It is time to prepare for spring 2023 final exams. Please review the course sections for which your department is administrative home and submit any requested final exam assignment needs. Each department is responsible for submitting their own courses’ final exam assignment needs, including both undergraduate and graduate level courses. Please submit final exam needs for ALL course sections. If a course section does not require a final exam assignment, please indicate “No Exam Assignment Needed” on the Exam Needs form. 

Spring 2023 final exam dates 

Final exam week is May 8–12, 2023. 

Submission and deadline 

Final exam needs are submitted online via the "Exam Needs" submission application in MAUI. Departments must submit their requests no later than Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023, at 4:30 p.m. 

Instructions and policies 

PLEASE NOTE: If faculty intend to schedule their exam through Distance and Online Education, please indicate No Exam Assignment Needed in the Exam Needs tool. 

Instructions for final exam submissions and final exam scheduling policies are located on the Office of the Registrar's website. 

• Each department is responsible for submitting final exam needs for all subjects for which their department is administrative home. This includes undergraduate and graduate level courses, and courses with or without final exam assignment needs. 

• The above website includes scheduling criteria by which final exam assignments will be made in the event we either receive incomplete information or we do not receive any information from a department by the submission deadline. 

• Please note that when the final examination time is assigned to a course section, the goal is to minimize the number of exam conflicts for the students. Final exam time preferences are only given consideration under special extenuating circumstances that may require DEO/dean's office approval. 

• Instructors and students are expected to be available for ALL of finals week until the schedule has been officially published. Please note in the comments section of the Exam Needs tool any special scheduling needs. While we cannot guarantee that any special requests can be fulfilled, we will certainly take them into consideration. 

CLAS undergraduate policies and procedures about final exams may be found on the CLAS website here, including:  

• Policy on administration of final exams 

• Off-cycle Courses: Special Instructions 

• Changes in the final examination schedule 

• Scheduling adjustments for individual students 

• Absence from final examinations 

Incomplete submissions and late submissions 

Please be aware by submitting incomplete or no information, you may be unnecessarily tying up exam resources which are needed by others. 

Requests made after the schedule has been published will require written approval from the chair/DEO and the dean of the department responsible for the course. All requests must include the curricular justification for the late addition or release. Please note that course sections granted final exam assignments after the schedule has been published are responsible for administering makeup final exams regardless of exam precedence rules. 

Faculty review period 

Faculty will be able to review their final exam assignments before the schedule is published. The faculty review period is Feb. 3–8, 2023. 

Questions 

If you have any questions or concerns, please email reg-exams@uiowa.edu. Thank you!