Exams at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

General information

Practical information regarding exams at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Examination dates and locations

Examination dates and locations

Exam locations

Practical information on the various locations UiB arrange written examinations

Important information!

Important information!

Instructions To The Candidates Before The Examination Starts

Use of sources and plagiarism

The use of sources in written work at the University of Bergen

Examination results

Your examination results will be announced at the StudentWeb. You may order an academic transcript from the Student Web, or by contacting the Centre for Information and student Services, located in Langes gate 1-3.

New assessment of grade

You may complain about your grade and ask for a new assessment of an examination (not oral exam results). The new grade can be both higher and lower than the original, and will be the final grade.

Before you hand in the appeal you are entitled to get an explanation of the given grade. The deadline for this is one week after the results have been published. The examiner decides whether the explanation is given in written or oral form. The deadline for sending the appeal is three weeks after the results have been published, or three weeks after you received the explanation. If the grade is published in the time period from 15 December – 2 January, the deadline starts running 2 January. If the grade is published in the time period 20 June – start of the autumn semester, the deadline starts running Monday the first week of the semester.

Appeal for new assesment of grade - form

You may also complain about formal mistakes with regard to the laws and regulations that regulate the exam. The deadline is three weeks after the exam. Please send the complaint to the faculty responsible for the exam.

Withdrawal deadline

Withdrawal deadline is 14 days before the examination date. You can only try for exam in a course 3 times. If the registration is withdrawn at least 14 days ahead of the examination date this will not be regarded a try.

Dictionary

 
You can bring language dictionaries to the exam. The books have to be handed in at the Information Centre in Realfagbygget (Allégaten 41), minimum two working days before the exam. It is not possible to use electronic dicitionaries.

Exam in English?

 
If you are attending courses that are not listed as taught in english you need to apply in written form 1 month ahead of the exam if you want to get your exam in English. There is no application form, write an application with your name, student number, the name of the course and that you wish to have the exam in english. Please send the application to the department responsible for the exam.

Examination support materials

Use of examination support materials during examinations

Permitted examination support materials is stated in the course description, and on the examination question paper.

If calculators are permitted, only non-programmable calculators without graphic display are allowed during written examinations. Alle equivalent models from the series:                                 

Casio FX-82 SX / MX

Hewlett-Packard HP 30S

Texas instruments TI-30X

Students are themselves responsible for obtaining a permitted calculator. The calculator may not be plugged into any electrical outlets. It is not permitted to bring manuals, program descriptions, set programs or other extra equipment.

Use or posession of not permitted examination support materials will be regarded as cheating.

Random checking of examination support materials during the exam may occur.

Special arrangements for exams

How to apply for special arrangements for exams

Fourth attempt

Application to resit an examination - fourth attempt

According to the supplementary regulations for examinations at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences a student can only sit 3 times for an exam in a specific course. This rule is valid from the autumn semester 2007. The application to resit an exam for the fourth time, can be submitted after three invalid attempts in a course. It is only possible to apply for a fourth attempt to improve grades when medical reasons apply.

The following guidelines apply for applications to resit examinations for the fourth time:
The application will be granted when the course is:
-    the last course needed to fulfil a specialization
-    the last course needed to fulfil the requirements for a degree
-    a course that is a prerequisite for obligatory courses in a degree

The application may be granted if:
-    documented illness that prevented the student from withdrawing from the exam
-    other weighty reasons

Application deadline: 1 September for the autumn semester. 1 February for the spring semester.
The applications will be processed continuously.

Application form