Examinations at the Faculty of Law
Information, guidelines and regulations regarding your exam.
Examination dates
Examination dates and dates for announcement of the marks are published on the semester webpages. The semester page is linked from the course description webpage. You will also find time and place for your examination on StudentWeb.
To find your examination locations see Map of the Faculty of law.
Registration for examinations
The deadline for examination registration is 1 February in the spring semester and 1 September in the autumn semester.
Read more about the semester and examination registration.
Auxiliary materials
On some exams you can bring books as aid. There is a special regulation about this, where you'll find what you can carry and how you can make notes.
Special examination arrangements
You may apply for special arrangements if you have a permanetn or temporary disability, illness or condition that is likely to affect your examination performance.
The deadline for applications for special examination arrangements is 1 February in the spring semester and 1 September in the autumn semester.
The purpose of making special arrangements is to relieve candidates of any disadvantage that may arise if the examination were conducted under standard conditions.
Faculty regulations regarding special examination arrangements.
Counselling services for disabled students at UiO.
Withdrawal and postponed examination
Withdrawal from an examination must take place 2 weeks at the latest prior to the commencement of the examination.
For more information see the link ”examination” on your course description webpage.
Announcement of examination results and list of examiners
Students will find their examination results published on Studentweb. It will be possible to contact the examiners after the announcement of the marks, to be informed of the grounds for the results. A list with contact details of the examiners is published through the semester page.
Lodging a formal complaint
A student may appeal against an awarded grade within 3 weeks after the examination date.
Read more about the procedure for lodging a complaint.