A student who misses an examination because of extenuating circumstances such as illness, injury or other personal emergencies may apply in writing to the Academic Registrar/Deputy Academic Registrar for a make-up examination. Applications should be made within the period specified by the Academic Registry after the missed examination.

 Guide for Online Application for Make-up Examination

In case of illness or injury, the application should include a medical certificate completed by a qualified medical practitioner.

When students apply to the Academic Registry for make-up examinations, the following situations would normally NOT be considered as valid reasons:

a. Elective surgery scheduled to be held on an examination day;

b. Public examinations, such as HKDSE Examination, TOEFL, SAT, GRE, GMAT, IELTS, Graduate Student Entrance Examination, and National Civil Servant Examination, professional examinations, job interviews, etc. held on an examination day; or

c. Having forgotten or misread the examination schedule.

If the application is approved, the make-up examination will be arranged by the Academic Registry in accordance with the dates listed on the Academic Calendar.

A student who is absent from an examination and does not apply for a make-up examination, or whose application is disapproved, or fails to sit for the approved make-up examination will receive zero marks for that examination.

The course instructor should set a new examination question paper for the make-up examination. The relevant Faculty/School Dean will decide if the grades of the make-up examinations should be downgraded.