Pre-ponement resp. Distance Exams of session and end-of-semester examinations
In the context of the new external pageOrdinance on Course Units and Performance Assessments at the ETH Zurich (in German)call_made the approval procedure for pre-ponements resp. distance examinations of session and end-of-semester examinations has been adjusted.
Conditions / Guidelines
- No student has a general right to prepone examinations or to take them as distance exams - students need to have the consent of the main-examiner.
- Every single preponement has to be approved by Academic Services.
- Without official approval, examinations taken at a date before the examination session resp. taken as distance exams will be considered as invalid and will be canceled.
Acceptable reasons
- Only important study-specific reasons will be accepted (especially exchange, mandatory internships).
- Every reason brought forward by a student has to be attested.
Change of examination modes (written > oral)
- For ETH-students permissions to change the examination mode will only be granted very restrictively.
- For Mobility-students (incoming students from other universities) an adequate oral examination time is permitted, as long as their Home-University accepts it.
Procedure
- Students will have to submit a request through myStudies.
Detailed Information
Approval / Announcement
- ETH-students have to prove, that the examination cannot be taken in the subsequent examination session. Proportionality and appropriateness will be considered as well.
- Every decision will be communicated to the student and the main-examiners by e-mail.