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Information on Performance Assessments and Preponement / Distance Examinations Spring Semester 2020

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• Part 1: Information on Performance Assessments
• Types of Performance Assessments at ETH
• Registration and Deregistration
• Examination schedule / Examination dates
• Information in the ETH Course Catalogue
• Q&A
• Short Break
• Part 2: Preponement / Distance Examinations
• General Information / Definition
• Prerequisites / Procedure
• How to fill out a request in myStudies?
• Q&A

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Agenda

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Part 1: Performance Assessments at ETH Zurich

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• Carried out during examination sessions
• Summer Examination Session 2020: 3 – 28 August 2020

(Please note: Examinations may take place on Saturdays as well)

• A separate examination-registration is required through myStudies
• registration period: 2 – 15 March 2020
• Session examinations are planned by the Examinations Office
• Examination dates will be published in myStudies in three steps:
• 1. Schedule of written exams

(approx. at the beginning of May 2020)

• 2. Schedule of oral exams (only dates, no specific time designation)

(approx. by mid-June 2020)

• 3. Personal examination schedule (incl. definite time designations)

(shortly before the beginning of the examination session)

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Session Examinations

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• Carried out during the examination phase at the end of the semester
• End-of-semester exam phase – Spring Semester 2020:

18 May – 12 June 2020

(Please note: Due to the current situation with the Corona Virus, it could be possible that this examination phase will have to be postponed to a later time, such as end of June or early July.)

• A separate examination-registration is required through myStudies
• registration period: 2 – 15 March 2020
• End-of-semester examinations are planned by the lecturers resp. by the

department responsible for the course unit.

• For End-of-semester examinations there will be no examination schedule in

myStudies

• Ask the lecturer in charge about the exact examination date

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End-of-Semester Examinations

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• Mostly integrated performance assessments during the semester

(i.e. laboratory work, seminars,…)

• May be graded or ungraded (pass / fail)
• No separate examination registration required, however students must enroll

in the respective course unit.

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Semester Performances (graded/ungraded)

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How to find out the type?

• All relevant information about an ETH course unit has to be listed in the course

catalogue of ETH Zurich.

• To find out the performance assessment type of your course units:

 myStudies

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Registration and Deregistration (1/2)

• Required for Session- and End-of-Semester Examinations only
• Registration Period: 2 – 15 March 2020
• Please note:

An examination taken without registration is not valid!

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Registration and Deregistration (2/2)

• Deregistrations can be done in myStudies until the official deadlines
• Deregistration Deadlines
• Session Examinations:

Sunday, 26 July 2020, at midnight (resp. Friday, 24 July 2020, at 1 pm)

• End-of-Semester Examinations:

Sunday, 17 May 2020, at midnight (resp. Friday, 15 May 2020, at 1 pm)

• Pay close attention to the emails you receive from the Examinations Office!
•  myStudies

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• E-Mail sent to you last Monday, 2 March 2020

Including links to important information on the web.

• Additional Information on Performance Assessments:

www.exams.ethz.ch

• Address all questions regarding examinations to:

Examinations Office ETH Zentrum, HG F18 Rämistrasse 101 8092 Zürich Phone: 044 632 20 68 Regular opening hours: Mo – Fr, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. (Additional opening hours this week: Mo – Fr, 2.30 p.m. – 4.30 p.m.)

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Additional information / Links

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Part 2: Preponement / Distance Examinations

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• Information given to you prior to your stay at the ETH Zurich:

The session examinations at ETH Zurich are held during the semester break. Exchange and visiting students must respect the official examination dates. This means that you should plan your exchange period to ensure your presence at ETH Zurich during the examination session.

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Preponement of Exams / Distance Exams

(General information)

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• End-of-Semester Examination Phase

18 May – 12 June 2020

• Examination Session Summer 2020

3 – 28 August 2020

• Only in well founded (study-specific) cases can examinations be
• Taken before the examination phase / examination session (preponement)
• Taken as distance examinations (same time, different location)
• Such individual arrangements are always (!) subject to permit
• If an examination is undertaken early without approval, its result is invalid and

will be annulled

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Preponement of Exams / Distance Exams

(General information)

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• You must be matriculated as an exchange student at the ETH Zurich
• Visiting students may not make individual arrangements!
• The semester in question must be your last semester at the ETH Zurich
• Lecturers must (!) agree to the organization of individual arrangements

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Preponement of Exams / Distance Exams

(Prerequisites)

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• Shifting examinations is only granted in exceptional, study-related cases
• Common valid reasons:
• Start date of home university
• Start of a BSc-, MSc- or PhD-Thesis
• Start of a research project
• Start of a mandatory internship
• Some reasons why a request will not be granted:
• Vacation
• Housing Contract expires
• Job offer
• Voluntary internship
• …
• All grounds upon which your request is based must be substantiated

(official documents, written confirmations,…)

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Preponement of Exams / Distance Exams

(Prerequisites)

Must be before or no later than one week after the examination(s) in question

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• Options for written session and end-of-semester examinations:

1. Distance Examination 2. Preponement (as an oral examination)

• Option for oral session and end-of-semester examinations:

1. Preponement (as an oral examination) – but not as distance examinations

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Preponement of Exams / Distance Exams

(Advisement)

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• You need the approval of all lecturers involved
• In case of distance exams your request has to contain a written confirmation from the lecturer
• In case of a preponement you need to fix a new exam date (time, location) with the lecturer
• As of Monday, 16 March 2020, the function in myStudies to make an official

request will be available

• Please note: Requests for distance session exams will have to wait until the official exam

schedule for written session exams will be published (approx. at the beginning of May 2020)

• You will have time to submit your request until approx. 11 May 2020
• Requests which are submitted late will not be considered, unless there is a well-founded reason

for the delay.

• Please register in any case for all examinations, including the ones you

intend to reschedule to an earlier date or that you want to take as distance examinations.

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Preponement of Exams / Distance Exams

(Procedure)

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• Distance examinations are suited to written examinations only
• Date and time stay the same but the location of the exam changes (usually to your home

university)

• In case of online-exams please check with the lecturer, whether a distance exam is possible

(on paper)

• Once you receive official permission to take an examination as a distance

exam you will have to

• Fill out and hand in a PDF-Form containing
• A confirmation of your home university (incl. information on the person proctoring the exam)
• A confirmation of the lecturer
• A written confirmation from your part
• It could be necessary to shift the starting time of a distance exam to regular
• ffice hours (due to time difference) – with approval of the lecturer (!) only
• This can be requested in the initial request (myStudies)
• If necessary it can also be requested later via above mentioned PDF-Form

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Distance Exams

(Additional Procedure)

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• Oral session examinations may be shifted within (!) the examination session if

both, the lecturer and the student in question, agree to a new date.

• This might be an alternative to preponing the examination
• Ask the lecturer in question about possible dates for the oral exam during the session
• It is not possible for exchange and visiting students to retake a failed

examination once they have left the ETH.

•  myStudies

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Preponement of Exams / Distance Exams

(Additional Information)

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• E-Mail sent to you last Monday, 2 March 2020

Including links to important information on the web.

• Additional Information on Performance Assessments:

www.exams.ethz.ch

• Address all questions regarding examinations to:

Examinations Office ETH Zentrum, HG F18 Rämistrasse 101 8092 Zürich Phone: 044 632 20 68 Regular opening hours: Mo – Fr, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. (Additional opening hours this week: Mo – Fr, 2.30 p.m. – 4.30 p.m.)

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Additional information / Links

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