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Deferred Final Exams

Students who must miss a Registrar-scheduled final exam due to extenuating circumstances may apply for a deferred final exam.

Spring 2025 deferred final exam application window:

  • June 18-24, 2025: For all application types

Deadline for all applications is two business days after the scheduled final exam.

  1. Final exam dates

    June 18-21, 2025

  2. Deferred final exam dates

    July 16-19, 2025

Summer 2025 deferred final exam application window:

  • August 14-20, 2025: For all application types

Deadline for all applications is two business days after the scheduled final exam.

  1. Final exam dates

    August 14-18, 2025
     

  2. Deferred final exam dates

    September 4-5, 2025

  • Students are limited to apply for one exam deferral per application. Students seeking deferrals of multiple examinations will be required to enter an application for each exam.
  • In accordance with the reintroduction of of the academic calendar, students will be required to submit supporting documentation for the following eligibility criteria: debilitating illness, unforseen crisis/serious personal hardship, and absence due to university representation or a faculty approved activity.
  • Deferral requests due to debilitating illness can be submitted on the day of the exam, or up to two business days following the scheduled examination.

Prerequisite course or applying for graduation

Due to the scheduling of deferred final exams, your standing for course requirements (such as prerequisite requirements and graduation applications) may be impacted. Please contact your faculty advising office prior to applying for deferral to discuss the impact of deferring a prerequisite course, or to discuss a deferred examinations impact on graduation.

Eligibility criteria, application process, and deadlines to apply

To apply to defer a final exam, submit your application and any required supporting documentation through your Student Centre. Supporting documentation can be uploaded in your application. Students will also have the option to submit a Student Declaration of Absence web form.  See the eligibility criteria as well as application instructions and deadlines listed below.

Students with three final exams scheduled to start and finish within a 24-hour period may defer one of their final exams to the deferred final exam period.

You must select the exam you wish to defer on your application. If your schedule does not meet the criteria, you will not be able to select this reason on your online application.

For example, if you have exams at 3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. on one day, and an exam on the next day at noon, you're eligible to apply under this DFE criteria.

An exam schedule with the first exam at 8 a.m. and the second exam at 3:30 p.m. on one day, and then a third exam at 8 a.m. on the following day, does not qualify as three exams in 24 hours.

View a step-by-step guide for how to submit and review your online application (pdf).

  1. Supporting Documentation

    Supporting documentation is not required.

    You will only be able to select this reason to defer if you are eligible. Consists of three exams within 24 hours.

  2. Application deadline

    Application deadline is 2 business days following the scheduled final exam.

In the event of a religious or spiritual observance causing a direct conflict with a final exam that prevents you from attending a final exam, you can apply to write a deferred final exam.

View a step-by-step guide for how to submit and review your online application (pdf).

  1. Supporting Documentation

    Provide a rationale in the comments area of the application.

    Supporting documentation is not required at the time of application, but evaluators may request further information or supporting documentation as needed.

  2. Application deadline

    Application deadline is 2 business days following the scheduled final exam.

If you personally experience a debilitating illness or medical emergency that physically prevents you from attending a final exam, you can apply to write a deferred final exam.

View a step-by-step guide for how to submit and review your online application (pdf).

  1. Supporting Documentation

    Provide a rationale in the comments area of the application.

    Supporting documentation is required at the time of the application, ie. medical documentation/note, statutory declaration, Student Declaration of Absence (pdf), etc. 

    Supporting documentation should provide evaluators with a clear description and timeline of illness and provide valid rationale for your absence. Personal written statements will not be accepted, if you are providing a statement, please enter it into the Student Declaration of Absence (embedded in the application).

    Please note: supporting documentation will be considered insufficient if it fails to address your state of health on the day of the exam, fails to provide adequate context, or is overly vague. Examples of insufficient documents include pictures of positive Covid 19 tests, pictures of thermometers, doctor鈥檚 notes that do not include the exam dates in the excused absence, prescriptions or medical test requisitions, and appointment confirmations. General or vague statements in the Student Declaration which do not provide evaluators with enough context are also insufficient. Examples such as: COVID 19, fever, illness, feeling sick could not attend, do not provide enough information to determine eligibility for a deferred final exam.

  2. Application Deadline

    Applications open on the day of the exam and remain open for 2 business days following the scheduled final exam.

In the event of an unforeseen crisis or serious personal hardship (e.g. death or illness of a family member) that prevents you from attending a final exam, you can apply to write a deferred final exam.

View a step-by-step guide for how to submit and review your online application (pdf).

  1. Supporting Documentation

    Provide a rationale in the comments area of the application.

    Supporting documentation is required at the time of the application, i.e. written statement from a third party, an accident report, notice (certification) of a death, statutory declaration, Student Declaration of Absence (pdf), etc.

    Please note: supporting documentation will be considered insufficient if it fails to provide information and context regarding the matter that prevented you from attending your final exam. Examples of insufficient documentation include documents that do not include the dates of the incident/funeral/family illness, pictures of a damaged vehicle, prescriptions or medical test requisition, email exchanges, vague statements in the Student Declaration such as: family illness, car accident, medical procedure, which do not provide enough information or context to determine eligibility for a deferred final exam.

  2. Application deadline

    Application deadline is 2 business days following the scheduled final exam.

If your attendance is required elsewhere during a scheduled exam due to civil obligations or a faculty-approved activity (such as jury duty, academic competitions, or high-level athletic competitions), you can apply to write a deferred final exam.

View a step-by-step guide for how to submit and review your online application (pdf).

  1. Supporting Documentation

    Provide a rationale in the comments area of the application.

    Supporting documentation is required at the time of the application, i.e. letter from a coach, nomination letter, juror summons letter, Student Declaration of Absence (pdf), etc.

    Please note: supporting documentation will be considered insufficient if it fails to provide dates or adequate context. Examples of insufficient documents include an undated program from an event that you are part of, uncontextualized conference abstract, uncontextualized travel itinerary, email exchanges, confirmations that you have applied to be part of an event with no indication of whether you have been invited, vague statements in the Student Declaration such as: track meet, tournament, conference, which do not provide enough information or context to determine eligibility for a deferred final exam.

  2. Application deadline

    Application deadline is 2 business days following the scheduled final exam.

Supporting documentation can be uploaded along with your application. The Student Declaration of Absence electronic form is available to students via the deferred final examination application portal. View a guide on how to find and complete the Student Declaration of Absence (pdf).

Submission of supporting documentation does not in itself constitute grounds for the approval of a deferral. Supporting documentation must clearly demonstrate serious illness or extraordinary circumstances beyond the student鈥檚 control that would warrant exemption from the regular examination schedule.

Students faced with difficulty in attaching documentation are encouraged to submit their deferred final examination application using the Student Declaration of Absence. Students can then submit any additional supporting documentation to the email addresses listed below:

For reasons of debilitating illness (any faculty): dfedocs@ucalgary.ca 

For reasons other than debilitating illness:

  • For enrolment and attendance in other courses, including group study courses.
  • For misreading the exam schedule.
  • To accommodate travel plans.
  • If you've completed less than half of the assigned work in a course.
  • If you've submitted a final exam for marking.
  • To compensate for lost study time due to unforeseen extenuating circumstances.

If you're approved to defer an exam but you decide to write the exam as originally scheduled, please email dfedocs@ucalgary.ca to withdraw your deferred final exam application.