If you are deferring from the academic year

If you defer an assessment that you were due to submit during the academic year then you will instead be expected to take that assessment during the In-Year Resit and Deferral Period (IRDAP) in August. 

January Exams will be deferred to IRDAP in August. May/June Exams will be deferred to IRDAP in August. Coursework and other assessments will be deferred to a similar time - please contact the department teaching the course for specific deadlines. 

If you are deferring from the In-Year Resit and Deferral Period (IRDAP)

If you defer an assessment that you were due to submit during the In-Year Resit and Deferral Period (IRDAP) then you will instead be expected to take that assessment when it normally runs during the following academic year.

If it is an exam which normally takes place in January then you will take it in January. If it is an exam which normally takes place during May/June then you will take it during May/June. Coursework and other assessments will need to be submitted at the same time as students who are having teaching on that course - please contact the department teaching the course for specific deadlines. 

If you have repeat teaching

If you successfully apply for repeat teaching then your assessments will be automatically deferred to the academic year when you are due to have your repeat teaching (i.e. you will not be expected to take assessments for the courses where you have repeat teaching during IRDAP). For more information please visit Repeat Teaching.

Typically, General Course and GO LSE students follow the undergraduate pattern laid out above. However this is not always the case so please seek specific advice from the Dean of the General Course and Global Mobility.

Diploma students are expected to take deferred assessments according to the level of the course in which they deferred their assessment. 

• If you have deferred a course normally taken by undergraduate students (i.e. the course code follows the format XX1xx, XX2xx or XX3xx  then it will follow the pattern for undergraduate students laid out above. 
• If it is a course normally taken by postgraduate students (i.e. the course code follows the format XX4xx) then it will follow one of the relevant patterns for postgraduate students laid out below.

The information in this section refers to postgraduate students who have deferred postgraduate courses which are NOT IRDAP enabled. If you are taking an IRDAP enabled course please consult the section below. 

If you are deferring an assessment in a course which is not IRDAP enabled from the academic year when you had teaching

If you defer an assessment that you were due to submit during the academic year when you had teaching then you will instead be expected to take that assessment during the first postgraduate Resit and Deferral Period in January (RDAP1). 

January Exams will be deferred to RDAP1. May/June Exams will also be deferred to RDAP1. No matter when your exam was originally scheduled you will be expected to take it in January. Coursework and other assessments will be deferred to a similar time - please contact the department teaching the course for specific deadlines. 

If you are deferring from RDAP1 in January

If you defer an assessment that you were due to submit during the first postgraduate Resit and Deferral Period in January (RDAP1) then you will instead be expected to take that assessment during the second postgraduate Resit and Deferral Period in May/June (RDAP2).

Exams originally scheduled for January will be deferred to RDAP2. Exams originally scheduled for May/June will be deferred to RDAP2. No matter when you exam was originally scheduled you will be expected to take it in May/June. Coursework and other assessments will be deferred to a similar time - please contact the department teaching the course for specific deadlines. 

If you are deferring from RDAP2 in May/June

If you defer an assessment that you were due to submit during the second postgraduate Resit and Deferral Period in May/June (RDAP2) then you will instead be expected to take that assessment during the first Resit and Deferral Period in January of the following year (RDAP1). Deferrals out of RDAP2 go into RDAP1 the following year. 

Exams originally scheduled for January will be deferred to RDAP1. Exams originally scheduled for May/June will also be deferred to RDAP1. No matter when you exam was originally scheduled you will be expected to take it in January. Coursework and other assessments will be deferred to a similar time - please contact the department teaching the course for specific deadlines. 

The information in this section refers to postgraduate students who have deferred postgraduate courses which are IRDAP enabled course. If you have deferred a postgraduate course which is not IRDAP enabled please consult the section above. 

If you are deferring an assessment in an IRDAP enabled course from the academic year

If you defer an assessment that you were due to submit during the academic year then you will instead be expected to take that assessment during the In-Year Resit and Deferral Period (IRDAP) which ends in August. 

January Exams will be deferred to IRDAP in August. May/June Exams will be deferred to IRDAP in August. Coursework and other assessments will be deferred to a similar time - please contact the department teaching the course for specific deadlines. 

If you are deferring from the In-Year Resit and Deferral Period (IRDAP)

If you defer an assessment that you were due to submit during the In-Year Resit and Deferral Period (IRDAP) then you will instead be expected to take that assessment when it normally runs during the following academic year.

If it is an exam which normally runs during January then you will take it in January. If it is an exam which normally runs during May/June then you will take it during May/June. Coursework and other assessments will need to be submitted at the same time as students who are having teaching on that course - please contact the department teaching the course for specific deadlines. 

Please remember that IRDAP enabled postgraduate courses do not have assessments during RDAP1 or RDAP2 - they take place at the normal times during the academic year and during IRDAP only.