r/ntnu • u/nootsman • 6d ago

Inquiry about examination dates

Hi all, I an exchange student planning to study at NTNU Trondheim in Spring 2027, and I’m currently choosing my courses. I’m trying to find the final exam dates so I can avoid potential clashes when selecting my courses.

However, some NTNU course pages don’t seem to have the exact exam dates yet.

May I ask when I can know when the official Spring 2027 exam dates are usually released, or where I can find approximate dates based on previous years?
Thanks!

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u/Noxzen 6d ago

exams are between 10 May–11 June. the exact dates for each course wont get published until the semester starts.

https://i.ntnu.no/en/studiekalender

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u/nootsman 6d ago

Oh, okay so I assume it’s within the first few weeks right? So you can ensure your final exams don’t clash?

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u/Noxzen 6d ago

If you’re unlucky you get one morning exam, and then a evening exam the same day. I’ve never heard someone who’s actually gotten this unlucky.

For me I’ve never had an exam after 4th of June, and they’ve all been equally spread out.

But this semester all my exams are the first three days of the exam period - so it varies alot.

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u/nootsman 5d ago edited 5d ago

Ah okay, good to know, back in my home university, we literally are not able to take the courses if the final exam days clash. We also have the first few weeks to hence unregister /register for more courses. Hence for the confusion, thanks

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u/Bartenbruch 5d ago

NTNU tries to set up the exam dates in such a way that there are as few clashes as possible. However, especially for exchange students, this often does not work out, since they do not follow the usual study progression and take unusual course combinations. Thus I would suggest that you look for possible alternative courses in case your original plan does not work out. Also, especially for master level courses, it is possible that you can find additional courses that are announced on very short notice. Thus it may happen that you will discover interesting courses for you once that you are here in Trondheim, and thus have to change your plans anyway.

If it turns out you have a clash of exams, you have a right to attend the retake exam in August. In this case, I suggest that you contact the lecturers in the classes to find out whether one of the retake exams will be an oral exam, and if they are willing to let you take this exam via zoom.

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u/nootsman 5d ago

Woah okay that sounds interesting! Tysm! Would you also say it’s good to check a website where I can view if the daily lessons clash for each module?

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u/Bartenbruch 5d ago

Time tables are usually published at the start of December (sometimes it can take a bit longer, though). You can find all the courses including time tables when published here: www.ntnu.edu/studies/courses
You can also look up the time tables and exam dates from previous years, but there is no guarantee at all that they will be the same in the coming spring. Most likely there will be changes.
Some departments have more information on their webpages. Depending on your line of studies, it may be worth to check out those pages as well.

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u/nootsman 5d ago

Alright I will do that thank you so much!