Exams and assessments

Every credit-bearing module you complete during your studies has some form of assessment — an exam, a project, a presentation or some other way for you to show what you’ve learned. So it’s important to understand how assessment fits into your academic journey with us. 

The advice here applies to you if you’re studying on an undergraduate or postgraduate taught degree at the University of Portsmouth (including degree apprenticeships), whether you’re at the Portsmouth campus, the London campus, or on a distance learning programme.

Reasonable adjustments to your assessment

If you have any additional needs related to assessment, please let us know. You can either contact our Disability Advice team for adjustments or reach out directly to your course leader or module leader. We will consider what reasonable adjustments are appropriate and this will be recorded on your student record, which you can access through your Student View.

If you are concerned about specific arrangements please contact Student Services at the MyPort Hub for guidance.

Policies and regulations

Our key policy document, Assessment Regulations for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Courses, explains the standards and credit requirements you need to meet to complete your degree. 

We review and update these assessment regulations every year, so you'll always be working to the most recent policies unless you’ve been told otherwise. In rare cases, we may need to make temporary changes to regulations to ensure your assessments are handled with fairness and integrity — but if this happens we’ll inform you of any changes and the reasons for them. 

There are some approved exemptions to the regulations which are available in the Approved Course Exemptions from Academic Regulations, Policies or Academic Year Dates policy. 

Degree apprentices all have a compulsory End Point Assessment (EPA) as part of your assessment plan. If there are any differences between the university assessment regulations and your EPA, the EPA takes priority.