Special conditions for oral exams
Some students need extra time for oral exams. Below you can read about the procedure for special conditions for oral examinations.
The student can be granted extra time (typically 25%) for the preparation time before the oral exam, for the exam itself (e.g., for speech challenges or anxiety), or for both. Granting special conditions presupposes that the lecturer assesses that this is necessary to place the student on equal terms as the other students. The SPS Unit (specialexamconditions@adm.dtu.dk) can assist the lecturer in this assessment as needed. In these cases, the student has not been granted special conditions via AUS, but the examiner/lecturer must consider the student's particular challenge, if relevant and possible.
It is a prerequisite that the grant of special conditions does not lower the academic level of the exam.
The student must contact the lecturer no later than one month before the oral exam and provide documentation of the matter on which the request is based. However, if the cause is speech challenges, this is assumed to be assessable during a regular conversation.
Exam anxiety (anxiety only at exams) is not a valid reason for special conditions, but general anxiety (anxiety in everyday life) is valid. Read more at student.dtu.dk: Apply for special examination conditions'
If the student is to take part in an oral group exam but is part of a group where the other students have not been granted extra time, the lecturer/examiner may assign the whole group extra time.
It is a prerequisite that the grant of special conditions does not lower the academic level of the exam.
The student must contact the lecturer no later than one month before the oral exam and provide documentation of the matter on which the request is based. However, if the cause is speech challenges, this is assumed to be assessable during a regular conversation.
Exam anxiety (anxiety only at exams) is not a valid reason for special conditions, but general anxiety (anxiety in everyday life) is valid. Read more at student.dtu.dk: Apply for special examination conditions'
If the student is to take part in an oral group exam but is part of a group where the other students have not been granted extra time, the lecturer/examiner may assign the whole group extra time.