Policies and regulations
Find out about Kingston University's policies and regulations.
About our policies and regulations
Kingston University provides a transparent and comprehensive framework for students and staff through its policies and regulations. Covering academic, health and wellbeing aspects, these guidelines ensure a supportive and fair environment for everyone. The policies also reflect a commitment to sustainability, ethics and integrity, promoting a culture of excellence and accountability.
Students can access updated policies, including changes for 2025/26, to ensure alignment with academic standards and institutional values. Key updates are rigorously reviewed by the Academic Council, featuring elected academic staff and student representation.
For tailored advice, students can contact Kingston Students' Union at [email protected] or their personal tutor.
Please note that these are our standard regulations and policies and so students should also refer to their programme documentation where any non-standard regulations will be explained.
If any employee or worker of the University wishes to report any concerns or issues with the implementation of any of the University's policies or regulations they should refer to the University's Whistleblowing Policy.
Accessible documents: Please contact the Information Centre (in each campus library) or Kingston Students' Union Advice Centre if you find any aspect of these regulations difficult to understand or if you need an accessible version.
General regulations (GR)
2026/27
- GR1: General student regulations 2026/27 (PDF)
- GR1: Appendix 1 - student code of conduct 2026/27 (PDF)
- GR1b: Making changes to your enrolment status, interruption or withdrawal >
- GR2: Student complaints procedure >
- GR3: Student conduct and behaviour procedure >
- GR4: Fitness to practise (student conduct, health and disability) 2026/27 (PDF)
- GR5: Changes to academic provision – communication with students and applicants 2026/27 (PDF)
- GR6: Student protection plan – effective from 27 August 2025 (PDF)
Academic regulations (AR)
2026/27
- AR1: Awards of the University 2026/27 (PDF)
- AR2: Undergraduate regulations 2026/27 (PDF)
- AR3: Postgraduate regulations 2026/27 (PDF)
- AR4: Research regulations 2026/27 (PDF)
- AR5: Mitigating circumstances and extensions regulations >
- AR6 and AR7: Academic integrity >
- AR8 and AR9: Academic appeals >
- AR10: Degree apprenticeship regulations 2026/27 (PDF)
- AR11: Honorary awards 2026/27 (PDF)
- AR11: Honorary Awards nomination form (Word)
- AR12: Conduct of examinations regulations 2026/27 (PDF)
- AR13: Professional doctorate regulations – Doctor of Education (EdD) 2026/27 (PDF)
- AR14: Student mobility 2026/27 (PDF)
- AR16: Exceptional arrangements (force majeure) 2026/27 (PDF)
Academic policies (AP)
2026/27
- AP1: Admissions policy 2026/27 (PDF)
- AP2: Student pregnancy, maternity and becoming a parent during study policy 2026/27 (PDF)
- AP2: Annex B - Student pregnancy, maternity and becoming a parent during study - study plan template 2026/27 (Word doc)
- AP3: Academic quality and standards policy 2026/27 (PDF)
- AP5: Recording of Teaching >
- AP6: Academic flexibility plan (Word)
- AP6a: Academic flexibility – sporting activities 2026/27 (PDF)
- AP6b: Academic flexibility – arts and culture 2026/27 (PDF)
- AP8: Policy for making changes to scheduled learning and teaching activities 2026/27 (PDF)
- AP10: Examinations scheduling policy 2026/27 (PDF)
- AP11: Religion and belief 2026/27 (PDF)
- AP12: Timetabling and scheduling 2026/27 (PDF)
- AP13: Student transfer policy 2026/27 (PDF)
- AP14: Fairness in assessment 2026/27 (PDF)
- AP15: University attendance policy 2026/27 (PDF)
- AP16: Retention of assessed work 2026/27 (PDF)
Academic guidance (AG)
2026/27
- AG1: University level and outcome classification descriptors 2026/27 (PDF)
- AG2: Guidance on Editorial Help for Student Assessment 2026/27 (PDF)
- AG4: Guide to good research practice 2026/27 (PDF)
- AG5: Provision of academic references for students 2026/27 (PDF)
- AG8: Procedures for dealing with misconduct in research staff 2026/27 (PDF)
Student life, health and wellbeing
- Accessible copies of resources procedure (PDF)
- Gender identity and expression policy (PDF)
- Missing student procedure (PDF)
- Refund and compensation policy (PDF)
- Report + Support – Kingston University >
- Safeguarding policy (PDF)
- Sexual misconduct policy and procedure (PDF)
- Student death and serious incident procedure (PDF)
- Suicide prevention strategy (PDF)
- Wellness to study – compulsory study break and withdrawal procedure (PDF)
Other policies
- Commitment to the Bologna Process (PDF)
- External Speakers Policy
- Freedom of Speech Code of Practice
- Intellectual property rights: Staff (PDF)
- Intellectual property rights: Students (PDF)
- Kingston University publications policy (PDF)
- Police protocol (PDF)
- Research data management policy (PDF)
- Research metrics principles (PDF)
- Rights Retention (PDF)
- UKVI sponsored student attendance & engagement policy (PDF)
Non-academic policies
Course changes
To improve your student experience, and the quality of your degree, it is sometimes necessary to make changes to a course. Our degree courses are reviewed regularly to ensure they meet expected standards and keep up with developments in the subject. View the course changes page to find out more.
Mental Health and Wellbeing Framework
Kingston University is committed to supporting the health and wellbeing of our community. We aim to create a supportive and inclusive environment where students are provided with a range of accessible services, activities and interventions to help them succeed while studying with us.
We recognise there are times when students may struggle due to the demands of studying and other pressures in their lives. We have developed this Mental Health and Wellbeing Framework to set out our whole institution commitment to protecting the wellbeing of students and staff. Our framework is aligned with the Student Minds University Mental Health Charter for which we are a Programme Member.
Our approach includes resources and interventions to enhance mental fitness, encourage healthy behaviours, and empower students to manage their own mental health and wellbeing. Students are enabled to access appropriate wellbeing support if they need it through a combination of internal services and external partnerships.
Contact the Academic Registry
If you have questions about the University's policies and regulations, please email us.
Please also email us if you need to request an older policy or regulation that might not be listed on this page.
