Exams at UiT
Information about rules and
regulations
The rules and regulations
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It is the duty of all students to
acquaint themselves with the
university rules and regulations,
including exam regulations
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Know your rights as a student!
Where to find the rules and
regulations you need to know:
Exam categories:
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Written school exams
Written home exams
Oral exams
Responsible for the different
category exams:
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Written school exams: Department of
Academic Affairs
Questions should be directed to the
Examination Office/Examination
Registrar in the Adm. Building, 3rd Floor
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Oral exams and written home
exams: Individual faculties
Questions should be directed to your
faculty coordinator/student adviser
Dates and places
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Written school exams
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Preliminary dates in the course
catalogue
Official dates on the University Web
Pages:
spring semester: ~ 1 May
autumn semester: ~ 1 November
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Location for all written school exams:
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At Åsgårdveien 9
On campus
WRITTEN SCHOOL EXAMS
What to bring and not to bring into
the examination room:
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Need to bring:
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Your student card or other identification
(to get a candidate number)
Must not bring:
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Bags, coats, pagers or cell phones!
Bringing cell phones into the examination room will
be considered cheating!
Examination supports
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Chemical or mathematical tables, calculators, etc.
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Special books or publications
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Specified by lecturer before the exam and
listed on the examination assignment
Must be approved in advance.
Contact the staff at your faculty.
Dictionaries
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Must be approved in advance. Contact your
international coordinator/student adviser, who will give
you the form ”Permission to Use Dictionary During Exam”
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Bring the approved form and your dictionary to the
exam
If no examination supports are specified - none are allowed!
Withdrawal from exams
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Quarantine time of one hour
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Sign a ”Withdrawal from examination” form
(This also applies if the reason for withdrawal
is illness)
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If you fail an exam there may or may not be
an opportunity to take a re-sit-exam
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Individual faculties decide whether or not there will be
a re-sit exam
Consult student adviser at the faculty
Illness during exams
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Written school exams:
Must submit a medical certificate within 48 hours of
the exam in question to the Examination Office/
Examination Registrar
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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!
If you have handed in your medical certificate within
48 hours of your exam, you are entitled to a
Postponed examination
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Information about the procedures for registering for
postponed exams will be given when you hand in your
medical certificate
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Postponed exams are offered at the beginning of the
following semester
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Special arrangements must be made for one-semester
students
Deadlines for registering for postponed exams:
Autumn semester:
Spring semester:
15 August
15 January
Special adaptations
Students with chronic ailments, such as:
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Specific literary problems
Severe asthma or allergies
Tenosynovitis/problems writing by hand
Or students with:
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Norwegian as a foreign language
(Exchange students)
may apply in writing for special adaptations during
examinations.
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Written school exams:
Home exams/oral exams:
Examination registrar
Faculty
Where to find further information?
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Examination regulations
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”Implementation of examinations”
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Personal guidance at the
Examination Office/Examination
Registrar
Department of Academic Affairs.
Administration Building, 3rd Floor.