Penalties for late submission of coursework

Planning, time-management and the meeting of deadlines are part of the personal and professional skills expected of all graduates. For this reason, UCL expects students to submit all coursework by the published deadline date and time, after which penalties will be applied.

If you experience something which prevents you from meeting a deadline that is sudden, unexpected, significantly disruptive and beyond your control, you should submit an Extenuating Circumstances (EC) claim via Portico. If the request is accepted, you may be granted an extension. If the deadline has already passed, the late submission may be condoned i.e. there will be no penalty for submitting late.

  • If your work is submitted within two working days after the deadline, a penalty of 10 percentage marks, i.e. 10 marks, but no lower than the Pass mark of 40 (or 50 for modules at Level 7) will be applied. For example, if the submission deadline is 17.00 and you submit at 18.00 on the same day, a mark of 68 would become a mark of 58 after the penalty.
  • If your work is submitted more than two working days but less than five working days after the deadline, your work will be capped at a Pass mark, i.e. 40 (or 50 for a Level 7 module), assuming the work merits a Pass. For example, if you submitted work at 16.00 four days after the deadline, you would be awarded a mark of 40 for modules at Levels 4-6 or a mark of 50 for modules at Level 7. If your work does not warrant a Pass mark, the Fail mark will be recorded.
  • If your work is submitted more than five working days late but within one calendar month of the published deadline, you will be awarded a mark of 1.
  • If your work is submitted more than one calendar month after the published deadline, or two weeks before the Board of Examiners considers the marks for the assessment, whichever is the earlier date, you will be awarded a mark of zero.
  • If coursework is submitted late and is also over-length, the greater of the two penalties will apply.
  • Where there are extenuating circumstances that have been recognised by the UASc Extenuating Circumstances Panel, these penalties will not apply until the agreed mitigation period has been exceeded.

Further information on extenuating circumstances, including details on where and when to submit the form, can be found in the Arts and Sciences Student Handbook.

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