Readmission of former students

Applications for admission received from students who have failed a University examination at another university shall be considered in the normal way, and may be accepted without reference to Special Cases.

Applications for admission from students whose enrolment with the University has been terminated as academically unsatisfactory, triggered by failure of the programme or failure to progress, must, if approved by the Board of Studies, be submitted as recommendations to Special Cases.

Students in poor academic standing, who have expressed a desire to transfer programme prior to programme failure, can be considered as transfers by Special Cases provided the student has not yet been withdrawn from their programme and provided that the department the student has requested to transfer into is willing to offer a place to the student (see section 6.6 of the Special Cases Progress Policy).

Special Cases approval is required in cases (1) and (2) below only where the student is seeking admission to the same programme, or one which has content overlap with a programme they studied previously at York, or if the student has already twice been admitted to a first year at York. Otherwise, they may be accepted directly by the Board of Studies concerned. 

1. Students whose enrolment at York has been terminated through failure to progress, and have had a new application accepted, will be considered by Special Cases as exceptional readmissions provided there is evidence that the circumstances leading to programme failure have substantially changed.
2. Students who have voluntarily withdrawn from York, and have had a new application accepted, will be considered by Special Cases as exceptional readmissions provided that the department is willing to offer a place to the student and where there is evidence that the circumstances leading to withdrawal have substantially changed.