Aarhus University offers special terms and conditions to students with physical or mental functional impairments.
Apply for an exemption as early as the beginning of the semester
- The Board of studies will process your application.
- We recommend that you apply for an exemption for special terms and conditions for your exam(s) as soon as possible.
- Remember to attach relevant documentation of your functional impairment.
- You apply for the exemption via mystudies.au.dk.
- If you do apply for your exemption until late in the semester, the consequence may be that we do not have time to process your application and grant you special terms and conditions for your exam(s).
It is important that you register for the right exams within the deadline
We assess your options for special terms and conditions for your exam(s) based on your exam registrations.
You need to do the following from now on:
- You apply for exemption via mystudies.au.dk.
- We will contact you on your AU-email if we need information and/or documentation.
- You will receive the letters from the Board of studies in your e-Boks.
You can read about the new process in the sections below here:
Will my extended time appear in WISEflow?
Your extra time for written exams will be shown in WISEflow no later than two days before the exam. If not, contact your examination administrator in WISEflow.
Have you been granted an exemption to receive the exam set for your paper exam digitally so you can use your IT aids?
Then you can bring your computer to the exam and access the exam set in WISEflow. You must have the Device Monitor enabled throughout the entire exam.
Please note that you must submit your entire exam paper either on paper or digitally in WISEflow. You are not allowed to submit some parts on paper and other parts digitally.
We grant exemptions for
Aarhus University can offer special terms and conditions for exams when we deem it necessary in order to ensure that the student is placed on an equal footing with other students in connection with a specific exam.
However, the level of the exam may not be altered by the special terms and conditions.
The practices of the Boards of studies at Nat and Tech in granting exemptions are as follows:
- Extra time for written exams – 25 % extra time
- Extra time for preparation for oral exams, if there is already preparation time for the exam – 100 % extra time
- IT tools (e.g. co-spelling and recitation programs)
- Private room (requires special documentation)
Please note that if you attend courses at other faculties and universities, there may be other practices for special terms and conditions for exams.
- Are you attending elective courses at another university? Please contact the studies administration at the other university to learn more about your options.
- Are you attending elective courses at another faculty at Aarhus University? The administration at the other faculty will be informed about your chronic functional impairment, that may grant exemption for special terms and conditions for exams.
We do not grant exemptions for
The practices of the Boards of studies at Nat and Tech is that we do not usually grant exemptions for:
- Extra time for the oral exam itself, as the exam time is estimated. We recommend that you contact your teacher, if you need special considerations.
- Extra time for written exams based on another mother tongue than Danish, when the student meets the entry requirements – e.g. Danish A.
- Extra time for fixed-time home assignments of 24 hours or more, as we expect that you can plan your work effort within the time frames.
- Changing the exam language, as we deem that this will lower the level of the exam.
If you have any questions for the above, please contact us at: