London Metropolitan is required to make sure that all students receiving U.S. financial aid are registered on an eligible programme of study and maintaining a minimum level of academic progress. This policy outlines a number of specific points which applies to all students in receipt of Federal loans (also known as “financial aid” and “Title IV aid”). In registering, students agree to be bound by the Academic Regulations and associated policies and procedures. These Regulations incorporate the key progression criteria and are summarised below. Full Regulations are available here. In addition, U.S. Federal regulations (34CFR 668.16, 668.32, 668.34, 446.42) require that all students, who are in receipt of U.S. Federal Student Aid, must maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP). Failure to do so can result in the loss of eligibility to receive further funding. SAP will be checked at the end of the term.
Measuring SAP Qualitative requirement (Grades)
To access quality of academic work using standards measurable against a norm. Students must achieve minimum standard as required by the Academic Department. Minimum standards should be equivalent of at least a Lower Second-Class degree for undergraduate courses (40%), at least a pass for postgraduate taught courses (50%) and at least at the level to allow a postgraduate research student to progress to the next research degree stage, it is cumulative. These minimum grades will need to be achieved to ensure that students are compliant with SAP and eligible to receive Title IV aid / Financial aid. Academic progression requirements can be found here for undergraduate students and here for postgraduate students.
Quantitative Requirement (Pace)
Students must progress through their course at a pace which ensures that they will graduate within the maximum timeframe. The maximum timeframe for completion is 150 per cent of the published length of the course as measured in credit hours. The School takes each year of full-time undergraduate study to equal 120 UK credits and 180 UK credits for postgraduate study according to the Higher Education Credit Framework for England.