Not participating in the final examination due to important reasons
If the student is not able to participate in the final evaluation of study achievement due to important reasons, in accordance with articles 53, 55 of the Study Regulations of Vilnius University, the student shall inform the Study Department by e-mail about their absence from the examination and when they are planning to submit the documents justifying the absence*.
*In the case of an illness, the medical institution should, on the proposal of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania, issue documents in form 027/a or 046/a upon the student's request.
Repeating a course, taking courses externally, substituting failed courses
In case of not passing a subject during the retakes, in accordance with article 61 of the VU Study Regulations:
Upon expiry of the time limit set for the final retaking of the assessment of learning outcomes, a student whose debts and (or) academic debts have not exceeded 15 study credits and who intends to continue his (her) studies, shall submit an application to the head of a core academic unit (faculty) requesting to allow him (her) to repeat studies of a particular course unit (module) or to allow him (her), as an external student, to retake assessment upon individual repetition thereof, or to substitute the course unit (module) with a different one and to continue implementation of the study programme.
the following options can be proposed:
1. Repeating the course
1.1. student must go to lectures according to the timetable and pass the midterms.
1.2. student pays full price for the course according to the amount of course credits.
2. Retaking the course externally
2.1. student does not go to any lectures and repeats the material for the course on their own.
2.2. student pays 25 percent of the course price according to the amoun of course credits.
2.3. The professor of the course must give a written or electronic agreement for the student to retake the course externally.
2.4 Student can retake the courses externally if:
2.4.1. the student has participated in the lectures of the course and passed all required midterm assesments
2.4.2. if the course has already been repeated.
Substitution of failed courses (for all courses except compulsory courses and term papers)
- If you receive a negative grade from your optional, IND or GUS subject during the retakes, you may choose an additional optional, IND or GUS subject to cover the debt.
- The chosen additional subject is studied without any additional fee once. If you fail the additional subject that you have chosen to cover your previously received debt, you must repeat or retake externally one of your failed subjects.
- When you pass the additional subject that you have chosen instead of the debt, please contact us to delete the debt from the previous subject.
Applications for repeating the courses or taking them externally should be filled out via VU information system.
Applications for repeating the subject are accepted until the end of the first month of semester, applications for taking subjects externally can be filled out all throughout the year for the ongoing semester or the next upcoming semester.
If you take an academic leave or suspend your studies, you can pass your debts with a free listener's agreement.
Missing credits after the mobility period
Students who return to VU after their mobility with less than 30 credits, must compensate the missing credits. The compensation of this deficiency depends on the number of credits missing:
• If the lack is less than 15 credits, you can continue your studies at VU on your return, but you should register for more courses than the number of credits in your programme of study in order to make up for the lack of credits.
• If the lack is more than 15 cr., you must apply for a suspension of your studies upon your return. If you suspend your studies, you would be placed on a free listener's agreement and choose to study as many subjects as necessary to reduce the lack of credits to at least 15 cr. You can continue your studies after the suspension.
Third retake for final year students
- Bachelor final year students who have debts or academic debts from previous semesters, in accordance with the article no. 63 of the Study Regulations are allowed to retake the subject from which they have a debt in the last semester of studies externally before the final theses' submission deadline.If the debt is from I-VI semesters and student has repeated the subject or taken it externally in previous semesters, the retake during the additional exam session is free. If no attempt was made to eliminate the debt until the last semester of studies, the student must pay to take the subject externally.
- If the debt is from the VII semester of studies, the student is given the right to take the subject 1 time externally for free.
- Third retake for final year students is scheduled on April 15-29.
- Master final year students who have debts or academic debts from previous semesters, in accordance with the article no. 63 of the Study Regulations are allowed to retake the subject from which they have a debt in the last semester of studies externally before the final theses' submission deadline. If the debt is from I-II semesters and student has repeated the subject or taken it externally in previous semesters, the retake during the additional exam session is free. If no attempt was made to eliminate the debt until the last semester of studies, the student must pay to take the subject externally
- If the debt is from the III semester of studies, the student is given the right to take the subject 1 time externally for free.
- Third retake for final year students is scheduled on April 15-29.
Examination for students who are doing summer internships, participate in international programmes, etc.
The Faculty of Philology of Vilnius University does not conduct early final assessment of study achievements. Students going on internships or international programmes take pre-departure examinations that are scheduled before the start of the trip. Examinations to be held after the student's departure may be postponed until 30 September.
Before departure, students must agree with their professors on the dates of the examination(s) in September and fill in a free-form application for postponement of examinations via the information system is.vu.lt, providing proof of departure and return travel documents.
Such requests for postponement of examinations are accepted from 1 April to 15 May.