On examination day

Time and place for your exam

Standard times

Most exams at Chalmers are 4 hours, but there are also exams with shorter or longer writing time. Morning exams always start at 08:30 and afternoon exams start at 14:00. 

Students who have been granted extra time receive 50 percent longer writing time. Morning exams for students with extra time start at 08:30 and afternoon exams start at 12:00.

Find your exam room

Information about exam rooms is available at least 4 working days before the exam period begins. Visit the exam schedule for Johanneberg or Lindholmen. Follow the instructions at the top of the schedule to find your individual exam room. Please note that there may be changes on short notice. Therefore, check your exam room again on the day of the exam.

Use Chalmers Maps or the campus app for directions to your exam room.

Students sitting adapted examinations

Students with disability study support generally sit exams in the same building as the ordinary exam. You will receive information about your exam room in an email from the Examination Administration Office, 3 working days before each exam.

If you are unsure about where to go, you can always ask at the nearest exam reception. Once you arrive at your exam room, the invigilator will know what support you need and will give you the appropriate assistance.

Rules and routines in the exam hall

You must be signed up for the exam in order to take it.

 

Bring a valid ID, anonymisation code and access card

Check-in starts approximately 30 minutes before the exam starts. You must present a valid ID document before you are allowed to enter the exam hall.

The following ID documents are approved:

• Passport
• Swedish national identity card 
• Swedish driving licence
• Swedish SIS-marked ID card
• Swedish ID card issued by a government body
• ID card from an EU country, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland

A residence permit card is not an approved ID document. Digital ID cards, such as the BankID digital ID card, are not approved either.

You find your anonymisation code in Ladok for students. For written exams, the code will be pre-printed on your cover sheet. Make sure you have received the correct cover sheet from the exam invigilator. The anonymisation code must be provided on all answer sheets that are submitted. If you have forgotten to bring your code, you can get it from the invigilator.

Always bring your access card when you take an exam, as some buildings and rooms may be locked during exam periods.

Check in at your exam room

• You must go to the exam room to which you have been assigned, according to the information in the exam schedule. If you are taking an adapted exam or a double exam, you have received information about your exam room via an email from the Examination Administration Office.
• Check in with the exam invigilator before entering the exam room. Have your ID document at hand. The invigilator will then direct you to a seat in the room.
• Place personal belongings such as jackets and bags at their designated place. 
• Turn off all electronic devices that are not permitted. Mobile phones, smartwatches, and other prohibited electronic devices must be placed with your personal belongings.  
• You must check in at your assigned exam room no later than 30 minutes after the scheduled start time.

Only use writing papers that are handed out

• You may only use writing papers that are distributed by the exam invigilator. All writing papers, including scratch papers and papers that have not been used, must be handed to the invigilator at the end of the exam.
• Red ink must not be used on your answer sheets, nor on your cover sheet.

Only bring permitted aids

Only bring writing materials and aids permitted by the exam instructions. Approved aids are stated in the course syllabus and on the exam paper. You can read more about permitted aids on the page Preparations and permitted aids during examinations

Bring something to eat or drink

You are allowed to bring a snack to the exam hall, provided that this does not disturb the other students. For allergenic reasons, you must not bring peanuts, other legumes or nuts, including almonds.

Do not speak to other students

• For the duration of the exam, students are prohibited from talking to other students or outsiders, neither in the exam hall nor during toilet visits.
• The examiner, or a supervising teacher appointed by the examiner, will visit the exam hall at least once to answer questions about the exam. This person is also available by phone for the duration of the exam.

Pauses and check-out

• You may leave the exam room no earlier than 60 minutes after the scheduled start time of the exam. During this time, no pauses are allowed. After 60 minutes, toilet visits are permitted. You must receive permission from the exam invigilator before you leave the exam room. During the last 30 minutes of the exam, no toilet visits are allowed.
• Students with extended writing time who take their exam in the afternoon may leave the exam room 60 minutes after the regular exam start time.
• Smoke breaks are not allowed.
• The exam invigilator will announce when 15 minutes and 5 minutes of the writing time remain. You must complete your exam within the allotted time. This includes writing your anonymisation code, page number, and question number on all submitted sheets, and arranging them in page number order. On the cover sheet, you must also provide information about the number of sheets submitted and which questions you have answered. Always bring your ID document when checking out with the exam invigilator.

 

For the complete regulation, see Regulation for planning courses and holding examinations.

Digital examinations on campus (via Inspera)

For digital exams, you use your own laptop or a computer in a computer room. Chalmers uses the Inspera Assessment cloud service for digital exams. Similarly to written exams, you must be signed up in Ladok for students in order to take a digital exam.

To use Inspera, you must download Safe Exam Browser (SEB) to your computer. This is a locked browser that gives you access to Inspera, but nothing else on the internet. Once your computer has SEB installed, Inspera will detect and calibrate your machine. When you open the exam in Inspera, it will be downloaded locally to your computer.

No later than a week before your exam, you should test your machine by logging into Inspera and conducting the demo exam.