If you are having any difficulty in keeping up with your classes and deadlines, or have any issues to discuss, speak to your lecturer or Year Tutor as soon as possible. They will help, and can suggest relevant supports for you.
Additional Supports for Students
For students that have circumstances that impact on their ability to participate fully in assessment, please see our:
For advice for staff dealing with students who present with Mental Health Concerns or in Distress please refer to the below guides:
OPTIONS:
Defer Assessment/Exam/Project Form
If you have engaged with your programme throughout the semester, but due to personal circumstance, and having discussed this option with your Year Tutor, you would like to make a request to defer (an) upcoming assessment(s), project or examination(s) until the next available sitting, complete the Application to Defer Assessment/Exam/Project Form for your Campus, which is on the Student Services & Support Exam Forms page. Submit to your school.
Study Interruption Form (Deferring your studies)
If you have not been able to engage during the semester due to ongoing issues, and if, having discussed this option and its fee implications with your Year Tutor or a Student Advisor, you would like to make a request to defer your studies to the next academic year, you should complete an online Deferral ( Study Interruption ) Form and submit to your school.
Extenuating Circumstances Form
If, due to serious and unforeseen factors, your performance in an examination or assessment was adversely affected and/or you were unable to submit an end of semester assessment, complete and EC Form, which will enable the Assessment Board to take these factors into account.
Completed Extenuating Circumstances Forms, with an accompanying Professional Opinion Form should be downloaded here (find below), completed and emailed to Academic Affairs using our dedicated mailbox: ecforms@tudublin.ie
Extenuating Circumstances Form - Word
Extenuating Circumstances Form - PDF
Professional Opinion Form (Word)
Professional Opinion Form (PDF)
Important: In the case of work submitted for continuous assessment, the deadline for submitting an Extenuating Circumstances Form is normally the same as the scheduled hand-in date for the assignment. In the case of invigilated examinations, the completed form should be submitted not later than three working days after the date that the student was due to sit their last examination. Only in exceptional circumstances shall information of this nature be considered if presented after the Assessment Board meeting.
Note: An EC Form is used to inform an academic decision regarding assessments. It is not used for the calculation of fees.
extract, TU Dublin Assessment Regulations for Taught Programmes as approved by Academic Council 24.06.2025:
Extenuating Circumstances Related to Assessment
12.1.6 Based on the recommendation of the Head of Discipline, the Assessment Board may take such action as it sees fit. While there may be an acceptance that extenuating circumstances have resulted in poor performance in assessments, the Assessment Board will require the student to achieve the learning outcomes for a module and hence the extenuating circumstances should not be used to adjust mark/grade. The Assessment Board may make one of the following decisions:
a. Student may re-take the assessment at the next available sitting (or subsequently) as a first attempt. (Module Assessment Board Decision)
b. Student is permitted to retain the current award classification as per the approved programme document in accordance with the Assessment Regulations. (Programme Assessment Board Decision)
c. Student allowed to carry a failed module to the next academic year as per the Assessment Regulations (Programme Assessment Board Decision).
d. An alternative assessment be provided to the student.