Petition to Withdraw/Transfer Past Deadlines

The School of Continuing Studies publishes withdrawal and transfer conditions and deadlines to ensure that learners understand and are aware of these policies. To ensure equity and fairness, all learners are subject to these policies.

SCS recognizes that learners may face unforeseen and serious life-challenging situations, most often outside of their control, that may affect their educational pursuits. This petition form is intended for individuals who are or have experienced extenuating circumstances following the specified course withdrawal/transfer deadline. 

Learners are advised to read the descriptions of courses, and course outline, carefully at the start of each course to determine if they meet their learning needs and goals. A lack of understanding of these areas does not fall into the categories of extenuating circumstances.
If you are uncertain of your course deadline, please contact our office at learn@utoronto.ca before completing this application form. 

CONDITIONS

  • By completing this application form, you acknowledge you are asking for an exception to our policies, recognizing these requests may carry both academic and financial implications.
  • To best support your petition, applications should be accompanied by documentation that substantiates the grounds for consideration. This may include, but is not limited to: medical documentation to verify illness or injury, death certificate, etc.
  • All petitions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Individuals previously granted a petition, or submit a petition based on anticipated circumstances, may be subject to further conditions.
  • All petition outcome decisions will be sent by email and all decisions are final.

 

Personal Details

Name
You can find your student number on your enrolment confirmation, or My Access, your online School account

Inquiry Details

Are you currently pursuing a School of Continuing Studies certificate?

I am petitioning to: 

I am petitioning to:
transfer from

FROM

TO

Please state in the box below your reason(s) for submitting your petition. This is your opportunity to explain the circumstances that affected your ability to request a withdrawal or transfer by the deadline date.
To support your petition, requests should be accompanied by documentation that substantiates the grounds for consideration.  This may include, but is not limited to:
  • Medical documentation to verify Illness or injury
  • Death certificate
  • Copy of airline ticket in your name
  • Employer letter of support
  • Visa Refusal

Maximum 2 files.
100 MB limit.
Allowed types: txt, rtf, pdf, doc, docx, odt, ppt, pptx, odp, xls, xlsx, ods.
500 MB limit per form.

Possible Outcomes

Each submission will be carefully considered, keeping in mind individual circumstances, but also ensuring that academic integrity is maintained and that principles of fair play are applied.   Possible outcomes may include full approvals, partial allowances, tuition fee credit offers, or the denial of your request.   It is important that you include as many details as possible in your petition as it may affect the outcome of the decision. 

 

Special Note
If your petition is denied, and you cannot complete your course, you may elect to do the following: 

  •  Receive a grade of “DNW” (did not write), if the course is graded.  This notation will appear on your Grade Report and the official academic transcript.  It signifies that you did not complete the course and that no academic penalty has been applied.  
  • Withdraw from the course with no refund.   This will remove the course from the official academic transcript.

Timeline

Your petition will be considered and a decision made within five to ten business days of the receipt of the petition.  An email will be sent to you with the results.

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