University exam period cannot be extended for work obligations

ACOM/45/1998Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberApr 3, 1998Dismissed

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Omnilex summary

A university student requested a prolongation of the deadline for completing first-cycle examinations, arguing that the need to work justified an exception. The court held that the governing rule requires completion within two years regardless of the number of examination attempts, and that employment obligations are not an extraordinary circumstance. The request was therefore rejected.

Omnilex headnote

RU.87; university examination period and extension for extraordinary circumstances: the first-cycle examinations must be completed within two years, irrespective of the number of attempts available. An extension may be granted only in exceptional cases. The obligation to work, even if burdensome, is an ordinary personal circumstance and does not qualify as an extraordinary circumstance within the meaning of the rule.

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Descripteurs

UNIVERSITE; ETUDES UNIVERSITAIRES; DUREE; RADIATION(EFFACEMENT); EXAMEN(EN GENERAL); DECISION DE RENVOI; PROLONGATION; DELAI; CIRCONSTANCE EXTRAORDINAIRE; CRUNi

Normes

RU.87

Résumé

Quel que soit le nombre de tentatives que peut effectuer un étudiant, il doit réussir les examens du premier cycle en deux ans. Le fait de devoir travailler n'est pas constitutif d'une circonstance exceptionnelle.

Keywords

university studiesexamination periodextensionextraordinary circumstancesemployment obligations

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether the time limit for first-cycle university examinations could be extended because the student had to work.

Extracted holding

No. The need to work does not constitute an extraordinary circumstance justifying an extension of the examination period.

Extracted reasoning

The applicable rule requires completion of the first-cycle examinations within two years, irrespective of the number of attempts available to the student. Only extraordinary circumstances can justify an extension, and ordinary employment obligations do not meet that threshold.

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