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• Accredited Prior ‘Certified’ Learning (APCL): There is usually no charge for this within the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences.
• Accredited Prior ‘Experiential’ Learning (APEL): If your application is successful, you will be charged 25% of the normal rate per module for any modules that have been waived under the APEL process. This will be actioned if, and when, noting a successful APEL application against your student records with us.

The maximum number of credits that you can become exempt from is:

• 90 credits for a Master’s degree (or up to 120 credits of APCL for a Master’s degree where those 120 credits were studied at the 黑料不打烊)
• 60 credits for a Postgraduate Diploma
• 30 credits for a Postgraduate Certificate
• The structure of modules within each programme may also restrict what you can APL

There are a number of requirements that you have to fulfil in order for previous learning or experience to be suitable for applying for APL:

1. Your learning or experience must have been achieved within the past 5 years.
2. If you want to use courses for APCL that you have taken in the past these must be at an appropriate level compared to the course you want to study at this university. For example, only Master’s level modules can count towards modules on an MSc at this university.
3. You cannot use learning from modules for APCL more than once. If you have already used experience gained from modules at another institution for APCL purposes, you must have new experiences or new accredited learning to be able to APCL modules here.
4. You must have evidence of your prior learning or experience, for example for APCL, original certificates and transcripts for programmes you have studied, and in some cases, you may be asked to submit pieces of your assessed course work to support an application. For APEL, please provide work records provided by your employer showing your experience. If such documentation is not in English you must provide a translation from an academic or professional source.
5. If you have prior relevant learning of an appropriate level you must remember that you are not permitted to reproduce assessed work that has already been submitted at another educational institution of any kind. This includes translations into English of assessed work you have submitted before. Although you are the author of this work, reusing such material in part or fully will be considered as plagiarism.
6. You cannot APL parts of modules. Check the size of the modules on the particular programme you wish to study as you may find that you cannot put all of the credits you would be able to APL to use, because they would only cover parts of a module.

Even if you are unable to match all of the ILOs for the module you wish to APL, it can still be worthwhile applying.

Please note, ILOs need to be attached for the Programme Director’s consideration of an APL request.

Credits or experiences that are older than 5 years are not usually allowed to be used for APL purposes.

You must hold credits at the same level as those from which you wish to become exempt. You can find out what level your credits are by checking your award transcript, usually sent to you with your award certificate. Usually, each module is listed showing how many credits they carry and what level they are. To be used on our Master’s programmes, they must be at a Master’s level. Usually, you will see an M suffix next to them, or they will be described as Level 7. If you are unsure, you should contact the awarding institution for more information.

For an APL application, we would require applicants to return the appropriate APCL/APEL form as a word document.

For an APCL application to be considered, we require applicants to also supply:

• a copy of their transcript to outline the modules/credits they have completed at their prior institution
• a copy of their certificate to confirm completion of these studies
• details of the Independent Learning Outcomes (ILOs) of the modules they are requesting APCL on the basis of.

These ILOs may be found in a module handbook, module descriptors or other documents that you received from the awarding institution.

To consider an APEL application, we would require applicants to supply a portfolio of documents to outline and explain the experience they have completed. The type of evidence you supply may depend on the experience you have undertaken, but this may include a reflective diary, project descriptors and confirmation of experience, for example. 

Each application has to go through an approval process involving the Programme Director, the Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor for Education (APVCE) and the Dean of Taught Students. The length of time this will take depends on the availability of each person at each stage of the process. 

For APCL, we would hope to have an application fully approved within a month. APEL applications may take significantly longer to process as the Programme Director has to individually assess each portfolio.

Please note that the time taken to process an application is also dependent on the full receipt of information on previous studies or experience; additional information may also be requested, so we would encourage applicants to keep an eye on their inbox during this time.

You will be emailed as soon as your application has completed the approval process. This will provide you with formal notification of credit exemption. If the information submitted with your application is not sufficient, then you will be contacted and given the opportunity to rectify this.

Your course fees will be adjusted to reflect any module exemptions. You will not have to pay for any modules that you are formally exempt from.

If the previous credits you wish to use for exemption are credits from the 黑料不打烊, such as a PG Certificate, PG Diploma or standalone credits, we would still kindly ask that you complete this APCL process, following the steps as outlined below in our ‘How to apply for APCL’ FAQ. 

No, using APL to become exempt from modules will mean that you are not eligible to receive a PGT loan under the UK student finance system.

Do note that other regulations may apply in individual circumstances. We would always advise students that should check eligibility criteria from their own funding sources prior to submitting any APL request with us.

For further guidance around Masters funding and scholarships, alternative routes of funding, and scholarships and bursaries offered through the 黑料不打烊, please see our dedicated funding pages here.

If you use APCL form previous study at the 黑料不打烊, the marks from your individual APCL modules will contribute towards the calculation of the mark for your total qualification. The individual APCL modules and their marks will be down on your transcript.

Where your APCL is from another institution, the marks from your prior learning will not contribute towards the calculation of the mark of your final qualification. In this case, your APCL will only contribute credits. The overall mark for your final qualification will be calculated on the basis of the new modules which you study at the 黑料不打烊.

Your final transcript will show an aggregate of the total number of APCL credits used – individual modules and marks used for APCL will not be shown.

There are no marks associated with APEL, so only the credits will contribute towards your 黑料不打烊 qualification, as is the case for APCL from another institution. 

You should think about APL at around the same time as you apply for the course. All APL requests should be submitted once you have made an application to study on your programme of interest and should be made before the start of your course.

Please read all the FAQs to ensure you are eligible before submitting your APEL request with us.

If you have read all the FAQs but have questions, then please contact us. Ensure that you provide details of the programme you are applying for and the modules from which you wish to be exempt.

Please find the APEL application form here.

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Step 1: Complete the relevant application form (the APEL application form, as linked above). Compile your supporting evidence (as detailed in the ‘What paperwork do I need’ FAQ). Remember to include details of how you can be contacted.

Step 2: Once you have applied to your programme of interest, email your completed APEL application form (as a word document) and portfolio of evidence to HLSEnquiries@exeter.ac.uk.

Step 3: Keep an eye on your emails in case we get in touch to request further information to consider your APEL application.

Step 4: When receiving confirmation of a successful APEL application, details of the APEL fee will also be sent over. Applicants will be required to pay the APEL fee as specified.

Please read all the FAQs to ensure you are eligible before submitting your APCL request with us.

If you have read all the FAQs but have questions, then please contact us. Ensure that you provide details of the programme you are applying for and the modules from which you wish to be exempt.

Please find the APCL application form here.

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Step 1: Complete the relevant application form (the APCL application form, as linked above). Compile your supporting evidence (as detailed in the ‘What paperwork do I need’ FAQ). Remember to include details of how you can be contacted.

Step 2: Once you have applied to your programme of interest, email your completed APCL application form (as a word document) and portfolio of evidence to HLSEnquiries@exeter.ac.uk. 

Step 3: Keep an eye on your emails in case we get in touch to request further information to consider your APCL application.