Grades and results

All information on your results and grades

• Validity of results

  Obtained results and exemptions remain valid indefinitely, unless knowledge or skills become obsolete. The Teaching and Examination Regulations (TER) show the term for each course. Do you study longer than nominal + 1 year? Then the validity may also expire on substantive grounds.

  In case of delay due to personal circumstances, you can apply to the Examination Board for extension of validity of your results. Also discuss this with a student advisor for advice and possible support, such as the Student Support Fund.

• Export and request results overview

  On your results overview you can find all your results (without rounding up or down). Any insufficient marks or partial grades are also shown. In case any of your results shown are wrong, please fill in the form Results overview incorrect.

  Export result overview by yourself

  Go to your results overview and click 'Export results overview'*. If you follow several study programmes, you can also indicate here whether you want an overview of all results or only of a specific programme. Then indicate in which format you want to receive the overview: as a PDF or Excel file. You can also choose to have partial grades and fail grades displayed.

  You will be shown an example of the choice you have made. Check carefully that the results are complete and correct. You get a Dutch- or English-language overview of your results, which you can print yourself. You can only export your results overview as long as you have an active VUnetID.

  _{*No rights can be derived from the export.}

  Request result overview

  A result overview provided with a VU stamp (and signature) is an official document. It only shows the final results of courses that were successfully completed, without the courses you have not (yet) completed (e.g. because of a fail, NVD or NS). You may need it for a job application or application for a (new) course, for example. Go to your results overview and click on 'Results overview with VU stamp'. You then have two options:

  1. A result overview with VU stamp
  Select the programme and in which language you would like to receive the overview and click'Request'. The overview will be sent directly to your VU-mail address. There is no signature but a VU stamp on this document.

  2. Result overview with VU stamp and signature
  You can only request this overview if the overview of option 1 is not sufficient.
  You can request a result overview with VU stamp and signature using the form Official certified grade transcript. Complete the form in full and state the reason for your request. The transcript will then be sent by e-mail. If you prefer, you can also request the overview directly at the Student Desk and receive a physical copy on the spot.

  Please check that your grades are correct before requesting an overview.

• Disagree with results and objection

  If you disagree with the grade you have been given, you can follow the steps below to object.

  1. Inspection 

  The teacher/subject coordinator will inform you when the inspection time is. Go to the inspection time and check your grade and assessment. If you do not agree, discuss it immediately with the teacher/subject coordinator present. If you do not agree, proceed to step 2.

  2. Course coordinator

  Have you been to the inspection meeting but still do not agree with your assessment? Contact the course coordinator. Was the course coordinator present at the inspection meeting or are you unable to reach a solution? Then proceed to step 3.

  3. Appeal to the Examination Appeals Board (COBEX)

  You can lodge an appeal with the Examination Appeals Board (COBEX) only against the way in which the assessment was made. Go to the Dispute Desk for more information on lodging an appeal.

• External results achieved

  External results are results you have obtained for courses you have taken outside your regular study programme. You can submit the results of these courses and have them count towards your own programme.

  Courses taken at VU Amsterdam outside your study programme?

  You can only have these courses count within your programme if you have requested permission from the Examination Board in advance to have the course counted within your main programme. The result is then passed on internally, you do not have to do anything yourself.

  Course taken at an educational institution other than VU Amsterdam outside the collaboration with the UvA?*

  Use the form to upload the official result overview showing the result obtained externally. Official means on stationery from the university where you obtained the result and provided with a signature and stamp. VU Amsterdam reserves the right to request the original result overview at any time up to the moment of graduation, so keep this document safe. Check that your result has been processed in your result overview within 30 working days. 

  * Results achieved at an educational institution outside of the Netherlands will be registered with a Pass and not with a grade.