The Examination Committee must guarantee the quality of the final examination and the degree. To this purpose, legislation gives the following tasks and powers to the Examination Committee:
- To determine in an objective and expert manner whether a student meets the requirements with regard to knowledge, insight and skills, which are laid down in the Program and Examination Regulations, for obtaining a degree.
- To safeguard the quality of interim and final examinations.
- To establish procedures and instructions within the framework of the PER for assessing and determining the results of examinations.
- To grant an exemption from taking one or more examinations
- To safeguard the quality the examination organization and procedures.
- To take measures against fraud.
- To appoint examiners for taking examinations and determining the results of these examinations.
- To award the degree certificate, including the diploma supplement, as proof that the student passed the final examination.
- To grant a student permission to follow a flexible degree program, which includes a final examination that will lead to the student obtaining a degree.
- To grant a statement of passed examinations to the student who passes more than one examination, but who cannot be awarded a diploma.
- To write an annual report on all its activities.
Decisions of the Examination Committee
The Examination Committee must decide on a wide range of issues. Some examples of decisions which are regulated in the Higher Education and Scientific Research Act (WHW):
- Approving a flexible program
- Granting exemptions
- Approving the examination program of a student
- Awarding certificates, i.e. acknowledging that a student has fulfilled the learning outcomes of the program
- Awarding an academic distinction, such as "Cum Laude" (with honors)
- Permitting the use of other testing methods if a student has a functional impairment
- Decisions regarding the general testing policy of a study program, such as instituting an assessment form for final projects.
- Creating guidelines for examiners
- Imposing penalties for fraud and plagiarism
- Appointing examiners
- Decision regarding the extension of the validity period of exams
- Granting additional examination opportunities
- Establishing alternative tracks (for curriculum transition, for example)
- Approving of curriculum components taken at a partner institution abroad.
Not all decisions need to be taken by the full committee.