QUT's evidence, from a doctor who actually assesses you.
QUT's concession page does not address telehealth or online certificates. What it does require is that the certificate makes clear the doctor thought you were unable to study, and the Health Professional Assessment Form asks the practitioner to state whether their opinion rests on their own assessment and records or only on what the patient reported.
Start a QUT consult opens on 19 September. We are finishing the doctor-completed forms for every university. Bookmark this page and come back then.
From 12.90 AUD, one-off. Issued on the day you are seen. Certificates carry a verification code. The form is completed only where the doctor's assessment supports it.
QUT at a glance
Every certificate links to a verification page showing the consultation record.
What QUT asks for
QUT's practitioner form is specific. These are the items the doctor completes after assessing you.
What the same evidence is for
Students search for these by name. QUT treats them as one process with different outcomes.
An extension moves the due date of an assignment when illness stops you finishing it. Apply through HiQ and upload your certificate. Keep working on the assignment while the application is assessed, because a decision can take up to five working days.
A deferred exam lets you sit the paper later when illness stops you sitting it at the scheduled time. Apply through HiQ, normally within three working days of the exam date, and attach a certificate that covers the exam day itself.
Special consideration applies when you sat the assessment or submitted the work but your performance was affected by illness or other circumstances outside your control. The certificate needs to show the impact on the day, not just that you saw a doctor at some point.
When circumstances stop you continuing a unit after the census date, you can apply to withdraw without academic or financial penalty. This is the application the Health Professional Assessment Form was written for, and it asks the practitioner for the period you were unfit and whether the condition was pre-existing.
Read the source
The pages students land on when they search this topic, as QUT publishes them. Read these before you apply: they are the rules your evidence is judged against.
QUT student academic concession pageHow to apply at QUT
See a doctor while you are unwell and tell them which assessment items are affected and on what dates.
Ask for a certificate that states you were unable to study over specific dates. QUT's assessors look for that statement rather than a diagnosis.
If you are applying to withdraw from a unit without penalty, download the Health Professional Assessment Form and have the practitioner complete it.
Log in to HiQ and lodge a separate application for each affected assessment item.
Upload a scan or photo of the certificate or form, and keep the original in case QUT asks for it.
What your certificate carries
Every Doccy certificate links to a verification page. This is what QUT will see when it follows the QR code.
Consultation record
Multi-step telehealth process with voice pre-screening, doctor review, and ongoing patient communication.
The doctor reviews your details and the pre-screening notes, writes the impact statement in their own words, and can message you with questions before issuing.
QUT questions
Answers reflect QUT's published policy on 16 Sept 2026. QUT decides what it accepts.
QUT's published concession information does not address telehealth or online certificates. It asks that the certificate make clear the doctor thought you were unable to study, and its practitioner form asks whether the opinion rests on the doctor's own assessment or only on what you reported. A certificate that shows a genuine assessment meets that test.
Apply as early as possible, and normally within three working days of the exam date. A decision can take up to five working days, so lodging late leaves you waiting into the next assessment period.
Lodge the application through HiQ, choose the assessment item, and upload your supporting documentation with it. Applications are not processed until the documentation arrives, so attach the certificate at the time you apply.
It is the practitioner form QUT publishes for withdrawal without penalty. The health professional records whether you were unfit for all or part of your study, the dates involved, whether the condition is pre-existing or worsened, and the basis of their opinion. It is not the form for a routine extension.
No. QUT does not want the condition named unless you have permitted the practitioner to state it. What matters is the practitioner's assessment of your capacity to study and the dates it applies to.
Other Queensland universities
All universitiesVoice pre-screening, AHPRA-registered doctor review, certificate and QUT's form where the assessment supports it.
Start a QUT consult opens on 19 September. We are finishing the doctor-completed forms for every university. Bookmark this page and come back then.
Doccy is a telehealth service. Universities decide what evidence they accept. We issue what the doctor's assessment supports.
