Exam Results

For the College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies, ’Pass by Compensation’ means that you do not have to repeat the exam. 
It is recommended that you check the rules for your particular course. If you have any queries about progressing or subject choice for next year, please contact your College Office directly. 

For the College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies, there is no requirement to repeat a module element if the result for the module is ’Pass’. 
It is recommended that you check the rules for your particular course. If you have any queries about progressing or subject choice for next year, please contact your College Office directly. 

Please contact your College Office directly about this query.

You have the option of a recheck and/or an appeal of an exam mark. 

It is strongly recommended that you first consult with your lecturer about the exam mark before applying for a recheck. 

In order to apply for an appeal, you must consult your lecturer in advance. 

A consultation day is available for students. Please consult your Module Leader. 

A Consultation Days is available for students to contact their Module Leader on-line. The dates for the undergraduate and postgraduate consultation days can be found on the Key Examinations Dates page.

Further details about the recheck and appeal processes and associated fees are available online.

All information relating to Exam Result release dates can be located on the Exams Results website.  

A mark of Absent is applied where a student did not take the exam.

The Consultation Days is an opportunity for both academic staff and students to meet and discuss results. The dates for the undergraduate and postgraduate consultation days can be found on the Key Examinations Dates page (to be confrimed for 2021/2022).

If you have queries regarding your exam results, please contact your College or School do discuss your results. 

Details for the Autumn examination session will be made available on the Exams Timetable website.

For Information on the Exam appeal process please click here on the Exam Appeals website.

While we endeavor to resolve all appeals before the repeats, it is possible the results of an appeal will not be available before the repeat exam of the module in question. A student should always be prepared to sit the repeat as there is no guarantee that the result of an appeal is favourable or available before Autumn exams commence.  

The Autumn exams are a second opportunity for students to pass their exams and progress into the next year of study. Non attendance at these exams may require the student to repeat the year. Contact your School/College to discuss your options.  

Recognising the exceptional circumstances, and subject to any professional accreditation requirements, students may carry forward up to the equivalent of 10 ECTS of credits from modules examined in semester 2 into the following academic year following Autumn exams, where this is approved by the relevant Dean of College.

If you are planning to go on leave of absence, you must apply and be granted permission before your Leave of Absence period is due to start. Note: Retrospective Leave of Absence applications may be granted in exceptional circumstances. You will need to discuss with your College/School Office and Programme Director. 

Undergraduate and Postgraduate taught students only - application for leave of absence 

For further information please click on this link Leave of Absence process

The numbers of registered undergraduate students varies across colleges and schools, allowing for the results of those with smaller numbers to be processed more quickly, which in turn allows for some results to be released earlier than others.

Where 'Fail', 'Incomplete' or 'Deferred' appears as the Overall result on your transcript of results, you will be automatically registered to take modules in the Autumn session of examinations. Repeat examination dates can be found on the Exam Timetable page. For repeat coursework, contact the relevant Discipline. 

For further information please refer to the Exam Results website.

A consultation day is available for students. Please contact your module leader. Your college office will be able to provide you further details on this process.

Conferring Dates can be found on the Conferring Calendar page. Due to the current evolving situation with COVID-19 we have no further detail at the moment. We will post further updates on our website www.nuigalway.ie/conferring. We will also be in contact with graduands in due course once we have more information.