Visit the Final Examination Scheduling Policies page.

Under University examination policies, students are permitted to make up exams missed as a result of illness, mandatory religious obligations (in accordance with the university's policy on religious holidays), or other unavoidable circumstances like a death in the immediate family, jury duty, or mandatory military obligations.

Please see the Makeup Examinations page for information on qualified student exam conflicts and exam precedence rules.

Students at The University of Iowa are permitted to make up exams missed due to religious holidays, illness, or unavoidable circumstances. Faculty members should reschedule exams for students who miss them for reasons consistent with the university's policy regarding religious holidays, as stated in Part III, Chapter 22, Section 10, "Religious Diversity and the University Calendar," of the University Policy Manual.

Each college within the university is free to establish its own rules and regulations concerning absences from class. However, university regulations require that students be allowed to make up examinations that have been missed due to illness, mandatory religious obligations, or other unavoidable circumstances or university activities, as stated in Part IV, Chapter 8, Section 1, "General," of the University Policy Manual.

The standard practice of the University of Iowa Facilities Management Department is to immediately stop construction when that work disturbs an examination in progress. The faculty member in charge of the examination should promptly report such problems to FM@YourService (319-335-5071) or to the construction workers, asking them to contact the project's construction manager for further instructions.

Visit the University Classroom website for a policy outlining the use of University Classrooms during final exam week.