To take an examination at Linnaeus University
We are very happy to have you as a student at our university and our ambition is to offer you examination sittings that live up to a high standard. Please read the information below regarding what regulations apply when you are taking an examination.
You must register for the examination sitting 9 working days at latest. The registration is open 30 days. Late registrations are not accepted. If you are using a wireless connection, we cannot guarantee that your registration is recorded correctly. Use a computer with a fixed line. Always make sure that you have received an email confirming your registration. If you do not receive a confirmation, your registration has not been recorded and you must contact the examination unit straight away. In order to be able to register for an examination you must be registered on the course. Please note that following your registration it may take up to 30 minutes before you can see the examination sitting for which you have registered. If you cannot find the examination you are looking for in the examination system, please contact your department.
Student guide for written examinations (PDF)
Anonymous examinations
As from the spring term 2017, written examinations at Linnaeus University are anonymous. This means that your examination is marked anonymously by your teacher/examiner and the results are then registered in Ladok like before. You receive the code you use at the examination sitting when you register for the exam in the central registration system. A confirmation on your registration and your personal code are sent to your student email. You then bring the code with you to the examination sitting and write the code on your examination sheets instead of your name and personal identity number.
Examination regulations at Linnaeus University
The following regulations apply when you take an examination at Linnaeus University.
Registration
1. You register for the examination via the student service in Ladok.
2. At Linnaeus University, late registration is not applied.
3. The registration period always closes 9 work days before the date of the examination. You can register for your examination as soon as the registration is open.
4. Always register well in advance before the examination and check that your registration has gone through. Contact your department in case you experience problems with your registration.
5. In order to register for an exam, you must be registered on the course in question.
6. You will get information on in what room the examination will take place 6–4 work days before the examination. An examination group can be split and divided between a number of different rooms.
7. When registering, make sure that you register for the right city since some examinations are offered at more than one city at the same time.
8. As soon as you have registered for the examination, you will get your anonymisation code.
9. When you take an examination with anonymisation code, you can always see your anonymisation code on your page in the student service.
At the examination
1. ID checks will be carried out at the admission. It is therefore important that you arrive well in time.
2. Your identification should be approved and must not have expired.
3. When you enter the examination room, you tick off your name on the participant list.
4. The invigilator will show you to your seat.
5. Only specified examination aids are allowed to be present on the desk or in its vicinity.
6. Electronic equipment like, for instance, mobile phone and smartwatch must be switched off and not be stored near your writing desk.
7. The examination starts at the stated time and then the door will be closed. No one is allowed to leave the room until after 50 minutes.
8. After 45 minutes, there will be a second admission for those who are registered and on the participant list.
9. If you have not registered, you can, as long as there are seats available for your examination, be offered a writing place after 45 minutes. However, in that case you cannot use your anonymisation code.
10. If you are admitted at the second admission, after 45 minutes, you have the same stop time for the examination as the other examinees.
11. There should be peace and quiet in the examination room, no talking.
12. You may not borrow material/aids from another examinee, contact the invigilator for help.
13. You fill in your course and anonymisation code on the cover sheet and all loose-leaf that you hand in. This information should be written in ink.
14. You are allowed to bring something to eat and drink during the examination.
15. There will be no (smoking) breaks.
16. In case you have to visit the toilet, you write your anonymisation code on the intended list.
When you are finished writing
1. When handing in your examination, all papers should be provided with anonymisation code or name and personal identity number, and course code and, when applicable, examination code.
2. It is not allowed to bring any examination material with you from the examination room.
3. Together with the invigilator, you count the number of documents that you hand in.
4. You sign the participant list to confirm that you have handed in your examination.
5. After handing in your examination and signing the participant list you are not allowed to continue writing.
6. Show consideration and leave the room quietly!
Cheating
1. All forms of cheating, for instance, crib sheets, use of mobile phone, talking to another examinee, use of aids that are not allowed, will be reported as cheating.
2. Keep in mind the consequences of cheating. If reported to the disciplinary board, cheating can lead to suspension from both teaching and examination.
Examinee from other higher education institution
If you come from another higher education institution and wish to take your examination at Linnaeus University (Lnu), you must send in a request for a seat at an examination. Fill in "Request to sit an examination at Linnaeus University". Later on, once you have received a decision on seat at examination at Lnu, you/your administrator must fill in the form "Examination information to Linnaeus University". You are responsible for making sure that you know in what room the examination is to take place. Linnaeus University's examination regulations apply for everyone who takes an examination at Linnaeus University. You approve these when filling in "Request to sit an examination at Linnaeus University". Examination sheets are sent in PDF format to tentamen@lnu.se