Exams + Assessments

Please click this link to see the document –Semester 2 Examinations-Assessments 2024-25 FAQ for Students

Please check this document on how to access your results.

You have PASSED IF

• You have passed if you have NO F, NP, I, IA, IS, W, FL, or D grades. Your Award Classification will only be calculated upon completion of your full programme, so it will not be shown unless you are finishing your programme at this exam session.

You have NOT PASSED IF

• If you have any F, NP, I, IA, IS, W, FL, or D grades, you will be notified via your student email about how to proceed, based on the decisions made by the Semester 2 Exam Board

EX beside a Grade or Exemptions Granted Academic Standing

• EX means you’ve passed that module and don’t need to repeat it (you’re exempt from repeating it)
• Exemptions Granted indicates that you are exempt from repeating the specific module that you got an EX for, but there are still be other modules to repeat based on your results.

• Students who need to repeat a module or have deferred modules will receive an email titled “Decision of the Semester 2 Exam Board” to their student email.
• This will provide details about the Exam Board’s decision regarding your repeat process.
• Please ensure that you can access and check your student email regularly.
• In all instances, if you have a query on any grades received, your Programme Teams/tutors should be your first port of call.

Students cannot progress to the next stage of their programme unless they have achieved all credits except in very exceptional circumstances where some students are allowed to carry up to 10 credits into the subsequent year.  This is decided on a case by case basis by the Exam Board.

If you have to repeat modules, you will be automatically registered for these repeats by the Exams Office (you will not need to register yourself).

The Exam Board will decide how you repeat a module and this could be in a variety of ways, ie via repeat projects (Autumn Repeat Projects), repeat examinations, repeat with attendance in the following year etc.  This is a decision of the Exam Board and is made on a case by case basis for every student.  The decision of the Exam Board is final.

• If you are repeating a project or exam, the cost is €25 per module if you’re which will be charged to your account when you’re registered for the repeat.
• For those who have to repeat with attendance, the cost depends on the number of credits you need to repeat. The fee for 2025/26 is €3,819 for all Level 7 + 8 programmes. To calculate your fee, divide this amount by 60 and multiply by the number of credits you’re repeating; ie, if you need to repeat 20 credits, the cost will be 3819 divided by 60 = 63.65 x 20 credits = €1,273

You can appeal the grades of the Exam Board.

Please click on http://www.iadt.ie/study/current-student-info/appeal-of-assessment-result for information on how to appeal and appeal forms

There is a fee for an appeal, €25 per module up to a maximum of €100.  This fee is refunded to you should your appeal be upheld. Payment for your appeal must be made via https://epay.iadt.ie/open

For information on how your GPA is calculated, please go to http://www.iadt.ie/study/current-student-info/exams-assessments/grade-point-average-gpa

Examinations + Assessment

Appeals

Deferrals

Your Faculty Admin Office should be your first port of call for any queries regarding your programme.

Contact details are:

Faculty of Film, Art + Creative Technologies

fact-office@iadt.ie

Faculty of Enterprise + Humanities

sylvia.wrynn@iadt.ie

Assessments / examinations are conducted in accordance with the IADT Marks and Standards document. Examination Procedures and Regulations are available here.

These vary from programme to programme. Your Lecturer, Year Tutor or Programme Chair will give you details about what is required of you during the year, and how each element contributes to your final grade for the year.

Continuous assessment is important, not only because it contributes to your grades for the year, but also because it provides an opportunity for feedback and discussion. This will help you to identify strengths and weaknesses and to adjust your studies accordingly. Work and projects prepared as part of your continuous assessment help you to develop your confidence and self-reliance skills, as well as your ability to manage your time, work with others, and to meet deadlines. You are required to meet deadlines – prompt feedback can only be provided when work is
prepared and submitted on time.

Only in exceptional circumstances may an extension of a deadline be permitted. Extensions must have the approval of the appropriate Lecturer. You will be informed regularly of your standing in relation to continuous assessment work. If your Lecturer has reasons to be concerned about your
academic standing in this regard, they will advise you of this.

You must retain your portfolios of continuous assessment work for presentation to Internal and/or External Examiners.

Many of our programmes require written examinations. Your Lecturers or Programme Chair will provide details. The detailed timetable for formal written examinations will be posted here at minimum four weeks of the start of the examinations. The general start and finish dates are set in advance – see the Student Calendar.

The regulations for the conduct of candidates during written examinations and the examinations timetable will be posted here. It is important that you read and understand these before sitting an examination.

Results posted online and transcripts are the only official communication of results between IADT and students. At the end of each year of study, results are presented to a formal Examination + Assessment Board, and ratified by the Academic Council. Provisional Examination results will be published online after the Examination Board Meeting (see here for dates).

Transcripts of results will be made available to students via Digitary Core via your student email address – it is important that you access this email address to receive your official transcript. More information is available here.

General queries relating to results after they have been posted can only be dealt with through the Examination Office. Examination results cannot be issued over the phone or to anyone other than you, the student. All communications regarding Examinations/Assessments (along with other official information) will be issued via your student email address so it is vital that you can access this and check your account regularly.