For information on examinations please visit Exams | The University of Manchester where you will find:

• Exam guidance and regulations
• On campus and online exam guidance
• Revision resources including past papers
• Information on how to access your exam timetable

Examination timetables are due to be confirmed as follows:

• Semester One - week commencing 16 December 2024
• Semester Two - week commencing 14 April 2025
• Resit - week commencing 28 July 2025

When the exam timetable is published, students must check My Manchester (the student portal) for their personal exams timetable. If there is an error, students should follow the instructions on the Exams | Exam Timetable | The University of Manchester page. 

Submission dates for assessed coursework

Each Course Unit Director will set specific times and dates for the submission of assessed coursework. Students should be informed of assessment requirements and deadlines at the start of the semester.

How to submit your assessed coursework - Turnitin

Submissions are made using Turnitin through Blackboard and should be made by the published submission date and time. Turnitin is an integrated assessment tool within Blackboard which facilitates the electronic submission of assignments. Submissions must be uploaded by the published deadline. Guidance on how to complete the uploading of your submission will be made available by the Assessment and Progression Team.

Students should not leave online submission until the very last minute before a deadline in case the system is running slowly or there are technical issues. Students should aim to submit work by an hour before the deadline, and no later than 30 minutes before, to ensure adequate time for upload. An assessment will be recorded as late by the system even if is only by a minute, and a late penalty will be applied.

It is also important to note that it is the final piece of work submitted prior to the deadline which will be accepted, and students cannot later claim that the wrong piece of work or wrong version of a piece of work was submitted or that students submitted a draft by mistake. No substitution of a file can be made after the deadline has passed.

Although every attempt is made to work within these guidelines, changes may need to be implemented across the year. The School has a commitment to inform students and staff about these changes well in advance of the submission date.

Please note that in accordance with University policy, any student who submits a piece of assessed coursework after the submission deadline will receive a penalty, unless they are subsequently able to prove Mitigating Circumstances.

The penalty for late submission at postgraduate level is the deduction of 10% of the maximum amount of marks, for which the following principles will apply:

• A deduction of 10% of the maximum available mark every 24 hours until the assignment is submitted or no marks remain (e.g. if the work is marked out of 100, this means a deduction of 10 marks per 24 hours late.  If the work is marked out of 20, the deduction would be 2 marks for every 24 hours late.)
• A ‘day’ is 24 hours, i.e. the clock starts ticking as soon as the submission deadline has passed; (Note that a penalty of 10% would apply, regardless of whether a piece of work is 1 minute or 23 hours late).
• Weekends, bank holidays and University closure days are included as part of the 24hours/calendar days in this policy.
• Submission dates and times are in UK local time and is the responsibility of the student to check the relevant time zone.
• The use of online submission via Turnitin allows us to see when a submission is made after the deadline;
• Where paper copies of assessment work are submitted, students will receive a receipt which indicates the date and time of submission;

Please note that the standard penalty relates to first attempts only. Students who submit referral assignments (further attempts of up to half the taught credits, as opposite to original assignments/first attempts) after the deadline will be automatically subject to a mark of zero. There are no further resit opportunities for referred assignments that are submitted late, unless there is approved mitigation.

There is no sliding scale for late submission of open book examinations where students will be awarded a mark of zero in the absence of mitigating circumstances.

Any late penalties are applied via the student system and are not included in provisional marks posted on Blackboard.

• Undergraduate degree regulations can be found on My Manchester.
• Postgraduate Taught degree regulations can be found on My Manchester.

Information about academic malpractice and how to avoid it can be found on My Manchester.

We urge students to be cautious when using a chatbot or AI tool within their learning. Chatbots and AI tools can be useful, but there are a number of risks associated with using them. Please make sure you are in contact with your course unit leads to ensure if or how AI might be used in the unit. This might vary from course to course or even assessment to assessment.

Students should ensure they are aware of what is permissible use of AI for each assignment. Students can utilise AI to generate ideas, key themes, and plan their assessment but not to write their assessment. Students should not use AI to generate text, or partial text for use in assessments unless the assignment brief explicitly states that this is permitted, otherwise AI use will be deemed academic malpractice. This is academic malpractice because the words and ideas generated are not the student's own and not an accurate reflection of their learning. Further to this, the words and ideas generated by the chatbot or AI tool may make use of other, human authors' ideas without referencing them, which is plagiarism.

Where a chatbot or other form of AI has been used, students must acknowledge that use. Information on how to cite this can be found on the library website.

Some units, for example those on AI and technology, permit the use of AI. However, they require students to sign a code of conduct which must be adhered to. Students must ensyre they understand and follow these codes. If students are unclear on what is permissible, they are advised to speak with the unit lead.