First year undergraduate students

You should email the Admissions Office on ug-ad@exeter.ac.uk to discuss your request if you are a first-year undergraduate student wishing to transfer:

· into year 1 of a new programme in the next academic year; or

· to a different programme within year 1

Following this discussion, you are required to also discuss your request with your academic tutor or your current college through your Hub/Info Point: http://www.exeter.ac.uk/students/infopoints/ .

It is also advisable that you discuss your request with the Students’ Guild or Students’ Union to ensure you are aware of all/any implications of changing any aspects of your study. Please note that if you are not able to answer ‘yes’ to the question ‘I have read and understood the information contained in the Changes to programme section of the Info Points website’ and the question ‘I have consulted my academic tutor or my college through my Hub/Info Point’, your change of programme form will be closed and you will be asked to re-submit it once you can answer yes.

Then please complete the online form by logging into SID Online using your username and password. For guidance on how to log a change of programme SID enquiry, please see the Student Change of Programme Form Guide. The form will then be assigned to the relevant teams for approval.

If you are in your first year and you wish to transfer to a new programme from the start of year 2, refer to the information in the 'Other taught students' section, below.

Please note that programme change requests are dependent on several factors and are not automatically granted.

Other taught students

If you are not a first year undergraduate and wish to change your programme of study after initial registration, you should still discuss your request with your academic tutor or your current college through your Hub/Info Point: http://www.exeter.ac.uk/students/infopoints/ .

It is also advisable that you discuss your request with the Students’ Guild or Students’ Union to ensure you are aware of all/any implications of changing any aspects of your study.  Please note that if you are not able to answer ‘yes’ to the question ‘I have read and understood the information contained in the Changes to programme section of the Info Points website’ and the question ‘I have consulted my academic tutor or my college through my Hub/Info Point’, your change of programme form will be closed and you will be asked to re-submit it once you can answer yes.

Then please complete the online form by logging into SID Online using your username and password.

For guidance on how to log a Change of Programme SID enquiry, please see the Student Change of Programme Form Guide. The form will then be assigned to the relevant teams for approval.

Should you wish to transfer to/re-start year 1 on a new programme, you must contact the Admissions Office by email on ug-ad@exeter.ac.uk to discuss your request.

Please note that programme change requests are dependent on several factors and are not automatically granted.

Student Finance

If you are in receipt of funding from a government funding body (i.e. Student Finance England, Student Finance Wales, Student Finance Northern Ireland or the Student Awards Agency for Scotland), we will notify the relevant authority of any changes to your programme of study.

If you are changing to a programme of longer duration please check that grant/loan assistance can be extended to cover the longer course before you request the change. If you need any advice regarding the financial implications of changing your programme of study you can contact the Students' Guild Advice Unit.

International Students

If you are studying on a Student / Tier 4 Visa, your Change of Programme request must be approved by the Immigration Compliance team as well as your Hub. In some cases changing programme will affect your current visa.  For details please read the information available on our website.

If your request is not approved you will be notified of the reasons and offered further guidance. 

For advice on how changes of programme may affect your immigration status, contact International Student Support (visaadvice@exeter.ac.uk).

Note for students with current outstanding academic debt

In order to change programme, you will need to ensure all outstanding invoices are paid. A change of programme will not be processed if you currently have an outstanding academic related debt greater than £100 (tuition fees, library fees, resit fees, field trips or bench fees). Your completed form will be closed as unprocessed and you will be notified that the change cannot be processed. You will then be responsible for initiating the request again, once your debt is cleared.

Programmes requiring police checks or self-declaration forms

The following undergraduate programmes may require police checks/self-declaration forms.

• BMBS Medicine
• BSc Medical Imaging (Diagnostic Radiography)
• BSc Applied Psychology (Clinical)

For further information regarding police checks or self-declaration forms prior to joining a programme

• please see www.exeter.ac.uk/dbs or contact the Admissions Office.

Overseas

If police checks are required as a condition of entry to this programme and you have lived outside the UK for a continuous period of more than 6 months at any point during the last 5 years then you will be required to complete police checks or equivalent to cover the time spent in these countries.

For further information regarding police checks or self-declaration forms prior to joining a programme please see www.exeter.ac.uk/dbs or contact the Admissions Office.

Further Advice

You can also seek advice from:

Students’ Guild Advice Unit (Exeter Campuses) email advice@exeterguild.com

FXU Advice Service (Cornwall Campuses) email info@thesu.org.uk