Exams at UiT. Information about rules and regulations

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1 Exams at UiT Information about rules and regulations

2 The rules and regulations It is the duty of all students to acquaint themselves with the university rules and regulations, including exam regulations Know your rights as a student!

3 Exam categories: Written school exams Written home exams Oral exams

4 Responsible for the different category exams: Written school exams: Individual faculties Questions should be directed to your faculty coordinator/student adviser Oral exams and written home exams: Individual faculties Questions should be directed to your faculty coordinator/student adviser

5 Dates and places Deadlines for registrations autumn semester: ~ 1. September spring semester: ~ 1. February Deadlines for changing exam registrations autumn semester: ~ 1. November spring semester: ~ 15. April ( Early exams: last deadline two weeks before exam! ) Examination dates - Written school exams Preliminary dates in the course catalogue Official dates on the University Web Pages: autumn semester: ~ 1 November spring semester: ~ 1 May Location for all written school exams: At Åsgårdveien 9 On campus Administration building/teorifagsbygget

6 WRITTEN SCHOOL EXAMS What to bring and not to bring into the examination room: Need to bring: Your student card or other identification Must not bring: Bags, coats, pagers or cell phones! Bringing cell phones into the examination room will be considered cheating!

7 Examination supports Chemical or mathematical tables, calculators, etc. Specified by lecturer before the exam and listed on the examination assignment Special books or publications Must be approved in advance. Contact the staff at your faculty. Dictionaries Must be approved in advance. Contact your international coordinator/student adviser, who will give you the form Permission to Use Dictionary During Exam Bring the approved form and your dictionary to the exam If no examination supports are specified - none are allowed!

8 Withdrawal from exams Quarantine time of one hour Sign a Withdrawal from examination form (This also applies if the reason for withdrawal is illness) If you fail an exam there may be an opportunity to take a re-sit-exam Individual faculties decide whether or not there will be a re-sit exam Consult student adviser at the faculty

9 Illness during exams Written school exams: Must submit a medical certificate within 48 hours of the exam in question, to the faculty s examination coordinator/your student adviser Home exams/oral exams: Must submit a medical certificate to the faculty s examination coordinator/your student adviser within 48 hours after the final deadline for submission of the exam NB! If you have several exams, the deadline for handing in your medical certificate is 48 hours after your first exam!

10 If you have handed in your medical certificate within 48 hours of your exam, you are entitled to a Postponed examination Information about the procedures for registering for postponed exams: contact your individual faculty. Postponed exams are offered at the beginning of the following semester one-semester students:contact individual faculty Deadlines for registering for postponed exams: Autumn semester: Spring semester: 15 August 15 January

11 Special adaptations Students with chronic ailments, such as: Specific literary problems Severe asthma or allergies Tenosynovitis/problems writing by hand Or students with: Norwegian as a foreign language (Exchange students) may apply in writing for special adaptations during examinations. Application deadline: 1 September. 1 February (Postponed/re-sit-exams, have other deadlines) Written school exams: Faculty Home exams/oral exams: Faculty

12 Where to find further information? Examination regulations /studies?p_document_id= Personal guidance: Contact your faculty/faculty s examination coordinator