Deferral and Leaving Study
Article XIV:
The student may apply for deferral of study for reasons acceptable to the University Council. Duration of deferral should not exceed two consecutive semesters, or maximally, three non-consecutive semesters throughout his study in the university. After that his registration shall be cancelled .The University Council may make exceptions if necessary. The period of deferral shall not be counted as part of the required period for completing the requirements of graduation.
The Operational Rule for Majmmah University:
- The student may apply for deferral of study before the end of the first week for an acceptable reason to the dean of his college or whoever he delegates, provided that the duration of deferral shall not exceed two consecutive semesters, or three non-consecutive semesters. The students in the colleges that adopt the annual system may not defer for two consecutive years. Maximally, the period of deferral should also not exceed two non-consecutive years during his study in the university, after that his registration shall be cancelled. If necessary, the University Council may consider some . exceptional cases.
- The period of deferral shall not be counted within the specified period for completing the requirements of the study.
- Female student who escorts her husband or her legal escort may defer her academic situation (admission or registration) for a period not exceeding five years. If a female student wishes to resume her study , she is allowed to, taking into account the following:
- If the syllabi is changed, the similar courses that the student had already studied shall be equated and the requirements of graduation to be completed in accordance with the new syllabus.
- If the syllabi is not changed, the student resumes from her previous academic situation.
- After five years, the chance of the female student may be preserved in the department for her to begin as a new comer.
- The deferred student must register after the end of the deferral period otherwise he considered as leaving study.
- The Dead ship of Admission and Registration shall require for the approval of the female student's guardian when she applies for the deferral of the semester.
Article XV
If the regular student leaves study for one semester without deferral, his registration in the university shall be cancelled. The University Council may cancel the registration of the student if he left study for less than that period. As for the external student, his registration will be cancelled if he absents himself from all the final examinations of the semester without an acceptable excuse.
The Operational Rule for Majmmah University:
The registration of "the student leaving study because of non registration", will be cancelled if he does not address his academic situation before the end of the week from the beginning of the semester.
Article XVI
The student shall not be considered as leaving study for the semesters s/he studies as a visiting student in another university
The Operational Rule for Majmmah University:
See Article Fifty and its Operational Rule related to the visiting student.