Examination session

Contact for any problems prior to and during the examination session:

Examination Office, Tel. 044 632 20 68

Binding Directives

• The "Binding Directives to the Examination Schedule" (PDF, 50 kB) are always a fixed component of the examination schedule.
• As a basic rule, only take examinations if you are in perfect health. Otherwise you are accepting the risk of failing and you would not be in any way entitled to a cancellation.

Before the start of the examination session:

Withdrawal

• Up until Sunday at midnight (24:00 hours) one week before the start of the examination session through myStudies.
  ATTENTION: The latest deadline for deregistering has been postponed by one week as of Summer Session 2009!
  
• See also "Withdrawal"
  

Illness

• If a deadline is exceeded (e.g. deadline for taking the first year examinations, repeating an examination), you need:
  • a Doctor’s certificate
  • an application in writing, requesting a deadline extension, to the Student Administration (Mrs. Dr. P. Wyrsch, Head of Student Administration, Rämistrasse 101, HG FO 22.1, 8092 Zurich)

Once the examination session has started:

Late withdrawal from examinations

• Once the withdrawal deadline has expired, it is only possible to withdraw on grounds of force majeure (e.g. illness or an accident).
• Contact the Examination Office immediately by telephone (Tel. 044 632 20 68). You must present a certificate setting out the reason for absence.

Illness

• Always telephone the Examination Office immediately so that the examiners can be informed in good time. (Tel. 044 632 20 68)
• Please note: Obtain a doctor’s certificate – this should always include the dates of the examinations which have not been taken.
• The next steps (e.g. whether other examinations are taken or not) are discussed with the Examination Office by telephone.

Special cases

• If you are prevented from taking part in the examinations for other reasons of force majeure, always telephone the Examination Office immediately so that the examiners can be informed in good time. (Tel. 044 632 20 68)
• The next steps are discussed with the Examination Office by telephone.

Discontinuation of examinations

• If you are absent from an examination without a valid reason, this examination and the entire examination block in question will be considered as "failed".
• In this case too, the Examination Office needs to be informed immediately. (Tel. 044 632 20 68)

Other problems

• "Deadline missed"/"Incorrect time noted"
• "I cannot get to the examination on time"
• "Where is the examination taking place? I don't have my schedule with me."
• "The examiner is not there..."

The Examination Office can be contacted throughout the entire examination session. Call us (Tel. 044 632 20 68) – we will do our best to help you.