Readmission of former students
The readmission process is for former students who are requesting permission to be readmitted to study, having previously chosen to withdraw or having been withdrawn for reasons other than academic failure or disciplinary exclusion.
It does not apply to students who have failed their programme and wish to be readmitted to the same programme of study, or one with substantial content overlap. Students that have failed or received a lower exit award will be required to follow the academic appeals process.
Not every application for readmission requires Special Cases approval.
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, other than where triggered by failure of the programme or failure to progress, must, if approved by the Board of Studies concerned, 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prior to programme failure, can be considered as transfers by Special Cases provided the student has not yet been withdrawn from their programme and provided that the department the student has requested to transfer into is willing to offer a place to the student (see section 6.6 of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 Case Policy).
Special Cases approval is required 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.
Students whose enrolment at York has been terminated through failure to progress, and have had a new application accepted to a programme with content overlap, will be considered by Special Cases as exceptional readmission provided there is evidence that the circumstances leading to programme failure have substantially changed.
Students who have voluntarily withdrawn from York, and have had a new application accepted to the same programme or one with content overlap, will be considered by Special Cases as exceptional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.