1. Information about rules and regulations
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. Where to find the rules and regulations you need to know:

5. Exam categories:
Written school exams
Written home exams
Oral exams

6. Responsible for the different category exams:
Written school exams: Department of Academic Affairs
Questions should be directed to the Examination Office/Examination Registrar in the Adm. Building, 3rd Floor
Oral exams and written home exams: Individual faculties
Questions should be directed to your faculty coordinator/student adviser

7. Dates and places Written school exams
Preliminary dates in the course catalogue
Official dates on the University Web Pages:
spring semester: ~ 1 May
autumn semester: ~ 1 November
Location for all written school exams:
At Åsgårdveien 9
On campus

8. be considered cheating!
WRITTEN SCHOOL EXAMS What to bring and not to bring into the examination room:
Need to bring:
Your student card or other identification
(to get a candidate number)
Must not bring:
Bags, coats, pagers or cell phones!
Bringing cell phones into the examination room will
be considered cheating!

9. 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!

10. 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 or may not 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

11. Illness during exams Written school exams:
Must submit a medical certificate within 48 hours of the exam in question to the Examination Office/ Examination Registrar
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!

12. Postponed examination
If you have handed in your medical certificate within
48 hours of your exam, you are entitled to a
Information about the procedures for registering for postponed exams will be given when you hand in your medical certificate
Postponed exams are offered at the beginning of the following semester
Special arrangements must be made for one-semester students
Deadlines for registering for postponed exams:
Autumn semester: 15 August
Spring semester: 15 January
Postponed examination

13. 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.
Written school exams: Examination registrar
Home exams/oral exams: Faculty

14. Where to find further information?
Examination regulations
”Implementation of examinations”
Personal guidance at the Examination Office/Examination Registrar
Department of Academic Affairs. Administration Building, 3rd Floor.