University of Sydney
A real-time consult with a registered Australian doctor. If the doctor signs off, you receive the medical certificate and the Professional Practitioner Certificate USyd asks for, completed.
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$52.00AUD / consultation
A special consideration form is not guaranteed.
Start my USyd consultUSyd accepts telehealth certificates only from a real-time consultation. Every special consideration consult is one.
Applications go through Special consideration form in Sydney Student, tracked through the University's service portal.
No fixed window is published. Apply as soon as an assessment is affected.
Sydney accepts in-person consultations, and telehealth consultations only where it was impractical to schedule an in-person appointment. The same page states the University will no longer accept online medical certificates where there was no consultation with a doctor.
Whether you were totally unable to attend or complete the assessment, were impacted, or the practitioner is unable to assess the impact. That you are suffering from a stated condition, or that the nature of the condition is confidential.
Say why an in-person appointment was impractical. Sydney considers telehealth on that basis, so the reason matters as much as the certificate. A backdated certificate needs clinical justification. The Professional Practitioner Certificate is dated on the day of the consultation.
Deadlines, portals and evidence rules at USyd, from its published policy.
Start my USyd consultOnly in limited circumstances. Sydney accepts in-person consultations, and telehealth consultations where an in-person appointment was impractical. The University states it will not consider online medical certificates issued without a consultation with a doctor.
It is Sydney's own practitioner form. The doctor records the dates you were seen, states whether you were totally unable to attend, impacted, or not assessable, and either names the condition or marks it confidential. You sign a consent section allowing the practitioner to release the information.
Sydney states that deadlines vary depending on your reason for applying, so check the deadline listed for your circumstance before you lodge. Apply as soon as you can after the assessment rather than waiting for the illness to resolve. A late application needs an explanation of why you could not apply in time.
Request it from your unit of study coordinator in the five days before the assignment is due. It covers up to five calendar days and does not need a formal application. It also does not block a later special consideration application for the same assessment.
It can. If special consideration or special arrangements are approved for an exam you could not sit, Sydney may allocate a replacement exam. The outcome depends on the assessment type and the impact, and results after a replacement exam can take longer to release.
USyd's process, in the order it happens.
A real-time special consideration consult. Tell the doctor the exam or due date; the certificate covers those dates.
Follow USyd's published process, linked above.
Professional Practitioner Certificate completed by the doctor, plus the medical certificate.
USyd may contact the practice to confirm the consultation. The link on each document answers that.
What the certificate must state, and what gets it refused.
Whether you were totally unable to attend or complete the assessment, were impacted, or the practitioner is unable to assess the impact. That you are suffering from a stated condition, or that the nature of the condition is confidential. The dates you were seen, including earlier consultation dates for the same condition. The dates you were affected and how your academic performance was impacted. The practitioner's name, registration number and signature, with your consent to release the information.
Say why an in-person appointment was impractical. Sydney considers telehealth on that basis, so the reason matters as much as the certificate. A backdated certificate needs clinical justification. The Professional Practitioner Certificate is dated on the day of the consultation. Sydney asks that documents describe what happened in detail and explain the impact on your academic performance. A certificate that only lists dates is thin evidence. A simple extension of up to five calendar days is arranged with the unit of study coordinator and does not need a certificate, but it does not replace a special consideration application.
Four outcomes, one application, the same evidence.
Special consideration is for illness, injury or misadventure that affected your performance in an assessment you attempted or could not attempt. You apply online and attach the Professional Practitioner Certificate.
Special arrangements are for circumstances known in advance, such as a scheduled procedure or a religious commitment that clashes with an exam. You apply before the assessment rather than after it.
If special consideration or special arrangements are approved for an exam you could not sit, Sydney may allocate you a replacement exam. Your certificate must show you were unfit on the original exam date.
A simple extension gives you up to five calendar days on an assignment and is arranged directly with the unit of study coordinator. It is an informal arrangement rather than a formal application, and you can only request it in the five days before the due date.
Sorted within the day. A real-time consult with a registered doctor, then the certificate and the Professional Practitioner Certificate USyd asks for.
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The same consult, with each university's own rules and deadline.
