Exams, grading system and re-examination

Department of Academic Affairs

Information about how to register for an exam, the exam schedule, closing date for withdrawing from an exam, where to find the exam results etc.

Often there are a lot of questions in connection with the exams. SiT has collected the answers to these questions on one page.

Evaluation and exams
All the courses have their own exam. Exams are either a continuous assessment and/or a final examination at the end of the course. There may also be mandatory activities, e.g. seminars, excurions, etc. that have to be completed before the exam.

The Grading System
You'll find information on the grading system in Norwegian and English here.

Re-Examinations
In the Regulations for Examinations at The
Norwegian University og Life Sciences (UMB), with supplementary provisions, Chapter 7, Ad.7-1 states that:
Supplementary Provisions for Chapter 7
Ad. 7-1 Examinees with a legitimate reason for absence at the regularly scheduled final examination of a parallel period or examinees that have taken and failed the final examination can re-register for examination in the course in the period for resits and postponed exams ½ year after the original examination date.

Examinees with a legitimate reason for absence at the regularly scheduled final examination of a block period or examinees that have taken and failed the examination can re-register for examination in the course in the period for resits and postponed exams in the following autumn or spring parallel period.

Read more about the examination regulations at UMB here.

This means that if you either have failed an examination or have a legitimate reason for absence for an examination in the Spring Parallell or the August Block you can re-sit the exam. The examination period for re-examinations is normally the same as for the autumn period. However, for autumn 2004 it has been decided to extend the examination period with one week. The examination period for autumn 2005 is: week 50, 51 and 1 (2006). Week 1 (2006) will mainly be used for re-examinations. Deadline for registration of re-examination was September 15th.

The regulations also states that:
Examinees are responsible for making sure that their exam registrations are correct. They must notify the Department of Academic Affairs of any mistakes within the specified deadlines.

If an examinee registers for an examination, but does not show up and take the exam, this counts as a valid attempt in the course in question, unless illness or other specific reasons can be documented.

Examinees with the right to resit an exam in a course with an "old" course code do not automatically have the right to resit an exam in the "same" course with a new course code. In such cases, it is the student's responsibility to clarify this with the responsible teacher before the registration deadline expires.

Examinees who do not register for examinations within the specified deadlines are not permitted to take the exams.


This means that students who wish to improve their mark in a course from i.e. the Spring Parallell can do so the next time the course is given.

Updated: 30.05.06
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