Examination attempts, Course approval, Withdraw from exam

To be eligible to take an exam in a course, you must have remaining exam attempts. In some courses, you are also required to have completed and passed mandatory activities. If you do not wish to take the exam, you must withdraw by the deadline to avoid using an attempt.

You use an exam attempt if you sit the exam, fail to attend without having withdrawn, submit a blank exam, or fail to withdraw before the deadline. If you have used all your attempts in a course without achieving a passing result, you may apply for an additional attempt. The application form is available in the menu below.

In some courses, you may be required to pass an assignment, participate in group exercises, give a presentation, etc, in order to be allowed to take the exam. You can find information about the compulsory activity in the course description for each individual course.

When do you use an exam attempt?
When do you use an exam attempt?
You use an exam attempt when you:
- Attend the exam
- Fail to attend the exam without withdrawing
- Submit a blank paper
- Fail to withdraw before the deadline
The exam attempt applies to the entire course. This means that if you attend one part of the assessment but not the others, you will have used an attempt for the course as a whole.
How many exam attempts do I have?
How many exam attempts do I have?
As a general rule, students at NHH have two attempts per course to achieve a passing grade. This applies to:
- The Bachelor's programme in Economics and Business Administration
- The Bachelor's programme in Business, Economics and Data Science (BEDS)
- The Master's programme in Economics and Business Administration
Students in the Master's programme in Accounting and Auditing are allowed three attempts per course due to grade requirements tied to authorization.
Additional exam attempts

Additional exam attempts

If you have used all your attempts in a course without passing, you may apply for an additional attempt.

Note: You cannot be granted an additional attempt in a course you have already passed.

Application form for extra examination attempts
Compulsory activity
Compulsory activity
In some courses, you must complete compulsory activites to be eligible to sit the exam. Examples of these include:
- Submission of assignments
- Participation in group exercises
- Oral presentations
- Other academic activities
You can only get approval for compulsory activities in the semester the course is taught.

The requirements for compulsory activities can be found in the course description for each course.

If you do not have approved compulsory activity, you will not be allowed to take the exam. You will then recieve an email from us. If you belive this is a mistake, you may reply to the email and request a reassessment.

Unless otherwise stated in the course description, compulsory activities remain valid until changes to the requirements are published (cf. § 4-5 in the Regulations for Full-Time Study programmes at NHH).

Withdrawal from exams

The withdrawal deadline depends on the type of assessment. The deadline is calculated as follows:

Assessment type	Withdrawal deadline
Home exam (only assessment)	3 weeks before submission deadline
Other written work (only assessment)	3 weeks before submission deadline
Written school exam (only assessment)	3 weeks before the exam date
Multiple assessments / continuous	3 weeks before the first assessment activity
First assessment before registration deadline	September 1 (autumn) / February 1 (spring)