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Sick before an exam at UniMelb? 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 Report UniMelb asks for, completed.

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Before, or within four business days after, the exam date or assessment due date

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 UniMelb.

UniMelb special consideration

$65.00AUD / consultation

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

  • UniMelb's Health Professional Report, 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 UniMelb checks. One call covers them.

What UniMelb 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 UniMelb can verify.

  5. 05

    Lodged on time

    Before, or within four business days after, the exam date or assessment due date. If the doctor signs off, the certificate is issued the day you're seen.

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Why UniMelb 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 UniMelb 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 UniMelb? Start here.

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

  1. 01

    My exam is today or tomorrow

    See a doctor before it starts. Before, or within four business days after, the exam date or assessment due date.

  2. 02

    I've already missed my exam

    Tell UniMelb 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

    UniMelb needs its own form

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

  6. 06

    I'm looking for an exam exemption

    UniMelb handles it through special consideration.

From unwell to lodged at UniMelb

UniMelb's process, in the order it happens.

  1. 01

    Book in person or online

    UniMelb treats a telehealth consult the same as an in-person one. Take the Health Professional Report with you.

  2. 02

    Leave the diagnosis off

    The practitioner rates impact on admin, study and attendance. UniMelb doesn't want the condition named.

  3. 03

    Apply in my.unimelb

    Before the due date, or within four business days after it. The report can follow within four business days of applying.

  4. 04

    Upload a locked PDF

    Signed, with the practitioner's registration body and number. An editable file won't be accepted.

UniMelb special consideration form and deadline

The doctor completes UniMelb's Health Professional Report on the call. You lodge it with your application.

UniMelb policies checked 23 October 2026

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Doctor form. Telehealth accepted. Verified online.
  1. 01

    The form

    Health Professional Report. The doctor completes it on the call.

  2. 02

    The deadline

    Before, or within four business days after, the exam date or assessment due date. See a doctor the day you are unwell, not after the deadline.

  3. 03

    Telehealth

    The Health Professional Report states that consultations must be in person or via telehealth, so a telehealth consultation is on the same footing as an in-person one. The report still has to be completed by the practitioner who assessed you, in an uneditable format.

  4. 04

    What the certificate must state

    The severity of impact in each domain, administrative, academic and attendance, rated moderate or severe. The dates of consultation and the period of impact, which must be six weeks or less.

  5. 05

    Rules that catch students out

    UniMelb does not want a diagnosis. The report asks for the effect on your study, not the name of your condition, so a practitioner who writes a diagnosis is adding something the University did not ask for. The Health Professional Report covers impacts of up to six weeks. Longer or ongoing circumstances are handled through ongoing support registration instead.

One consultation, four UniMelb outcomes

Four outcomes, one application, the same evidence.

Special consideration

This is the main application when illness affects an assessment, an exam or your attendance. You lodge it through my.unimelb within four business days of the due date and attach the Health Professional Report.

Extension

An extension is a short move of a submission date and is one of the outcomes a special consideration application can produce. It suits a brief illness that delayed a piece of work rather than one that affected your performance in it.

Alternative or rescheduled assessment

Where you could not sit an exam or timed assessment, the outcome can be an alternative or rescheduled sitting. The Health Professional Report needs to show the impact fell on the assessment date, with the attendance domain rated.

Ongoing support registration

If the circumstances will affect your study for longer than six weeks, the Health Professional Report is the wrong instrument. UniMelb directs you to register for ongoing support, which sets up adjustments across the semester instead of one assessment at a time.

After you lodge at UniMelb

When the decision arrives, and what a no means.

How long UniMelb takes

UniMelb's Assessment and Results Policy says you should get the outcome within five business days of the University receiving your application and its supporting documents.

The Academic Registrar decides whether you're eligible. The dean then decides the adjustment, such as a deferral, extra time, a resubmission or a change of weighting.

If UniMelb says no

You can ask for a review within five business days of the outcome, and before your subject result is finalised. Make a clear case and add any new documents.

If a review of your eligibility fails, the next step is a formal grievance. If you're eligible but disagree with the adjustment, you can appeal to the Academic Board.

UniMelb special consideration FAQs

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

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Does UniMelb accept online medical certificates?

The Health Professional Report states that consultations must be in person or via telehealth, so a telehealth consultation is accepted. The practitioner who assessed you completes the report, and it must arrive in an uneditable format.

What is the Health Professional Report at UniMelb?

It is UniMelb's practitioner form for special consideration. The practitioner rates the severity of impact on administrative tasks, academic work and attendance, records the consultation dates and period of impact, and signs with their registration body and number. It replaces a plain medical certificate.

What is the UniMelb special consideration deadline?

Before, or within four business days after, the exam date or assessment due date. Supporting documents are uploaded within four business days of the application, so you can lodge first and add the report once your practitioner returns it.

Does the Health Professional Report need a diagnosis?

No. UniMelb does not want the condition named. The form asks for the effect on your capacity to study and attend, not the underlying diagnosis, which keeps the clinical detail with your practitioner.

How long can a UniMelb Health Professional Report cover?

Up to six weeks. If your circumstances affect your study for longer than that, UniMelb asks you to register for ongoing support instead of lodging repeated special consideration applications.

Unwell before a UniMelb assessment?

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

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