Exam Timetables and Exam Room Locations

Timetable and room location will be emailed to your student email. Unless instructed, you must attend in person and always ensure you arrive 20 minutes before your exam start time.

Exam Conditions

  • Ensure you have a fully charged laptop and charger.
  • If you arrive 20 minutes late you will not be permitted into the exam room.
  • You will be allocated a desk by the exam supervisor.
  • At all times you must listen to your exam supervisor for instructions.
  • The exam supervisor will notify you when you are permitted to navigate to your Moodle.
  • If you have questions or issues, raise your hand and wait to be assisted.
  • Before you can begin your exam, you must read and accept the UNSW Plagiarism policy.

Exam Rules and Regulations

  • Your laptop must be set in English with no AI, language, or translation tools.
  • Remain at your desk for the duration of the exam.
  • You may have a pen and paper for notetaking.
  • Do not attempt to communicate with another candidate during the exam.
  • You must not access any learning materials during the exam.
  • You must not record any part of the exam.
  • You must not copy or share any exam questions or answers, during or after the exam.
  • If you need a bathroom, raise your hand and an exam supervisor will accompany you.

Approved Equipment for the Exam Room

  • Your fully charged PC or Mac laptop and battery pack.
  • Student ID card.
  • Blank paper and a pen for note taking.
  • Clear water bottle.
  • Earplugs if you prefer silence.
  • For subjects requiring a calculator, ensure you have an approved calculator:
    • Fx-82AU plus II (and older models)
    • Fx-82AU plus II 2nd edition

Special Consideration for Illness or Misadventure / Compassionate & Compelling Evidence

For a detailed introduction to Special Consideration and the evidence required to apply, please read the student guide here.

If you are ill or have a misadventure before your exam commences, you may be eligible for special consideration.

If you believe you are fit and well to sit your exam and you start it, then you will not be eligible for special consideration unless there is a technical difficulty or WIFI outage during your exam.

To apply for special consideration, complete the Request for Special Consideration Due to Illness or Misadventure Form no later than 3 days after your exam. You must complete the entire form and provide detailed supporting evidence with your form, or your request will be denied.

Please remember only local Australian medical certificates from AHPRA approved practitioners will be accepted.

Supplementary Exams

Supplementary exams are scheduled in the week immediately following the final exam. This may coincide with a Recess Week on the academic calendar. Students who require supplementary exams due to missing a previous exam must attend. If travel is pre-booked and the student misses the supplementary exam as a result, they will receive a zero mark. There are no exceptions to this rule.

Supplementary exams for Diploma Potential Graduand

A Diploma student in their last term of study is considered a potential graduand (Pot Grad) and may be eligible for a supplementary exam if they have failed only one course in that last term. However, there are conditions under which a student can be deemed ineligible.

These students do not need to complete a special consideration application as they will be awarded a Pot Grad Supplementary Exam at the discretion of the relevant Academic Head.

Pot Grads will be notified of their eligibility for a Pot Grad Supplementary Exam by the Assessments team and will be asked to confirm if they will sit this exam. 

If students successfully pass the course as a result of the Pot Grad Supplementary Exam, their mark awarded for the course will be capped at 50%.

NOTE –

  • Please familiarise yourself with key exam dates via the Key Dates page.
  • Note that the Pot Grad Supplementary Exam is at a different time from the usual Supp Exams and is normally held at the start of Week 1 of the following term.
  • No additional exam arrangements will be made if you miss this supplementary exam.

Questions about Your Exams

After reading this information, if you have more questions about your exams you can:

  1. Visit the Student Enquiries Desk located on Level 1 of the UNSW College L5 Building.
  2. Ask your teachers.
Last modified: 1:54 pm, 3 July 2025