Frequently Asked Questions

The Timetable on my Phone service has been upgraded to include personalised exam timetable information for future exam diets. This is an important ‘next step’ in the University’s ambition to deliver a comprehensive personalised timetable service through your Office365 calendar.

Many of you will have already accessed your personalised teaching timetable through this service, in which case your exam timetable details will simply be added to your existing calendar. If you haven’t, don’t worry – simply go to the Timetable on my Phone webpage, where information and guidance can be found:

Information Services - Timetable on My Phone

Please note that, as some larger exams are split across multiple venues, it’s important to note the specific exam venue noted in your personal calendar.

Please contact the Examinations Office on examinations@ed.ac.uk with any queries regarding your timetable

Personalised Examination Timetable can be viewed in the following systems and applications:

Office365

Provides a personalised exam timetable

Exam Web Timetables

Allows you to find the date, time and locations of your exams

We have over 46,000 records being published to Office 365, please be patient while this is sent to all students who have exams.  If they do not appear in your timetable. please e-mail examinations@ed.ac.uk please include your matriculation number, the course code and the title of the exams you are sitting.  We can then investigate and reply to you.

You should contact your school office in the first instance; they will confirm if you have an exam. If the exam is to be timetabled the school will inform Student Administration, who will then update the timetable.

Changes can occur to the timetable, therefore please ensure that you recheck your exam details on a regular basis and immediately prior to your examination(s).

If an examination changes, it will be highlighted in blue on the timetable.

Please check your course enrolments - if they should be amended please contact  the Course Secretary for both exams or your school office.

Once you have undertaken the above step and you still have a clash, you should contact examinations@ed.ac.uk

No, you are not required to register for a resit. Please note there is a fee attached to resitting an exam or a resubmission of coursework.

Yes. A re-examination fee is payable by students for entry to the re-examination diet and/or coursework/essay resubmission assessment. The Scholarships and Student Funding Services site has more information.

Scholarships and Student Funding Services - Additional fees

There will be no reassessment fees for undergraduate students resitting exams during the August 2020 examination diet.

For more information, please use the link https://www.ed.ac.uk/tuition-fees/policy/undergraduate/reassessment-fees/2019-2020

You should contact your school office in the first instance. The school should then contact Examinations to confirm that the exam was a first sit attempt.

You may have had a coursework/essay resubmission assessment. You are required to pay for the resubmission. The Scholarships and Student Funding Services site has more information.