Studying with extra facilities
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General |
If you experience
significant obstacles due to your specific circumstances, the
Faculty offers the possibility of taking examinations in a manner
tailored to your circumstance. |
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Procedure temporary facilities |
Would you like to apply for a temporary examination facility, for example due to a broken wrist, please contact a study adviser of the International Office as soon as possible. Make sure to provide the study adviser with a recent expert statement (e.g., a doctor’s statement). Based on these documents, it can be assessed what kind of temporary facilities, e.g., the use of a laptop, can and should be arranged for. The study adviser will contact the Board of Examiners on your behalf with a possible request for temporary facilities. You will then receive notification from the Board of Examiners about the possible allocation of the facility. This allocation is temporary. Please note that a temporary facility can only be granted once. With a temporary allocation, you must abide by the agreements made at the time of granting. Your temporary facilities letter will indicate which steps you need to take to make the examination facility/facilities permanent. Temporary facilities are not automatically extended. |
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Procedure permanent facilities |
Do you want to apply for a permanent facility, , please complete the information tool. Examination facilities for certain circumstances can immediately be applied for via the information tool, for others you will have to make an appointment with a student counsellor first. Please complete this information tool first to find out which steps to take. As soon as you have received the advice letter from the student counsellor, you can apply for extra facilities, using this application form. Please be aware: you will have to forward the advice letter from the student counsellors yourself to the Faculty. For privacy reasons these advice letters are not forwarded to the Faculty by the student counsellors. The Board of Examiners will subsequently contact you about the possible allocation of facilities; if need be, you will be invited for a meeting. When allocating the facilities, it will be indicated whether the facilities are granted to you permanently or for a certain period of time. The facility therefore does not have to be applied for each examination period. You can find these specifications in the approval letter.
You are responsible
for the timely application of the facility/facilities, handing in
the expert statement(s), and the advice of the student counsellor.
If the application is not done in time, it cannot be guaranteed
that the facilities will be arranged for before the examination
period. Please keep the following deadlines in mind: |
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To do |
1. Arrange for an advice letter by a student counsellor.Should you need facilities for a short period, this step can be skipped (e.g. arm in plaster). In some cases, it will be necessary to make an appointment with a student counsellor, and in others your application can be taken care of digitally. The correct procedure can be found via www.formdesk.nl/rug/examfacilities. 2. As soon as you have received the advice letter from the student counsellor or if you cannot produce an official advice before the deadlines mentioned above, you need to contact a study adviser of the International Office before the above mentioned deadline(s).You can contact the study advisers through LLB rug.nl (bachelor students) or LLM rug.nl (pre-LLM and LLM students). You need to include your advice letter from the student counsellor or – should you not have received that yet – a statement by a (medical) expert. |
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Taking exams |
You will receive notification from the coordinator examination facilities a week before the start of the examination period at the latest. Should you not receive such mail, please contact voorzieningen-rechten@rug.nl. Organising examination facilities is very labour intensive. Should you therefore decide to not participate in an examination you registered for, you need to inform the secretariat of the department responsible for the course. If you take your exam in a separate room organised, please contact the department dealing with the facilities on the day of the exam at the latest (as specified in the approval letter by the Board of Examiners). You will receive a warning the first time you are absent without cancellation. If this happens a second time, the exam facilities will be cancelled. Please take this into account! |
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Last update: 08-07-2025 |