Support Reasonable Adjustments
This page contains information to help you implement reasonable adjustments for ETH performance assessments.
If you have specific questions about reasonable adjustments please contact us at Inclusive Teaching, Assessment and Accessibility (UTL).
The "Information letter for lecturers" states the deadline by which the student must have notified you of the reasonable adjustment.
If the student misses the deadline for notifying the examiner, there is no longer any legal entitlement to implementation at this performance assessment.
Deadlines
- Information letters from 2023:
Usually 6 weeks before the performance assessment date
- Information letters up to 2022:
Usually 4 weeks before the performance assessment date - In exceptional cases, other deadlines may be given.
In 2023, the deadline was extended by two weeks to give lecturers more preparation time.
The information letters issued before 2023 remain valid.
Deadlines
- Information letters from 2023:
Usually 6 weeks before the performance assessment date
- Information letters up to 2022:
Usually 4 weeks before the performance assessment date - In exceptional cases, other deadlines may be given.
There are no guidelines as to when students should receive detailed information (e.g. information about an additional examination room).
Tip for when detailed information is available shortly before the performance assessment date:
Inform students by when they can expect to receive the information. This can be done at the same time as the confirmation of the information letter or after the notification deadline has passed.
Rectorate rooms: Extension via Room Scheduling Office (AkD)
raumreservation@ethz.ch or through room request form
Important information
- Performance assessment (LE number)
- Date and time (for digital examinations with ETH computers, including 1.5 h preparation time and 1 h post-exam time)
- Examination room
Rectorate rooms: Reservation via Room Scheduling Office (AkD)
raumreservation@ethz.ch or through room request form
Important information
- Performance assessment (LE number)
- Date and time (for digital examinations with ETH computers, including 1.5 h preparation time and 1 h post-exam time)
- Main examination room
- For additional room (Teaching Rooms for Examinations)
- Required number of exam seats
- Building / proximity to a specific room / preferred room
During the examination session, reasonable adjustments can take place in room ONA E 16. The room has 14 computer stations.
ONA E 16 is only accessible via room ONA E 25. In agreement, it can also be reserved for examinations in ONA E 7.
Room reservation via Digital Examinations Service (EduIT)
Important information
- Performance assessment (number of the performance assessment)
- Student / reasonable adjustment
- Student’s information letter from Vice Rector for Study Programmes
Please contact the department or institute to find out whether there are any departmental or institutional pools of teaching assistants and how the supervisors are financed.
If there is no departmental solution, you can book students through Student Helpers.
Student Helpers
- Online booking system, costs and guidelines can be found at Student Helpers – Staffnet | ETH Zurich .
- Specify the conditions that students must fulfil (e.g. not enrolled in the degree programme to which the performance assessment belongs; Master's student).
In the regular examination room
- No. All candidates must start the examination at the same time.
In the additional room
- Yes. The examination may be started earlier so that the time for the reasonable adjustment is before and not after the regular examination time as usual.
Please note:
- The Examinations Office does not have to be informed about an earlier start.
- The reservation period of the room must be adjusted.