Exams

Students in Dimond Library

Additional Information

  • Final exams are scheduled by the Office of the Registrar for Fall and Spring full semester courses only and announced during the semester.
  • Durham Final Exam dates are assigned based on the course day and time meeting schedule during the semester and cannot be changed.
  • Manchester Final Exam dates are held during the Final Exam period and follow the same course day and time meeting schedule as the semester schedule.
  • Online Asynchronous courses do not qualify for a posted final exam, as they do not have required meeting times during the semester.
  • Common Final Exams are only for Durham courses with multiple sections that meet at different times and would like to offer the same Final Exam to all sections at the same date and time.
  • Common Final Exams are randomly assigned during the Final Exam process and cannot be chosen by the instructor or changed.
  • Durham Final Exams are to be administered and completed in the two-hour exam block during the final exam period.
  • Durham Final Exams cannot be longer than two hours or have multiple, required times.
  • No Final Exams can occur during reading days.
    • Exception: The Fall semester exam schedule begins at 6:00 PM on the Reading Day
  • In situations when UNH shifts all final exams to remote or online, then all exam rules remain in place and exam dates and times are the regularly scheduled final exam times based on course day and time meeting schedule.