6. Examination and Other UT Policies
6. EXAMINATION AND OTHER UT POLICIES 6.1. Rights and duties – Student’s Charter and CER The regulations for examination, like passing, failing etc., are stated in the Student’s charter. This charter contains specific regulations for the complete UT as an institute (only available digitally), for the faculty and for the programme. This charter describes all rights and duties for UT-students. The combination of the rights and duties for Master’s students at the Faculty TNW is embedded in the Course and Examination Regulations (CER or in Dutch:OER) and for ChE students concerns the MSc OER-TNW with a programme-specific supplement OER-ChE, since the rules of the board of examiners contain different rules and regulations for ChE students. The complete student’s charter is available at S&OA-TNW, the programme-specific parts are published in appendices 4, 5 and 6 and these hierarchically arranged regulations are available at the following websites: UT: http://www.utwente.nl/so/studentenbegeleiding/regelingen/studentenstatuut/ TNW+ChE: http://www.utwente.nl/che/education/regulations/
6.2. Types of examination There are different types of examinations. The most common method is a (written) examination at the end of each quarter. In principle, the lecturer of each course will provide the necessary course-specific information concerning examination. Furthermore, study associations provide useful information, for instance in the form of providing old exams which can help to test yourself. For mock exams of the ChE programme, please check the website of the study association Alembic (http://alembic.tnw.utwente.nl/content/tentamenbank in Dutch). Besides written exams, students are tested based on assignments, papers and their contributions to group work and oral presentations.
6.3. Absence If you are unable to attend a compulsory practical course, compulsory tutorial or an exam, due to illness or circumstances beyond your control, this may have consequences. It is therefore essential to inform your lecturer or supervisor as soon as possible. When an exam is missed beyond the student’s control and the student is severely disadvantaged by this, the Board of Examiners may decide to permit the student to take an extra exam at a later time. In this case, the Board of Examiners will consult the student advisor. Nevertheless, a special treatment is not always required since it is generally possible to join the next exam session. A long-term illness or other personal circumstances may hinder your study progress. In this case, contact your student advisor Marijke Stehouwer (m.a.stehouwer@tnw.utwente.nl), who may be able to prevent disadvantageous consequences for your Dutch government grant (studiefinanciering). In some exceptional cases of illness and circumstances (in your family) - or in a broader sense: situations beyond your control - you may be financially compensated by emergency funds, medicalsocial funds or university funds. For such cases, contact the information desk for student counselling (“red desk” located at the Bastille), preferably after consulting with the student advisor of your study programme.
6.4. Examinations For most courses, a quarter (or semester) is concluded with an exam. For all courses there are two exam sessions per year: one in the two week exam period directly following the lectures and one in the two week exam period of the following quarter. Consult the schedules, Osiris, my university or the lecturer for the dates of exams. When you take the same exam more than once, the highest grade applies. In order to take a written exam, students have to register. This is compulsory in order to divide the available space that is suited for examination, which is a service that is centrally arranged for all study programmes at the UT. For more information on the closing dates for exam registration you can visit the website of CSA (http://www.utwente.nl/so/studentservices/). Exam registration is arranged by Osiris (http://www.utwente.nl/so/osiris/). After the registration period closes you can find exam locations on my.utwente.nl and Osiris.
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