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Preparing for your exams (Monash Malaysia)

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Monash University Malaysia

Last checked: 6 Oct 2026 UTC

What this page covers

Preparation
Study skills
Reducing anxiety and stress

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Preparation

Learn how to study and prepare a study timetable, understand the questions and view sample questions.

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Study skills

Improve your study skills, such as reading, note-taking and time management. Our resources will guide you through the study process, from starting a unit to preparing for exams.

Reducing anxiety and stress

Exams can be a really stressful time. If you need help dealing with stress or anxiety, help is only a phone call away. Counselling is a confidential and free service for all students.

Counselling can help you with problems like coping with study or university life, stress, anxiety and depression, loneliness, drug and alcohol abuse and addictions, negative feelings and suicidal thoughts, relationship and family issues. No issue is too big, or too small.

Make an appointment with our counsellors or psychologists here if you need help.

Related questions

What is a hurdle, and what happens if I fail one?

All campuses

A hurdle is an assessment requirement you have to meet to pass the unit, whatever your other marks add up to. Monash is phasing out threshold hurdles (a minimum mark on a task): no new unit may use one from 1 March 2025, and by 31 December 2026 no unit will. What remains are competency hurdles. If you complete and fail a competency hurdle you must be offered at least one additional assessment, due by the end of the teaching period; special consideration does not apply to it. If you still have not met the hurdle and your mark is 45 or more, your result is NH (Hurdle Fail) 45, and you will not be given a supplementary assessment for it. Your unit's hurdles and the number of attempts are listed in its Handbook entry and on Moodle.

Can I get a supplementary assessment?

All campuses

If you finish a unit with a mark of 45 to 49, a grade of N or NH, and your results show NS, you have already been given a supplementary assessment - there is nothing to apply for. Not every unit offers one; its Handbook entry says. It is optional and it is your last chance to pass the unit: pass it and your result becomes 50 (P), which is the most you can get; fail it or skip it and you keep your original mark. It is held on a set date within 90 days of results release, and special arrangements are the only way to move it. Retaking the unit instead can earn a higher mark for your WAM, but costs another enrolment.

Can I defer my final exam?

All campuses

You ask to defer a final assessment through special consideration - there is no separate form. If it is approved, you sit the assessment later, in the deferred assessment period. The official page explains when a deferral applies, how rescheduling works and when the deferred period runs; check it before you apply.

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