Pre-ponement resp. Distance Exams of session and end-of-semester examinations

Coronavirus Pandemic

Please note that during the Covid-19 emergency phase, different regulations may apply.

Information and FAQs for lecturers

In the context of the new external pageOrdinance on Course Units and Performance Assessments at the ETH Zurich (in German) the approval procedure for pre-ponements resp. distance examinations of session and end-of-semester examinations has been adjusted.

Conditions / Guidelines

No student has a general right to prepone examinations or to take them as distance exams - students need to have the consent of the main-examiner.
Every single preponement has to be approved by Academic Services.
Without official approval, examinations taken at a date before the examination session resp. taken as distance exams will be considered as invalid and will be canceled.

Acceptable reasons

Only important study-specific reasons will be accepted (especially exchange, mandatory internships).
Every reason brought forward by a student has to be attested.

Change of examination modes (written > oral)

For ETH-students permissions to change the examination mode will only be granted very restrictively.
For Mobility-students (incoming students from other universities) an adequate oral examination time is permitted, as long as their Home-University accepts it.

Procedure

Students will have to submit a request through myStudies.
Detailed Information

Approval / Announcement

ETH-students have to prove, that the examination cannot be taken in the subsequent examination session. Proportionality and appropriateness will be considered as well.
Every decision will be communicated to the student and the main-examiners by e-mail.