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RESIDENCE AND KEEPING TERM
REGULATIONS FOR STUDENTS
1. It is necessary to reside for a minimum of nine terms to obtain a degree at Cambridge,
and the attention of all students is drawn to section 1.2, page 12 of The Students
Handbook published by the University of Cambridge. In order to keep term, and thus
have it counted as a term of residence, it is necessary to reside in Cambridge for nights
equivalent in number to those of Full Term. Any nights spent in residence during the
Residence Period before the beginning or after the end of Full Term may be counted
towards keeping term. Any nights spent away from Cambridge (see Regulations 8 to
14) must be made up either before or after the end of Full Term in the Residence Period
in order that term may be kept. Failure to comply with this University Regulation will
mean that a student may become ineligible to take examinations at the required time
and thus will not be able to proceed to a degree.
2. All students must come up not later than the first day of Full Term and they may not go
down before the last day of Full Term even though they may have kept term. Tutorial
permission is needed for any departure from this rule. First year students coming into
residence for their first term are usually required to come up two or three days before
the beginning of Full Term and will be notified of the date concerned in advance. All
Undergraduates must sign the Redit and Exeat Book each term at the Porters Lodge.
All Graduate students must contact the Graduate Secretary at the end of each term to
confirm that Residence has been kept.
3. Undergraduate students are normally permitted to reside during any part of the agreed
Residence Period but must state the dates on which they intend to go down and to return
into residence on the Terminal Exeat form circulated by the Domestic Manager. Any
changes in these dates must be reported immediately to the Domestic Manager. If it
appears desirable in a particular case, the Senior Tutor may require a student to go out
of residence when term has been kept.
4. Every student is held responsible for ensuring that the Term has been kept and for
confirming that this is so by signing the Redit/Exeat Book in the Porters Lodge.
5. All Junior Members must validate their personal information on CamSIS (Cambridge
Student Information System) at the start of every academic year and again when any
changes occur during the year (address, phone numbers etc).
THE TUTORS
6. Students below the status of Bachelor of Arts are required to call upon their Tutor,
without special summons, at the beginning and end of each term, within the period of
Full Term. Students with the status of Bachelor of Arts and above are required to call
upon their Tutor, without special summons, once in each term.
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