Exams | Extraordinary Examination Period

In the RAUC

^{Article no. 140}

^{Rights (Student-Finalist)}

1 - The early assessment of a curricular unit, that is, bringing the special examination period forward to one of the extraordinary examination periods, provides the student with an additional opportunity to complete his/her academic pathway by sitting the exams before the usual examination periods throughout the academic year (article 115).

4 - Bringing forward the special examination period is subject to the limit number of exams and the registration system established for the status of student-finalist and the mandatory registration for the extraordinary examination period, to be carried out within the established deadline (article 115).

5 - The student who requests the bringing forward of the special exam in accordance with the provisions laid down in paragraph 1 loses the possibility of using the special examination period regarding the curricular unit concerned.

IMPORTANT:

• The early exam can only take place concerning the re-registration curricular units, that is, units that the student has attended in previous academic year. Master’s Degree Dissertations, Internships, Projects and other similar units are included here.

1 - In each academic year, the Student-Finalist has the right to sit exams: (article 140)

• b) at the extraordinary examination periods, up to two exams if he/she has the right to the respective status throughout the whole academic year, or one exam if the status or registration refer only to one semester, concerning re-registration curricular units.

^{Article no. 156}

^{Rights (UC Student Young Association Leader)}

3 - The student Young Association Leaders referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 154 of the RAUC benefit, in each academic year, from the right to sit exams:

• b) In the extraordinary examination periods, up to five exams, if he/she has the right to the respective status in the whole academic year, or up to three exams if the status or the registration concerns only one semester, with a maximum limit of two exams per curricular unit.

1 - (...) These rights may be exercised throughout one year after the end of the Term of Office as Association Leader, provided that the Term of Office actually lasted at least one year. 2 - If this period to apply the benefit ends after the beginning of a semester, the benefit is applied also to the curricular units of that semester if at least two months have passed since the beginning of the semester (article 157).

Conferred by the Legislation: article no. 25 of Law 23/2006 of 23rd June.

^{Article no. 183}

^{Rights (Contracted or voluntary Servicepersons)}

The student serviceperson who cannot sit the exams on the dates they take place, has the right to sit the exams in an extraordinary examination period, provided that he/she proves that situation by submitting a request at the Academic Management Services (SGA), within the deadline of 15 consecutive days after the end of the impediment and a minimum of two working days prior to the day of the exam.

Conferred by the Legislation: no. 7 and no. 8 of Article no. 3, of Decree-Law no. 320 -A/2000, of 15th December, with the words in the Decree-Law no. 320/2007, of 27th September.

^{Article no. 180}

^{Rights (Firefighters of Professional, Volunteer or Professional and Volunteer Fire Brigades)}

The student firefighter with at least two years on duty is entitled to request up to five extraordinary exams in each academic year, with a maximum of two exams per curricular unit.

Conferred by the Legislation: Decree-Law 241/2007 of 21st June.

The extraordinary examination periods, as well as the special examination period, are aimed to sit assessment exams (there are no grades improvements).