Final exam conflicts and deferral

When the exam schedule is posted, you may see that an exam conflicts with an upcoming event. Valid exam conflicts include:

• Participation in an inter-university, provincial, inter-provincial, national, or international athletic event
• Participation in an inter-university, provincial, inter-provincial, national, or international scholastic event
• Religious obligations (interfaith calendar)
• A known medical condition

Please note: Travel plans are not an acceptable reason to miss an exam.

If you face one of these valid exam conflicts, you can apply to defer your exam. You must file your deferral request 20 working days prior to the date of the scheduled exam. Requests for deferred examinations are made to the student’s faculty, school, or academic advising office.

Deferred examinations will normally take place within 30 working days from the end of the examination series from which the examination was deferred. Writing a make-up test at your convenience may not be an option. Please note that students must remain available until all exam and test obligations have been fulfilled.

If you have two exams at the same time, or three consecutive exams, you have an exam conflict. Contact the Registrar’s Office as soon as you recognize an exam conflict to make arrangements to correct your exam schedule.

Examples of three consecutive exams:
Monday morning, Monday afternoon, and Monday evening
Monday afternoon, Monday evening, and Tuesday morning
Monday evening, Tuesday morning, Tuesday afternoon

Registrar's Office
400 UMSU University Centre
University of Manitoba (Fort Garry campus)
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2

204-474-9420
1-877-474-9420 (toll-free in North America)

If you miss a final examination for medical or compassionate reasons, you may be granted a deferred examination. Applications for a deferred examination after the examination has been missed must be filed within 48 hours of the date of the missed examination. The application for a deferred examination must be submitted to your academic advising office. A medical certificate or other appropriate documentation may be required.

Exam Day                         Deadline to request deferral

Sunday                              Tuesday
Monday                             Wednesday
Tuesday                            Thursday
Wednesday                       Friday
Thursday                           Monday (extended from Saturday)
Friday                                 Monday (extended from Sunday)
Saturday                            Monday

If you become ill during the course of an examination and you are unable to continue, you must report at once to the chief invigilator, hand in the examination, and indicate either that you wish to submit your examination paper as: (1) completed; or (2) not completed and with the right to request a deferred examination.

If you leave an examination early in compliance with this section, you are eligible to apply for a deferred examination. Only students who do not complete the examination and who notify the chief invigilator of the reason they cannot complete the examination shall be eligible to apply for a deferred examination.

Note: Documentation verifying your illness may be required.

Supplemental Examinations are offered by some faculties if you have not achieved the minimum result in a required course. Your faculty has established certain conditions where you may be granted a supplemental examination, which is the opportunity to rewrite a Final Exam. The impact of a supplemental examination on the final grade will be determined by your faculty regulations. The application for a supplemental examination must be submitted to your academic advising office.