Examination

Most courses conclude with a written on-campus examination designed to test your knowledge. Other forms of examination include take-home exams, laboratory sessions, seminars, and written assignments. For more information about these forms, please contact the subject directly. Prior registration is always required for a written on-campus examination. More information about the rules regarding written on-campus examinations is available below.

SIGNING UP

Sign up for exams via My Kau. Once logged in, you can view your upcoming exams. The list is based on your registered courses. The sign-up window generally opens five weeks before the exam date. To deregister, go to My Kau. You can still deregister if the sign-up deadline has passed.

SIGN UP WELL AHEAD OF TIME

The sign-up deadline is 14 days before the exam date. Distance students who want to sit the exam at a local study centre are advised to sign up as early as possible. You are not allowed to take the exam if you have not sign-up for it. 

The possibility of signing up is kept open up to and including 14 days before the exam date for exams both on campus and distance. For exams after the New Year and in connection with other major weekends, as well as for exams close to red days, the sign-up periods may look a little different, among other things so that the learning centers have time to book resources. This may mean that you need to register earlier than 14 days before the exam date if you are going to write your exam on a learning centre.

ADAPTED EXAMINATION

Students with documented special needs can be offered adapted examinations. Following approval for targeted study support, you can request the adaptations you are entitled to. Make the requests when you sign up for the exam. You will receive an email and text message requesting supplementary information to your exam registration. Submit the request via My Kau.

EXAMINATION RULES

Karlstad University applies a number of rules to help keep examinations as fair as possible. The rules include information about your possibilities of taking an exam you forgot to sign up for and about how to deregister.

ON-CAMPUS EXAMINATION LOCATION

If several halls are listed for the same exam, students are free to choose a hall. Between one week and one day before the exam, the hall will be posted online.

When you sit a distance exam, it is your own responsibility to follow local instructions, so make sure to double-check information about the address, scheduled time, venue, and similar. Study centres that charge an exam fee may require payment ahead of time.

DISTANCE EXAMINATIONS

Distance students always have the option to sit an exam free of charge at Karlstad University, but they can also choose one of several locations around the country. The rules for on-campus exams at Karlstad University also apply at the local study centres. Students who have not signed up will not be permitted to sit an exam.

Abroad, exchange students can only sit examinations at a Swedish embassy, Swedish consulate or at their exchange university. It is the students responsibility to sign up for the exam and contact the embassy or university to check the possibility. Contact the exam coordination at Karlstad university for more information.