Explanation of grades request form – written exams

UNIVERSITY OF OSLO Page 2 of 3Faculty of EducationExplanation- Students have the right to receive an explanation of their grades upon request.- Students requesting an explanation of a grade given at an oral or practical exam: therequest must be made immediately after the examination result is given.- Students requesting an explanation of the grade given at a written exam: the request mustbe made within one week after the student received the grade and not later than three weeksafter the grade has been announced.- The explanation of the grade will normally be given within two weeks after receipt of thestudent’s request.- The examiner is entitled to decide whether the explanation will be provided in written ororal form.Appeal- An appeal against a grade and/or an appeal against formal errors during anexam/assessment are considered anonymous for each candidate, except for master thesis.- Appeals against exam results must be made in written form.- An appeal must be made within three weeks after the grade has been announced. In caseswhere the student has first requested an explanation of a grade or appealed due to formal errorsduring an examination, s/he can appeal against the grade within three weeks after s/he hasreceived the explanation or result of the first appeal.- The appeal is reviewed by two new examiners. The new examiners are entitled to grant anew grade or maintain the initial grade. It is not possible to appeal against this new grade.Please note that there are some specific grades that cannot be appealed against. Oral or practicalexaminations cannot be evaluated by new examiners due to the fact that they have not beenrecorded. Pre-exams (as for example “EXPHIL”) can only be appealed against if the result isfailed.You can find more information about rules and regulations for exams at the University ofOslo at:http://www.uio.no/english/academics/currentstudent/regulations.html