When you are ready to write your examination, you must first complete and submit an Examination Request Form. You do not require permission to write an examination; however, we recommend that you discuss your preparedness with your tutor or learning facilitator. You will also need to contact the examination centre or your invigilator and select a date and time to write, and to discuss possible fees. You must submit your Examination Request Form well in advance of your requested write date.

When you are ready to request an examination, complete and submit the online Examination Request Form (available as a PDF following, or through myAU), or use the form included in your learning resources package.

Before you submit the form, it is important that you continue to review the following section.

  Examination Request Form

Students with Disabilities

If you are a student with a disability or you are registered for services through Access to Students with Disabilities (ASD), and you require accommodations for your examinations, please use the Access to Students with Disabilities Examination Request Form.

  ASD Examination Request Form

Where do I write?

Students can write at an examination centre located in the University's Athabasca, Edmonton, or Calgary, Alberta offices. In addition, a Canada-wide Examination Invigilation Network has been established that comprises many post-secondary institutions.

Students who do not have access to an examination centre, may appoint an invigilator; a person approved by Athabasca University to oversee the writing of examinations. Athabasca University students living outside Canada write their examinations at an approved post-secondary institution or Canadian Embassy.

  Examination Centres
  Invigilators

When do I write?

All examinations, with the exception of supplemental examinations, must be completed on or before your course contract end date. You cannot write an examination before your course contract start date.

After you submit your Examination Request Form, the University aims to have your exam arrive at the examination centre or your invigilator, approximately one week before your requested write date. For exam security reasons, the University also reserves the right to delay the shipment of examinations that have write dates scheduled well into the future.

Athabasca University cannot guarantee that your examination will arrive before your requested write date. Timelines are dependent on your geographic location. Examination requests received after the exam request deadline but within a student contact period will be charged a Late Exam Fee. Please refer to 5.6 for fee details.

Examination Request Form

Complete and submit your Examination Request Form to Athabasca University so that the form arrives a minimum of 10 days before the requested write date if you are using an approved invigilator, and 20 days if you are using a non-approved invigilator.


  Examination Centres
  Invigilators

Complete and submit your Examination Request Form to Athabasca University so that the form arrives a minimum of 20 days before the requested write date if you are using an approved invigilator, and 26 days if you are using a non-approved invigilator.

Shortly after you begin your course you should locate an exam invigilator or agency and submit the name to Athabasca University.

  Examination Request Form
  Invigilators

For exam security reasons, Athabasca University reserves the right to delay the shipment of examinations that have a write date scheduled well into the future. Whenever possible, examinations are shipped to an approved invigilator or an approved invigilation centre so that the exams arrive approximately one week before the requested write date.

Examinations are not shipped during the last week in December when the University is closed.

Students with a course contract end date of December 31 are allowed additional time to write their examinations. All examinations for courses with a contract end date of December 31 must be completed no later than January 15 of the following year.

This additional time does not apply to other course work such as assignments and quizzes, which must be completed on or before the December 31 course contract end date.

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