Before the exam
Source: https://www.chalmers.se/en/education/your-studies/examinations-and-other-summative-assessments/before-the-exam/ Parent: https://www.chalmers.se/en/education/your-studies/
Content on this page
- Signing up for examinations
- Modes of assessment
- Examination dates
- Preparations and permitted aids during examinations
- Digital examinations on campus (Inspera)
- Adapted examinations - for students with disabilities, chronic illness, or temporary needs
- Double examinations, re-examinations and number of examination sessions
- Examinations at other universities
Signing up for examinations
To take an exam, you must be registered on the course and signed up for the exam. You will be automatically signed up for the ordinary exam session, if you are registered on the current course instance. When taking a re-sit exam, you must sign up for the exam yourself in Ladok.
You are always responsible for checking that you are signed up for exams. If you are not signed up, you will not be admitted into the examination hall. Please note that neither an administrator nor an examiner can sign you up after the registration deadline.
Signing up for an exam
Unable to sign up in Ladok?
Anonymisation code
Anonymous exams
Remember to pay the students’ union fee in time
Modes of assessment
At the end of each course or module, your knowledge will be tested in the form of a summative assessment. The most common mode of assessment is a written examination. There may also be laboratory sessions involving documentation such as reports, oral presentations, project work or academic papers. Information about assessments are given at the beginning of each course.
On-campus examinations
Take-home examinations
Tests
Project assessments
Oral examinations
Remember to check that you are signed up for your examinations!
Examination dates
Each study period concludes with a period of ordinary examinations. The academic year also includes several retake periods.
Course projects and examinations set by the department
[## Find examination dates
Search for scheduled examination sessions by typing in the course code or course name (or part of the course name).](https://www.chalmers.se/en/education/your-studies/examinations-and-other-summative-assessments/find-examination-dates/)
Preparations and permitted aids during examinations
Below are some important things that you need to know in order to prepare before your examination.
Using past papers to prepare
Permitted aids during examinations
Possibility to borrow aids for the exam
Digital examinations on campus (Inspera)
A digital exam is normally taken on your own laptop. Just like a regular exam, you must be signed up in order to take a digital exam.\ \ To use Inspera, you need to download Safe Exam Browser (SEB) to your computer via the demo exam. SEB is a locked browser that gives you access to Inspera, but nothing else on the internet. Once SEB is installed on your computer, Inspera will detect and calibrate your device. When you open the exam in Inspera, it is downloaded locally to your computer and uploaded to the cloud continuously throughout the exam. \ \ At least seven calendar days before your exam, you should test your computer by logging in and completing the demo exam.
Prepare and bring your computer to the exam hall
Borrow a computer
Inspera: digital assessmentDigital exams are written on your laptop or on a computer in a computer room.
More infoInspera
Adapted examinations - for students with disabilities, chronic illness, or temporary needs
An adapted exam means that you may get extended writing time, access to a computer with educational support programs, or the possibility to take the exam in a private room or a small group. This requires a valid Nais notification with approved adaptations. If you have diabetes or another condition that requires access to medical equipment during exams, you also need to apply for a Nais notification.
Nais certificate is required for adapted examinations
Adapted examinations in case of temporary disability
Disability study support for students at Chalmers
Disability study support for students at the University of Gothenburg
Information about examination halls for those sitting adapted examinations
Double examinations, re-examinations and number of examination sessions
It is possible to redo an examination and to take two examinations on the same day (double examinations).
Signing up for an exam already passed – re-examination
Double examinations – when two exams clash
Number of examination sessions
[## On examination day
Here you will find practical information about what happens on the day of the exam, for example how you find information about your exam hall and what rules you must follow when you arrive there.](https://www.chalmers.se/en/education/your-studies/examinations-and-other-summative-assessments/on-examination-day/)