Exam Standards

The quality of the degree you receive is assured in the following way:

• your work is assessed to exactly the same standard as that for students studying at a College of the University. No concession in quality or academic rigour is given for the more difficult study circumstances of External students. You need to be reasonably confident that you have the ability to succeed in an examination before making your entry.
• upon successful completion, you are awarded a University of London degree or diploma. There is only one University of London degree and it is awarded both to students attending in London and External students. The certificate states that you have studied as an External student and carries the following extract from the Statutes of the University of London: Statute 66(2) states, ‘Candidates granted degrees and other awards shall have attained the same academic standard irrespective of mode or place of study or examination.’
• Colleges of the University and individual academic staff of the University are directly involved in the External Programme. They develop the syllabuses, write study materials, set examination papers and mark scripts. As a result, high academic standards are maintained;
• most degrees have a ‘Lead’ College which takes responsibility for academic development.