Exceptional circumstances during the qualifying exam

You may apply for a preliminary assessment of your application for grade adjustment due to exceptional circumstances during your qualifying examination. Applications can be submitted between 1 October and 15 November.

When applying for admission to your chosen bachelor's programme via optagelse.dk, you must upload the preliminary assessment. Please note that the assessment is valid only for the upcoming admission round at Aalborg University.

In the application you must explain:

• The reason you are applying for an adjustment of your grades
• What exceptional circumstances have arisen during upper secondary school
• Whether the circumstances applied to an isolated incident or a short or long period of time
• What impact the exceptional circumstances have had on your grades and overall GPA on your qualifying examination.

Application form for preliminary assessment.

Please note that you must upload documentation of the exceptional circumstances with the application form, including, for example:

• Medical certificate or medical record relating to injury, accident, short-term or long-term illness
• Medical certificate or other relevant professional documentation for accidents, deaths or particularly serious illnesses of close relatives
• Specialist opinion in connection with, for instance, tests for dyslexia, acalculia or disabilities
• Statement from psychologist/psychiatrist or transcript of medical record
• Statement from student counsellor, subject teacher or principal of the school
• Police report with relevant information on the persons involved
• Grade sheets from the last three years of upper secondary school.