Students who do not achieve the qualifying mark will be reassessed in all components of assessment of the module. The final module mark will be capped at the relevant pass mark.
Withdrawals or Leave of Absence Students will apply to King's for a change in their registration via their Student Records account, selecting “initiate Change of Circumstances.”
Is UCL or King's harder to get into? Both UCL and KCL have rigorous admission standards reflecting their esteemed reputations and high demand for places. UCL typically receives more applications due to its global standing and extensive course offerings, resulting in a slightly more competitive admissions process.
The personal statement is one of the many factors in the overall assessment of your application: it's your opportunity to introduce yourself to King's and tell us about your interest in your chosen subject, as well as any work experience or extracurricular activities you have done.
Some of your modules may allow for condonement (also known as a condoned fail). This means you might be awarded a qualification even if you have a small amount of failure, as long as your overall performance is of a good standard. You will not need to be reassessed if you meet the condonement criteria.
We will only consider resits if there are significant mitigating circumstances affecting your first 'sitting'. In these situations we still cannot guarantee that your application will be considered, but you should submit a Mitigating Circumstances form so that this can be considered alongside your application.
When you fail a module, most universities provide an opportunity to resit the exam or redo the assignment. University can be stressful and failing an exam can happen to all of us so don't panic, being able to resit your exams is used for exactly this. But how do you resit a module?
Within a year students may carry failed modules from one semester to the next but not from one academic year to another; that is, they will not be able to rise to the next year of their programme until they have successfully completed the preceding year(s).
Its research output and impact have seen UCL move up to eighth place this year in the Quacquarelli Symonds world university rankings, ahead of Yale and Princeton despite having investments and reserves only a fraction of those enjoyed by the Ivy League members.
King's College London is highly competitive for UK students. The overall acceptance rate for UK applicants hovers around 13%.