Deferred Privileges and Exams

If you are requesting deferred privileges such as an exam or condition, you are advised to understand the following.

For Deferred Privilege requests:

Review the University Policy on Deferred Privileges. This can be found in Section VIII: Undergraduate Degree Regulations and Procedures in the Undergraduate Calendar.

You must provide documentation and/or a letter of request explaining your case to the Academic Review Committee. This document can be submitted to either your Program Counsellor or the Registrar's office. Grounds for your request should be based on medical, compassionate or psychological reasons. Please note that a deferred privilege is not guaranteed.

Check Section III in the Undergraduate Calendar, Schedule of Dates, for the next deadline for the submission of Requests for Academic Consideration and the deferred exams period.

If a Deferred Privilege is granted:

On WebAdvisor, the notation *DEF* will appear beside the course (in lieu of a numeric grade) if the privilege is granted.

If you are granted a deferred exam an email will be sent to your University of Guelph email account approximately three weeks after the final exam period.

The deferred exam schedule will be posted by Registrarial Services and on WebAdvisor at least one week prior to the start of the scheduled deferred period.

If you are granted a deferred condition you will receive an email to your University of Guelph account approximately three weeks after the final exam period, with instructions to contact your professor immediately and set up a time to either write the necessary final exam and/or hand in a final assignment on or before the deadline date noted in the Registrar's email.

If you do not have the information one week prior to the start of the scheduled deferred period, contact the exams coordinator at extension 58725. It is your responsibility to complete your deferred privilege on time.

If you have any questions please contact the Counselling Office.