Exam Visit

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General information

The exam room is under real-time and recording camera surveillance . By booking an exam slot in the EXAM room at Savonia University of Applied Sciences, you accept Savonia’s electronic examination policies as well as the monitoring procedures. If necessary, recorded footage may be handed over to your home university.

Savonia’s exam visit facilities are normally open from 8:00 to 16:00. Possible exam times and exceptions can be seen in the EXAM booking calendar. For questions regarding exam visits, please contact your own university’s EXAM support as a priority.

Savonia’s Rules for Exam Visits

Personal belongings such as papers, phones, smartwatches, headphones, calculators, bags or outdoor clothing are not allowed in the exam room. These items must be left in the lockable lockers located outside the exam room.

Complete silence is required in the exam room, and conversation is not permitted.

The exam rooms are under real-time and recording camera surveillance. Recordings may be used to investigate suspected cheating and may be handed over to your home university if necessary.

You may only enter the exam room just before your own exam is due to start. Exams begin 5 minutes past the hour, and the previous candidate may finish on the hour. You can start your own exam later, as long as you stay within your reserved time slot. The exam always ends when your booking ends. You may only take the exam during your own reserved time and on the reserved computer. This information can be found in your reservation in the EXAM system. You are not allowed in the exam room without a reservation. You may not leave the room during the exam or return after leaving.

In Savonia, exam visits are possible on the Kuopio Microkatu, Iisalmi, and Varkaus campuses. The exam rooms are open according to the opening hours of the buildings, and movement on campus is only permitted during opening hours. Up-to-date information is available in the EXAM booking calendar.

Instructions for starting up and shutting down the exam computer are available at the computer in the exam room. No exam-time support is available. There is scrap paper and pens in the exam room if you wish to draft your answers on paper during the exam. Scrap paper must be left in the post box in the exam room at the end of the exam.

Exam visitors do not need a Savonia access card. You can enter the space during the building’s opening hours via the guided routes.

Booking an Exam Slot

The length of the booking window is determined by your home university’s EXAM system and Savonia’s room-specific settings. You can make reservations for Savonia’s exam rooms up to 30 days in advance. Exam slot bookings are always made through your own university’s EXAM system.

Available Software and Resources

The following are available on exam visitor computers:

PDF reader
image viewing software
basic calculator
Notepad
Paint

The computers do not have headphones or drawing tablets, and you are not permitted to use your own peripherals.

You do not need to log in separately to the exam computer itself. Log in to the EXAM system with your own university credentials by first selecting your home university from the HAKA list.

In the event of technical problems, contact Savonia ServiceDesk. For other issues, interrupt the exam according to the instructions in the EXAM system and inform your own university’s examiner.

Reasonable Adjustments for Exam Visits

Any reasonable adjustments will be agreed on a case-by-case basis between the student’s home university and Savonia University of Applied Sciences.

Arriving to the Exam room, Iisalmi campus

There is guidance to the Iisalmi EXAM room from the Iisalmi campus main entrance. Piano lessons are occasionally held in the classroom next to the Iisalmi EXAM room, which may sometimes cause disturbing noise. Directions to the Exam room in Iisalmi can be found at the main door of the Iisalmi campus.

Arriving to the Exam room, Varkaus campus

There is guidance to the Varkaus EXAM room from the Varkaus campus main entrance.

Arriving to the Exam room, Microkatu campus

The Kuopio EXAM room is located in the Microkatu campus (Microkatu 1, 70210 Kuopio).

There are parking spaces in front of the Microkatu A-lobby, which can be used with mobile parking applications (EasyPark, Parkman). There is also a parking hall on the campus area, where parking is possible using parking apps.

The exam room is located on the second floor of the Kampussydän in the Microkatu campus, next to the library.