Information for affiliate students

1. How To Make Up Your
Programme

2. Affiliate Students
Similarities to Degree Students
• Same workload
• Same lectures
• Same seminar / tutorial groups
• Same rigorous examinations / assessment
• Same access to UCL facilities

3. Affiliate Students
Differences
• Credit transferred to your home institution
• No award of a UCL qualification
• No access to modules at other colleges of the
University of London

4. Sources of Information
• Study Abroad Guide: www.ucl.ac.uk/sag
• Notes for Affiliate Students and Module
Registration – Student User Guide
• International Student Support website:
www.ucl.ac.uk/iss/
• Portico – the Student Information System
• Affiliate Student Tutors
• Student Centre

5. Registering for Modules
• Must have enrolled first
• Terminology:
– Programme = course = programme of study
– Course = module = course unit = credit
– Most modules worth 3.5 or 4 US credits/7.5 ECTS
• Structure of an academic year (3 terms, exams
completed in the final term)
• Admitted to a Department (or Departments)

6. Registering for Modules
• Main department – at least 50% of workload
• Second department (if applicable) – at least 25%
of workload
• Other teaching departments

7. Registering for Modules
• Consult the Module lists provided by your
department/on departmental web pages
• Attend departmental induction (if jointly admitted
go to the first named department on your offer
letter)
• Follow instructions of ‘Notes of Affiliate Students’

8. Registering for Modules
• Check for timetable clashes
• Try out modules before confirming your selection
• Contact the Affiliate Student Tutor in the other
departments to discuss interest
• Register your selections on Portico: demonstration
on how Portico works and the module selection
facility

9. Portico – Login www.ucl.ac.uk/portico

10. Portico – Module Selection
• Click link to the My Studies page on the right hand
side
• Container called Module Selection

11. Portico

12. Portico

13. Portico

14. Portico

15. Portico

16. Portico

17. Portico

18. Portico

19. Registering for Modules
• Contact Affiliate Student Tutor(s) as necessary
upon arrival
• Meet the provisional deadline for confirming
module selection: 14th
October 2016
• Parent and teaching Departments confirm
selections

20. Registering for Modules
Things to remember
• You must take the same full-time workload as a
UCL degree student, unless special arrangements
agreed
• Your module selection is subject to departmental
approval
• Your approved module selection will appear on
your transcript

21. Assessment
• Varies between departments, so check with your
Affiliate Student Tutor/Portico record
• The modules listed on your Portico account will be
used to register you for assessment and
examinations
• All students are normally required to sit all
examinations and complete all coursework
– May have implications and may be recorded on your
transcript

22. Assessment
• The examination timetable is usually available
before the end of the second term
• Do not make travel arrangements prior to
examination timetable production
• Do not leave UCL before you have completed all
of your assessments / examinations
• Transcripts - produced by the Assessment and
Student Records
• Special assessment arrangements

23. Top Tips
• Ensure enrolment completed
• Attend Departmental meeting
• Register for modules online via Portico by 14th
October, making sure right number selected
• Ensure you take all the assessments
• Keep in touch with your home institution
• Enjoy your time at UCL!