Most written examinations take place in the summer term, either in week 30 or in weeks 33-38. End of year examinations allow you the time necessary to digest the material and put it into context with material from other modules.

Revision for examinations plays an important part in the learning process. We encourage you to practise on past papers, complete sets of which are made available to students as are sample answers for the past five years where these exist. For new modules, we will normally provide a sample exam paper and answers. Personal tutors will also help you with your revision particularly in the first two years.

First year and some later year lecture modules have components which are assessed by a combination of homework and online tests. Laboratory and computing modules are assessed by coursework. You will be asked to submit work including answers to problems, output from computers and laboratory notebooks. Your work will be marked and returned to you, so that you can benefit from the feedback in time for any future submissions.

You will be asked to write formal reports on some laboratory experiments, as part of your final year project and for the Group Project. You may also write extended reports as part of your second or third year programme. You will be given guidance on how to write your report.

Some laboratory and project work is assessed in an oral examination. For some modules, you will be asked to make a presentation to an audience including some of your colleagues and members of staff. You will be given guidance beforehand on how to prepare your presentation. Oral examinations would normally include some feedback and advice.