§ 18

1. The following scale of grades shall apply at the University:

- very good                 (5.0)

- good plus                  (4.5)

- good                         (4.0)

- satisfactory plus       (3.5)

- satisfactory               (3.0)

- unsatisfactory           (2.0)

1. Unsatisfactory grade means failure to obtain credit or failure to pass an exam.
2. A semester is a grading period.
3. The condition of passing a subject or internship is that the student fulfils the requirements provided by the academic teacher or internship supervisor.
4. Credits are awarded by the person conducting classes or the subject coordinator on the basis of grades, activity and attendance.
5. The person conducting classes is obliged to provide students with information during the first classes and to provide in a place accessible to students pursuing this subject the following information:

1)      description of the subject, including learning outcomes, curriculum and list of recommended literature,

2)      rules of classes, specifying the required form of participation in classes, the method of ongoing control of teaching results, the mode and schedule of credits, including the manner and mode of announcing the results of the assessment of reports, tests, projects and other forms of credits, principles of justifying absences from classes, scope and form examination, the possibility of using auxiliary materials during tests, the principle of determining the total grade of the subject and other rules,

3)      date and place of consultation.

1. A student participating in research or implementation works may be exempted from participating in some classes in the subject with which the work is thematically related. The decision on this matter is taken by the subject manager at the student’s request assessed by the person supervising these works or the tutor of the scientific circle. The subject manager informs the head of the class unit and the dean about his/her decision.
2. A student with a disability, in justified cases, may apply for the adaptation of classes to individual needs arising from the type of disability, in particular to:

1)        receive in writing (printed or electronic) didactic materials from the teacher,

2)        record the course of classes on sound recording devices,

3)        use specialized equipment enabling or facilitating education (e.g. magnifying glasses, enlargers, Braille notebooks, specialized computer programs),

4)        change the form of receiving credit from written to oral or from oral to written,

5)        extend the grading period,

6)        other adaptations, resulting from the type of student disability.

1. A student who has not completed compulsory classes, but raises justified reservations as to the impartiality of the assessment or the method of receiving credit, has the right to submit an application to the head of the unit conducting the classes for a verification of knowledge commission. The application is submitted within 3 days of announcing the results of passing the classes. The head of the faculty organizational unit (institute, chair, department, clinic, study) may order a commission to verify the student’s knowledge. The decision of the head of the faculty organizational unit may be appealed to the dean.
2. Knowledge is verified before the commission consisting of the head of the competent organization unit as the chairperson of the commission, the year tutor, two specialists in the subject and a representative of the Student Government. The academic teacher who graded the student whose knowledge is verified by the commission shall not participate in the procedure.
3. The grade given by the commission shall replace the verified grade.
4. A protocol is prepared concerning the verification and stored in the student’s personal file.
5. The student admitted to the University within the procedure of confirming learning outcomes is released from the obligation to complete learning objectives which have been recognized in the process of confirming learning outcomes.

§19

1. The Head of the School of Physical Education and Sport may release the student from the obligation to participate in physical education classes requiring physical fitness on the basis of a medical certificate, with the simultaneous obligation to carry out substitute classes according to the offer prepared by the School.
2. At the request of a student actively participating in sports club classes, assessed by the coach of a given section, the head of the School of Physical Education and Sport may release him/her from the obligation to participate in physical education classes and pass them.

§ 20

1. The student takes an exam after completing compulsory classes in a given subject.
2. The number of examinations in an academic year may not exceed 8, and not more than 4 per semester.
3. The examination is conducted by the academic teacher teaching a given subject or another specialist appointed by the head of the organizational unit. Information on a change in the academic teacher conducting the examination should be made immediately available to students.
4. The student is obliged to take examinations on the dates specified in the framework organization of the academic year and agreed with the examiners.
5. A student with a disability, in justified cases, may apply for an exam to be adjusted to the individual needs arising from the type of disability, in particular for:

1)        change of the form of the exam from written to oral or from oral to written,

2)        extension of the exam time,

3)        use of specialized equipment enabling proper transfer of knowledge (e.g. a Braille machine, computer equipped with screening or magnifying software),

4)        change of the examination room into a room accessible to people in wheelchairs,

5)        other adjustments, resulting from the type of student disability.

1. There are three exam dates for a given subject in one semester:

1)        Date I,

2)        Date II (re-sit I),

3)        Date III (re-sit II).

These dates fall respectively in the summer or winter examination session (Date I) and in the autumn re-sit or winter re-sit examination session (Date II and III).

1. If an unsatisfactory grade is obtained during the exam on Date I, the student has the right to take two re-sit examinations, i.e. on Date II (re-sit I) and Date III (re-sit II) for each failed examination.
2. The student, on the terms set out by the examiner and with his/her consent, may take examinations before the session without losing the right to take each exam three times in the session. A negative result of the exam taken before the session is not registered.
3. A student taking an exam or tests is required to present a student ID or ID card upon request.
4. A student who failed to take the examination on the agreed date is obliged to immediately inform the examiner of the reason for his/her absence and provide the examiner with justification within a period not exceeding 7 days after the cause ceases to exist. If the examiner considers them to be sufficient, he/she shall set another date for the examination.
5. The student may appeal against the examiner’s rejection of a justification within 7 days, to the dean, whose decision is final.
6. Failure to justify a student’s absence on Date I or Date II is tantamount to missing these dates and the lack of assessment.
7. Failure to justify the student’s absence on Date III results in a lack of assessment and failure of the subject.

§ 21

1. At the student’s request, submitted within 3 days of the date of the first re-sit examination, in which he or she raises significant reservations as to the impartiality of the assessment or the course of the examination, the second re-sit examination shall be conducted as a commission re-sit examination.
2. The commission examination should take place within 10 days from the date of submitting the application.
3. The Dean appoints a commission to conduct the examination before the commission, which consists of:

1)   the dean (in exceptional cases an academic teacher authorized by the dean) as chairperson of the commission,

2)   two specialists in the subject of the examination or related specialization,

3)   year tutor,

4)   representative of the Student Government.

1. The academic teacher who gave the grade being verified before the commission does not participate in the commission examination.
2. The person designated by the student as an observer may attend the sitting of the examination commission. The observer does not have the right to vote. An application for an observer’s participation in the examination commission shall be submitted by the student to the dean of the faculty within the time limit specified in sec. 1.
3. A commission examination may be conducted orally or in writing. If a written form is used, the commission examination consists in checking the examination work by the commission.
4. A commission examination may be considered positive if at least 2/3 of the student’s answers to partial questions are assessed as at least satisfactory.
5. A protocol of the examination is prepared and stored in the student’s personal file.
6. The result of the commission examination is the final result.

§ 22

1. The condition for passing a semester is that the student obtains credit and passes exams in all subjects and internships provided for in the curriculum for a given semester, i.e. obtaining a set limit of ECTS points.
2. Passing or failing a subject and internship shall be confirmed by an entry in the electronic system.
3. The semester card of the student’s periodic achievements, prepared in the form of printouts of data from the electronic system, after the end of the exam session is signed by the dean making the entry for the next semester.

§ 23

1. In relation to a student who has failed a semester, the dean, upon the student’s written request submitted within 7 days after the end of the re-sit examination session, may issue a decision on:

1)     conditional enrolment to the next semester with the need to repeat subjects for which the student has not received credit - applies to non-sequential subjects failed, or

2)     permission to repeat a semester with the need to repeat subjects for which the student has not received credit.

1. The dean may allow the subject(s) to be repeated in the event that:

1)        the student has not repeated a given subject during the studies, unless the reason for repeated failure was a long-term illness or other important reasons duly justified, and

2)        the ECTS point deficit caused by failure to obtain credit for subjects, is not higher than the value of the sum of ECTS points awarded for two subjects with the highest point valuation in the failed semester.

1. The dean may authorize the repetition of a semester if the student has not repeated one of the semesters during the study period, unless the reason for the repeated failure was a long-term illness or other important reasons duly justified.
2. The dean, making the decision, determines the conditions for continuing studies.
3. Repetition of full-time subjects due to unsatisfactory results is payable. The rules for charging fees are set out in separate provisions.
4. Provisions of sec. 1 item 2 shall not apply to first-year students.

§ 24

1. A student who repeats a given semester may obtain permission to participate in some classes of the next semester and to take credits and examinations to complete it, if the following conditions are met:

1)        they do not violate the sequence of subjects set in the curriculum and the student has achieved learning outcomes that enable him/her to acquire knowledge in the areas specified for subjects envisaged in the study plan of the next semester,

2)        ECTS points deficit caused by failure to obtain credit for subjects may not be higher than the value of the sum of ECTS points awarded for two subjects with the highest point valuation in the failed semester.

1. The decision in the case referred to in sec. 1 is taken by the dean in consultation with the head of the subject.
2. In the cases referred to in sec. 1, the dean sets a deadline by which the student is required to obtain credit or pass examinations in given subjects.