Failing an Engineering degree.

Surely resitting would be cheaper? And do you mean you didn't get a 2:1 or did you completely flop the course?

Hello everyone, as title says, I failed my engineering degree and now I am completely lost of what to do. I am currently thinking of applying externally and resiting some exams to get at least a pass. Is it worth it? Or shall I just take what I've already got and apply for a different degree course?

Have anyone been in the same situation or know someone who've been?
Please, I need a good advise.

Firstly, uni degrees in the UK aren't the same as A Levels - you can't go back and take/retake extra credits to bump up your final mark. There is no concept of being an external candidate - either you're enrolled as a student at the uni, or you aren't. If you have been given your final result, then you have finished your degree and you are no longer enrolled as a student.

If your uni has not already offered you the option to resubmit your dissertation, then that won't be an option - although you could always go back and ask. At my uni, failing a diss would normally result in being offered a rework/resubmission over the summer (if the diss was salvageable) or a complete resubmission on a new topic the following year (if the current diss was entirely beyond the pale). You would only be failed and not be given the option to resubmit, if your teaching staff considered that you had no hope of ever passing it. Even then, if that's all you had failed, you would be offered an Ordinary (non-Honours) degree rather than just an outright fail. Did you fail other aspects such as coursework and exams?

Starting a new degree may not be feasible for a couple of reasons. Firstly, you probably won't get any Student Finance for a second degree (unless it was on the limited exemption list such as nursing or medicine). Secondly, your new uni would expect your academic reference to come for your recent uni. If you have outright failed your degree, this is unlikely to present you in a positive light.

If you can confirm with your current uni that they really are failing you with no option to retake/resubmit, then you just need to move on with your life. Uni isn't for everyone and whilst it feels like the worst thing in the world right now, you will make yourself a perfectly good life without a degree.

I failed my dissertation... So that kinda messed me up. Had several problems, but it's already late to cry over a broken glass. I need to think of a strategy to move on.

wait... there's engineering dissertations? Ffs one of the reasons I took it was to avoid dissertations completely. What engineering branch was this?

wait... there's engineering dissertations? Ffs one of the reasons I took it was to avoid dissertations completely. What engineering branch was this?

Firstly, uni degrees in the UK aren't the same as A Levels - you can't go back and take/retake extra credits to bump up your final mark. There is no concept of being an external candidate - either you're enrolled as a student at the uni, or you aren't. If you have been given your final result, then you have finished your degree and you are no longer enrolled as a student.

If your uni has not already offered you the option to resubmit your dissertation, then that won't be an option - although you could always go back and ask. At my uni, failing a diss would normally result in being offered a rework/resubmission over the summer (if the diss was salvageable) or a complete resubmission on a new topic the following year (if the current diss was entirely beyond the pale). You would only be failed and not be given the option to resubmit, if your teaching staff considered that you had no hope of ever passing it. Even then, if that's all you had failed, you would be offered an Ordinary (non-Honours) degree rather than just an outright fail. Did you fail other aspects such as coursework and exams?

Starting a new degree may not be feasible for a couple of reasons. Firstly, you probably won't get any Student Finance for a second degree (unless it was on the limited exemption list such as nursing or medicine). Secondly, your new uni would expect your academic reference to come for your recent uni. If you have outright failed your degree, this is unlikely to present you in a positive light.

If you can confirm with your current uni that they really are failing you with no option to retake/resubmit, then you just need to move on with your life. Uni isn't for everyone and whilst it feels like the worst thing in the world right now, you will make yourself a perfectly good life without a degree.

Was there any indication from the uni that you were heading toward a low grade? Were your grades consistently low? Did you raise any concerns with the uni? Did you have any extenuating circumstances? Are you currently registered as a student at the uni or have you officially left? Do you have any grounds for appeal?

wait... there's engineering dissertations? Ffs one of the reasons I took it was to avoid dissertations completely. What engineering branch was this?