About the instruction
The aim of this instruction is to provide information to examination candidates on how they should comply with the current examination regulations.
General for exams
1. Attendance and equipment requirements
It’s your responsibility to prepare yourself and your equipment as advised. You need to have your own computer for the exam. Make sure it meets the technical requirements for the exam system and that all needed software is installed and updated before exam day.
If you have technical issues because you didn’t prepare well enough, you won’t get extra time.
2. Illness and absence
If you can’t be at the exam, you need to provide a valid documentation of illness or strong welfare reasons. You must do this within a week after the exam. Valid absence does not count as an exam attempt and can provide access to a resit exam. The documentation must indicate that the absence applies to the exam day.
3. Withdrawing from the exam
You can choose to withdraw during the exam. This will count as an attempt if you don’t submit valid documentation within a week after the exam day.
Valid absence does not count as an exam attempt and can provide access to a resit exam.
4. Submitting a blank paper
You have the option to submit a blank paper. Blank submissions will be marked and count as an attempt.
5. Responsibility for your exam submission
It’s up to you to make sure you submit a complete exam answer in the right system, at the right time and in the right type of file. If you’re having trouble uploading your answer, contact your faculty’s study office straight away. After you’ve submitted your answer, please download the file from the exam system to make sure the file can be opened and appears as you intended.
6. Access your own submission
Your exam answers will usually be available in the exam system after the exam is finished. Your access to the exam system will expire once your studies are completed. If you want a copy of the exam answers, please download them from the exam system.
7. Plagiarism detection
All submissions are controlled by a plagiarism detection programme. Each candidate is responsible for understanding and following the rules of source use and reference technique. In group exams, all group members are mutually responsible for the content of the submission. Any form of collaboration is not permitted in individual exams.
8. Violations of regulations and rules
Violations of regulations and exam rules can be considered as cheating or attempted cheating, according to the regulations on admissions, studies, and examinations at University of Inland Norway. This can lead to the cancellation of the exam and exclusion from University of Inland Norway for up to two years. During the same period, one can lose the right to take exams at other Norwegian universities and colleges.
School exam
9. Preparation and equipment requirements
If the candidate has not made the necessary preparations, or the equipment does not function upon arrival at the examination room, the candidate may risk being unable to sit the exam.
For school exams, the candidate must bring a mobile phone for two-factor authentication. The mobile phone must then be placed in the designated location. If two-factor authentication cannot be completed, this may result in the examination not being contucted.
10. Arrive on time
Candidates should arrive in the examination room at least 30 minutes before the start of the exam unless a different time has been specified in Studentweb. After being assigned a place, candidates should immediately log in to the exam system.
Candidates who arrive up to 30 minutes late for the exam should report to the invigilators and may be allowed to start the exam without additional time.
11. Pay attention and put away non-permitted equipment
Candidates must follow instructions given in the examination room by the exam invigilator.
Outerwear, bags, purses, and the like should be placed in the designated area. Mobile phones, watches, and other electronic equipment should be turned off and out of the candidate's reach.
Candidates are only allowed to have food, drink, writing materials, identification, and permitted aids at their desk.
It is not permitted to write on the exam paper before the exam task is distributed.
12. Examination aids
Permitted aids should be specified in advance and stated in the exam paper. It is the candidate's responsibility to bring permitted aids to the exam. The candidate is responsible for ensuring that the aids do not contain illegal notes. Borrowing aids from others during the exam is not allowed. If a violation of rules is uncovered, the aid will be confiscated, and the candidate can choose to continue the exam without the aid. The aid will not be returned until the violation has been fully processed by the faculty
13. Signing and valid ID
Candidates must sign the candidate list and show valid student ID or other valid photo identification (debit card, driving license, national ID card or passport). The student ID app cannot be used as identification.
After signing the candidate list, you cannot leave the examination room until 30 minutes after the start of the exam.
14. Use of locked browser/monitoring
During on-campus exams, you are required to use a locked browser or device monitoring. You are responsible for downloading and installing the necessary software on your own computer before the exam, and for using it actively throughout the entire exam. Avoiding or closing the locked browser or device monitoring during the exam may be considered cheating.
15. Paper-based exam
If the whole or part of the response is to be submitted on paper, candidates must use the exam paper distributed in the exam room. Candidates must write with a blue or black pen and are responsible for ensuring their handwriting is readable.
16. Special arrangement exams with computer
Candidates who have been granted the use of a computer with special software as individual special arrangement are themselves responsible for backing up data during the exam to protect against data loss in the event of a power outage or machine failure.
17. Breaks during the exam
If a break is needed, the candidate should always be accompanied by an exam invigilator. The candidate should prevent other candidates from seeing their answers when they leave their desk
18. Rules during the school exam
- If something is unclear in the exam paper, candidates can approach the main invigilator who can request clarification from the teacher.
- Any form of communication between students during the exam is not allowed
- If technical problems happen during the exam, the candidate should notify an invigilator who can assist
- Candidates should be considerate of others in the exam room to prevent disturbances. Serious violations of order can result in a candidate being expelled from the exam room
- When the exam time is up, all writing must stop
19. Submission
In the digital exam system with or without hand-drawn papers
When you are finished with your submission, notify an invigilator. The candidate remains seated until signalled that the submission has been registered. If hand drawings also are to be submitted, the candidate remains seated until all exam papers have been checked and submitted. The candidate then immediately leaves the examination room.
Submission of paper-based exams
For paper-based exams, the candidate has 15 minutes to fill out necessary information on the sheets. The submission should be divided in two copies. Notify the invigilator when ready to submit. The candidate remains seated until all exam papers have been checked and submitted, and then immediately leaves the examination room.
Oral examination
20. Attendance
The candidate should arrive outside the exam room at least 10 minutes before the stated time for the oral exam, unless a different time has been specified.
21. Special requirements for digital oral exam
The candidate must show valid ID on camera before the exam begins. The candidate must sit in a well-lit room and their face must be visible for the examiner.
Recording the exam is not permitted. Communication with others during the digital oral exam is not allowed. It is also not permitted to use aids that have not been approved in advance.
If a candidate experiences an unforeseen technical problem during the exam, it will be considered whether it’s possible to retake the exam later.
Superior documents
- Regulations for admission, programs of study and examinations at the University of Inland Norway
- Citing sources
This Instruction has been approved by Director of Academic Affairs 1st August 2024