Maynooth University Examinations and Assessment Office

If a student is unable to attend because of illness or family bereavement. 

The student should let their Academic Department know in advance if possible and check if there are any forms or procedures that needs to be followed with their Department.   There is no need to inform the Exams office.  The seat will be kept in the exam hall, so if the situation changes, the student can still attend the exam. The student should keep any medical certificates (sick cert) or other supporting documentation, in case he/she needs to use this later. It may be needed, for example, by the student's Academic Department.

What happens if a student does not attend an exam:

	Marks and Standards
	In most cases where there is a University scheduled written exam, there is a supplemental autumn exam.   in August.  Departments normally indicate on course finder repeat option and information about capping (see below screenshot).            By default, the mark in the supplemental university scheduled written exam is not capped, so a student can sit the supplemental university scheduled exam in August without any penalty. In the exceptional cases where the supplemental result is capped, the student may apply to have this cap waived, presenting evidence of the circumstances.

 
Next Steps
In June when your official examination results are issued, information about the supplemental university scheduled written exams will be available on our webpages.  This information will include how you register online, to inform us that you wish to take exams and also the applicable fees (due to Fees Office) which apply for supplemental examinations.    You may have up to 3 exams in one day.  Further information is available here.

Your results in June will reflect your missed exam as follows:

If you missed your exam, you will get zero for the exam component. When you receive your results in June if you have 'Not Passed/Incomplete' in any module you will need to apply to resit it in august and will be liable for repeat fees. All information will be available on our website in June.

Some students could attend but would find it difficult and might not perform as well as they should.   This might arise for example where a student is ill or had a recent bereavement, and therefore might be able to physically attend, but might under-perform.his involves a judgement on the part of the student.  A student should not attend an examination if that will put their health or well-being at risk.  However if the student can attend the exam it is advisable to do so, because:

1. If the students passes, it avoids the need to resit.
2. Even if students do not pass, sitting the exam is a beneficial experience which may help them to pass in the resit.

↵Some students feel inadequately prepared, and simply wish to delay their exams to the supplemental examinations.
If students seek to delay their exams, this is very inadvisable for a number of reasons:

1. They may be better than they think and actually pass.
2. In any case taking the exam is a good preparation for taking the resit.
3. If the resit is disrupted for any reason (illness etc), the student will have no opportunity to pass the exam in the current academic year.  
4. Not taking the exam will result in not passing the module which will remain on the student's academic transcript.

_{This is a  written examination at the end of the semester scheduled by Maynooth University (via Examinations Office). If a module has a University scheduled written exam this will be indicated as part of the module description on Course Finder.  See screen shot below.}

_{For queries on in class tests or any other exam/assessment, please contact the relevant academic department of the module.}