Interim exams

The midterm assessment schedule is posted in the ISU system under Educational Process / Schedule / Midterm Assessment Schedule, as well as in the student's ISU personal account and on my.itmo.
The date indicated in the schedule is the date that determines the first attempt to take the assessment.
Students studying at partner universities as part of academic mobility take the midterm assessment according to their individual schedules.
If an unsatisfactory result is received (e.g., "fail," "unsatisfactory," or "absentee"), the student will incur an academic debt. This debt can only be remedied through a repeat midterm assessment.

All student grades are displayed in electronic grade books in their personal account on my.itmo and in the ISU.

Electronic grade books are available to instructors for assigning grades and marks from the start date to the end of the assessment period in accordance with the academic calendar (if grades have not been approved by the end of the assessment period).

If an instructor has not approved a grade book, it will be automatically blocked at the end of the midterm assessment period.

For students using the point-rating system, grades for assessment are assigned through the BaRS 2.0 electronic grade books. Instructors can assign grades for current and midterm assessments until the date of approval of a specific student's grade book.

If a grade book has not been approved by an instructor but is automatically blocked, assigning grades and marks becomes impossible; the total number of points earned at that time, sufficient for a passing grade or a credit, is not automatically converted into a grade. In this case, the student's course remains unfinished.

Note: If you do not see the grade in your electronic gradebook the day after the final scores/grades have been assigned and the exam/test report approved, you must contact your instructor on the same day so that they can assign the scores/grades and approve the report within the specified timeframe.

As soon as a student earns 60 or more points in a course, a checkbox titled Планирую повысить баллы will appear in their digital gradebook near the corresponding course. 

Check the box if you want to get more points and plan to come to the test/exam (or join it online). You can click it no later than 11:59 pm on the day before the exam/test is scheduled to take place. 

• If you check the box and come to the exam/test, you will receive a task to help you get more points. Even if you fail the task, all of your previously earned points will remain. In that case, you will get the amount of points that you had before you took the exam/test. 
• If you check the box and don’t come to the exam/test, the lecturer will put “failed to appear” in the grade sheet. 
• If you don’t check the box and come to the exam/test, you will receive a task to help you get more points. Even if you fail the task, all of your previously earned points will remain. In that case, you will get the amount of points that you had before you took the exam/test. 
• If you don’t check the box and don’t come to the exam/test, your lecturer will give you the amount of points you had before you took the exam/test. 

If you couldn’t make it for the first or second attempt of your repeat interim exams for a valid reason, you have to submit a digital application in ISU to extend your repeat interim exams: go to Личный кабинет (My ISU) – Административные сервисы (Administrative services) – Студенческий офис (Student Services Office) – Электронные заявления (Digital applications). You can also do it on the my.itmo.ru platform in the Заявки (Applications) tab. For both of these options, you will need to: 

1. fill in the application for extension of (repeat) interim exams;
2. scan (or take a high-definition photo) the documents, confirming that you were absent for a valid reason;
3. attach the scanned copy (photo) to your application;
4. submit the application. 

With a complete and correctly filled in set of documents, the Student Services Office will accept your application.

You can take one exam or all interim exams ahead of schedule after receiving approval from the Student Services Office. 

In order to do this, you need to send a digital application via ISU: your personal page – Административные сервисы (Administrative services) – Студенческий офис (Student Services Office) – Электронные заявления (Digital applications) – Заявление о досрочной сдаче (Apply to take exams ahead of schedule). You will then be notified about the status of your application. When your application has been reviewed, the Student Services Office will notify all lecturers included in it. 

For the application to be approved, each lecturer has to confirm their ability to take the exam ahead of time on the date specified in the application. After that, the Student Services Office will send a final email with the application to the student and each lecturer.  

If at least one of the lecturers cannot approve the application, it is considered unapproved and thus the student is required to file a new application to the Student Services Office. 

Being allowed to take one or several exams ahead of time doesn’t mean that you don’t have to take your classes. When you take an exam early, it is considered to be your first attempt to pass it and thus might result in academic backlog. Elimination of such backlog is only possible during repeat interim exams.

You can transfer credits from a previously completed course (module) or practical training based on its congruent results and workload. You don’t have to retake courses or practical training (or interim exams) if credits for them have been successfully transferred. 

You can file a request to transfer credits if you have studied a course included in the current curriculum. Before that, you need to compare your education certificate to your digital gradebook. The following has to be identical: 

• name of the course;
• assessment format;
• number of credits (an equal or bigger, but not a smaller number can be stated in the certificate).

There are two ways to file your request via ISU:

1. ISU: your personal page – Административные сервисы (Administrative services) – Студенческий офис (Student Services Office) —  Заявление на перезачет (Request to transfer credits);
2. ISU: your personal page – Административные сервисы (Administrative services) – Электронные заявления (Digital applications) —  Заявление на перезачет (Request to transfer credits);

In your request, you should include all information about the courses (name, semester, credits, workload in hours, assessment format) – you can find it in your digital gradebook. You should also attach a scanned copy of your education certificate. After that, click Подать заявку (File request).  

If the request is filled in correctly, the Student Services Office will forward it to the faculty to transfer the credits. 

It may take up to three working days to process your request. Please, take this into account and file it in advance.

Important: Credits can only be transferred before the day of the exam/test specified in the interim exam schedule. 

You can be credited and regraded for a previously entirely or partially completed course (module) or practical training based on its congruent results and acquired competencies. If you are successfully credited for a course, a part of it, or a certain type of practical training, you don’t have to retake it, but you will still have to take the interim exam for this course or practical training.

You can file a request to be credited and regraded for a course if you have already studied the same or a similar course, but: 

• acquired less credits than stated in the current curriculum (gradebook);
• the course you studied has a name different from that in the curriculum; 
• the course you studied has a different assessment format from that in the curriculum. 

In order to be regraded and credited for a discipline, you will have to contact your lecturer. Take note that it might not be possible to do because, for instance, the contents of the course have changed. 

There are two ways to file your request via ISU:

1. ISU: your personal page – Административные сервисы (Administrative services) – Студенческий офис (Student Services Office) — Заявление на переаттестацию (Request to be regraded and credited);
2. ISU: your personal page – Административные сервисы (Administrative services) – Электронные заявления (Digital applications) — Заявление на переаттестацию (Request to be regraded and credited);

In your request, you should include all information about the courses (name, semester, credits, workload in hours, assessment format) – you can find it in your digital gradebook. You should also attach a scanned copy of your education certificate. After that, click Подать заявку (File request).  

It may take up to three working days to process your request. Please take this into account and file it in advance.

Important: Credits can only be transferred before the day of the exam/test specified in the interim exam schedule.