Exceptional Circumstances
Important documents and deadlines
Important Documents
Please find a list of deadlines below
Business and Social Sciences - Undergraduate
| Teaching Period 1 | 03 February 2025 |
| Teaching Period 2 - Final Year | 19 May 2025 |
| Teaching Period 2 - All other years | 09 June 2025 |
| Referral Period | 27 August 2025 |
Please submit your Exceptional Circumstances Applications via the MAP task Please direct any enquiries to BSS support. |
Business and Social Sciences - Postgraduate
| Postgraduate Term 1 | TBC |
| Postgraduate Term 2 | TBC |
| Postgraduate Term 3 | TBC |
Please submit your Exceptional Circumstances Applications via the MAP task Please direct any enquiries to BSS Support. |
Business and Social Sciences – MBA and Online Programmes
- For information on the exceptional circumstances deadlines for MBA programmes (Full-time, Executive, and Senior Leadership Degree Apprenticeship) please email MBA Support.
- For information on the exceptional circumstances deadlines for Aston Online programmes (MBA and MSc) please email Aston online.
Business and Social Sciences – Level 6 Degree Apprenticeships
For information on the exceptional circumstances deadlines for ABS Level 6 Degree Apprenticeships please email ABS Apprenticeships.
Centre for English Language and Communication at Aston (CELCA)
| Teaching Period 1 assessments | TBC |
| Teaching Period 2 assessments | TBC |
Please submit your Exceptional Circumstances Applications via the MAP task. Please direct any enquiries to Ammandeep Kaur, the CELCA Administrator. |
Education Team
| All Programmes | TBC |
| For courses in Learning and Teaching in Higher education, please contact us, the Quality Enhancement ITLP, Pg CERT, Pg DIP, and MEd Administrator in the first instance. |
Engineering and Physical Sciences - Undergraduate
| Foundation Stage - TP1 Examinations, Coursework, and Class Tests - Teaching Period 1 | 27 January 2025 |
| Foundation Stage - TP2 Examinations, Coursework, and Class Tests - Teaching Period 2 | 19 May 2025 |
| Foundation Stage - Resit Period | 2 August 2025 |
| Undergraduate - TP1 Examinations, Coursework, and Class Tests - Teaching Period 1 | 27 January 2025 |
| Undergraduate - TP2 Examinations, Coursework, and Class Tests - Teaching Period 2 | 5 June 2025 |
| Undergraduate - Final Year (including stage 2 programmes in Electrical and Electronic Engineering) | 19 May 2025 |
| Placement Year/Study Abroad Year | 23 June 2025 |
| Undergraduate - Resit Period | 29 August 2025 |
Please submit your Exceptional Circumstances Applications via the MAP task Please send any enquiries to EPS ECAP. |
Engineering and Physical Sciences – Postgraduate
| September Cohort - Teaching Period 1 | 27 January 2025 |
| September Cohort - Teaching Period 2 | 19 May 2025 |
| September Cohort - Resit Period | 29 August 2025 |
| September Cohort - Dissertation | 6 October 2025 |
| January Cohort - Teaching Period 1 | 19 May 2025 |
| January Cohort - Teaching Period 2 | 11 August 2025 |
| January Cohort - Resit Period | 17 November 2025 |
| January Cohort - Dissertation | 5 January 2026 |
| April 2024 Cohort - Teaching Period 2 | 20 January 2025 |
| April 2024 Cohort - Resit Period | 2 April 2025 |
| April 2024 Cohort - Dissertation | TBC |
| April 2025 Cohort - Teaching Period 1 | 11 August 2025 |
| April 2025 Cohort - Teaching Period 2 | 19 May 2026 |
| April 2025 Cohort - Resit Period | TBC |
| April 2025 Cohort - Dissertation | TBC |
Please submit your Exceptional Circumstances Applications via the MAP task Please send any enquiries to EPS ECAP. |
Engineering and Physical Sciences – Work-Based Learning Students (APEC)
Work-based learning students should contact their Programme Administrator in the first instance. Please submit your Exceptional Circumstances Applications via the MAP task Please direct any enquiries to EPS APEC. | Panel Meetings are held on a monthly basis |
Health and Life Sciences - Undergraduate Programmes (including Foundation Degree and Graduate Diploma Programmes)
All applications should be submitted AFTER an assessment has taken place or the assessment deadline has passed.
All applications will be reviewed within two weeks of the final deadline for EC submissions.
All applications should be submitted via the Exceptional Circumstances MAP task.
Please send any enquiries to HLS Exams & Assessments.
| Block Teaching/Assessments - final deadline for EC submissions: | BLOCK SUBMISSION |
| Medical Biosciences - Oct/Nov/Dec Teaching/Assessment Block | 07 January 2025 |
| Medical Biosciences - Jan/Feb/Mar Teaching/Assessment Block | 09 April 2025 |
| Medical Biosciences - Apr/May/Jun Teaching/Assessment Block | 25 June 2025 |
| Medical Biosciences - Jul/Aug/Sep Teaching/Assessment Block | 24 September 2025 |
| Teaching/Assessment Period 1 - final deadline for EC submissions: | TP1 SUBMISSION |
| Audiology, Biosciences, Neuroscience, Optometry, Pharmacy, Psychology - ALL Students | 27 January 2025 |
| Medicine - FIRST and SECOND Year Students | 24 January 2025 |
| Nursing Studies - FIRST and SECOND Year Students | 17 January 2025 |
| Teaching/Assessment Period 2 - final deadline for EC submissions: | TP2 SUBMISSION |
| Audiology, Biosciences, Optometry, Psychology - THIRD, FOURTH and FINAL Year Students, GRADUATE DIPLOMA, EXCHANGE and CPD Students (MOptom FINAL, see below) | 16 May 2025 |
| Audiology, Biosciences, Optometry, Psychology - FIRST, SECOND AND PLACEMENT Year Students (Psychology PLACEMENT, see below) | 06 June 2025 |
| Medicine - FIRST and SECOND Year Students | 23 May 2025 |
| Medicine - THIRD and FOURTH Year Students | 18 July 2025 |
| Medicine - FINAL Year Students | 12 March 2025 |
| Neuroscience - ALL students | 16 May 2025 |
| Nursing Studies - FIRST and SECOND Year Students | 09 May 2025 |
| Optometry - MOptom FINAL Year Students | 12 May 2025 |
| Pharmacy - ALL Students | 16 May 2025 |
| Psychology - PLACEMENT Students | 13 June 2025 |
| Refer/Defer Assessment Period - final deadline for EC submissions: | R/D SUBMISSION |
| Audiology, Biosciences, Optometry, Psychology - ALL Students | 28 August 2025 |
| Medicine - FIRST and SECOND Year Students | 11 July 2025 |
| Medicine - THIRD and FOURTH Year Students | 29 August 2025 |
| Medicine - FINAL Year Students | 29 May 2025 |
| Neuroscience - ALL students | 04 July 2025 |
| Nursing Studies - FIRST and SECOND Year Students | 15 July 2025 |
| Pharmacy - ALL Students | 07 August 2025 |
Health and Life Sciences – Postgraduate Programmes
All applications should be submitted AFTER an assessment has taken place or the assessment deadline has passed.
All applications will be reviewed within two weeks of the final deadline for EC submissions.
All applications should be submitted via the Exceptional Circumstances MAP task.
Please send any enquiries to HLS Exams & Assessments.
| Block Teaching/Assessments - final deadline for EC submissions: | BLOCK SUBMISSION |
| Applied Psychology - Sep/Oct/Nov/Dec 2024 and Jan/Feb 2025 Teaching/Assessment Block | 07 March 2025 |
| Applied Psychology - Mar/Apr/May/Jun/Jul 2025 Teaching/Assessment Block | 01 August 2025 |
| Applied Psychology - Sep 2025 Refer/Defer Assessments | 10 October 2025 |
| Applied Psychology - Dec 2025 Assessments | 12 December 2025 |
| Final deadline for EC submission | SUBMISSION 1 | SUBMISSION 2 | SUBMISSION 3 |
| Advanced Clinical Practice in Ocular Health, MSc | 27 January 2025 | 30 June 2025 | n/a |
| Advanced Dental Implantology, MSc | 27 January 2025 | 08 September 2025 | n/a |
| Advanced Hearing Therapy Practice, MSc/CPD | 09 January 2025 | 28 May 2025 | 28 August 2025 |
| Biosciences, MRes | 27 January 2025 | 14 April 2025 | 28 August 2025 |
| Clinical Science, MSc | 27 January 2025 | 28 May 2025 | 28 August 2025 |
| Drug Delivery, MSc | 27 January 2025 | 16 May 2025 | 28 August 2025 |
| Flexible Framework Optometry and CPD, to include: Glaucoma CPD, Independent Prescribing for Optometrists CPD/PGCert, Medical Retina CPD, Paediatric Eyecare CPD | 27 January 2025 | 30 June 2025 | n/a |
| Health Leadership, PgCert | 03 February 2025 | 24 June 2025 | n/a |
| Health Psychology, Campus and Online, MSc | 28 February 2025 | 13 June 2025 | 28 August 2025 |
| Level 7 Apprenticeship Research Scientist, MRes | 28 August 2025 | n/a | n/a |
| Mental Health Therapeutics, PgCert | 07 April 2025 | 16 June 2025 | n/a |
| Neuropharmacology, MRes | 27 March 2025 | 06 June 2025 | 15 August 2025 |
| Neurophysiology Programmes, MSc/CPD/PgCert | 27 January 2025 | 28 May 2025 | 28 August 2025 |
| Neuroscience for Drug Delivery, MSc | 27 March 2025 | 06 June 2025 | 15 August 2025 |
| Overseas Pharmacists, PgDip and MSc (MSc students see additional date below) | 27 January 2025 | 16 May 2025 | 07 August 2025 |
| Overseas Pharmacists, MSc ONLY | 17 September 2025 | n/a | n/a |
| Pharmaceutical Sciences, MSc | 27 January 2025 | 16 May 2025 | 28 August 2025 |
| Pharmacist Independent Prescribing, PgCert/CPD - September 24 Cohort | 04 April 2025 | 24 September 2025 | n/a |
| Pharmacist Independent Prescribing, PgCert/CPD - March 25 Cohort | 24 September 2025 | n/a | n/a |
| Pharmacokinetics, MSc | 27 January 2025 | 16 May 2025 | 28 August 2025 |
| Physician Associate, MSc | 17 September 2025 | 10 October 2025 | n/a |
| Psychiatric Pharmacy, PgDip | 13 January 2025 | 15 September 2025 | n/a |
| Psychology (Conversion), MSc | 19 February 2025 | 27 June 2025 | 28 August 2025 |
| Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, MSc | 27 January 2025 | 14 April 2025 | 28 August 2025 |