No complete list detailing relevant adaptation measures exists, as any such measures must be assessed on a case by case basis. Examples of previously granted adaptation measures include:
Additional examination time may be granted for candidates who need this. You will receive an additional 20 minutes for supervised written examinations of up to three hours’ duration, 30 minutes for examinations of three to five hours’ duration and one hour for examinations lasting five hours or more.
The application must state the form of examination, while the need for additional time must be documented.
If the form of examination is not specified, the application will be processed as adaptation for a written examination.
If you need to rest during an examination, additional time may be granted for this purpose. The need for additional time must be documented. You will receive an additional 20 minutes for supervised written examinations of up to three hours’ duration, 30 minutes for examinations of three to five hours’ duration and one hour for examinations lasting five hours or more.
You must contact an invigilator each time you wish to rest so he/she can note how much of the additional time you have used. If you do not do this, you will not be credited any time to rest. It is important to note that the resting time may not be used for examination work. There is a rest room at the campus for students who require this.
o Should you need to breastfeed during written school exams, you may apply for extra time for this purpose. Make sure you alert the invigilator each time you need time to breastfeed, so they can note down the time you leave and the time you return to the examination room. If you fail to do this, you will not be credited with extra time. Please note that extra time allocated to breastfeeding, may not be used as exam time.
If you have documented dyslexia or other forms of learning disabilities, you can apply for permission to use the software tool Lingdys during written examinations.
Lingdys is a reading and writing tool designed to help people with dyslexia or other forms of learning disabilities. It contains dictionaries in Norwegian Bokmal, Norwegian Nynorsk and English as well as speech synthesis to read out written text. Speech synthesis is software that decodes digital text and read it out loud. Lingdys4 also contains Lingright (English dictionary).
Students who are granted permission to use Lingdys during written examinations will be provided with a computer with the Lingdys program installed. Contact an invigilator when you arrive at the examination venue.
Applications concerning adaptation for learning disabilities (dyslexia) must be supported by documentation in the form of a certificate from a speech therapist/the educational and psychological counselling service (PPT). Such documentation cannot be older than from lower secondary school.
Students who need to use a computer during examinations may apply for this. UiT The Arctic University of Norway is arranging increasing more written examinations as digital examinations. If examinations are arranged as digital examination, you take your own laptop computer. However, if the examination is not digital, we will ensure that you are provided a laptop computer on the day of the examination.
Candidates who have Norwegian as a foreign language may be granted additional examination time of 20 minutes for written examinations of up to three hours’ duration, 30 minutes for examinations of three to five hours’ duration and one hour for examinations lasting five hours or more.
This arrangement applies during the first year the student is registered at UiT The Arctic University of Tromsø.
This arrangement does not apply for students who sit the examination in English or for students who had Norwegian as their second language at upper secondary school. Furthermore, this arrangement does not apply to candidates taking courses in Nordic languages.
This arrangement applies for students who have followed the curriculum in basic Norwegian, minorities who have other languages as their mother tongue (on the competency certificate appears as “short period of residence” in Norway – “kort botid” – which means they have lived in Norway less than six years).
Candidates who have Norwegian as a foreign language may, upon application, use a dictionary during the examination.
After your application to use a dictionary as an examination support material has been approved, the dictionary must be controlled by your programme administration.
You must print the form below, and bring it together with your approved application for examination support material to your programme administration.
You can find the application form here.
As a starting point, allergies and/or asthma do not provide the basis for individual adaptations during examinations. The Norwegian universities jointly obtained a medical assessment about whether there is a requirement for individual adaptation for asthma/allergy sufferers during examinations. The conclusion was that current medications do not create any significant sedative effect that would impair one’s performance during an examination.
In serious/special circumstances, a brief amount of additional time may be granted to rest and/or take necessary medication during a written examination.
If a candidate is suffering from an allergy or asthma to the extent that he/she is unable to sit/complete the examination, he/she can submit a medical certificate documenting illness on the day of the examination and be granted access to register for a re-scheduled examination.
Pregnant candidates are granted rest time of 20 minutes for supervised written examinations of up to three hours’ duration, 30 minutes for examinations of three to five hours’ duration and one hour for examinations lasting five hours or more if the examination is held in the eighth or ninth month of pregnancy. A medical certificate stating the baby’s anticipated due date must be submitted.
Students who require adaptation of the examination venue may apply for this. For instance, students can sit the examination in a smaller room with few other students or, in special circumstances, in a separate room. A medical certificate or specialist’s report, etc. documenting the special needs must be submitted.
Examples of adaptations of equipment include:
- using a suitable chair
- using a height-adjustable desk
Students who cannot sit an examination with the ordinary form of assessment may apply for a change of the form of examination. An application must be submitted for each individual course. In such cases, the Joint Examination Service, which processes applications for adaptation of examinations, will ask the academic environment to provide an academic assessment of the application.
o Information on accessibility in Wiseflow can be found here.
As part of the adaptation, the examiners can be informed of the reason that the student has been granted adaptation of the examination. Examples of this may be students who want the sensors to know that they have dyslexia, or in cases where the student has a writing assistant during the examination. If you have been granted adaptation measures and you would like the examiners to be informed of this, please contact us (you will find us under “Contact details” above).
If you need adaptation to work requirements/tests, please contact your studyadministration /teacher etc. in good time before implementation.
Students who have been granted permanent special arrangements and have registered for a type of exam they previously have not been granted special arrangements for, can be granted the same special arrangements for this despite missing the application deadline. Please contact us via the Self-service portal TOPdesk or via e-mail as soon as possible.
Students who apply for and are granted extra time for home examinations receive additional time as follows:
Examination with duration of 2 days: 3 hours extra time
Examination with a duration of 3 days: Next day submission at 0900hrs
Examination with duration of 4-13 days: 1 day (24 hrs) extra time
Examination with a duration of 14 days or more: 2 days(48 hours) extra time
If your exams last over 2 weeks and you need extra time, please contact us via the user portal Self-service portal TOPdesk or via e-mail.
Our support phone is not serviced on Saturdays. If your submission day is on a Saturday and you have problems with the submission, it is important that you submit your examination answer to exam@hjelp.uit.no within the deadline. There are no submissions on public holidays.
Students who apply for and are granted extra time for project assignments, bachelor theses and master's theses, are normally given the following additional time:
Project assignments, bachelor theses and master's theses with credits between 10-19:
3 days extra
Project assignments, bachelor theses and master's theses with credits between 20-39:
1 week extra
Project assignments, bachelor theses and master's theses with credits between 40-60:
Two weeks extra