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Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Examination Regulations

The examination regulation is an integral part of the education contract between the student and the FHV and is provided with the contract. It is also available to students and lecturers in the administration.

Detailed information about examination regulations and assesment:

General Examinations Regulations

On 24 April 2012 the Examination Regulations have been adopted. The English translation should be at your disposal by the end of May / beginning of June 2012.

Grading scheme, grade translation and grade distribution guidance

Exams are graded according to the Austrian Grading System:

Austrian grading scheme	Definition
1	EXCELLENT: Outstanding Performance
2	GOOD: Generally good, but with some errors
3	SATISFACTORY: Generally sound work with a number of substantial errors
4	SUFFICIENT: Performance meets the minimum criteria
Successfully completed	Positive Performance, where a strict differentiation is not adequate
5	UNSATISFACTORY: <50 % Substantial improvement necessary; requirement of further work
Not completed	Negative performance, where a strict differentiation is not adequate

*Recognised

Transfer credits for courses with equivalent learning outcomes
(previous education, other university etc.) which are
successfully completed.

Overall classification of the qualification (in original language (German))

The final bachelor's and master's examinations before a committee are graded according to the following grade scale:

"mit ausgezeichnetem Erfolg bestanden" - Pass with distinction (in case of excellent performance)

"mit gutem Erfolg bestanden" - Pass with merit (in case of performance that is well above average)

"bestanden" - Pass (in case of positive assessment)

"nicht bestanden" - Fail (in case of negative assessment)

In applying this grading system, it has to be noted that the grades “pass with merit” and “pass with distinction” are reserved exclusively for an examination performance clearly exceeding the level of performance required to pass these final exams.

Grade distribution table

Additional information about the grading system is provided in the Transcript of Records (ToR) in the grading distribution table. The grading distribution table is defined for each of the study fields offered at Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences.

For the fields of study Engineering (Computer Science, Mechatronics, Business Administration with Engineering), Business, Design and Social Work the grades from all courses for the past three years are used to calculate the grade distribution table. This grading table will be updated once a year in autumn.