Allowable degree credit options 2024-25
In the charts below you will find a list of allowable Degree Credit options by department.
These charts are accurate to the best of our knowledge, but the final decision on Degree Credit options rests with your department. Some specific degree programmes may also have certain restrictions. If you have any queries regarding your options, please contact your departmental administrator.
You may take a module for Extra Credit or Non-Credit each year you are studying as an undergraduate at Imperial College London.*
*Exceptions
- MBBS and BMB students in Year 3, and MBBS students in Years 5 & 6, are not permitted to take Horizons modules due to clashes with clinical/lab placements or final year projects
- MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Management students in Year 4 are not permitted to take Horizons modules due to clashes with their core degree.
For information on the different credit statuses, please see Taking a module for credit.
Department | Year of study & Degree programme | Modules | Compulsory or Elective? |
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Aeronautics |
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Compulsory |
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Aeronautics |
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Elective |
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Bioengineering |
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I-Explore (Year 3) | Compulsory |
Chemical Engineering |
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I-Explore (Year 3) | Compulsory |
Civil Engineering |
|
I-Explore (Year 3) | Compulsory |
Computing |
|
I-Explore (Year 3) | Compulsory |
Computing |
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Imperial Horizons (Years 3 & 4) | Elective |
Dyson School of Design Engineering |
|
I-Explore (Year 2) | Compulsory |
Dyson School of Design Engineering |
|
Imperial Horizons (Years 3 & 4) | Elective |
Earth Science & Engineering |
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I-Explore (Year 3) | Compulsory |
Electrical & Electronic Engineering |
|
I-Explore (Year 3) | Compulsory |
Materials |
|
I-Explore (Year 3) | Compulsory |
Mechanical Engineering |
|
I-Explore (Year 3) | Compulsory |
Department | Year of study & Degree programme | Modules | Compulsory or Elective? |
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Chemistry |
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Imperial Horizons (Year 1) Languages modules only | Elective |
Chemistry |
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Imperial Horizons (Year 2) | Elective |
Chemistry |
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I-Explore (Year 3) | Compulsory |
Life Sciences |
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I-Explore (Year 2) | Compulsory |
Mathematics |
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I-Explore (Year 2) | Compulsory |
Mathematics |
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Imperial Horizons (Years 3 & 4) except Languages & the Change Makers Independent Project | Elective |
Physics |
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Imperial Horizons (Year 1) Languages modules only | Elective |
Physics |
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I-Explore (Year 2) | Compulsory |
Physics |
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Imperial Horizons (Years 3 & 4) | Elective |
Department | Year of study & Degree programme | Modules | Compulsory or Elective? |
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School of Medicine |
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I-Explore (Year 2) | Compulsory |
School of Medicine |
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I-Explore (Year 2) | Compulsory |
Department | Year of study & Degree programme | Modules | Compulsory or Elective? |
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Business School |
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I-Explore (Year 3) | Compulsory |
*Please note that 2nd and 3rd years taking Horizons modules as part of I-Explore, and 3rd, 4th and 5th years taking Horizons modules for Degree Credit, are NOT permitted to take Level 1 Languages.
These charts are accurate to the best of our knowledge, but the final decision on 'degree credit' options rests with your department. Some specific degree programmes may also have certain restrictions. If you have any queries regarding your options, please contact your departmental administrator.