Schools have deadlines for exceptional circumstances applications. Applications made after the school deadline will not be considered unless there is an exceptional reason. Each semester has a final cutoff date for applications. Talk to your Student Support Team before submitting your application to get support. School deadlines Schools have a set of application deadlines. You must apply before the deadline for the school you belong to rather than the school that your course is part of. For example, if you belong to the Business School but it is an Economics course you need support with, you must apply before the Business School deadline. Your application must be complete by your school deadline - this includes providing any supporting evidence.Final semester deadlines 2024/25Each semester, there is a final cutoff date for applications. This is the cutoff for late applications as described below - for your application to be considered on-time, it must be submitted by your School's deadline. Semester 1 Friday 10th January 2025, 12 noon. Semester 2 Friday 30th May 2025, 12 noon. Resit diet Monday 25th August 2025, 12 noon.Taught Postgraduate dissertations TBCApplications made after the school deadline (late applications)If you have missed the school deadline, your application will only be considered if there is an exceptional reason. If you feel that you have an exceptional reason, you must provide: the reason why you could not submit your application by the school deadline additional evidence in the evidence section of the application, explaining why you could not meet the school deadline. College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Business UndergraduatePostgraduateSemester one: 10/01/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester one: 10/01/2025 at 12:00 noon Centre for Open Learning Access ProgrammeSemester one: 25/11/2024 at 12:00 noonSemester two: 18/06/2025 at 12:00 noonCredit Languages – BSL, Swahili, UkrainianBritish Sign Language Stage 1 and 2Semester one: 10/01/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester two: 30/04/2025 at 12:00 noonEnglish Language: AEVS and EIBCSemester one: 10/01/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester two: 21/05/2025 at 12:00 noonLifelong Learning (Open Studies Short Courses)Term one: 15/01/2025 at 12:00 noonTerm two: 30/04/2025 at 12:00 noonTerm three: 06/08/2025 at 12:00 noonInternational Foundation ProgrammeTerm one: 15/01/2025 at 12:00 noonTerm two: 07/05/2025 at 12:00 noonTerm three: 02/07/2025 at 12:00 noonELE Pre-sessional22/08/2025 at 12:00 noon Divinity UndergraduatePostgraduateSemester one: 10/01/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester one: 10/01/2025 at 12:00 noon Economics UndergraduatePostgraduateSemester one: 10/01/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester one: 06/01/2025 at 17:00Courses with February 2025 exams: 07/03/2025 at 17:00 Edinburgh College of Art UndergraduatePostgraduateSemester one: 06/01/2025 at 17:00Semester one: 06/01/2025 at 17:00 Edinburgh Futures Institute UndergraduatePostgraduateSemester one: 10/01/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester one: 10/01/2025 at 12:00 noon Health in Social Sciences UndergraduatePostgraduateSemester one: 10/01/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester one: 10/01/2025 at 12:00 noonCLPS11014 Psychological Intervention & Structured Treatment Approaches: 23/01/2025 at 12:00 noon History, Classics and Archaeology UndergraduatePostgraduateSemester one: 10/01/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester two: 30/05/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester one: 10/01/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester two: 30/05/2025 at 12:00 noon Law UndergraduatePostgraduateSemester one: 10/01/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester one: 10/01/2025 at 12:00 noon Literatures, Languages and Cultures UndergraduatePostgraduateSemester one: 10/01/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester two: 30/05/2025 at 12:00 noonSummer reassessments: 25/08/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester one: 10/01/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester two: 30/05/2025 at 12:00 noonSummer reassessments: 25/08/2025 at 12:00 noon Moray House UndergraduatePostgraduateSemester one: 06/01/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester one: 06/01/2025 at 12:00 noon Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences UndergraduatePostgraduateSemester one: 10/01/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester one: 10/01/2025 at 12:00 noonCoursework null sits: 10/01/2025 at 12:00 noonMSc Dissertation (resubmission & null sit) 23/01/2025 at 17:00 Social and Political Sciences UndergraduatePostgraduateSemester one: 10/01/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester one: 10/01/2025 at 12:00 noon CAHSS Visiting Student Office UndergraduatePostgraduateSemester one: 10/01/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester one: 10/01/2025 at 12:00 noon College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine Biomedical Sciences UndergraduatePostgraduateSemester one: 08/01/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester one: 08/01/2025 at 12:00 noon for all on campus and online programmes Zhejiang University - University of Edinburgh Institute students (undergraduate)Semester one: Friday 10th January 2025 at 12 noonSemester two:Year 4 students: Monday 5th May 2025 at 12 noonYears 1, 2 & 3 students: Friday 13th June 2025 at 12 noon Clinical Sciences UndergraduatePostgraduateSemester one:Dissertations (2023/24): 30/09/2024Semester one: 21/01/2025Semester two and three: 20/05/2025 Edinburgh Medical School UndergraduatePostgraduateMBChB: Year 1 – 02/05/2025 at 17:00Year 2 – 16/05/2025 at 17:00Year 4 – 20/05/2025 at 17:00Year 5 – 10/06/2025 at 17:00Year 6 – 05/02/2025 at 17:00 HCP Medicine:All Years – 8th July 2025 at 17:00Clinical Education & Simulation Based Clinical Education:Semester one: 21/01/2025 at 17:00 Semesters 2 & 3: 20/05/2025 at 17:00 Dissertation: 07/10/2025 at 17:00 Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences UndergraduatePostgraduateSemester one:USHER/Genetic, Molecular, Health Populations Sciences:Term 1: 20/01/2025 at 17:00Term 2: 12/05/2025 at 17:00Term 3: 28/07/2025 at 17:00Master of Public Health (campus):Term 1: 20/01/2025 at 17:00Term 2: 12/05/2025 at 17:00Term 3: 08/09/2025 at 17:00 Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies UndergraduatePostgraduateSemesters one and two: Please check with the School.Semesters one and two: Standard PGT deadlines for the submission of Exceptional Circumstances applications fall approximately 3 weeks after the course end date, as follows: Course delivery period Earliest course start date Latest course end date EC Deadline Online Term 116/09/202406/12/202403/01/2025 at 13:00On Campus Semester 116/09/202406/12/202403/01/2025 at 13:00Online Term 206/01/202528/03/202518/04/2025 at 13:00On Campus Semester 213/01/202531/03/202521/04/2025 at 13:00Online Term 307/04/202527/06/202518/07/2025 at 13:00Exceptional Circumstances submission deadlines for courses that do not fit within the above delivery periods (eg. full year courses) will be published in the LEARN course. College of Science and Engineering Biological Sciences UndergraduatePostgraduateSemester one: 06/01/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester two: 26/05/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester one: 06/01/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester two: MSc Biodiversity & Taxonomy of Plants only: Tue 22/04/2025 at 12:00 noonAll other MSc programmes: 26/05/2025 at 12:00 noon Chemistry UndergraduatePostgraduateSemester one: 10/01/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester one: 10/01/2025 at 12:00 noon Bayes Centre (Data Science, Technology and Innovation) PostgraduateSee relevant course-owning School Engineering UndergraduatePostgraduateSemester one: 10/01/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester two: 23/05/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester one: 10/01/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester two: 23/05/2025 at 12:00 noon GeoSciences UndergraduatePostgraduateSemester one: 10/01/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester two: 23/05/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester one: 10/01/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester two: 23/05/2025 at 12:00 noon Informatics UndergraduatePostgraduateSemester one: 10/01/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester two: 30/05/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester one:10/01/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester two: 30/05/2025 at 12:00 noon Mathematics UndergraduatePostgraduateSemester one: 06/01/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester two: 26/05/2025 at 12:00 noonSummer reassessments: 18/08/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester one: 06/01/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester two: 26/05/2025 at 12:00 noonSummer reassessments: 18/08/2025 at 12:00 noon Physics and Astronomy UndergraduatePostgraduateSemester one: 10/01/2025 at 12:00 noonSemester one: 10/01/2025 at 12:00 noon This article was published on 2024-09-12
