General Regulations
Academic Regulations
- Regulations for the award of Doctor of Science (DSc) 2025-2026 [pdf]
- Regulations: Doctor in Engineering (EngD) Non-Destructive Evaluation 2025-2026 [pdf]
- Regulations: Doctor in Engineering (EngD) Nuclear Engineering 2025-2026 [pdf]
- Regulations: Doctor in Engineering (EngD) QNDE 2025-2026 [pdf]
- Regulations: Doctor in Engineering (EngD) Water Engineering 2025-2026 [pdf]
- Regulations for the award of MD(Res) 2025-26 [pdf]
- Regulations for the awards of MPhil and PhD 2025-26 [pdf]. These regulations apply to all MPhil and PhD students, effective 01 September 2025. Students registered before September 2021 follow their existing milestone deadlines.
Details of the agreed changes to these regulations from 2024/2025 can be found at: Changes to Academic Regulations (Research) 2025.2026
If you need to review regulations from a previous year, please see the regulations archive.
Posthumous and Aegrotat Postgraduate Research Degrees
Policy for the Award of Posthumous and Aegrotat Postgraduate Research Degrees [pdf]
Guidance for above policy for staff is available from the Quality Assurance and Enhancement Team. Please email quality@imperial.ac.uk
Regulations for Students
Please note that this regulatory document which applied to all students previously was rescinded from 2024.2025. Details of the relevant continuing regulations/terms of registration that were previously included in this document can be found in the Regulations for Students (rescinded) mapping document.