Your assessment schedule is available on QOL > Exam timetable (found on the left hand side menu). If your School has organised internal assessments, it will not appear here.

Please contact your School as soon as possible with your student number, relevant module code(s) and description of the problem.

Onsite Assessments 

Ensure that you have printed a copy of your Examination timetable to bring with you for onsite assessments. 

Familiarise yourself with where your exam venue is located: https://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/sgc/srecords/Examinations/ExamVenues/

Online Remote Assessments

Ensure that you are able to access your emails, Canvas, QOL or other applications which you may need during your assessment.

The information published here are general guidelines for across the Schools and so if your School has sent you specific instructions, it is important that you follow their advice.

Instructions provided may differ depending on the module or the duration of the assessment so please ensure that you read any instructions carefully.

Your Anonymous code will appear on your timetable on Queens Online. You can also find it on:

Qsis > Self Service > Enrolment > View my anonymous ID.

Key things to bring with you: 

• Please ensure you have brought a printed copy of your Examination Timetable as it contains important information such as your anonymous code and seat number.
• Please bring your student card with you for identification purposes, if you have lost it you can purchase a replacement for £10 from the Student Guidance Centre- Information desk or you can bring your Drivers Licence or Passport.
• Bring a bottle of water in a clear or reusable bottle (eg no label).
• Please leave expensive electronic devices at home. Smart watches and ear buds are not permitted in Examination Venues. Please wear a standard watch and make use of the clocks displayed in the venue.
• Bring any equipment you will need (pens, pencils, approved calculators where applicable) in a clear bag/pencil case. 

Please wear a mask when entering and exiting the exam venues and if moving around e.g., going to the bathroom. Please also make use of the hand sanitizers at the entrance/exit.

We would encourage students to continue to make use of the lateral flow tests on campus. 

Please do not attend the exam venue if you are feeling unwell. 

All inviglation staff will be wearing masks throughout the venue and will wear gloves when handling paper materials.

Disability Services have supplied the Exams office with a list of students with additional support requirements and will continue to send on the details of any students who have registered after the March deadline.

The Exam timetable will provide the details of the Main examination venue- so that all students are aware of the date/time of their Exams.

Separate emails will the sent to students for each Exam date to provide specific details of your Greenroom venue. The majority of Greenroom Exams will take place in the PFC (Peter Froggatt Centre).

If you have a question regarding the exam paper please raise your hand and an Invigilator will come to you. The Invigilator will help you if you have a question about the exam paper. If necessary they will refer to the Senior Invigilator to resolve any questions you may have if school advice is required. 

Please listen carefully to the Senior Invigilators instructions, they will give you updates on how long you have left and any specific instructions relating to your Examination paper.

The Senior Invigilator will give you updates on the instructions for the exams before the exam starts. The Senior Invigilator will also give you regular updates on how much time you have left to complete the examination. 

If you are having technical difficulties such as accessing emails, Canvas, QOL, problems with upload etc. please email us at exams@qub.ac.uk. Please include in the request your student number, module code, description of the issue and/or screenshots if applicable.

If you are able to, try an alternative browser to see if the problem persists.

Your School will provide an email contact for the module on the front page of the assessment that you can direct queries to. You will receive a response by email and if necessary, a response to an individual query will be communicated to all students taking the same assessment. Please ensure that you are logged into your Queen’s email account during your assessment.

If you need to be notified of any matters during your assessment, your School will contact you by email. Please ensure that you are logged into your Queen’s email account during your assessment.

If you are suddenly feeling unwell or other circumstance have risen that you can no longer submit your work, you will be able to avail of the COVID-19 related exceptional circumstances process – open to all students, with self-certification accepted for up to a 14 day period. If you are unable to complete an assessment due to the impact of COVID-19, you can request an extension or deferral to enable you to complete your assessments when you feel best able to do so within this academic year. Further details on this process can be found at: https://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/AcademicStudentAffairs/AcademicAffairs/ExaminationsandAssessment/ExceptionalCircumstances/GuidelinesforStudents/ 

For online examinations, the period for submission will vary based on the type of assessment, the material covered and also the requirements set by the programme’s accrediting body, if applicable.  However, all online examinations will include additional time to allow for download and upload of the assessment and accessibility for those needing reasonable adjustments. 

For examinations, including class tests, online examinations or timed take home assessments, it will not be possible to submit after the deadline. If an examination is not submitted by the specified deadline, you will be marked as absent for the component. However, if you do experience technical difficulties or disruption during the examination, you should report this to your School as soon as possible and submit an exceptional circumstances application so this can be taken into consideration.

Once your school have published your results you will be able to view them in the usual way via the ‘View my grades’ page on QSIS: Campus Community > Student Services Ctr (Student) > Grades (found from the drop down list just above the link for Unofficial Transcript).

Semester two exam results will be available by Thursday 16 June 2022. 

Students who have failed to successfully complete or were absent from the final assessment for a module. 

The August Supplementary Assessment Period runs from 8– 20 August 2022 inclusive.  

You will only be able to register for a resit once you have received all your module marks. Please ensure that you have spoken to your Advisor of Studies or School office before registering for a further attempt of the assessment(s).

Registration will open on Monday 13 June 2022 and close on Thursday 7 July 2022 at 12 noon.

Student timetables for scheduled assessments will be published on Queens Online by Friday 29 July 2022.

Log into your Qsis account and navigate to - Main Menu > Self Service > Student Center> Register for Resit Exams

Please ensure that you have spoken to your Advisor of Studies or School office before registering for a further attempt of the assessment(s).

On the registration portal students must select the response ‘Required to attend’ for any module where they will be retaking an assessment in the August Supplementary Assessment Period.

For any module that a student isn’t going to retake, as agreed with their Advisor of Studies, or School, the response ‘Not required to attend’ must be selected.

A guide to how to complete registration for various scenarios can be found here.

Please email us at exams@qub.ac.ukand include your student number with your query.

The University recognises that the pandemic may also have caused some students to experience financial difficulties.  As such, we have committed to providing fee-free resits for all students who have failed a module in 2021-22 to ensure that every student can access the opportunity to attempt to pass the module, and progress with their studies. This fee-free resit opportunity must be taken within the 2021-22 academic year.