Absence from Class

If a student misses or will be missing a class they should contact their instructor as soon as possible regarding make-up work. An absence form may be used to report an absence to an instructor. 

If a student will be absent 5 or more consecutive days and the absence is due to illness or other emergency, please contact the Registrar Service Center at (319) 384-4300 or registrar@uiowa.edu. If the student is not able to contact the service center, the absence can be reported by someone else on the student's behalf. The service center will send an email with information on the absence to all of the student's current instructors, advisor, and the Academic Support & Retention Office. A copy of the email will also be sent to the student. It will still be the student's responsibility to contact instructors as soon as possible regarding make-up work.

If the 5 or more day absence is not reported before the student returns to attending classes then the student is not required to contact the Registrar Service Center. The student would use the absence form to report the retroactive absence to each instructor.