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Sick before an exam at QUT? Get special consideration sorted.

A real-time consult with a registered Australian doctor. If the doctor signs off, you receive the medical certificate and the Health Professional Assessment Form QUT asks for, completed.

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If the doctor signs off, issued the day you're seen

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Real-time call. Medical statement. Verified online.
  • Real-time doctor consultation
  • AHPRA-registered doctors
  • Form and certificate included
  • Verification link
  • Issued the day you're seen
  • All Australian institutions

One flat fee at QUT.

QUT special consideration

$65.00AUD / consultation

The evidence QUT asks a doctor for, from one real-time call. For an exam, an assignment or an extension.

  • QUT's Health Professional Assessment Form, completed by the doctor, plus a medical certificate
  • A medical support letter
  • A real-time call with an AHPRA-registered doctor
  • A two-minute form and a preconsult call, so the doctor's call is short
  • Issued the day you're seen, if the doctor signs off

Issued only if the doctor finds it clinically appropriate. If the doctor completes your consult and decides a certificate isn't appropriate, the fee still applies. We refund it only when we can't deliver the consultation.

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Five things QUT checks. One call covers them.

What QUT looks for in your evidence, and how the consult answers it.

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Video or phone. AHPRA signed. Same-day consult.
  1. 01

    A video or phone consult

    Every Doccy consult is a real-time call with an AHPRA-registered doctor.

  2. 02

    That you couldn't sit or finish it

    The doctor records the assessment and the date it falls on.

  3. 03

    When you were seen, and for how long

    Dated the day of your call, covering the days the doctor confirms.

  4. 04

    Who signed it

    Registration and practice details printed, with a link QUT can verify.

  5. 05

    Lodged on time

    As early as possible: an assignment extension before the 48-hour late submission period ends; a deferred exam before the exam or within three working days after it; special consideration normally within three working days of the due date or exam date. If the doctor signs off, the certificate is issued the day you're seen.

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Why QUT students choose Doccy for special consideration.

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From bed, today. AHPRA signed. 24/7 access.
  1. 01

    Seen from bed, the same day

    No waiting room. A doctor calls you, and if they sign off, the certificate is issued the day you're seen.

  2. 02

    The history is taken before the doctor calls

    A two-minute form and a preconsult call collect your dates and symptoms, so the doctor's call is short.

  3. 03

    Evidence QUT can check

    Signed by an AHPRA-registered doctor, with a verification link on every certificate.

  4. 04

    One price, shown before you start

    One flat fee for the consult and everything it issues. Nothing added at checkout.

Too unwell for an exam or assignment at QUT? Start here.

Your next step at QUT, and what to tell the doctor.

  1. 01

    My exam is today or tomorrow

    See a doctor before it starts and tell them the exam date.

  2. 02

    I've already missed my exam

    Tell QUT now, then see a doctor today.

  3. 03

    I'm too unwell to finish an assignment

    Tell the doctor the due date and when you fell ill.

  4. 04

    I became unwell during the exam

    Tell the invigilator at the time, then see a doctor the same day.

  5. 05

    QUT needs its own form

    The doctor completes the Health Professional Assessment Form on the call. Have your assessment details ready.

  6. 06

    I'm looking for an exam exemption

    QUT handles it through student academic concession.

From unwell to lodged at QUT

QUT's process, in the order it happens.

  1. 01

    See a doctor while unwell

    A real-time special consideration consult. Tell the doctor the exam or due date; the certificate covers those dates.

  2. 02

    Apply through HiQ

    As early as possible: an assignment extension before the 48-hour late submission period ends; a deferred exam before the exam or within three working days after it; special consideration normally within three working days of the due date or exam date.

  3. 03

    Attach your evidence

    The Health Professional Assessment Form completed by the doctor, plus the medical certificate.

  4. 04

    Keep the verification link

    QUT may contact the practice to confirm the consultation. The link on each document answers that.

QUT special consideration form and deadline

The doctor completes QUT's Health Professional Assessment Form on the call. You lodge it with your application.

QUT policies checked 23 October 2026

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Doctor form. Telehealth not mentioned. Verified online.
  1. 01

    The form

    Health Professional Assessment Form. The doctor completes it on the call.

  2. 02

    The deadline

    As early as possible: an assignment extension before the 48-hour late submission period ends; a deferred exam before the exam or within three working days after it; special consideration normally within three working days of the due date or exam date. See a doctor the day you are unwell, not after the deadline.

  3. 03

    Telehealth

    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.

  4. 04

    What the certificate must state

    That the practitioner considered you unfit for any assessment, partially fit so your load should be reduced, or able to study. The dates you were unfit from and until, or that the condition is ongoing, and the date it worsened.

  5. 05

    Rules that catch students out

    A certificate that only repeats your own account of being unwell is weak evidence at QUT. The form asks the practitioner to separate what they assessed from what you reported. Upload a scan or clear photo of the document with the online application. QUT will not process an application until the documentation arrives, and can ask for the original.

One consultation, three QUT outcomes

Three outcomes, one application, the same evidence.

Assignment extension

An extension moves the due date of an assignment when illness stops you finishing it. Apply through HiQ before the 48-hour late submission period ends, and upload your certificate.

Deferred examination

A deferred exam lets you sit the paper later when illness stops you sitting it at the scheduled time. Apply through HiQ before the exam or within three working days after it, and attach a certificate that covers the exam day itself.

Special consideration

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. Apply as soon as you reasonably can, normally within three working days of the due date or exam date.

After you lodge at QUT

When the decision arrives, and what a no means.

How long QUT takes

A response to an assignment extension or deferred exam application can take up to five working days. Keep working on the assessment while you wait.

QUT won't process an application until your documents arrive, so upload them when you apply.

If QUT says no

You can ask for a review of the ruling within 10 working days of being notified. QUT normally gives the review outcome within 20 working days.

The review outcome is final within QUT. After that you can go to an external body such as the National Student Ombudsman.

QUT special consideration FAQs

Deadlines, portals and evidence rules at QUT, from its published policy. How special consideration works at every university

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Does QUT accept online medical certificates?

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.

What is the QUT deferred exam deadline?

Apply before the exam or within three working days after it. QUT asks you to lodge as early as possible, so don't wait for the last day.

How do I apply for a QUT assignment extension?

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.

What is the QUT Health Professional Assessment Form?

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.

Does my certificate need to name my diagnosis at QUT?

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.

Unwell before a QUT assessment?

Sorted within the day. A real-time consult with a registered doctor, then the certificate and the Health Professional Assessment Form QUT asks for.

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