Requests for the BoE

Requests for the Board of Examiners should be sent to the Secretary of the Board of Examiners via the AUC Digital Service Desk. All requests must be accompanied by a copy of your planning grid (see template at the bottom of this page). Requests for recognition of off-campus or honours courses must always :

• Include a course manual (from the course catalogue of UvA or VU) from the year you want to take the course)
• Be requested well before the course starts (formally 6 weeks before the course starts)

Please do not wait with the request till you are registered for the course!

Authorising a representative to make a request on your behalf

In case of emergency or crisis, it may be that you are unable to complete a BoE request yourself.  In such a situation, you may authorise a representative – for example, a parent or lawyer – to submit a request on your behalf. To do so, the secretary of the BoE must first receive written confirmation via email or letter from you, the student, stating clearly that you are authorising your representative (include their full name) to submit a request to the Board of Examiners on your behalf.

Your representative can then email a request including details regarding the nature of the request and the required supporting documentation for consideration by the BoE as usual. Please note that in this instance your tutor will not automatically receive a prompt to provide feedback or notification of the request when it is submitted.

Please note that grade appeals should not be sent to the AUC Board of Examiners but to the COBEX ("College van Beroep voor de Examens"; Examination Appeals Board) of the VU. Read more about grade appeals here. 

Resources:

• Academic Standards and Procedures (AS&P)
• Rules & Guidelines BoE (last updated January 2024)
• Planning Grid (template, updated for current AS&P)
• Planning Grid (template, old AS&P).xlsx