Student Regulations and Procedures
The 2025-26 Student Regulations and Procedures give detailed information on all aspects of academic progress, from how we assess your work, to disciplinary and misconduct matters, and how you can make a complaint or an academic appeal.
The regulations are organised into 15 stand-alone sections, including an introduction. You can access the individual sections from this page, or see below for a link to a single PDF with all 15 sections.
If you have any queries about the regulations, contact a member of the Academic Support Office by emailing aso@norwichuni.ac.uk
Student Regulations and Procedures 2025-26 – (3mb)
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Contained in the 2025-26 Student Regulations and Procedures:
Introduction – (207kb)
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Section A: General regulations – (194kb)
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Section B: Our courses including changing courses and withdrawing – (227kb)
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Section C: Engaging with your course – (167kb)
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Section D: Submitting your work and how we assess it – (223kb)
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Section E: Passing and failing units – (357kb)
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Section F: Extenuating circumstances – (207kb)
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Section G: Taking a formal break from your studies – (245kb)
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Section H: Academic credit and awards, including how we calculate degree classifications – (271kb)
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Section I: Academic transcripts, award certificates and graduation – (158kb)
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Section J: Making an appeal, including collaborative partnership appeal procedures – (309kb)
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Section K: Making a complaint, including collaborative partnership complaint procedures – (242kb)
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Section L: Defining and dealing with unacceptable behaviours – (167kb)
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Section M: Disciplinary procedures including for academic misconduct – (251kb)
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Section N: How we use and keep information about you – (164kb)
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