UNSW Sydney
A real-time consult with a registered Australian doctor. If the doctor signs off, you receive the medical certificate and the Professional Authority Form UNSW asks for, completed.
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$52.00AUD / consultation
A special consideration form is not guaranteed.
Start my UNSW consultUNSW accepts telehealth certificates only from a real-time consultation. Every special consideration consult is one.
The Special Consideration Portal in myUNSW, with the certificate and Professional Authority Form attached.
Within three working days of the assessment or due date. A late application must explain the delay.
Accepted only from a real-time phone or video consultation. A questionnaire-only certificate is refused.
Documents are dated the day of the consultation. The doctor can record an earlier onset after assessing you.
Deadlines, portals and evidence rules at UNSW, from its published policy.
Start my UNSW consultYes, with a condition. Since February 2026, UNSW accepts an online certificate only when it was issued after a real-time phone or video consultation. A certificate issued from an online questionnaire alone is refused, and that rule applies to every application involving a final exam or an impact longer than three days.
Request it through the special consideration portal before the assignment is due. Short extensions cover one to three days. For anything longer, or for an exam, lodge a full special consideration application with a certificate or Professional Authority Form attached.
It is UNSW's practitioner form. The doctor records the dates seen, rates the impact on take-home and in-class assessment, describes the condition or marks it confidential, and signs with their AHPRA details. It sits alongside, not instead of, a medical certificate.
Three working days after the assessment date or due date. Late applications need an explanation of why you could not apply in time, so book the consultation early rather than after the deadline.
UNSW states that backdated documents may be refused. A certificate is dated on the day of the consultation. If the illness started earlier, the doctor can record that period after assessing you, but the issue date does not change.
UNSW's process, in the order it happens.
A real-time consult. UNSW refuses certificates from a questionnaire alone.
Tell the doctor each affected assessment and date. The form rates take-home and in-class impact separately.
The Special Consideration Portal, within three working days of the assessment.
Certificate and Professional Authority Form. Keep the verification link handy.
What the certificate must state, and what gets it refused.
The dates you were seen and the period you were affected. The practitioner's rating of impact on both take-home and in-class assessment: no, minor, major or not assessable. The nature of the illness or misadventure, or a statement that it is confidential, with recommendations. The practitioner's name, AHPRA registration, practice details and signature, dated on the day of the consultation.
Backdated documents may be refused. The certificate is issued on the day you are seen and covers the period the doctor assessed. A general medical certificate is accepted for short absences. The Professional Authority Form is expected for final exams and longer impacts. Impacts of three days or fewer on a non-exam task are usually handled through a short extension rather than a full application.
Three outcomes, one application, the same evidence.
A short extension is an extra one to three days on an assignment or take-home task, requested through the special consideration portal before the due date. Evidence is not always required for the shortest extensions, but a dated certificate makes the request straightforward and covers you if the illness runs longer.
If illness or misadventure affects a final exam or timed assessment, apply for special consideration and attach the Professional Authority Form. UNSW requires evidence of a real-time consultation for exam-related applications, so a questionnaire-only certificate will be rejected.
When special consideration is approved for a final exam, the usual outcome is a supplementary exam in the supplementary examination period. The certificate must show you were unfit on the original exam date.
Sorted within the day. A real-time consult with a registered doctor, then the certificate and the Professional Authority Form UNSW asks for.
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The same consult, with each university's own rules and deadline.
