Rules of examination

Written exams

Regular examination session

No registration is required for the regular examination session.

Re‑sit examination

Registration is required for re‑sit examinations. Registration must be submitted to the department reception desk (expedition [at] ekh [dot] lu [dot] se) no later than two weeks before the examination date. Information about the exam venue will be provided after registration.

Make‑up examination

A make‑up exam is arranged at the end of August. To participate, you must register with the department reception desk (expedition [at] ekh [dot] lu [dot] se) no later than 7 June.

Courses given during the second half of the spring semester

Special rules apply to courses offered during the second half of the spring semester. For these courses, the re‑sit exam takes place at the end of August. Students who have not completed the course will be referred to the next regular examination session.

Re‑registration for the course is required before this. Re‑registration must be completed in good time before the examination and is handled via the department reception desk.

Take‑home exam

A take‑home exam is a written assignment that forms the basis for grading and covers all or parts of the course. You will be informed well in advance about when the take‑home exam will be distributed and how it should be submitted. At the same time, you will receive clear instructions regarding the submission deadline.

You will also receive guidelines on how the take‑home exam is to be completed, which literature should be used, the formal requirements that apply, and whether collaboration is permitted.

All written assignments are checked using Inspera Originality. The department’s policy on plagiarism and unauthorised practices can be found under the heading Plagiarism on the department’s website.

Late submission

In cases of late submission, one of the alternatives below applies. At the start of the course, you will be informed which option applies to your course.

Option 1

If you submit the take‑home exam late and cannot provide acceptable reasons for the delay – such as illness or an accident – you will be required to complete a new take‑home exam with a new submission deadline.

Option 2

If you submit the take‑home exam after the agreed deadline, a deduction of one (1) grade step will be applied (e.g., from C to D), unless you can provide acceptable reasons for the delay, such as illness or an accident.

Resubmission (rest)

If the examination assignment contains minor and clearly delimited deficiencies, you may in some cases be given the opportunity to make a resubmission. In such cases, your teacher will inform you of the time frame within which you must address the deficiencies.

Other forms of examination

Oral examination

An oral examination may take the form of a discussion with the examining teacher, either individually or in a group, or as a discussion between group members under the teacher’s observation.

You will be informed well in advance about how the oral examination will be conducted and which assessment criteria will be applied.

Continuous assessment

Continuous assessment means that parts of the examination are integrated into the teaching. This requires mandatory attendance at these sessions.

Continuous assessment is often combined with take‑home exams and/or written assignments (see the sections Take‑home exam and Written assignments).

Written assignments

Individual written assignments are included in some courses. At the start of the course, you will receive information about the status of these assignments – whether they are graded and how they are weighted in relation to each other and to other examination components.

It is important to respect the specified submission deadline. 

Combined examination formats

If a course includes several forms of examination, you will be informed about how these relate to each other and how they jointly affect the final grade.

Multiple teachers on the same course

If several teachers share responsibility for the examination in a course, you will be informed – either in the lecture plan or in the examination instructions – of who is responsible for each component.

Theses

When you begin a thesis course, you will be informed of the submission deadline. If the essay is submitted after the agreed time, a deduction of one (1) grade step will be applied (e.g., from C to D), unless you can provide acceptable reasons for the delay, such as illness or an accident.