Written exams
There are many types of exams for University students, for example a written exam. These require that you are well aware of what regulations you need to follow, in order for you to be allowed to take the exam. The information below is your guide to ensure you are prepared prior to your exam.
Below, you will find information about rules for an exam and details on how to take a written exam at Halmstad University. A written exam is taken at a specified time, alongside others. Both written and digital exams are available.
In addition to written exams, other forms of assessment include take-home exams (assignments), oral exams, laboratory exams and seminars. The specific examination format for your current course can be found in your course syllabus.
Exam regulations
Regulations before, during and after a written exam
Before the exam
- Bring your passport or ID-card (access cards or UT-cards are not valid IDs). Without a valid ID you are not allowed to take your exam.
- Bring your code on a piece of paper (you can find the code when you register in Ladok for students).
- Also bring a pencil, eraser, ink pen and other approved aids for the exam. If you are uncertain what aids are permitted in the exam room, ask your teacher.
- Notes, tablets, mobile phones, smart watches and other technical devices are not allowed at your allotted desk. Suspected cheating will be reported immediately.
Cheating and plagiarism - Writing paper, alcogel and disposable gloves will be available in the exam room.
- You are allowed to bring food and beverages and eat during the exam.
- Make sure you arrive with plenty of time to spare, preferably 30 minutes before the exam starts. About 10 minutes before the exam starts, information is given.
- If you arrive later than 30 minutes after the exam has started you will not be allowed in.
During the exam
- Keep your distance from others inside and outside the hall.
- Have your ID and code ready when entering the exam room.
- If you bring a mobile phone, switch it off, put it in your bag or jacket and hang it in the designated place.
- It is not permitted to choose your own seat. Go to the designated / presented place in the exam room. Put your ID and code clearly visible on the bench.
- It is not permitted to talk to other students during the exam.
- You find the exam in the upside-down exam cover on the desk. The cover with the exam may only be turned over when the invigilator announces that it is allowed. Opening the exam cover in advance is considered cheating and will be reported.
- Write your exam.
- Let the invigilators know if you need to contact a teacher or go to the toilet. You may not leave the room until 40 minutes after the exam has started at the earliest, even for visits to the bathroom.
- Bring your exam and everything else from the desk to avoid unnecessary walking in the room. To avoid queuing when the exams are handed in, students must proceed one at a time.
- Place your exam and ID in the designated place and take a step back while the invigilator checks your submitted material.
- Leave the exam room and continue to keep distance from others.
After the exam
- When your teacher has graded your exam, you will receive the result in Ladok for students.
- A few days after you have received the result and your exam is in the “Exams available for collection-list”, you can collect your exam at Service Center or contact us via Helpdesk to have your written exam scanned and e-mailed to you.
Exams available for collection
In the video below, the University staff will help guide you through some of the most important parts before, during and after an exam.
Anonymous written exams
All written exams are anonymous for all students at Halmstad University. Examinations via the learning platform Blackboard cannot be conducted anonymously.
What is an anonymous written exam?
An anonymous written exam means that the correction process is anonymous. The teacher does not know which student has written which exam when they correct them. Once you collect your exam at Service Center, you will need to show your ID as usual because the exam is decoded and linked to your personal ID number again after it has been corrected and before the examiner sets the grade.
Bring the code to the exam room
When you signed up for an anonymous written exam in Ladok for students you received an anonymous code. Since the code replaces your personal ID number on the exam, you must remember to bring the code to the exam room and then write the code on your exam.
Double written exams
If you want to write two written exams at the same time, written permission from the examiners is required.
You must print and submit your application for permission to write double exams to Servicecenter no later than two weeks prior to the exam date. Both concerned examiners must sign and approve your application.
Please note that no extra time will be allowed.
Application for writing double exams
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