Registration for lectures, tutorials and tests is obligatory

All students in the Faculty of Humanities are obliged to register for all study activities for which they are awarded an official mark.

• Registering for lectures and tutorials
• Registration for examinations and re-sits
• Late registration for an examination
• Withdrawing from an examination
• Entry requirements
• Remember to bring personal identification
• Admission to re-sits: the rules
• Any questions?

Use uSis to register for lectures, tutorials, tests, papers, essays and presentations. Registration is obligatory for all compulsory components as well as for study activities taken as part of the optional programme (minor). You do not need to register for the bachelor and master's theses, as these are registered through the student administration.

• You can register through uSis 90 days prior to the first meeting of your lecture or tutorial. It is important that you register in time!
• Click here for the FAQ of uSis.

Note that first-year, full-time bachelor students are usually registered by their department for courses starting in September. However, they too should check in time whether they have been registered.

Registering for lectures and tutorials

For lectures and tutorials you must also register in time through uSis. Some tutorials have a limited intake and may be full very quickly. If you are not registered for a course, you will not be allowed to sit the final exams for that course.

• Semester 1: You can register for a lecture or tutorial 90 days prior to the first meeting until Friday of the second week of class.
• Semester 2: You can register for a 2nd-semester lecture or tutorial 90 days prior to the first meeting until Friday of the second week of class.

After that it is no longer possible to register yourself through uSis. If you are late for registration for lectures and tutorials, then you will need the lecturer's permission to register through the student administration for lectures, through the study coordinator for tutorials, and through the Student Information Desk for core-curriculum courses.

Registration for examinations and re-sits

Registration for an examination can take place from 8 weeks before the week of the examination. Registration for an examination is possible up to 5 days before the examination begins.

If the day of the examination is a Monday, then the Tuesday one week for that Monday is the last day on which you can register.

Late registration for an examination

If you have missed the deadline for registration for an examination or re-sit, you can still register at the Student Information Desk, upon payment of € 10,-. Late registration is possible up to three days before the examination, until 12 noon sharp. After that you can no longer register for an examination.

No exception will be made for students who failed the exam. If the student takes a re-sit without having paid for registration of the grade of the original exam, the grade for the re-sit will not be registered (whether you passed the exam or not) until the student has paid for registration of the grade of the first exam.

If the student in addition did not properly register for the re-sit, the grade will only be registered after payment of € 60,- administrative costs. This rule will apply to all further re-sits.

Withdrawing from an examination

You can withdraw from an examination through uSis until three working days before the examination.

However, to be allowed to take a re-sit, you need to take the first opportunity to sit an examination.

Entry requirements

Some examinations have entry requirements: for instance, you can only participate in an examination if you have successfully completed a preliminary course, or if you have sufficiently participated in the lecture.

These entry requirements are stated in the course descriptions provided in the prospectus. If you fail to meet the entry requirements, your examination will not be marked. Please check in advance whether you are allowed to participate!

Remember to bring personal identification

It is crucial that you bring your student identification card as well as personal identification (valid passport, driving licence or identity card) to the examination. Your ID may be checked.

Admission to re-sits: the rules

When can you resit an examination?

Students are allowed to resit an examination if they have met the following requirements:

• Students must take the first opportunity to sit an examination. If they have not, they will not be allowed to take the second opportunity to sit an examination. If you cannot take the original exam due to illness, or if you are unable to attend for family reasons, et cetera, please make sure you report this beforehand. Regarding exams of the core curriculum, this needs to be done at the Student Service Desk, for all other courses please contact your Department. This can be done via email, stating your name, student ID, major and reason for absence.
  If you are absent from your exam without cancellation, you forfeit your rights to retake the exam in this academic year. If you are absent with a legitimate reason, the teacher and Board of Examiners can reconsider your rights to take a resit.

• Students are not allowed to resit examinations that they have passed (article 4.1.6. Course and Examination Regulations). This means that students who have completed a course with a pass cannot resit course components that they have failed.

• All Course and Examination Regulations can be accessed at Studentportal Humanities.

Any questions?

If you have any further questions, please contact the Student Information Desk, e-mail Studiepunt@hum.leidenuniv.nl or call (071) 527 6485 or contact the administration of your department.