UJ result codes: what F7, E1 and E2 mean

Result codes after exams: what they mean and what to do next

Last checked 11 October 2026. UJ's Academic Regulations do not contain a code table. They define the global result in words, and the letter codes below come from UJ's own warning and exclusion guide.

Outcome or code	What it means	What to do next
Pass	Exam mark of at least 40% and a final mark of at least 50%. Distinction is 75% or more.	Nothing.
Exam admission	You need a semester or year mark of at least 40% to write the exam.	Speak to your lecturer if you are refused.
Supplementary exam	Granted if your final mark is at least 40%, or your semester or year mark is at least 60%, or you got 50% but under 40% in the exam. Also granted if you need two semester modules (or one year module) or fewer to graduate.	Check your eligibility on uLink (you are responsible for checking). The mark is capped at 50%, there is no second supplementary, and the right lapses if unused.
Special or sick exam	For a missed exam with a valid reason.	Apply within 7 calendar days on uLink: Results > Sick/Deferred Exam application. No mark cap.
E1 / E2	Academic warning. This is not exclusion.	Use support services and get your results up before the next assessment.
F7 (undergraduate) / 7F (postgraduate)	Formal exclusion.	Apply to appeal online through uLink within your faculty's window, with evidence. Late appeals are not accepted.
E6 / F5 (postgraduate)	Warning plus a one-year extension (E6), or final warning plus a six-month extension (F5).	Speak to your supervisor. After F5, UJ evaluates for 7F.

UJ supplementary exam rules

From the UJ Academic Regulations and uLink guide (AR 9.5). Rules can change each year.

• Who gets one: your final mark is at least 40%, or your semester or year mark is at least 60%, or you got 50% but under 40% in the exam. You also get one if you need two semester modules (or one year module) or fewer to graduate.
• You check: your eligibility, the timetable and the venue are on uLink, and it is your job to check them.
• The mark is capped at 50%. There is no second supplementary, and the right lapses if you do not use it.
• If you are also excluded: write the supplementary and submit your appeal. Passing it does not lift the exclusion by itself.
• Missed an exam for a valid reason? That is a special or sick exam, not a supplementary. Apply within 7 calendar days on uLink (Results > Sick/Deferred Exam application). No mark cap.

Exclusion rules: failing a module twice (AR 6.6), or not being promoted for two years of study (AR 6.8). Promotion needs at least 60% of modules passed (AR 6.7).

Appeals: the Faculty Appeals Committee either allows readmission or confirms the exclusion, and its decision is final. If you are excluded but have a supplementary exam, you must write it and appeal. Passing it does not lift the exclusion automatically. Each faculty sets its own deadline; the mid-year 2025 window was 23 June to 13 July.

Conditions of readmission: valid for that year only, pass your first-semester modules, no module cancellation, attend any workshops. Breaking them means exclusion from the whole faculty.

Likely, from a 2019 internal table and possibly out of date: post-appeal result codes 1F/3F (undergraduate, November), 4F/5F (undergraduate, June), 6F/7F/8F (postgraduate, November). We have not confirmed these against current regulations.

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Source: UJ Academic Regulations 2026 (PDF) · UJ uLink: academic warning and exclusion guide · UJ Academic Discontinuation Appeals Process (PDF) · Official