Examination Chamber

Summary
A description of the recruitment, appointment and working conditions of a examination chamber.

Introduction

Fontys ICT has a examination board which consists of one central policy chamber and several examination chambers. Each examination chamber is staffed at least by the secretary and the chairman. This chamber mainly performs operational tasks such as determining the results, handling of objections and taking decisions on individual applications such as, for example, the application for exemption from a part of the study.

They are supported by an administrative staff member per chamber. The division of roles within the examination chambers and the administration is as follows:

1. Administrative employee

The administrative employee does the executing work. In practice, this amounts to:

  • Producing documents such as certificates, diploma supplements and assessment forms.
  • Make sure everything is ready in time for the awards.

A detailed description of the administrative tasks related to the examination chamber can be found in the |internal rules. This also includes the various deadlines and meeting times.

2. Secretary of the examination chamber

  • Responsible for everything the administrative employee does.
  • Managing the administrative employee.
  • Check what the administrative employee makes.
  • Solving problems and unforeseen situations.
  • Signing of certificates after everything has been checked and found to be in order.
  • Handling standard requests and objections.

3. Chairman of the examination chamber

  • Responsible for the functioning of the secretary.
  • Sounding board for the secretary in solving problems and unforeseen situations.
  • Responsible for the procedure.
  • Signing certificates and diploma supplements, expressing confidence in the secretary.
  • Represents the examination chamber in the policy chamber.

4. Contact and other information

Each examination chamber can be accessed via the examination board page which can be found via the student square on the Fontys ICT Portal. Here you will find the link to the Examination Board Portal where requests can be submitted, information about the Fontys ICT TERs and an information video about the Examination Board.