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Note:
In the event of a major train service disruption lasting more
than an hour and if caught in such a situation on their journey
for the examination, candidates are advised to approach the
SMRT staff at the station’s information counter for assistance.
SMRT has assured the University that alternative means of
transport will be provided for examination candidates to reach
the examination venue as quickly as possible.
Candidates held up by a major train service disruption
authenticated by the SMRT and who arrived after the
commencement of an examination will be given extra time to
complete their paper.
Candidates are advised to tune in to the radio for traffic news
before leaving home for the examination. No extra time will be
given for students who are delayed due to traffic jams, bad
weather, etc.
Candidates are not allowed to present themselves for
examination later than one hour after the commencement
of the examination.
The identity of every candidate will be checked during the
examination. Candidates are required to bring their
matriculation card, identity card, passport, driving licence
or EZ Link card and place them at the upper right-hand
corner of their desk at the commencement of each
examination.
Candidates may bring into the examination hall only
those calculators that have been approved by the School.
Graphic calculators which are approved for use must be
re-set i.e. memory cleared, prior to any examination.
Unauthorised calculators are not permitted in the
examination hall.
No candidate is allowed to bring into the examination hall
any unauthorised material such as book, paper,
document or picture. Bags, waist pouches, ear or
headphones are not to be brought into the examination
hall.
Candidates are allowed to bring their mobile phones into
the examination hall. However, the mobile phones must
be switched off at all times. Disciplinary action will be
taken against a candidate who breaks this regulation.
For open-book examinations, candidates must also leave
their bags outside the examination hall.
The University will not be responsible for the loss of
candidates’ belongings in or outside the examination hall.
No candidate who has entered the examination hall will
be allowed to leave the hall, temporarily or otherwise for
any reason whatsoever, until the examination has
started.
Candidates are not allowed to leave their seats without
the permission of an invigilator.
Candidates who wish to communicate with an invigilator
must raise their hands.
Candidates who have been given permission to leave
their seats temporarily must be accompanied by an
invigilator throughout their absence from the examination
hall. Candidates' mobile phone must be left on their desk
in the examination hall when they visit the washroom.
No communication by word of mouth or otherwise
between candidates is allowed in the examination hall.
Candidates must carefully read the instructions printed
on each answer book and examination question paper.
The blank pages in the answer book are to be used only
for candidates’ rough work. Solutions or any other
materials written on these blank pages will not be
marked.
Candidates must not write their names on the answer
books. They should write only their matriculation
numbers in the space provided on the cover of each
answer book.
Candidates are not allowed to write, mark, highlight or
deface any reference materials provided for the
examination. Any candidate found doing so is liable to
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have his reference materials removed from his use for
the rest of the examination and be made to pay for the
cost of the materials that have to be replaced.
Candidates who have presented themselves for an
examination will not be allowed to hand in their answer
books until one hour has elapsed after the
commencement of the examination.
Candidates are not allowed to leave their seats during the
last 15 minutes before the conclusion of the examination.
At the conclusion of the examination, candidates must
remain seated and must not communicate with one
another while their answer books are being collected and
tallied.
Candidates may not take with them, used or unused
papers, from the examination hall, except their own
question paper, unless otherwise instructed.
Candidates must comply with the dress code of the
University. A candidate who is not properly attired will not
be admitted into the examination hall.
A student who does not register or who, having
registered, fails to take any examination for which he is
eligible to sit, shall be deemed to have failed the course
unless the Chair concerned is satisfied that there is good
and sufficient reason for such failure to register or take
the examination.
Where a candidate, on account of illness, is absent from
an examination for a degree, he may be permitted to
appear for the examination at the next period of the
examination provided the candidate has been examined
by a registered medical practitioner and a medical
certificate and a medical report submitted to the Office of
Academic Services within 2 working days of the absence.
Any fee payable for the medical examination shall be
paid by the candidate.
No candidate shall be entitled to be admitted to a
University examination unless the Chief Financial Officer
certifies that he is not in debt to the University (otherwise
than as a result of a loan made by the University) or to
any University hall of residence. Candidates are
reminded to settle all outstanding fees with the Office of
Finance, Student Services Centre Level 3, before they sit
for any examination.
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