School of Mathematics Teaching

Sitting examinations

Examination procedures, timetables and more.

Exam regulations

Exam Hall Regulations, Assessment Regulations, Mark Schemes and Grade Conversions can be found through the link below.

Student Administration Exam Regulations

DRPS allows you to check what diet a particular course has.

DRPS

Student Administration

Exams are organised by Student Administration. 

Student Administration examinations home

Exam papers

Past papers for many of the exams are held by the Library.

Online exam papers

Diets and timetables

Student Administration examination diets and timetables

December exams

Some courses will have their examinations in December so plan your schedule with this in mind. You can reduce your exam load in May, but there is less revision time in December, so try to balance these out. 

Calculators

Where your examination takes place in a University exam hall, you may take a scientific calculator into examinations but it must:

  • Not be a graphical calculator
  • Not be able to communicate with any other device.

You are allowed any calculator that satisfies the above requirements, but examples of acceptable calculators are:

  • Casio fx85 (any version)
  • Casio fx83 (any version)
  • Casio fx-991 (any version)

Note that the University's Exam Hall Regulations state that calculators are not generally permitted. All School of Mathematics exams are exceptions to this regulation. 

FAQ

Student Administration has a good resource for many questions you may have about your exam.

Frequently asked questions - examinations

Open book exams

Open book

The default arrangement for the School of Mathematics exams is that you may bring into the exam: 

  • 3 x A4 pages (6 sides) containing your personal notes
  • a calculator

However, this is the default. Your Course Organiser should announce the exact format and structure. 

Check course information if you are unsure what you can bring in to the exam for a particular course.