IMPORTANT STUDY RULES

RELEVANT FOR BACHELOR STUDENTS DURING THEIR 1st AND 2nd SEMESTER

The First-year exam consists of the “Participation requirement” and the “Pass requirement”. Both requirements must be met before you can continue your studies.

The “Participation requirement” entails compulsory registration for the first examination attempt in all courses in the 1st and 2nd semesters. You must therefore attend all the exams during the 1st and 2nd semesters. If you stay away from an exam, you do not meet the “Participation requirement”.The “Passing requirement” means that you have 24 months to pass all your first and second semester exams.

Guide on how to register for the 2nd and 3rd exam attempts:

Campus Aalborg: www.tnb.aau.dk/studerende/aalborg/eksamenstilmelding/

Campus Esbjerg: www.tnb.aau.dk/studerende/esbjerg/Eksamenstilmelding_Esbjerg/

If you do not pass the First-year exam, you will be withdrawn from the university.

You can apply for an exemption from the requirements of the First-year exam if unusual circumstances apply. Send your application to the Study Board.

RELEVANT FOR ALL STUDENTS

Examination attempts

You have a maximum of three attempts to pass an exam. If you do not pass, you cancel too late, choose to leave the exam, hand in a blank paper or if you fail an exam that you have registered for, you have used an exam attempt.

Using three exam attempts on a subject without passing means that you will bewithdrawn from the university.

Fourth exam attempt

If you have used three exam attempts and not passed, you can apply to the Study Board for a fourth attempt. When applying for exemption for an additional examination attempt you must submit documentation (for example a medical certificate) as proof of unusual circumstances in connection with one of the previous examination attempts.

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If you do not pass one or more subjects in the first attempt, please make sure toregister for the re-examination within the 24 months.

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Staying away from an exam (no-show) If you stay away from an exam you have registered for, the no-show will count as an examination attempt.

The no-show rule also means that you do not have the right to participate in the re-examination in the subject during the same examination period.

The Study Board may grant an exemption from the rule of participation in re-exams if unusual circumstances apply.

If you fall ill in connection with an exam

If you fall ill in connection with an exam, you have to get hold of a medical certificate. The medical certificate must document the illness on the day of the exam or during the exam period. Previously issued medical certificates are not valid. Please send the medical certificate to the study secretary no later than 14 days after the exam.

Ask if in doubt You will come across other rules and guidelines during your studies, so please always ask your study secretary or study board secretary, when in doubt. Your fellow students are unlikely to be familiar with the latest set of rules.

TAKE RESPONSIBILITY

As a student at Aalborg University, it is your responsibility to: • Make sure that you have prepared sufficiently in order to pass your exams.• Keep yourself informed about exam times – which includes making sure you show up for

the exam on time.• Keep up to date on exam rules, including exam dates.

Contact details

Campus Aalborg and Copenhagen: www.build.aau.dk/Uddannelser/Kontakt/

Campus Esbjerg: www.esbjerg.aau.dk/kontakt/