Students can access the past examinations database via the "my.exams" tab.
Students are automatically signed up the Past Papers Database channel on the portal. You will require a student username and password to access the portal.
Staff can access to the past examinations database via the portal via the "my.skills" tab. You will require a staff username and password to access the portal.
The past examinations database is available to all students and staff and can be accessed via the portal. It holds the last five years of main exam papers.
Supplementary exam papers are not available online.
Schools or departments may request that some papers are not published online. These papers will not be available to view.
The database only contains exam papers for centrally-managed exams: no assessments managed by departments are available to view on the database.
The database provides a search facility which allows you to search for assessment code, title and module title.
For students the database provides a list of all past exam papers linked to the modules that registered against your student ID.
The easiest way to search for a paper is to do so by assessment code (sometimes called the ‘exam code’).
The assessment code should be typed in full into the assessment code field, for example A12345.
You can also search by the title of the exam paper.
The most accurate search results are achieved by typing in the first few words of the title. You can see the titles of exam papers being sat this year by looking at the online timetable for your department. If, for example, you are looking for the exam paper called LC Enzymes & Metabolism and typed the word ‘Enzymes’ into the Assessment title field, any exam paper containing ‘Enzymes’ in its title will be returned in your search. But if you search for ‘LC Enzymes’ the only paper returned is LC Enzymes & Metabolism.
If you cannot find a paper that you believe should be published online, please contact the Examinations and Congregations Office by emailing exams@contacts.bham.ac.uk
If you experience any problems adding a channel to the portal, please cntact the helpdesk on 0121 414 7171.
5 years of past papers
Login to the portal to get access to the last five years of exam papers.
