As an externally-enrolled student, your home address in SIMO determines where you will sit your exams. If you are enrolled on campus, you must sit your exam at the campus where you are enrolled.
If your home address is:
*If you reside within the Perth metropolitan area, you are eligible to nominate your preferred campus (Mount Lawley or Joondalup).
Please note: that from Semester 1, 2022, the exam location radius within Australia was extended from 80km to 100kms. The distance is measured as the crow flies (direct distance between points).
If you are identified as an off-campus student, you will receive a personalised email notification (to your student email account) during Week 5 of the semester.
This notification will include:
Failure to nominate a centre/supervisor by this time may result in your examination not being scheduled. In addition, any requests to amend nominated exam locations after this deadline will incur a $100 fee. Late changes cannot be made for the Standard Examination fortnight that are made later than Sunday of Week 10.
The date and time of your exam will be available on SIMO when the final exam timetable is released to students. Your timetable will also include final details of your exam location including contact details and any special requirements specific to your centre. For example, you may need to confirm your attendance in advance, or the examination might commence at an alternate time).
It is important to note that your start time may vary according to the distance exam centre requirements.
You can view the full list of ECU approved distance centres in the downloads sections of this webpage.
It is important to note that the availability of distance centres may vary due to reasons outside of our control. In the instance that a distance centre is no longer able to administer your exam, we will contact you regarding alternative options.
If you are an ES enrolled student and you're travelling at the time of exams with multiple exams scheduled, please be aware you will only be able to nominate one examination centre per exam period.
If you are overseas and do not live near an ECU Distance Centre, the British Council has a large number of offices located worldwide. British Council offices often agree to supervise exams and may be able to assist you. For the location of the nearest office to you, refer to the British Council website.
If there isn't an established distance exam centre near you, you will need to locate and nominate an appropriate supervisor to administer your exams.
An examination supervisor must:
If you would like to verify that a particular person is suitable/will be approved to supervise your examinations prior to nominating, please contact Assessment and Student Records with the following information:
All nominated supervisors will be contacted by the university to ensure that they are an appropriate person to supervise you.
It is your responsibility to:
You are however not responsible for paying your approved examination supervisor. Payment information will be included in the information provided to your supervisor by Assessments.
A non-attendance fee will be incurred if you do not sit an exam for a unit in which you are still enrolled where special arrangements* have been made unless you:
a) notify the Assessments and Student Records Office that you are not sitting the examination at least 48 hours prior to the scheduled time; or
b) have applied and been approved for a deferred examination.
The minimum non-attendance fee will be $200. Students sitting examinations at distance centre will be liable for full cost recovery.
As instructed in the Examination Instructions to Students, you must present to your venue with photographic identification (e.g. student ID card, Australian driver’s license or passport).
*Special arrangements include students sitting their examinations at either a distance centre or with an Off Campus Substitute Examination Supervisor.
If you have any queries in relation to your external exam, please contact Assessments and Student Records.