Examination Conventions 2026-27

3. Requirements of the Course

Each candidate must obtain passes on at least five sat written examinations or mini projects that include two at the Schedule II level and for the dissertation. Candidates must offer at least four courses from among those available in Michaelmas and Hilary terms. No candidate may enter for more than four courses in one term.

An overall award of distinction may be made to candidates who have shown excellence over the whole examination. An overall award of merit may be made to candidates who have produced work of particularly high quality in the whole examination.  

For written examinations the Examiners translate the raw marks on each paper into University Standardised Marks (USMs) out of 100. See Section 4 for more information on USMs.