Short version

The Examination Board consists of a chairman and at least two other members appointed by the Faculty Council. The Examination Board regulates everything that has to do with examinations and grades.

Contact at the courses

The contact person is the chairman of the examination committee of the course, provided that there are not special grades recognisers. As a rule, you will find the chairperson of the examination committee on the page of the respective study programme at the end under the academic adviser.

Description

Like the Examination Board, the Examination Board is an examination body. Both are formed in accordance with the university examination regulations.
The examination committee consists of a chairman and at least two other members, who are usually university lecturers or university lecturers.

Tasks of the Examination Board according to the Rules Examination Regulations :

  • Setting and disclosing the dates for the individual examination services.
  • Ordering the examiners, assigning students to the examiners and ordering the assessors during oral examinations.
  • Setting and disclosing the approved working and aids on the proposal of the examiner who is entrusted with the task.
  • Decision on the crediting of study periods, study and examination achievements and relevant, equivalent vocational or school education.
  • Decision on the consequences of infringements of examination regulations.
  • Decision on applications for renewals for the closure of examination services.
  • Decision on the consequences of the non-exam nout.
  • Determination of the result of audit services.

Further tasks can be assigned to the examination committee via the university examination regulations. According to the General Examination Regulations of the Technical University of Applied Sciences Augsburg, the examination boards have the following further tasks:

  • The examination boards shall announce the examiners appointed for the individual examinations for the individual examinations no later than two weeks after the start of the semester, as well as the final levy dates for the academic work at university. Contrary to this, binding interim dates may be set by the examiners at the latest with the task of the task.
  • The university public postage is usually made by four weeks, but no later than two weeks before the first day of the examination period by the examination boards.
  • The approved aid and work equipment must be made known by the responsible examination board within four weeks after the start of the lecture of the respective semester.
  • The examination boards can specify dates in the first two weeks of the lecture period to repeat examinations (choice reviews). The responsible examination board can determine more regarding requirements for participation.
  • Exams that are to be achieved according to their purpose during the lecture period, in particular study and project work and examinations that complete a block lecture, can be held with the approval of the faculty management during the lecture period, provided that they do not affect lecture operations.
  • On the basis of the reports to be submitted and the training certificates, the examination board determines whether the practical training has been successfully completed.
  • Missing days in the practical semester have to be made up. In individual cases, the examination board may decide that absenteeism does not have to be made up if the absenteeism is small and the training goal has been reached.
  • The possibility of repeating not passed examinations is to be ensured in the examination offer of the following semester. The examination board of a course of study may stipulate an exemption for events in which thesis, project work or similar proof of achievement, which usually extend over a longer period of time due to the comprehensive task and the type of execution and for this reason require supervision over the vast duration of a semeter.