RULES CONCERNING EXAMINATIONS
The most important rules from Rules and Regulations of Studies at SGH:
§ 30 [Organisation of exam period]
2. During each exam period, exams for a given subject are held on two different days.
7. A lecturer may hold an non-obligatory zero exam on an earlier date than during the exam period binding the students.---
Commentary: The lecturer alone decides on holding the zero exam and on considering it I term exam or additional unofficial exam.
§ 31 [The right to take an exam on two dates]
1. Each student shall have the right to take an exam in a subject on two dates. The right to re-take an exam in a subject does not apply to students who have had obtained a positive grade on the first exam date.
2. In the case of written exams, students are allowed to see their exam paper within two weeks as of the announcement of the exam results in the Virtual Dean’s Office.---
3. A fail received on any exam date is counted towards the semester's grade average. Such method of computing the grade average does not apply to students who commenced their studies before the 2006/2007 academic year.---
4. Only positive exam grades in subjects are given in documents, including the supplement to the diploma, listing subjects studied at the school.---
§ 32 [Extending the exam period]
In particularly justified instances, like disease or force majeure, the Dean of the relevant Studies Centre or the Rector’s Attorney may decide on extending a student’s exam period.---
§ 33 [Exam conducted before an examination board]
1. Upon a student’s justified application filed within 7 days as of the announcement of the grade in the subject pursuant to § 31, the Dean of the relevant Studies Centre or the Rector’s Attorney shall order the exam to be conducted before an examination board; this should take place within 14 days as of filing the application. This provision also applies to foreign language exams.---
§ 34 [Scale of grades]
The following grades are given at the end of classes:---
excellent – 5,5---
very good - 5,0---
good plus - 4,5---
good - 4,0---
pass plus - 3,5---
pass - 3,0---
fail - 2,0---
§ 35 [Exam protocols]
1. The final grades are entered by a teacher to the Internet exam protocols into the Internet exam protocol system for the students of the two-degree studies.---
2. The grades entered into the protocols constitute the sole basis for establishing the student’s progress and the grade point average in studies. The student’ s progress is recorded in the Virtual Dean’s Office
Commentary: It is the students' obligation to check the Virtual Dean's Office after the exam sessions to make sure all the received grades are shown there.
§ 37 [Crediting a semester]
1. The settlement period is that of a term (semester).---
2. The term is credited if the student received positive grades, that is at least grades pass, in all classes listed in the declared individual plan of studies during the respective semester.---
6. The absence for one month as of the end of the exam period of any remarks from the student is tantamount to his acceptance of his grades registered in the Virtual Dean’s Office.---
§ 38 [Conditional enrolment for the next term]
1. A student failing to complete not more than two subjects has the right to obtain a conditional enrolment for the next term, subject to item 2.---
2. A first-term student of second-degree studies failing to complete one subject has the right to obtain a conditional enrolment for the next term.---
3. While giving his consent to the conditional enrolment for the next term, the Dean of the relevant Studies Centre or the Rector’s Attorney defines the manner of and the deadline for obtaining credit for the outstanding subjects.---
4. The student shall file an application in relation to the said matter within a non-extendable period of 14 days as of finishing the second exam period.---