Semmelweis University Organizational and Operational Regulations
– Part III. Student Standards –
Chapter III.2. Study and Examination Regulations
7. Assessment of Meeting the Study Requirements
Article 34 [Participation in Examinations]
(1) A student who has a valid “signed” signature of the subject recorded in NEPTUN prior to the examination may take the exam.
(2) The student who has fulfilled the prerequisites prescribed in the model curriculum and obtained the credits for the subjects assigned to the comprehensive examination can take a comprehensive examination.
(3) Students may register for an examination – with the exception specified in paragraph (4) – no later than 23 hours before the examintaion date; and the students can withdraw their registration no later than 24 hours before the date of the given examination, exclusively via NEPTUN.
(4) At the Faculty of General Medicine, in the case of block education, if there are two or fewer days available for the students to take the examinations, it is possible to register for the examination until 6:00 a.m. on the day of the examination, and to withdraw the registration until 0:00 a.m. on the day of the examination, exclusively via NEPTUN.
(5) For the oral examination part of a comprehensive examination, the educational-research unit can set an individual examination registration period in NEPTUN which shall not be closed sooner than 72 hours before the examination.
(6) Students willing to retake a failed (partial) exam or to upgrade the result of a successful (partial) exam in the same examination period should be given preference at the registration for (partial) examinations formerly announced as retake or second retake exams.
(7) It is the student’s obligation to attend the (partial) examination registered in NEPTUN. If they fail to do so, their knowledge cannot be assessed, and if they do not justify the absence, a “did not appear” entry shall be made in the NEPTUN for the given (partial) exam. Unjustified absences shall be included in the maximum number of examination opportunities per semester, and the student is also required to pay an exam administration fee and the absence fee specified in the Remuneration and Benefits Policy.
(8) Students are not allowed to take an examination without identifying themselves. Students may identify themselves at the examination with a suitable identification document containing both a signature and a photo. If the student is unable to verify their identity, a ” did not appear ” entry has to be made in the examination record form and in NEPTUN, which does not reduce the number of exam opportunities, yet the student is obliged to pay an exam administration fee, which is specified in the Remuneration and Benefits Policy.
(9) The student shall be responsible for the transcription of the payment of the fee specified in paragraphs (7) – (8), following their default. No registration for the next examination in the subject may be made without the payment of the fee.
(10) The student is obliged to justify the absence from the registered (partial) examination within 3 working days in person, writing, electronically or by proxy at the educational-research unit organizing the exam. The educational-research unit – in the event of a dispute between the student and the organizational unit, the Studies and Examinations Committee – decides on the acceptance of the justification. If the student properly justifies their absence, it shall be considered as if they had not registered for the given exam; the “did not appear” entry will be deleted by the educational- research unit.
(11) The student who fails an examination, can attempt to take the exam two more times, at a retake examination and at a second retake examination in the same examination period. The student is allowed to have a third retake examination but only in one subject per academic year. The student is not allowed to have a fourth retake examination in the same subject in the semester – not even on the basis of fairness and equitability.
(12) The student has the opportunity to improve the result of a successful examination until the end of the examination period. The student shall be informed about the fact that the result of the examination may be worse than the original examination result. Additional credits cannot be earned by retaking a successful exam. In case of limited places at the examination, a student registering for a retake or second retake of a failed exam has a priority over students registering for an upgrading retake examination of a successful exam.