Please note that before submitting a request for rectification, the rectification must be negotiated within 14 days with the teacher who performed the assessment. From the date on which the assessment is final, an appeal can be made to the Examination Board within 14 days. If, for example, the teacher is unable to be reached due to a leave period, the 14-day deadline is calculated from the time when the teacher has been sent a request to clarify the assessment, i.e. the appeal must be made within the deadline and the request for rectification must state when the teacher has been contacted.

The Examination Board does not re-evaluate the performance but examines whether the assessment has been carried out in accordance with the degree regulations and valid assessment criteria.

If the Examination Board considers that the assessment has not been carried out correctly, it obliges the degree (directors and teachers) to correct the assessment. The educational management (degree director and competence area director) is responsible for ensuring that the obligation is fulfilled.

The appeal will be rejected if the deadlines have not been met or the Examination Board cannot find grounds for correcting the assessment.

The most common reason for rejection decisions is that the applicant refers to criteria that are not included in the assessment criteria. It should also be noted that the assessment criteria of the course/implementation cannot be appealed but must be discussed with the responsible teacher during the course/implementation.

Appeal to the Examination Board

This form is used to apply for rectification of the assessment of study attainments. The form is automatically sent from the E-form system to the chairperson of the Examination Board, and the applicant receives the decision by email from the Dynasty case management system as an electronically signed document.

The processing of the appeal by the Examination Board does not prevent the student from graduating for the degree.

Filling the form

Fill in all fields carefully. An incomplete or incorrectly completed form slows down the processing of the case.

Please, note in your expression that the Examination Board sends the rectification request as such to the teacher who made the assessment and requests a response from him/her.

Claimant information

	Mr.	Ms.
To be addressed as

First name

Surname

Student number

E-mail address

Education in which performance is included

Is included to	Bachelor's degree Master's degree Open UAS studies

Name of the aimed degree

Subject matter of the appeal

	A) thesis evaluation	B) the assessment of a course or other performance
I am appealing for rectification to

Fill in the fields below corresponding to the item you selected (A or B).

A) Appeal concerning the assessment of the thesis

Title of thesis

Name of thesis supervisor / 1st assessor

Name of the 2nd assessor of the thesis

Assessment date

A student dissatisfied with a course assessment or a decision on a credit transfer application may request, verbally or in writing, re-assessment from the lecturer who carried out the assessment or the person who made the credit transfer decision. The re-assessment request must be made within 14 days of the day when the student had the opportunity to view the results of the assessment and details of how the assessment criteria were applied to him or her. (Degree Regulations.)

If, after receiving the teacher's response, the student thinks that the assessment has not been performed correctly, the student may request the 3rd assessor's procedure from the thesis coordinator. In this case, the 3rd assessor appointed by the thesis coordinator, re-evaluates the thesis. If the 3rd examiner reaches a higher grade in his/her assessment, the original assessment will be annulled. If the 3rd examiner's assessment produces a lower grade, the original assessment remains valid.

The procedure of the third examiner is recommended, because then the thesis is immediately re-evaluated. However, the use of the 3^rd assessor is not obligatory, and the Examination Board can be appealed directly. If an appeal is made to the Examination Board and the Examination Board detects an error in the assessment, it does not re-evaluate the thesis itself but submits it for re-evaluation.

Has the thesis been evaluated by a 3rd assessor?

	is used and completed	has not been used	is pending
Procedure of the 3rd assessor:

If the 3rd assessor’s procedure has been completed, also fill in the following fields:

Name of the 3rd assessor

Assessment date

In the following, explain why, in your opinion, the assessment criteria have been incorrectly applied in the evaluation of your thesis. You can also write your reasoning in a separate file (Word or pdf) that will be attached. In addition, you can include other attachments in the E-form.

The assessment statement or thesis report does not need to be attached to the request for rectification, but the Examination Board receives them from Wihi.

Please note that the Examination Board does not deal with matters related to the quality of thesis supervision or guidance. They should be discussed during the thesis process with the supervisor or thesis coordinator.

Grounds for the appeal

Attachments

B) Appeal concerning the assessment of the course

Name of the course

The course code and implementation number (e.g. ANA001HH1A-3070)

Scope of the course in ECTS credits (e.g. 5)

Assessment date

Name of the assessor

The date on which the teacher was first contacted regarding the assessment.

A student dissatisfied with a course assessment or a decision on a credit transfer application may request, verbally or in writing, re-assessment from the lecturer who carried out the assessment or the person who made the credit transfer decision. The re-assessment request must be made within 14 days of the day when the student had the opportunity to view the results of the assessment and details of how the assessment criteria were applied to him or her. (Degree Regulations.)

The date on which the teacher last answered the question about the assessment.

The deadline for submitting an appeal (14 days) is calculated from the date mentioned above. If the date of the assessment entry recorded in Peppi is later, the deadline is calculated from that date.

In the following, please explain why you believe that the assessment criteria have been incorrectly applied in the evaluation of your performance. You can also write your reasoning in a separate file (Word or pdf) that will be attached. In addition, you can include other attachments in the E-form.

Grounds for the appeal

Attachments

Proceed

The Examination Board processes rectification claims normally within 2–3 weeks (excluding holiday periods) after the E-form has been sent.

Send the appeal to the chairperson of the Examination Board via attachment procedure (even if you do not have attacments). -> [Continue to send attachments] -> [Submit data]. In the case of no attachments, confirm -> [OK]. If you saved attacments in section A or B, there is no need to save them again.