Wits result codes explained: what MRNM means

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

Last checked 11 October 2026. Wits shows a course result for each course and an overall result for your year. The official lists are in the Wits Readmission procedures booklet (2025/2026) and the Health Sciences student information document (2024). Other faculties' rules books give the rules but no code table, so the course codes below are confirmed for Health Sciences and likely to be used the same way elsewhere. If your faculty is different, check with your faculty office.

Course results

Code	Meaning	What to do next
PAS	Pass.	Nothing.
PABS	Permission to be absent from an assessment, with a reason accepted by the faculty or Senate. The course must be repeated.	Repeat the course.
FAIL	Fail.	Check whether you qualify for a supplementary exam (you do not if another course is below 40%).
FABS	Fail, absent from the examination.	Contact your faculty: exclusion is possible.
FSUB	Fail, sub-minimum requirement not met.	Ask your faculty about a repeat or supplementary.
FDEF	Approval for a deferred exam was withdrawn (another course is below 40% and no supplementary is allowed).	Contact your faculty and check your readmission position.
FNQL	Fail, did not qualify to write the final assessment.	Contact your faculty. The course is normally repeated.
FCLN	Fail, clinical component failed.	Contact your faculty.
FTH	Fail, theory component failed.	Contact your faculty.
FTK	Fail, theory tracks (MBBCh only).	Contact your faculty.
WDEF	Deferred examination granted.	Write the deferred exam on the date set.
WSP1	Supplementary examination granted. It is compulsory, and missing it can lead to exclusion.	Write the supplementary exam.
WSP2	Supplementary exam to be marked once the deferred exam is completed.	Write the deferred exam, then the supplementary.
WSP4	Supplementary examination granted because the sub-minimum was not met.	Write the supplementary exam.
WINC / WAIT	Course requirements incomplete, so no result yet.	Complete the requirements and contact the department.
CPNC	Clinical practice not complete (hours or quotas pending).	Complete your hours or quotas.

Overall results

Code	Meaning	What to do next
PCD	All courses passed. Continue to the next year of study.	Register for next year.
PSC	Proceed to the next year on a special curriculum.	Register on the special curriculum your faculty sets.
RSC	Return on a special curriculum.	Register for that curriculum.
RET	Return to complete the requirements of the year.	Repeat the outstanding courses.
MAR	Exclusion waived with conditions: return to the same year of study.	Sign your conditions letter by the deadline. Breaking the conditions can mean exclusion without appeal.
XXXX	Your result depends on a deferred or supplementary exam.	Write the exam and check self-service.
Q / QD	All qualification requirements completed (QD: with distinction).	Start the graduation process.
Refer to Faculty	Not a code: your results are being withheld because of an outstanding requirement (for example computer literacy or first aid), a library fine or a legal hold.	Clear the hold with your faculty, the library or finance.

Readmission and exclusion codes

Code	Meaning	What to do next
MRNM	Minimum requirements not met. You need permission to renew your registration for the same qualification.	Appeal to WRC-1 on self-service (Self Service > Application for WRC) by your faculty's deadline.
MBZ	Same as MRNM. It is the result if you made no representations by the due date.	Contact your faculty office quickly: the window may have closed.
MRNL	Minimum requirements not met and you have reached N+2.	You go straight to WRC-2 (WRC-1 does not consider you).
MRNX	Minimum requirements not met and you may not appeal. Final exclusion.	No appeal is possible. Speak to your faculty office about other options.
MEXL	Coded students may not appeal; the VC, DVC and Registrar cannot overrule it. The booklet gives no definition.	No WRC appeal. Speak to your faculty office.
MRNK	Exclusion waived. You may continue subject to conditions set by your home faculty.	Meet the faculty's conditions.

What the committees decided

Code	Meaning	What to do next
M1A	WRC-1 permitted you to renew your registration.	Re-register.
M1C	WRC-1 permitted it with conditions.	Sign and meet the conditions letter.
M1E	WRC-1 refused, and the case goes to WRC-2.	Prepare for the WRC-2 hearing.
M2A	WRC-2 permitted you to renew your registration.	Re-register.
M2C	WRC-2 permitted it with conditions.	Sign and meet the conditions letter.
M2E / MRX	WRC-2 refused permission to renew.	You are excluded from the qualification. Consult your faculty office.
MVP	WRC-2 referred your case to the VP and Deans Committee (VPC), which meets in January and February.	Wait for the VPC decision.
MPC	The VP and Deans Committee permitted renewal with conditions.	Meet the conditions.
MPX	The VP and Deans Committee refused permission to renew.	You are excluded.

How the process works: WRC-1 can allow you to renew unconditionally, allow it on conditions, or refuse. If refused, you get a letter with reasons within three working days, and a notice of the WRC-2 hearing at least 24 hours before it. Outcomes are emailed to your Wits email on the date set by your faculty, and missing the email is not accepted as a reason for missing a hearing. Dates differ by faculty, so use the dates in the booklet.

Seen in an older (2018) Wits SRC thread and not in the 2024 list: WSP3 (a supplementary will be granted depending on the deferred exam), FTHE (failed theory) and PMNP (passed but must return to the same year). They may be out of date.

Source: Wits Readmission procedures booklet 2025/2026 (PDF) · Wits Health Sciences: information for new and returning students 2024 (PDF) · Official