Duties and competences
According to the Dutch Higher Education and Research Act (WHW), each educational programme or group of programmes has an examination board. The examination board is the body that determines whether a student has fulfilled the requirements with regard to knowledge, insight and skills stated in the Education and Examination Regulations (EER) of this university in order to receive a degree in one of the BMS programmes. The examination board has several other duties and competences according to the WHW and the EER. One of these competences is to make exceptions to certain rules in the EER for students, e.g. to grant exemptions, and allow free educational programmes and extra exam or test opportunities. To qualify, students can submit a request to the examination board via this website. The examination board also judges cases of fraud (including irregularities and plagiarism) and determines the sanctions. Furthermore, the examination board is commissioned to safeguard the quality of testing and examination. The examination board appoints examiners for administering and grading tests and exams, monitors the relationship between final attainment levels, learning goals and tests, and safeguards the quality of the assessment of theses.
The meetings of the examination boards are held on a regular basis. The dates of these meetings can be found in the annual schedule:
Examination boards & members
The Faculty of BMS has four examination boards, each of which represents a group of specific educational programmes. Each programme is represented by an individual member. The WHW states that at least one member must be appointed that is not associated with one of the programmes represented in the board. The members of each board are listed below. The registry supports the examination boards of BMS.
Chamber of chairs
The chairs of the examination boards are joined in the chamber of chairs to discuss items concerning the boards and to determine a BMS examination board wide quality safeguarding policy. Members:
- dr. Joyce Karreman (BS) (Chair)
- dr. Derya Demirtas (MS)
- dr. Pieter Jan Klok (GS)
- dr. Nolen Gertz (IS)
- vacancy (executive secretary)
Safeguarding assessments
Rules and guidelines
The Education and Examination Regulations (EER) of the faculty BMS state the requirements with regard to knowledge, insight and skills for students to obtain a degree, rules regarding education and examination, and the duties and competences of the examination boards.
One of the duties of the examination boards of BMS is to draft Rules and Guidelines (R&G) on how to execute the requirements and powers from the EER. When making a request to the examination board you need both the information from the EER and from the R&G.
Annual reports
Links
- Higher Education and Research Act (WHW) (Dutch)
- Education and Examination Regulation BMS and Programme Specific Appendices
- Students' Charter (English version)
- Complaints desk - for all formal complaints, appeals or objections from students regarding education and student-related matters (also decisions and procedures of the examination boards)
- UT site Examination-Board
- CES – all information related to studying, e.g. enrolment, tuition fees, student card and complaints desk
- CES - information on quality and examination
- CES - Credit Conversion table for non-European partner organisations
- Quality assurance education BMS
- Ministry of Education (OC&W, Dutch)
- Inspectorate Higher Education (Inspectie Hoger Onderwijs, Dutch)