If a student fails an exam, they can register for a resit exam if one is available. A special fee of 6.000 ISK is charged for each registration for a resit examination. You register for the exam in Ugla.
Once registration has closed in Ugla, you must register at the Service Desk at the University Centre, either in person or by sending a request for a payment link.
Registration by email is not possible, and please note that resit exam fees are non-refundable.
However, if you are repeating an exam (for the second time or more), you must first get permission from your faculty. Once permission has been granted, you must register for the exam at the Service Desk.
- Resit exams for the autumn semester take place in the last few days before Christmas and the first few days after New Year's, with the exam date determined by the original exam date.
- Resit exams for the spring semester can be held over four to five days at the end of May or the beginning of June, as further determined by the Director of Examinations.
- Students can retake an exam to try to raise their grades. They can do this by registering for the course again or retaking the exam. Note that the later grade is valid, even if the new grade is lower or if you fail.
- If a student needs to unregister from a resit exam, they can do so within 24 hours after the exam time appears in Ugla.
- Not all courses offer a resit exam.
- If a resit exam is not available, students must re-enrol in the course the following academic year.
- Teachers are encouraged to allow assignments and midterm grades to carry over to the next academic year if the student still needs to take the final exam. However, the teacher may require the student to resubmit assignments if considered necessary.
If a student does not attend an exam they are registered for and fails to report an illness within three days, they will be recorded as "absent" and won't be able to take the resit exam.
Generally, students are permitted to take an exam in each course twice.
If you fail an exam or do not attend an exam for which you are registered, you may retake the exam the next time it is held, but no later than within one year. In this case, the student must re-enrol in the course.
Further information on absences and illness during exams can be found in Ugla.