Examinations and grading scales

Student evaluation is undertaken throughout the semester, by seminar papers and participation in group work, and also in the final examination, when a course is completed. Student evaluation can be undertaken in various forms: written examinations, oral examination (individual subjects defended in front of a board), evaluation of the student's activity during the semester (mainly used with practical disciplines), and evaluation of individual or collective essays and projects. Usually, the academic trainer chooses the form of evaluation for her/his course.

There are three evaluation periods every academic year: a three week session in January-February, a four week session in May-June and a two week session for re-examination in September. The re-examination session is taken by those students who have not managed to pass examinations during the academic year, but also by those who passed and want to improve their grades. The exact dates of the three evaluation periods are to be established individually by the faculties and departments of every university.

The normal load of one academic year is conventionally 60 credits (30 credits per semester). The convention of 60 credits per year was chosen to adjust to the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS). The credits assess the normal volume of a students work.