Application Deadline

The application deadline is at the latest one month before the examination.

We encourage you to apply as early as possible, preferably immediately after registering for an examination. You can send documentation later.

For acute illnesses that have arisen after the expiry of the deadline, or if other special circumstances so indicate, exemptions can be made regarding the deadline. 

Who can apply

If your functional capacity is impaired or if you have an illness or other special needs that cause significant disadvantages in the examination situation compared to others, you can apply for special arangements for examinations.

You can also apply for special arangements for examinations if you have an acute injury or illness.

What you can apply for

• Extended time for the examination if the impaired functional capacity means that you work at a slow pace. The rule here is that 30 extra minutes are given for examinations lasting up to four hours, and one hour is added to examinations that last longer.
• Extended time to rest or move during examinations.
• Extended time to breastfeed.
• The option of writing without carbon copies and with a pencil or marker.
• Various aids such as an adjustable chair, a computer with or without a spell checker, Dictaphone, reading lamp, writing help/secretary and a sign-language interpreter. You are responsible for ensuring that you have the skills to use the aids. 
• Having the question paper be read aloud.
• Individual room. Access to a daybed.
• An alternative form of examination. Under special circumstances, you can apply for an alternative form of examination. "Alternative form of examination" means for example having an oral examination instead of a written examination (or the other way around), a take-home examination instead of a written examination, or a written examination divided into multiple days. The academic communities, i.e. the departments, determine whether it is possible to grant an alternative form of examination. It must be academically justifiable and equivalent to an ordinary examination. Please note that oral examinations are rarely found equivalent to written examinations.

How to apply

Apply by filling out our online form.

You only need to submit one application even if you are to sit examinations in multiple faculties. You must list all courses for which you apply for adaptation.

Documentation

Each time you apply you must enclose documentation of the impaired functional ability, which means a medical certificate, a dyslexia certificate or a psychologist's certificate. Exceptions to this requirement may in some cases be made for chronic illnesses. You must comply with the application deadline, but you can submit documentation later.

Dyslexic students must obtain new documentation when they enrol at the University of Bergen. Until the new documentation is available, the application for special arrangements in examinations will be processed based on documentation from primary and secondary school. Students who need new documentation of their dyslexia can contact the Service for students with a impaired functional capacity.