All students are required to be in attendance at the times scheduled by the Institute for final examinations. Students who arrive late for an examination but within the first 30 minutes of the paper are allowed to sit for the examination but no extra time will be given. Students who are more than 30 minutes late from the start of an examination will not be allowed to sit for the examination.
DigiPen (Singapore) is not required to make arrangements for individuals to take final examinations at a different time than the rest of the class.
Should a student miss an examination, it is the student’s responsibility to notify the Registrar’s Office via email within 24 hours of the missed examination. In the event that a student fails to provide such notification, or if the Institute does not find the reasons for missing an examination justifiable, the student will be deemed to have failed the module if the overall mark obtained is below the passing range and he/she will have to either re-sit the examination or re-module.
If a student misses a final examination and notifies the Registrar’s Office within 24 hours of the missed examination, the Registrar’s Office shall review the individual circumstances. Only documented emergencies (i.e. valid medical certificate) will be considered acceptable reasons for missing exams and will be allowed to attempt the examination in the next offer and the marks obtained will be combined with those that he/she has already attained in the continual assessments.
Examples of unacceptable reasons for missing an examination include the demands of a time-consuming job, the desire to leave town for a vacation or family gathering, the desire to do well on tests in other module, etc. A retaken examination shall be different than the original one taken by the other students of the class.