Did you know that students can withdraw from exams if they become ill,
even after the period for deregistering from exams is over?
Really?
So you don’t use up one of your attempts?
Yes, that’s right.
Last semester it happened to me.
I’d registered for two exams.
Then I suddenly got ill
and couldn’t have taken them.
It was too late to deregister in the regular way.
The first thing I did was to check the website of my university.
It had some important information…
and told me who I needed to contact in the examination office.
So I did that and found out
that you can only withdraw from an exam before or during it
and got the info I needed about what to do.
You usually can’t withdraw from an exam after you’ve completed it.
The examination regulations for your degree course
will tell you what supporting evidence you’ll need to submit.
I needed a medical certificate.
Some universities have a form
that a doctor has to fill out.
I sent the medical certificate to the examination office
as soon as I had it.
And what happened then?
I was allowed to withdraw from the exams at short notice.
Can I do the same with my degree thesis?
If it’s about your degree thesis, you should get advice first,
to make sure you don’t use up one of your permitted submissions.