Withdrawal from the College means that you are leaving the College with no intention of returning, the following page may give clearer guidance on what this means for you.
Please be aware the information listed on this page is for current continuing students and new students with an enrolment status of Fully or Temporarily enrolled.
If you would like to:
*Please note that it is not always possible for us to comply with your request.
You need to contact your Admissions team directly by contacting us through your applicant portal, or by email and include:
Please ensure you email your request using the email account you applied from. If somebody is emailing on your behalf, they must be listed as a nominated person on your UCAS application you must have provided us consent by email.
Things to consider regarding the withdrawal process and its implications may include:
Students must speak to the appropriate person in their School/Institute (Student Support Officer or equivalent, Senior Tutor or Personal Tutor/Academic Advisor) requesting a withdrawal.
Check how withdrawing or transferring institutions will affect your current and future funding entitlement, and your tuition fee liability. If you are an international student, check how it will affect your permission to stay in the UK. Not all situations are the same, so the Advice and Counselling webpages explain how you will be affected, depending on your personal circumstances.
If, having read this guidance, you need more advice, please contact the Advice and Counselling Service for confidential one to one advice.
Please be aware that for most programmes there are two deadlines for submitting a withdrawal request. These are the day before the assessment period in January and the day before the assessment period in May. If you miss these deadlines you will normally have to be entered for examinations/assessments and would need to talk to your School/Institute about submitting extenuating circumstances if you are unable to attend/submit work.
The submission deadline will vary for a small number of programmes. Please seek advice from your School/Institute or from Student Records if you are unsure of the deadline for requesting to withdraw. Postgraduate students are also able to attend the May assessments and to withdraw prior to commencing their Project/Dissertation period.
Students considering a transfer to another institution are advised to contact the Admissions Office at that university for advice about their procedures and what action needs to be taken prior to completing the withdrawal form.
Students transferring from Queen Mary to another institution will receive a transcript in the form of a HEAR, including results for all modules taken and academic credit for all modules successfully completed up to the point of transfer. Where a student qualifies for an exit qualification, this will be made subject to the terms of the Academic Regulations. Upon transfer a student will cease to be a Queen Mary student and as such will no longer be eligible for further assessment, resits, or participation in other Queen Mary activities.
For further guidance on the implications of transferring to another institution you can read more guidance on the Advice and Counselling service webpages regarding this.
From Monday 16th September 2024 you will be able to submit a withdrawal request via your MySIS account. You will need to use Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) to log in to your account, support regarding MFA can be found at: Multi-Factor Authentication.
Once logged into MySIS you should see a menu item along the top labelled 'Change of Circumstances' should this option not show, please try clicking the 'More Options...' tab to reveal it. Once on the 'Change of Circumstance' page you will see support and guidance as well the 'Withdrawal 'button to start your request. Once submitted you will also be able to view the progress of your withdrawal by using the 'Change of Circumstance page'.
Email communications regarding your request will be sent to both your personal and Queen Mary University of London email address.
The above information on submitting a withdrawal request relates to both Undergraduate & Postgraduate students requesting a withdrawal from the 16th September 2024 and onwards. Forms submitted prior to this date using the the previous word document will still be processed and students will not need to submit a new request.
Associate students only should continue to use the below withdrawal form. This will need to be signed by your department, to find contact details please see our student support contacts page.
For guidance on the implications of withdrawal