The May/June 2020 and August/September 2020 exam sessions will go ahead as planned:

₋        May/June 2020 exam session: 25 May – 13 June 2020

₋        Additional August/September exam session: 17 August – 5 September 2020

Exams in May/June 2020 will be conducted online.

Your teachers will let you know the evaluation method by Monday, 30 June 2020.

No. If you pass your block during the May/June 2020 exam session, you are not entitled to a second attempt and you will be awarded the relevant credits.

No. If you pass your exam during the May/June 2020 exam session, you are not entitled to a second attempt and you will be awarded the relevant course credits.

If you don't show up for one or more exams during the May/June 2020 session, you will be automatically excused and your absence won't count as an attempt.

If you miss an exam during the May/June 2020 session, you will be automatically signed up for the August/September 2020 session.

For courses given during the spring 2020 semester, you can withdraw from the August/September 2020 session provided you do so by between Monday 6 and Monday 13 July 2020; you can then sign up for the Fall 2021 or Spring 2021  regularsession instead.

• If you decide to do this, you will be responsible for signing up for the Fall 2021 or Spring 2021 regular exam session within the stated deadlines
• The same number of attempts available in the August/September 2020 session will be reported next year.

Yes. If you fail an exam:

• your May/June 2020 exam won't count as an attempt;

• you will be automatically signed up for the August/September 2020 session;

• for courses given during fall 2019 and spring 2020 semester, you can withdraw from the August/September 2020 session provided you do so between Monday 6 and Monday 13 July 2020; you can then sign up for the Fall 2021 or Spring 2021  regularsession instead.
  • If you decide to do this, you will be responsible for signing up for the Fall 2021 or Spring 2021 regular exam session within the stated deadlines
  • The same number of attempts available in the August/September 2020 session will be reported next year.

Yes, the August/September 2020 attempt is reported.

If you don't show up for one or more exams during the May/June 2020 session:

• you will be automatically excused;

• your May/June 2020 exam won't count as an attempt;

• you will be automatically signed up for the August/September 2020 session, which will count as an attempt;

• for courses given during the spring 2020 semester, you can withdraw from the August/September 2020 session provided you do so by 13 July 2020; you can then sign up for the May/June 2021 session instead.
  • If you decide to do this, you will be responsible for signing up for the May/June 2021 exam session within the stated deadline (8 March 2021).
  • The number of attempts remaining during the spring 2020 semester will be carried over to next year.

Yes, all non-excused absences will be reported.

a)    If you pass your exam during the May/June 2020 exam session, you aren't entitled to a second attempt and you will be awarded the relevant course credits.

b)    For students who signed up for the May/June 2020 exam session, all remaining attempts will automatically be carried over to the August/September 2020 session:

• if you fail an exam (any fails during the May/June 2020 session will not count as attempts)
• if you don’t show up for an exam (you will be automatically excused, and any absences during the May/June 2020 exam session will not count as attempts).

In the above two cases:

• you will be automatically signed up for the August/September 2020 session;

• For courses given during fall 2019 and spring 2020 semester, you can withdraw from the August/September 2020 session provided you do so between Monday 6 and Monday 13 July 2020; you can then sign up for the Fall 2021 or Spring 2021  regularsession instead.
  • If you decide to do this, you will be responsible for signing up for the Fall 2021 or Spring 2021  regular exam session within the stated deadlines
  • The same number of attempts available in the August/September 2020 session will be reported next year.

c)     If you have been granted leave, you cannot take exams during the May/June 2020 or August/September 2020 exam sessions.

No, it is not possible to request an additional attempt for an exam already passed.

Furthermore, August/September 2020 attempt is reported.

GSEM will automatically give all students an extra year (two semesters) to complete their studies.

For the Bachelor's degree, the extension applies to both the overall maximum study length and the deadline for completing the first part of the Bachelor program. The maximum study length will therefore increase from 10 to 12 semesters, and the deadline for completing the first part will go from 4 to 6 semesters.

Yes, all students can request leave for the spring 2020 semester.

If you have been granted leave, you cannot take exams during the May/June 2020 or August/September 2020 exam sessions. The number of attempts remaining during the spring 2020 semester will be carried over to next year.

Please submit your request by no later than 30 April 2020 using this link (reason for leave: COVID-19 – Spring 2020).

If you fail one or more course groups or miss any of your exams during the May/June 2020 exam session:

• exams for spring 2020 courses will not count as attempts; you must resit all the exams for which you have received a mark lower than 5.00;

•  you will be automatically signed up for the August/September 2020 session. You will then be able to complete your course groups during that session;

• For courses given during fall 2019 and spring 2020 semester, you can withdraw from the August/September 2020 session provided you do so between Monday 6 and Monday 13 July 2020; you can then sign up for the Fall 2021 or Spring 2021 regularsession instead.

• • If you decide to do this, you will be responsible for signing up for the Fall 2021 or Spring 2021 regular exam session within the stated deadlines
  • The same number of attempts available in the August/September 2020 session will be reported next year.

If you fail one or more course groups or miss any of your exams during the May/June 2020 exam session:

• exams for spring 2020 courses will not count as attempts; you must resit all the exams for which you have received a mark lower than 5.00;

• you will be automatically signed up for the August/September 2020 session. You will then be able to complete your course groups during that session;

• for courses given during fall 2019 and spring 2020 semester, you can withdraw from the August/September 2020 session provided you do so between Monday 6 and Monday 13 July 2020; you can then sign up for the Fall 2021 or Spring 2021 regular session instead. 
  • If you decide to do this, you will be responsible for signing up for the Fall 2021 or Spring 2021 regular exam session within the stated deadlines
  • The same number of attempts available in the August/September 2020 session will be reported next year.

You can request leave for the 2020 spring semester.

If you have been granted leave, you cannot take exams during the May/June 2020 or August/September 2020 exam sessions. The number of attempts remaining during the spring 2020 semester will be carried over to next year.

Please submit your request by no later than 30 April 2020 using this link (reason for leave: COVID-19 – Spring 2020).

The same rules apply as for regular students.

If you have any questions, please email: mobility-gsem(at)unige.ch.

Please read the emails you receive from mobility-gsem(at)unige.ch at your Unige email address (firstname.lastname(at)etu.unige.ch). Any specific rules have been and will be provided in those messages.

Incoming exchange students at GSEM who fail any of their exams during the May/June exam session will be able to retake those exams during the August/September session. The same applies if you were unable to take one or more exams during the May/June session because of a poor connection, IT problem, etc.

If you wish to sign up for the August/September exam session, please submit your request to the GSEM Student Service (service-étudiants(at)unige.ch) by 15 July 2020. The details of how the August/September exams will be run have not yet been decided. If the situation permits, they will be held on site. However, incoming GSEM exchange students who wish to take exams during the August/September session will be able to do so remotely. Further details will be provided in due course.

In all cases, if you fail or are unable to take any of your exams, please contact us at mobility-gsem(at)unige.ch after the May/June session. We will decide how best to proceed on a case-by-case basis.

Special conditions apply for outgoing exchange students. Please see the email from International Affairs sent on 17 March 2020.

If you have any questions, please email: mobility-gsem(at)unige.ch.

You will be automatically signed up courses given during fall 2019 and spring 2020 semester for the August/September 2020 session.

For first year Bachelor's degree courses, you will be automatically signed up for:

• exams for which you have received a mark lower than 5.00 during the May/June 2020 exam session ;
• exams for which you were excused during May/June 2020 and August/September 2020 exam sessions for the blocks that you didn’t pass.

For courses given during fall 2019 and spring 2020 semester, you can withdraw from the August/September 2020 session provided you do so between Monday 6 and Monday 13 July 2020; you can then sign up for the Fall 2021 or Spring 2021 regularsession instead.

• If you decide to do this, you will be responsible for signing up for the Fall 2021 or Spring 2021 regular exam session within the stated deadlines
• The same number of attempts available in the August/September 2020 session will be reported next year.

Furthermore, August/September 2020 exam session attempt is reported.

You can find detailed information on your exams  on the module above.

Please note: New course sign-up requests will not be taken into account.

To maintain one or more grades, you must submit a request by no later than three weeks after the exam results are posted, i.e. 5 July 2020, using the following link.

After that deadline, it won't be possible to maintain your grade.

You can exceptionally maintain the grade of the courses of the fall semester 2019 for which you obtained a grade between 3 and 4.

Yes.

You can request leave for the spring 2020 semester.

If you have been granted leave, you cannot take exams during the May/June 2020 or August/September 2020 exam sessions. The number of attempts remaining during the spring 2020 semester will be carried over to next year.

Please submit your request by no later than 30 April 2020 using this link (reason for leave: COVID-19 – Spring 2020).

Yes. Leave taken during the spring 2020 semester does not count towards the number of semesters of leave permitted under Article 8 of the study regulations.

If you have been granted leave, you cannot take exams during the May/June 2020 or August/September 2020 exam sessions. The number of attempts remaining during the spring 2020 semester will be carried over to next year.

Please submit your request by no later than 30 April 2020 using this link (reason for leave: COVID-19 – Spring 2020).

You can request leave for the spring 2020 semester.

If you cannot have access to a PC or MAC during the exam period, please inform the Student Services of the faculty (service-etudiants-gsem(at)unige.ch) as soon as possible, so that we can temporarily provide you with the necessary equipment or identify alternatives.

If you have a connection problem or can't connect to the platform during your exams, you are automatically excused.

Your May/June 2020 exam won't count as an attempt,

You will be automatically signed up for the August/September 2020 session.

For courses given during fall 2019 and spring 2020 semester, you can withdraw from the August/September 2020 session provided you do so between Monday 6 and Monday 13 July 2020; you can then sign up for the Fall 2021 or Spring 2021 regularsession instead.

• If you decide to do this, you will be responsible for signing up for the Fall 2021 or Spring 2021 regular exam session within the stated deadlines
• The same number of attempts available in the August/September 2020 session will be reported next year.

If you fail an exam for an elective course during the May/June 2020 session, you will be automatically signed up for the August/September 2020 session, which will count as an attempt. The May/June 2020 exam will not count as an attempt, and the withdrawal conditions will apply for the August/September 2020 session instead.

The Dean’s Office has decided that the retake exam session, taking place 17th August to September 5th 2020, will be fully online.

Written exams will be on TestWe. In order to take these exams, you must send us your consent / non-consent between Wednesday July 15th and latest Wednesday July 22nd 2020. An email regarding this will be sent on July 15th.

There are several important advantages associated with the use of the TestWe platform:

1. No internet connection is needed during the exam. This minimizes the probability of having technical problems that would invalidate a student’s exam.
2. The length of the exam is no longer constrained to 1-hour (because no internet connection is needed during the exam; note that an internet connection is still needed at the beginning and at the end of the exam).
3. An online identity control and monitoring of the exams will be undertaken as requested by GSEM’s exam guidelines.

If your non-consent is given, you will have to sit your exams in person on TestWe platform at Uni-Mail (no camera activation and under usual surveillance). This will be organized respecting the recommendations in terms of personal hygiene and social behavior, advised by the Federal Office of Public Health

For information on each exam modality, please check the following dedicated pages https://www.unige.ch/gsem/fr/a-propos/actualites/all/coronavirus/faq/ on the Faculty’s website or ask your professor directly. The deadline for any change in exam modality is Monday June 30^th 2020.

You will be automatically signed up courses given during fall 2019 and spring 2020 semester for the August/September 2020 session.

For first year Bachelor's degree courses, you will be automatically signed up for:

• exams for which you have received a mark lower than 5.00 during the May/June 2020 exam session ;
• exams for which you were excused during May/June 2020 and August/September 2020 exam sessions for the blocks that you didn’t pass.

For courses given during fall 2019 and spring 2020 semester, you can withdraw from the August/September 2020 session provided you do so between Monday 6 and Monday 13 July 2020; you can then sign up for the Fall 2021 or Spring 2021 regularsession instead.

• If you decide to do this, you will be responsible for signing up for the Fall 2021 or Spring 2021 regular exam session within the stated deadlines
• The same number of attempts available in the August/September 2020 session will be reported next year.

Should you have any other question please do not hesitate to contact us at service-etudiants-gsem(at)unige.ch.

Courses assessment methods where decided by the professor. The Dean has approved the change to the original method announced at the beginning of the semester. These changes take into account each course’s specificity and the actual exceptional implementation constraints.

Please address any question on an assessment method directly to the professor.

The Uni Mail’s library reopened on June 15th 2020.

The training team is now back to the library at their usual desks and are available for your questions (aisle GSEM / SDS).

Online assistance is no longer available.

As a reminder, users will be able to access reading rooms and other on-site services (including library collections, borrowing and return services, and printers and scanners) provided they comply with UNIGE's COVID-19 safety measures: www.unige.ch/coronavirus/fr/mesures-de-prevention/.

Assistance availabilities are as follows:

• 9h – 17h up to July 19th included (except weekends)
• 8h – 17h from July 20th to September 13th 2020 included (except weekends)

Students that want to have access to their photographs taken during the exams, should send an email to Student Services (service-etudiants-gsem(at)unige.ch) from their UNIGE’s email account. They should indicate whether they want access to all pictures, or only a few exams. To confirm their identity, student services will need their first and last name, as well as the student number. Student Services will then make available the pictures in the students personal TestWe space, and will send the student an email informing her that the pictures can be consulted on her TestWe profile. The student will then need to go through the authentication process on its TestWe account to access the photographs. The student can consult the photographs, but she cannot download or modify them. All photographs will be destroyed within two months after the grade transcripts have been sent to students in order to respect the delay for grade appeal.

NB: the photos of the mock exams for the May / June 2020 session and the photos of the exam session for the May / June 2020 session were all destroyed on 25.08.2020.

No. No constraints will be imposed on students asking them to watch their screen during the entire exam. More specifically, looking at documents, materials, or a calculator on your desk will not be considered fraud during GSEM spring session exams. This is certainly a feature of the TestWe software, which the GSEM has chosen not to use.

You can find detailed information on your exams regulations here: www.unige.ch/gsem/fr/etudiants/reglements/.

If you have any questions, please email: service-etudiants-gsem(at)unige.ch.