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Title 5.1 Assignment of Examination Numbers
Manual C. Examination Procedures
Subsection 5. Administering and Scoring Examinations
Status Revised 8/27/2026

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
Chicago State University CSU 151
Eastern Illinois University EIU 110
Governors State University GSU 153
Illinois Board of Higher Education IBHE 940
Illinois Community College Board ICCB 930
Illinois State University ISU 130
Illinois Student Assistance Commission ISAC 920
Northeastern Illinois University NEIU 150
Northern Illinois University NIU 140
  NIU - Cook County NIUCC 144
  NIU - Lorado Taft NIULT 141
  NIU - Naperville NIUN 540
  NIU - Rockford NIUR 145
Southern Illinois University Carbondale SIUC 200
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville SIUE 250
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine SIUSM 225
State Universities Civil Service System SUCSS 900
State Universities Retirement System SURS 910
University of Illinois at Chicago UIC 050
  University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics UICHC 059
  University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria UICOMP 058
  University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford UICOMR 057
  Division of Specialized Care for Children DSCC 052
  Division of Specialized Care for Children, Chicago DSCCC 053
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign UIUC 000
  Cooperative Extension Office UIUCCE 005
  Cooperative Extension Cluster 1 - Carroll, Jo Daviess, Lee, Stephenson, Whiteside, and Winnebago Counties UIUCCE1 030
  Cooperative Extension Cluster 2 - Boone, DeKalb, Lake, McHenry, and Ogle Counties UIUCCE2 031
  Cooperative Extension Cluster 3 - DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, and Will Counties UIUCCE3 032
  Cooperative Extension Cluster 4 - Cook County UIUCCE4 033
  Cooperative Extension Cluster 5 - Henderson, Henry, Knox, McDonough, Mercer, Rock Island, Stark, and Warren Counties UIUCCE5 034
  Cooperative Extension Cluster 6 - Bureau, Fulton, LaSalle, Marshall, Mason, Peoria, Putnam, and Tazewell Counties UIUCCE6 035
  Cooperative Extension Cluster 7 - Champaign, Ford, Iroquois, Livingston, McLean, Vermilion, and Woodford Counties UIUCCE7 036
  Cooperative Extension Cluster 8 - Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Hancock, Morgan, Pike, Schuyler, and Scott Counties UIUCCE8 037
  Cooperative Extension Cluster 9 - DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Menard, Piatt, and Sangamon Counties UIUCCE9 038
  Cooperative Extension Cluster 10 - Bond, Christian, Clinton, Jefferson, Jersey, Macoupin, Marion, Montgomery, and Washington Counties UIUCCE10 039
  Cooperative Extension Cluster 11 - Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie, and Shelby Counties UIUCCE11 040
  Cooperative Extension Cluster 12 - Clay, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland, Wabash, and Wayne Counties UIUCCE12 041
  Cooperative Extension Cluster 13 - Franklin, Jackson, Madison, Monroe, Perry, Randolph, St. Clair, and Williamson Counties UIUCCE13 042
  Cooperative Extension Cluster 14 - Alexander, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, Saline, Union, and White Counties UIUCCE14 043
  Department of Agronomy, College of ACES UIUCDA 006
  Dixon Springs Agricultural Center UIUCDS 007
  Robert Allerton House UIUCRAH 001
  Robert Allerton Park UIUCRAP 003
University of Illinois Springfield UIS 154
Western Illinois University WIU 120
  Quad-Cities WIUQC 121

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