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Explanation for or appeal against a grade

Explanation for or appeal against a grade

Procedure for requesting an explanation for the determination of your grade. Procedures for submitting an appeal against the determination of a grade or procedural errors in connection with an examination.
  • How do I request an explanation for my grade?

    Students can request an explanation for their grade in Studentweb

    If you want to request an explanation for your grade in connection with oral examinations or assessment of practical skills, you will have to contact the examiner or lecturer immediately after the grade is announced. 

  • Deadlines for an explanation

    In connection with written examinations, a request for an explanation must be submitted within one week from when the grade was announced. Grades are announced in Studentweb three weeks after your exam.

    When will I receive the explanation?

    You will receive the explanation within two weeks after you have submitted your request. The explanation shall state the general principles on which the assessment was based and explain the assessment of your performance. 

    Explanations may be given orally or in writing at the examiner’s discretion.

  • Appeal a grade

    Consider carefully whether or not you want to submit an appeal. Please note that you cannot appeal against the new grade and that this grade will be the final grade of the examination in question. The new grade may be higher, lower or the same as the original grade.

    Oral and practical examinations

    You may not appeal against the determination of grades awarded in connection with an oral or practical examination.

    Group examination

     If the whole group wants to appeal, they may submit one form but it is important that the form includes the names, student ID numbers and signatures of all the appellants. The result of an appeal will only have consequences for the candidates who have submitted the appeal. This implies that not all members of a group have to submit an appeal.

    What happens after I have submitted an appeal?

    When an appeal has been submitted, there will be a new assessment of your answer paper. The new assessment will be carried out by at least two new examiners, whereof at least one is an external examiner. The examiners will not receive the original examination result.

    The new grade may be higher, lower or the same as the original grade. You may not appeal against the new grade.

    You have the right to withdraw your appeal until the case is settled.

  • Appeal procedural errors

    Procedural errors may for instance include

    • Errors in the examination question paper that may have affected the result
    • Errors during the examination that may have affected the result
    • Errors in connection with the assessment that may have affected the result

    How do I submit an appeal against procedural errors?

    Consequences of an appeal against procedural errors

    The consequences of an appeal against procedural errors may be an annulment of the examination attempt. A new assessment of your answer paper will be carried out. It could also be that a new examination or test will be arranged.

    You have the right to withdraw your appeal until the case is settled.

  • Deadline for appeal

    The current deadline for appeal against the determination of a grade is

    • Three weeks from the announcement of the examination result
      or
    • Three weeks from then you received the explanation for the grade, or the result of an appeal against procedural errors

    The current deadline for appeal against procedural errors is

    • three weeks after you are or should have been familiar with circumstances that form the basis for the appeal
      or
    • three weeks from when you received the explanation for the grade or the result of an appeal against the determination of a grade.

    Your faculty will first process the appeal. If the faculty finds that the appeal should be rejected, the appeal will be forwarded to the Appeals Committee at OsloMet (information in Norwegian only).

  • Do you need help?

    If you need help with any of the following, please contact your faculty:

    • Registration for and withdrawal from an exam
    • Oral and practical exams
    • Illness during an exam
    • Exam results
    • Explanation for and appeal against the determination of a grade
    • Diploma and transcript of records
    • Special arrangements of the daily routines of student life
    • Contact your faculty

    The Examination office can help you with the following: