Registering with Inclusion and Disability Services (IDS) provides you with ongoing support throughout your studies. You may benefit from this is you have a disability, ongoing medical condition, temporary injury or carer responsibilities,
To help with your decision, you can take our quick quiz.
You may be eligible to register for reasonable adjustments for your exams if you have a disability, medical condition or carer responsibilities (temporary or ongoing) that could disadvantage you in your formal examinations.
To receive academic adjustments for your formal exams, you will need to have submitted your application to register, booked your consultation and be fully registered with IDS before the deadline. For intensive units with a final exam, you need to complete registration appointment prior to the cut-off date for your session.
In general, you need to provide a supporting documentation form. This must be recently completed by your treating health professional.
Supporting documents must be completed in English. Official medically translated documents may also be accepted.
In some cases, specific documentation relating to the conditions below may be accepted instead of the supporting documentation form.
If you are requesting access to support for a specific learning disability, we would request a copy of the results of psychometric testing used to diagnose your condition.
This testing must have been conducted after you have turned 15 years of age, as levels of learning disability can change during childhood and adolescence.
If you are requesting services due to handwriting difficulties (unrelated to an obvious injury or congenital condition), we would request a copy of the results of the assessment undertaken by an occupational therapist to assess the extent of your handwriting difficulty.
If you are requesting to access the same support you currently receive at your home university, you don't need to fill out the supporting documentation form.
Instead, we ask for supporting documents that outline your current arrangements at your home university. We strongly recommend you register early in the semester to ensure your adjustments are in place for any exams. Find out more about how this process works.
If you have ongoing caring responsibilities to someone with a disability, or who is aged or frail, you can apply to register.
You will need to have the medical practitioner of the person you are caring for complete the carer registration form (pdf, 1,287KB) and then attach it to your application. Find out more about how we can support student carers.
If you are applying to register for support beyond the expected impacts of pregnancy, you will need the appropriate medical practitioner to complete the supporting documentation form above, and then attach it to your application to register.
Find out more about how we can support pregnant students.
Complete the application to register by logging into the Student Wellbeing portal with your UniKey. In the application, you will be required to read and acknowledge the IDS conditions of registration and consent (pdf, 203KB).
Once your application to register has been accepted, you will receive a link through the Student Wellbeing portal to book your registration appointment with an Inclusion and Disability Services Officer.
The appointment will take approximately one hour.
For exam adjustment, you need to complete your registration appointment by Wednesday, 7 October 2026.
For reasonable adjustments for an intensive unit that has a final exam, you need to complete your registration appointment prior to the cut-off date listed in the following table.
| Session | Cut-off date |
|---|---|
| Intensive January (S1CIJA) | Tuesday, 27 January 2026 |
| Intensive January-February (S1CIFE) | Monday, 2 February 2026 |
| Intensive February-March (S1CIMR) | Monday, 2 March 2026 |
| Semester 1a (S1CRA) | Monday, 9 March 2026 |
| Intensive March-April (S1CIAP) | Wednesday, 8 April 2026 |
| Session 1 Early (S1CG) | Monday, 9 March 2026 |
| Semester 1b (S1CRB) | Tuesday, 21 April 2026 |
| Intensive April-May (S1CIMY) | Monday, 4 May 2026 |
| Intensive May-June (S1CIJN) | Tuesday, 9 June 2026 |
| Intensive June-July (S2CIJL) | Monday, 6 July 2026 |
| Intensive July-August (S2CIAU) | Monday, 3 August 2026 |
| Semester 2a (S2CRA) | Monday, 17 August 2026 |
| Intensive August-September (S2CISE) | Monday, 7 September 2026 |
| Session 2 Early (S2CG) | Monday, 3 August 2026 |
| Intensive September-October (S2CIOC) | Tuesday, 6 October 2026 |
| Semester 2b (S2CRB) | Monday, 28 September 2026 |
| Intensive October-November (S2CINO) | Monday, 2 November 2026 |
| Intensive November-December (S2CIDE) | Monday, 7 December 2026 |
If you have any difficulty with the online application form or with obtaining the required supporting documents, contact us at disability.services@sydney.edu.au.
