At universities, student assessment is based on continuous assessment. In most cases, students are
assessed on the basis of written examinations at the end of lecture series or larger study units, but
there are also oral examinations. In addition, students write papers for seminars and other papers. For
the Bachelor’s (Finnish: kandidaatin tutkinto, Swedish: kandidatexamen) and Master’s degrees,
(Finnish: maisterin tutkinto, Swedish: magisterexamen) students write theses. At art academies, the
thesis may take the form of an artistic production, such as a concert, a play or some other
performance, which also includes a written part.
Completed studies are entered onto the university’s
electronic register.
The examiner is usually the course lecturer or the teacher responsible for the study unit or module, but
the final responsibility for assessment remains with the subject professor. Theses are assessed by two
or more teachers appointed by the university or faculty.
University-specific decrees include provisions on legal protection for students, in addition to which
universities usually have more specific regulations concerning examinations, legal protection for
students and the assessment of studies. Students must also be given the opportunity to obtain
information on general assessment criteria and the way they have been applied to them as well as to
request correction and, thereafter, appeal to the relevant faculty’s (or corresponding unit’s) legal
protection board.
Each polytechnic gives orders and instructions on student assessment in its degree regulations.
Students have the right to know how assessment criteria are applied to them and to see their graded
examination papers or other performance records. A student not satisfied with the assessment may
request correction. The polytechnics also have autonomy in deciding on the assessment of practical
training.
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