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 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
- Have your ID and code ready when you enter the room.
- The invigilator will take attendance and assign you a seat.
- If you bring a mobile phone and/or smart watch, turn it off, put it in your bag or jacket and place it in the designated place.
- Go to your assigned seat in the examination room. Put your ID and code clearly visible on your table.
- You are not allowed to touch or talk to other students, nor are you allowed to disturb in any way during the exam.
- Any attempt at cheating or misleading, as well as disruptiveness is reported and will be investigated as a disciplinary matter.
- The exam is handed out after the invigilator’s information. You may not start working on the exam before the invigilator says that it is allowed. Starting before is considered cheating and will be reported.
- Write your exam.
- All writing, including filling in covers and writing paper, must be done within the writing time.
- You may leave the room no earlier than 40 minutes after the exam has started. You are not allowed to go to the bathroom for the first 40 minutes.
- When going to the bathroom, you must identify yourself, the invigilator will note your visit to the bathroom with time, and your first and last name on a special list.
- Raise your hand if you have questions for the invigilators or if you need to get in touch with your teacher.
- When you have finished your exam, bring the cover, exam, ID and code and hand it in at the place specified by the invigilator.
- Avoid disruptive queues in connection with the submission and leave the room as soon as you are finished.
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.
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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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.
Digital written exams in Inspera
At the University, you can write exams in Inspera. It is a digital system where you sit at one of the University’s computers in a computer room on campus. In the writing room, you will use a special browser, Safe Exam Browser, which locks the possibility to access the Internet.
Once the assessment of your exam is complete, you will find your result in Inspera.
Test the system before your exam
A simple demo exam is available so that you can test Inspera before coming to the exam. The aim is to make the demo exam as similar as possible to a real exam, but there are some differences:
- In your real exam you will have to log in with a username and password but in the demo exam you are already logged in.
- In a real exam, you have to submit your work. You do this with a button on the top right, where the ‘Restart’ button is in the demo exam.
