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Procedure Manuals
Details

Title	5.1 Assignment of Examination Numbers
Manual	C. Examination Procedures
Subsection	5. Administering and Scoring Examinations
Status	Revised 8/19/2024

Each place of employment shall start a new number series beginning each July 1. Original Entry and Promotional examinations are assigned to the same number series.

After the number of the place of employment, each examination number must be prefixed by the last two digits of the fiscal year and the number of the examination assigned.

EXAMPLE: 140990001, 140990002, 140990003, etc.

By June 30 of each year, the number assigned to the last examination given shall indicate the total number given at each place of employment during the year.

Code letters and numbers for places of employment are as follows:

Place of Employment	Code Letters	Numbers
University of Illinois
U of I at Urbana-Champaign	UIUC	000
Robert Allerton House	AH	001
Robert Allerton Park	AP	003
County Agriculture and/or Home Economics Extension Office	CE-HE	005
Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture	AA	006
Dixon Springs Agricultural Center	DS	007

U of I Chicago	UIC	050
College of Medicine at Rockford	CMR	057
College of Medicine at Peoria	PMR	058
UIC Hospital and Clinics	HC	059
Division of Specialized Care for Children	DSCC	052
Division of Specialized Care for Children, Chicago	DSCC-C	053

U of I Springfield	UIS	154

Southern Illinois University
Carbondale	SIUC	200
School of Medicine, Springfield	SIUSM	225
Edwardsville	SIUE	250

Chicago State University	CSU	151

Eastern Illinois University	EIU	110

Governors State University	GSU	153

Illinois State University	ISU	130

Northeastern Illinois University	NEIU	150

Northern Illinois University	NIU	140
NIU - Lorado Taft	NIULT	141
NIU - Cook County	NIUCC	144
NIU - Rockford	NIUR	145
NIU - Naperville	NIUN	540

Western Illinois University	WIU	120
Quad-Cities	WIUQC	121

Illinois Board of Higher Education	IBHE	940

Illinois Community College Board	ICCB	930

Illinois Student Assistance Commission	ISAC	920

State Universities Civil Service System	SUCSS	900

State Universities Retirement System	SURS	910

A different examination number shall be assigned for each examination given.