Exams and results
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Common questions
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You will need to ensure your web browser is up to date with the most recent version. If you have any trouble, please reach out to Student IT. Make sure you’re prepared for your on-campus digital exam.
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If you cannot complete an online assessment due to major technical disruptions or failures, you can apply for Special Consideration.
For eligibility and a step-by-step guide on how to apply, please view the web page at Special Consideration.
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Once your exam timetable is released, you will be able to view your individual exam timetable on your my.unimelb homepage.
Your timetable will include your:
- Exam date
- Start and end time
- Duration of reading time (if applicable)
- Exam format
- Exam venue
- Alternative Exam Arrangements (if applicable)
Some exams will be coordinated by your faculty and will not appear on your exam timetable. If you have any faculty-managed exams, you will be notified by your Subject Coordinator.
Check if your subject has further assessment tasks such as take-home, practical, oral or performance exams, via your LMS subject site. If one of your exams or assessments is missing from the timetable or your LMS subject site, please contact your Subject Coordinator.
If you can't view your full timetable in my.unimelb, try searching for your individual subjects using the subject code via the exam timetable system.
To ensure you have all the information and details you need to plan your exam schedule carefully, please refer to my.unimelb homepage for your full individual exam timetable.
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You must ensure you are available to attend your assessments during the exam period. The University will not reschedule exams for circumstances that are considered reasonable in your control, such as employment commitments, travel, and social engagements such as weddings or birthdays.
Running late for exam
If you are running late to your on-campus exam, you will still be permitted to enter your exam up to 30 minutes after the start of the writing time. After this time, if no student has left the venue, you will be permitted to enter. Extra time is not given to students who arrive late.
For online exams, you can commence your exam any time after its start time and before its end time, however, you will not be granted extra time to complete your exam if you are late.
What do I do if I'm sick or injured on exam day?
If you’re too unwell to attend an exam, check if you are eligible to apply for Special consideration and follow the COVIDSafe guidelines.Do not come to your exam if you:
- Are unwell with any of the following symptoms, however mild: fever, chills or sweats, cough, sore throat, shortness of breath, runny nose, loss or change in sense of taste or smell – even if you have a negative rapid antigen test result, and/or
- Have tested positive for COVID-19 – even if you don’t have any symptoms.
If the above applies to you, you need to:
- Follow this guide about getting tested for COVID-19 and what to do if you or someone you know tests positive, including notifying the University
- Apply for Special consideration, ensuring you follow the advice for students affected by COVID-19 provided on the Special consideration page.
Cannot take or I have missed exam
If you have experienced unexpected circumstances outside of your control and are unable to attend, you may be eligible for Special Consideration. There are strict deadlines for submitting a Special Consideration application. If you are unsure what to do, call Stop 1 as soon as possible to discuss your situation and options.
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To decline a special assessment or exam you must submit a decline a special exam form to receive your original exam mark.Instructions on how to decline your special assessment will be included in your special consideration outcome email.
Please note the following policies:
You will not be able to see your final subject result before deciding to complete the special exam.
If you choose to sit the special exam, the mark from the special exam will supersede the mark from your previous exam (even if the previous mark is higher than the second mark).
If you don’t intend to take the special assessment, do not open your exam as this will count as an official attempt and your mark will supersede your previous attempt, even if it is 0.
Graduating students
If you've been invited to graduate but are offered a special assessment for a passed subject, you must decline the special assessment by the deadline to ensure you graduate on time. If you decide to sit your special assessment, your result will not be finalised in time to graduate in the current graduation round. You will instead be invited to the next graduation round.
Late decline requests will not be accepted in any circumstances, so decline early to avoid any negative impacts. If you neither decline nor complete your special exam, you will receive a zero for the exam, and your final subject result will be calculated accordingly.
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Step 1: Speak to your Subject Coordinator
If you have any queries about your mark, you are encouraged to first seek feedback by speaking to your subject coordinator about the reasons for your results in that subject.
These discussions can help you understand your overall result; they are not an opportunity to request that your exam paper be re-marked or that your mark be adjusted.
If you have performed below expectations in an exam and wish to view your paper, you may do so by requesting a script viewing session. Some Departments, Schools and Faculties have official script viewing sessions for each subject. If your subject does not have an official viewing session, contact your subject coordinator.
Step 2: Contact UMSU Advocacy for assistance
Step 3: Submit a Special Consideration application (optional)
Step 4: Apply for Fee Remission (optional)
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If you have failed a subject, please see the corresponding FAQ page for advice on the following:
- How to plan out and enrol into your remaining studies
- Effects on academic progress
- Implications on student visas
- Assessing why you failed
- Available support services
If you are disappointed about your results and want to seek a review, the first step is to seek feedback by contacting your subject coordinator about the reasons for your grade. The results review page explains the formal process for appealing a grade and we recommending reading assessment disputes information published by the Student Union.
Please note, if you would like to sit a 'make-up' exam, this can only be facilitated if you are granted special or supplementary assessment.
Special assessment (which may be a special exam) is awarded as a special consideration outcome. After the final results release date, you cannot apply for special consideration. The only exception to this rule is where you can demonstrate that exceptional circumstances prevented you from applying for special consideration by the due date.
For more information about application deadlines, please visit the special consideration page.
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If you've failed a single subject in your last year of study, and would otherwise have completed your course, you might be eligible for Final Subject Assessment (FSA).
If you meet the strict eligibility criteria, you may be offered an additional assessment for the failed subject to successfully pass your course.
Please note, you can’t apply for FSA. Your faculty will advise you if you're eligible and your FSA will likely be conducted in the special and supplementary exam period for either study period.
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A WAF grade means that a subject result is withheld pending the finalisation of an assessment. This can be used in situations where:
- A special assessment (not held during the special or supplementary exam period) has been awarded as an outcome of a special consideration application
- Other additional assessment is being considered
- The result has been withheld pending the outcome of an academic misconduct hearing.
If you’ve received a WAF grade for a subject, please check your student email regularly for further information from your faculty.
If you have not received information from your Faculty after 10 business days of the WAF grade being visible, please contact your subject coordinator for information.
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You can find more information about the Weighted Average Mark (WAM) on the Weighted Average Mark (WAM) page. This website includes information on how to find your WAM, and how the WAM is calculated.
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To find information about your overall subject results, including when and how you can access your results, you can refer to the Results page.
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You can make a request to your Subject Coordinator to access your examination scripts from the previous semester at any time before the end of the second week of the following semester. Your Subject Coordinator may have already published their own procedures for Exam Reviews. If you are unsure, please see your Subject Guide or email them directly.
In the rare case where examination procedures are not complete at the beginning of the following semester, you will be given at least two weeks following the publication of results to request your examination scripts.
Faculty of Music
Copies of Practical Examination Reports are available to you shortly after the release of results.
Faculty of Business and Economics
Examinations may be viewed centrally here if it has been made available by your Subject Coordinator.
Note that you can only log into the Student Booking System when an appointment has been made for you. If you are unable to login, please contact the Subject Coordinator for further assistance, or submit an enquiry.
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