulations are at:

http://documents.manchester.ac.uk/DocuInfo.aspx?DocID=13148

A Postgraduate Diploma is awarded to a student who has been assessed on 120 credits worth of coursework & examination questions, and will normally be considered as passing the units if all course units have been passed at 40% or more.

Students may be awarded a compensated pass for a Postgraduate Diploma programme when they fail no more than 30 credits and receive a mark between 30% and 39% for those failed credits.

The maximum allowable accumulative failure at Postgraduate Diploma level at first attempt is 45 credits of the taught component of the programme. These failed course units can be re-sat at Postgraduate Diploma level: the achieved mark of the resit will be taken into consideration to determine whether the course unit has been passed at Diplom level, and the it will be capped to 30%.

In addition, to complete the award of a Diploma, students are required to achieve a mark of 40% or more on the assessment for COMP60990 (Research Skills and Professional Issues).

Postgraduate Certificate

The University regulations are at:

http://www.tlso.manchester.ac.uk/degree-regulations/

The Postgraduate Certificate is awarded to students who have passed 60 credits of course units at a level of at least 40% or more in each course unit.

Students may be awarded a compensated pass for a Postgraduate Certificate programme when they fail no more than 15 credits and receive a mark between 30% and 39% for those failed credits.


MSc ProjectAssessment Regulations for MSc, Postgraduate Diploma, Postgraduate CertificateTaught Course UnitsPass rules for Postgraduate Diploma and Certificate