On 7 May 2019 undergraduate programme codes are being updated

As part of the programme of improvements for fixing Portico, from 7 May 2019 the new regulations for undergraduate award classifications will be implemented in Portico by updating the last two digits of the associated programme codes. These changes will apply to the majority of undergraduate students that commenced the first year of their programme of study in 2018/19.

The purpose of these changes is to enable Portico to automatically calculate the correct award and classification outcomes for the appropriate cohort of students.

Changing programme codes in Portico whenever regulations are updated is standard procedure. On this occasion the last two digits of the programme codes that need to be updated will be changed to 18 to indicate they are associated with the 2018/19 regulations. For example BA English will change from UBAENGSING05 to UBAENGSING18 for all students in the first year of their programme in 2018/19. Students in the second year or higher will remain on the existing programme codes.

A list of the affected programmes with a mapping of the old and new codes is available for information. Programmes that will be exempt from these changes include the MBBS Medicine, all affiliate programmes, and any programmes that were withdrawn in 2017/18.

Over the next few weeks we will be making sure that the UCL systems that take programme information from Portico will continue to operate as expected when the programme codes are updated on 7 May.

While no action is required by staff in departments or faculties, it is important to note that from 7 May there will be two programme codes in effect for most undergraduate programmes until students on the existing codes complete their programmes of study. Programme titles will not be changing.

Contact email for further information: academicmodelproject@ucl.ac.uk