Excused absence

Excuses from tuition

If you cannot attend the compulsory part of the course (typically a seminar), you must excuse your absence at your Study Coordinator (SC) not later than five working days after the last date of your absence. The SC accepts only originals of doctor’s certificates (in case of a sick certificate or detailed medical report we will make a copy, and we will return the original). That means that the excuse cannot be sent via e-mail. Originals of documents can be sent by post to: Faculty of Economics and Administration, Lipová 41a, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic. You can bring the document in person during office hours to SC or Filing Office (ground floor of the faculty). Do not contact individual teachers. Your excused absence will be uploaded by the SC into IS MU where it will be displayed in all relevant subjects. If you study multiple MU faculties, it is sufficient to upload the excuse in one of them. The excuse document must be stamped and signed, it must contain the student's identification data (full name, date of birth), it must indicate covered day(s) and the reason for the excuse.

The SC accepts as a reason for excuse:
• illness or urgent medical treatment,
• attending a funeral of a close person,
• delay of public transport,
• participation in court proceedings,
• summons by the Police of the Czech Republic or providing explanations to the law enforcement authorities,
• being outside of the faculty within the Practice subject (does not apply to Internships or Professional Practices).

If you want to avoid any complications with issuing a relevant doctor’s certificate, print the excuse form before you go to the clinic.

In other serious and special cases, a request for exemption based on the Article 43 of the SER MU must be submitted, not just a doctor’s note.

SC refuses to enter an excuse in IS if:
• it is a scan or any other copy,
• its credibility is dubious,
• the reason for excuse is irrelevant,
• it clearly does not explain the reason for absence,
• it was not deliveredwithin five working days,
• is unreadable,
• it is a working leave.

Excuses from examinations

If it is no longer possible to unsubscribe from an examination date in IS MU, you must provide the original of the excuse document (a copy of the document is sufficient only in a case of sick certificate) within five working days after the date of the exam. If you do not provide the excuse until this date, the examiner is no longer obliged to accept the excuse and the examination date will be considered as a failed one (the examiner will enter "-" in IS MU). If you have encountered a serious incident that caused your absence and prevented you from the delivery of the excuse at the same time, file a request for excuse at the SC with an enclosure of all the documents. So your absence may be excused even in a situation where the teacher did not accept the late excuse.

Excuse from state final examinations

If you apply for a Final state exam (FSE) according to the Academic calendar and you meet the conditions for admission to the FSE at the same time, your application is binding after the end of the registration period. Therefore, you cannot cancel the registration after this date. In case you cannot participate at FSE for serious reasons, you must excuse your absence immediately when it is clear to you that you will not be able to attend FSE, but not later than within five working days after the FSE date. Do not excuse yourself directly at the department, deliver the doctor’s certificate to the SC, which will inform all relevant people (if the excuse is accepted). SC accepts the excuse if the reason is relevant - it means serious medical reasons (sickness or urgent medical intervention). In such case, you will either provide the SC with an original doctor’s certificate orthe original medical report, which will include a specific diagnosis made by the doctorand will show that the reasons for your absence from the FSE were serious.

SC refuses to recognize the excuse if:
• its credibility is dubious,
• the reason for excuse is irrelevant,
• it does not clearly explain the reason for absence,
• it was not delivered within five working days,
• it is not an original,
• is unreadable.

In other serious and special cases, a request for exemption base on the Article 43 of the SER MU must be submitted, not just a doctor’s certificate.

An original of the excuse can be deliveredto the SC in person or by post to the following address: Faculty of Economics and Administration, Lipová 41a, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic. You can bring the doctor’s certificate in person during office hours to SC or Filing Office (ground floor).