Registering for a course is at the same time registration for mid-term exams and for the final exam. Registration shall be done separately for examinations or assessments not included in the registration for the course.
The registration period for such examinations begins 60 days prior to the examination in question. For such examinations, students must register via the designated electronic system no later than 7 days beforehand. If requested by the examination organiser, late registration for the examination may be done in the electronic system up to two days before the examination. For more information, contact Learning Services.
Examinations are open to students who have registered for the examination and meet the requirements for participating in an examination, which should be communicated to the students clearly in advance in the course description.
Examples:
- The math exercises must be passed before participating in the examination
- The interim test must be passed before participating in the examination
Only examination registrants may enter the examination hall or online examination site. If failure to register for an examination is noted only after the student has turned in his or her answer sheet, the situation shall be interpreted in favour of the student and his or her examination shall be graded.
Registration for an examination is interpreted as participation in it.
More information on general examination proceedings can be found in Aalto Examination Guidelines.
The course description must include the language of instruction and possible languages for study attainments.
If the course has several possible languages for study attainments, students notify the teacher of their preferred language for the examination questions at the start of the course or when registering for the course.
The teacher-in-charge should note that any translations needed for examination questions should be ordered as early as possible (at the start of the course or when the examination date has been confirmed) to allow reserving time and resources for the translation. This means that the examination questions must be prepared well in advance.
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Students must be offered an opportunity to repeat all failed examinations or course components that are part of compulsory courses included in the degree requirements. Unless the school’s degree regulations state otherwise, failed examinations may be repeated without restrictions for those who have preregistered for an examination day in accordance with the valid requirements for the course. Any procedure differing from this must be stated in the course description. If there are also other components than an examination for obtaining course credit (‘study attainment’), resitting the examination is possible if the components are still valid.
If there is no examination for the course, the teacher will decide a pedagogically sound way to repeat the failed study attainment so that the student may attain the learning outcomes, for instance, during the following course implementation.
For courses with an examination, the first make-up examination should be scheduled as close as possible to the course implementation – e.g. at 6–10 week intervals – so that the results may be entered into the student register and students have time to register and prepare for any further make-up examinations.
Examinations for courses included as compulsory courses in the degree should be organised at least twice a year.
Practicalities regarding re-exams vary between schools - contact Learning Services for more information.
