General
1.1. No person shall be presented for a degree unless he or she:
(1) has paid all the sums due from him or her to the University;
(2) has fulfilled the academic requirements for the degree, except in so far as dispensed from them;
(3) has completed the periods of residence required for the degree, except in so far as dispensed from them;
(4) has a grace from his or her college, society, Permanent Private Hall, or other designated institution in the form given in the Regulations of Congregation for the Conduct of Ceremonies, and each Dean or other appropriate officer has given to the Registrar before the ceremony a list signed by him or her of the candidates to whom the college, society, hall, or other designated institution has given a grace.
1.2. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Regulations for Examinations or any other relevant regulation, persons may supplicate more than once for the same degree provided that each subsequent supplication relates to a different subject for which they have fulfilled the relevant examination requirements.
(2) Any person who, under the provisions of the Regulations for Examinations or any other relevant regulation, has satisfied the examiners or is granted permission to supplicate for a degree which has already been conferred upon him or her, and has satisfied all other necessary requirements laid down by statute or regulation for the award of the degree, shall, if he or she so requests, be issued with a certificate to the effect that he or she has satisfied the requirements for the award of the degree in question.
Conferring degrees in absence
1.3. Any degree of the University may be conferred upon a person who is not present to receive the degree, under the conditions prescribed by these regulations, if the candidate, having satisfied all the conditions laid down for the degree for which he or she desires to supplicate and having obtained the grace of his or her college, society, hall, or other designated institution, supplicates for the grace of Congregation.
1.4. Persons so admitted to degrees in absence shall pay such fees as are prescribed by Council by regulation.
Conversion of BLitt, BPhil, and BSc to MLitt, MPhil, and MSc
1.5. (1) Any person on whom the Degree of Bachelor of Letters or Bachelor of Philosophy (in a subject other than Philosophy) has been conferred may apply to the Registrar through his or her college, society, hall, or other designated institution for the redesignation of the title of his or her degree to that of Master of Letters or of Master of Philosophy respectively.
(2) On receipt of such an application, the Registrar shall issue a revised degree certificate and amend his or her records accordingly.
1.6. (1) Any person on whom the Degree of Bachelor of Science has been conferred may apply to the Registrar through his or her college, society, hall, or other designated institution for the redesignation of the title of his or her degree to that of Master of Science.
(2) On receipt of such an application, the Registrar shall issue a revised degree certificate and amend his or her records accordingly.
Incorporation
1.7. These regulations govern incorporation of degrees. Incorporation results in a student or member of staff of the University being admitted to a University of Oxford degree (having the degree 'conferred') that is considered to be equivalent to one that they hold from either the University of Cambridge or University of Dublin.
1.8. (1) Where an applicant for incorporation has more than one eligible degree only their highest degree will be considered.
(2) The standing of a student incorporated as a Bachelor of Arts is counted from the date of their matriculation at the University of Cambridge or University of Dublin. This allows the eligibility of such students for the Oxford Master of Arts to be determined.
(3) Applicants who are students of the University must be matriculated as a member of the University (either in person or in absence) or have been provisionally matriculated, and must pay the matriculation fee before supplicating in Congregation for Incorporation.
(4) Applicants who are students of the University must pay an incorporation fee. Applicants who are staff of the University are exempt from this fee.
(5) Students are admitted to degrees by incorporation in absence at a meeting of Congregation (degree ceremony).
1.9. (1) Degrees eligible for incorporation from the University of Cambridge are: Bachelors of Arts, Masters of Arts, Bachelors of Divinity, Doctors of Divinity, Masters of Engineering, Masters of Natural Sciences (incorporated degree to be Master of Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics), Bachelors of Law (incorporated Degree Bachelor of Civil Law), Doctors of Law (incorporated degree Doctor of Civil Law), Bachelors of Medicine, Doctors of Medicine, and Masters of Surgery, Doctor of Letters, Doctor of Music, Doctor of Music, Doctor of Philosophy, and Doctor of Science.
(2) Degrees eligible for incorporation from the University of Dublin are: Bachelors of Arts, Masters of Arts, Bachelors of Divinity, and Doctors of Divinity, Doctor of Literature (incorporated degree Doctor of Letters), Doctor of Music, Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of Science.
1.10. (1) Applications for incorporation must be submitted in writing to the Degree Conferrals Office on behalf of the applicant by the Head of a College, Private Hall, or Society.
(2) The application must be accompanied by an appropriate degree conferral certificate.
(3) Applicants for incorporation holding a Masters of Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge may be required to submit a degree transcript to allow determination of the correct award.
(4) The application for incorporation must be made no later than the end of the eighth week of a student's term of provisional matriculation and at least thirty days before the meeting of Congregation (degree ceremony) at which the degree is to be incorporated.
(5) The Academic Registrar has final responsibility for deciding whether applications are eligible for incorporation and which degree is appropriate. In most cases decisions will be delegated to the Student Registry and Degree Conferrals Office.
