A method of manufacturing an exposure mask includes generating or
preparing flatness variation data relating to a mask blanks substrate to
be processed into an exposure mask, the flatness variation data being
data relating to change of flatness of the mask blank substrate caused
when the mask blank substrate is chucked by a chuck unit of an exposure
apparatus, generating position correction data of a pattern to be drawn
on the mask blanks substrate based on the flatness variation data such
that a mask pattern of the exposure mask comes to a predetermined
position in a state that the exposure mask is chucked by the chuck unit,
and drawing a pattern on the mask blanks substrate, the drawing the
pattern including drawing the pattern with correcting a drawing position
of the pattern and inputting drawing data corresponding to the pattern
and the position correction data into a drawing apparatus.