RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES AND OBLIGATIONS OF STUDENTS

For students to achieve their goals in the University they are entitled to some undeniable rights. For the University Community at large to facilitate the attainment of these goals students owe the University some obligations in exchange for the privileges which the institution offers.

A) Rights

Application files are constituted as indicated in the ministerial decision that launches the competitive entrance examination into the Institute or the press release of the Vice-Chancellor launching admissions into Masters and PhD in Engineering Science.

1. The right of membership to the University Community
2. The right to receive tuition in the course for which they have been duly registered
3. The right to be examined in accordance with the approved rules and regulations governing the award of degrees and diplomas.
4. The right to be heard in accordance with the rules governing the fundamental rights of freedom of speech and natural justice.

B) Privileges

• The privilege of using the name of the University to protect themselves in all honest and lawful transactions.
• The privilege of using University facilities to enhance the attainment of their ultimate objectives in the University.
• The privilege to be certified at the end of their degree programme at the University upon satisfaction of the requirements.
• The privilege of receiving medical care on campus within the limits of the available recourses provided they have been duly registered at the University Health Centre.
• The privilege of living in the University Halls of Residence on the payment of the prescribed accommodation fees.
• Privileges to eat in the University restaurant

C) Obligations

Consequent upon the rights and privileges the university confers on students as members, they are obliged to:

1. Observe the rules and regulations governing academic programmes such as registering for courses as well as sitting for examinations at the appropriate times (see general regulations governing first degrees and regulations on examinations
2. Respect and obey constituted authorities of the University.
3. Show consideration for other students and for staff of the University.
4. Treat all University property with care.
5. Observe rules and regulations of the University Halls of Residence if they live in one or when visiting the same
6. Treat premises which they may rent off-campus in a responsible manner and observe the rules and regulations governing such premises.
7. Abstain from doing anything whatsoever that can bring the name of the University into disrepute or embarrass its authorities.
8. Pay fees at rates as determined from time to time by the University authorities

D) Discipline

Students are reminded that the following acts constitute a breach of discipline:

• Insubordination towards hierarchy.
• Any acts incompatible with the rules governing University property and dignity;
• Unauthorized absences from school
• Treat all University property with care.
• Any acts of subversion;
• Examination fraud. It should be recalled that in keeping with the provision of the decree No 93/027 of 19 January 1993 laying down common provisions for all universities, consequences for breach of discipline range from a simple warning to outright dismissal. Students are advised to read these regulations in conjunction with the University’s general Regulation governing the award of Degrees and Examination Guidelines.

1. A student who abandons his/her studies for four consecutive weeks without just cause shall be suspended. Such a student shall have to apply to Senate for re-admission.
2. A student who is absent for two consecutive sessions without just cause shall automatically forfeit his/her status as a student.
3. Any student who registered for courses but fails to sit the corresponding examinations for no just cause shall score zero in the course(s) for which he/she registered. Students who for justifiable reasons, such as ill-health, do not sit for end of course examination shall be given I grade (incomplete). They will be allowed to re-sit the examination at the next opportunity.
4. For a candidate to quality to sit for an examination in a course, he/she must have attained at least seventy percent (70%) attendance at lectures, tutorials and practical in that course.