Deferring an Evaluation

How to Apply for a Deferral of an Examination

A student who wishes to defer a final examination must first meet with the Associate Dean (UME) or Assistant Dean prior to the examination date to request an approved deferral.

Application for Deferred Exam Form

The following information is quoted from the University of Calgary Website:

Please be aware:

  • The Deferred Examination is the last opportunity for students to write a final exam.  An unsatisfactory result on a deferred exam will require the student to complete a period of remediation, followed by a re-write examination scheduled by the Office of the UME.
  • Approval of your application may affect eligibility for convocation and certain undergraduate awards.
  • You are fully responsible for ascertaining whether the Faculty has approved or denied your request for a deferred final examination and where/whenyour deferral will take place.

Travel arrangements, vacation plans, weddings or other family events, employment situations, misreading the final exam timetable, and having three exams in a twenty four hour period are not considered reasonable grounds for deferring a final exam. If your exam schedule shows three final exams on the same calendar day (between 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on one day) you are eligible to defer one exam of your choice to the deferral period.

Deferred final examinations may be granted by the Associate Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education, to students who are prevented from writing the exam for the following reasons, only:

  • Illness
  • Domestic Affliction
  • Religious Conviction
  • Other

Deferred examinations will be held in conjunction with the timetabled rewrite examinations for that academic year. A granted deferral examination will be the same test that would be given to students required to repeat a particular course examination.

Students submitting a final examination for marking may not subsequently request a deferred final examination. Lack of writing a final examination does not guarantee approval of a deferred examination. The authority to grant or deny a deferred final examination is vested with the Associate Dean of the UME. Deferred final examinations will not be granted if it is determined that just cause is not shown by the student.