Health Sciences First Year (HSFY) students: Please apply for special consideration through the Examinations and Results page in your eVision portal.
Overview
Depending on programme-specific requirements, you may be eligible for special consideration in final examinations if you have been prevented from sitting a final exam or your performance was seriously impaired due to:
- Illness, or
- Exceptional circumstances beyond your control, or
- In limited cases (finalists/postgraduates), genuine error in preventable circumstances
Typical circumstances covered by special consideration include:
- Severe medical condition due illness or accident (supported by medical evidence or hospitalisation)
- Bereavement of a significant other
- Serious psychological impairment (certified by a counsellor or doctor)
Please consult with the relevant programme contact listed below for specific information and criteria relevant to your individual qualification and circumstances.
Programmes affected
Health Sciences First Year (HSFY) students: Please apply for special consideration through the Examinations and Results page in your eVision portal.
The special consideration information on this webpage applies to students in the following academic programmes:
- Health Sciences undergraduate professional programmes:
- Dental Technology
- Dentistry
- Medical Laboratory Science
- Medicine
- Oral Health
- Pharmacy
- Physiotherapy
- Radiation Therapy
- All postgraduate programmes in the Division of Health Sciences, including all qualifications offered through the following suites:
- Dentistry
- Health Sciences
- Medicine
- Pharmacy
- Physiotherapy
Timing
Candidates generally must apply within five calendar days of the last examination for which they are seeking special consideration.
Please consult with the relevant programme contact listed below for specific requirements and deadlines relevant to your circumstances.
Eligibility
Candidate eligibility depends on the specific qualification and circumstances involved.
Please consult with the relevant programme contact listed below in the first instance for further information about your eligibility for special consideration, exceptional circumstances, or alternative arrangements in final exams.
Application process
Health Sciences First Year (HSFY) students: Please apply for special consideration through the Examinations and Results page in your eVision portal.
School of Pharmacy and Faculty of Dentistry (undergraduate) students need to apply through eVision.
Medical Laboratory Science students need to apply by contacting the course administrator and programme director.
Other Health Sciences students: Do not apply through eVision. Applying through eVision may cause delays and jeopardise your application.
Applications for special consideration in Health Sciences postgraduate and professional programmes (as detailed above) are managed by the relevant school, faculty, department, or programme involved.
Please consult with the relevant programme contact listed below for further information about the application process and to obtain the necessary application form(s) (where not provided below).
Programme contacts
To apply for special consideration—or to obtain further information about your eligibility, the application process, or to obtain an application form—please contact:
Dentistry (undergraduate)
Including DTech and BOH
Faculty of Dentistry undergraduate students need to apply through eVision.
Email the undergraduate administrator for further information:
Email absent.dental@otago.ac.nz
Dentistry (postgraduate)
including PGDipCDTech, MOH, etc
Email the postgraduate administrator for further information:
Email postgrad.dentistry@otago.ac.nz
Medical Laboratory Science (undergraduate and postgraduate)
Medical Laboratory Sciences students need to apply by contacting the course administrator and programme director (in the same email).
Course Administrator
Email admin.mlsc@otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 3 479 7151
Programme Director
Email tania.slatter@otago.ac.nz
Medicine (undergraduate / MB ChB)
Postgraduate Medicine students: See Medicine and Health Sciences postgraduate
Applications for undergraduate MB ChB students wanting to apply for special consideration/alternative arrangements in final examinations must be made via Student Affairs/Undergraduate Education offices.
Dunedin
Student Affairs Office
Sayers Building
Tel +64 3 479 7420
Email oms.studentaffairs@otago.ac.nz
Christchurch
Undergraduate Education
Christchurch School of Medicine
Tel +64 3 364 0529
Email meu.uoc@otago.ac.nz
Wellington
Student Affairs
School of Medicine and Health Sciences Building
Tel +64 4 385 5576
Email studentaffairs.wsmhs@otago.ac.nz
Pharmacy (undergraduate and postgraduate)
School of Pharmacy students need to apply through eVision.
Please contact the Pharmacy Secretary:
Tel +64 3 479 5129
Email pharmacy.secretary@otago.ac.nz
Physiotherapy (undergraduate and postgraduate)
School of Physiotherapy
Tel +64 3 479 7460
Email absence.physio@otago.ac.nz
Special Consideration for Physiotherapy information
Special consideration for School of Physiotherapy form (PDF)
Radiation Therapy (undergraduate and postgraduate)
Kim Rooke
Administration Manager
Department of Radiation Therapy
Tel +64 4 385 5373
Email kim.rooke@otago.ac.nz
Special consideration for Radiation Therapy undergraduate (PDF) (undergraduate only)
Special consideration for Health Sciences postgraduate: Application form (PDF) (postgraduate only)
Medicine and Health Sciences postgraduate
This section applies to all Medicine and Health Sciences postgraduate qualifications listed on the University of Otago's Qualifications page:
Special consideration for Medicine and Health Sciences postgraduate: Application form (PDF)
University Health Declaration for Special Consideration Applications (PDF)
Please review the information above and use the forms provided. For further information, please contact the programme administrator for your qualification. If you do not know your programme administrator, please contact:
For Medicine and Health Sciences postgraduate programmes
Jacqui Bradshaw
Otago Medical School
Tel +64 3 479 7454
Email otagomedicalschool@otago.ac.nz
For University of Otago, Christchurch
Amanda Clifford
Student Experience
Tel +64 3 378 6161
Email postgrad.uoc@otago.ac.nz
For University of Otago, Wellington
Trevor Williams
Student Experience
Tel +64 4 385 5543
Email postgrad.uow@otago.ac.nz
Health declaration
If your application needs to be supported by a health declaration and there is not a programme-specific health declaration form, you may be able to use the below generic University Health Declaration for Special Consideration Applications.
Please confirm acceptability of this form with the programme contact listed above.
University Health Declaration for Special Consideration Applications (PDF)