Deferral, Suspension of Registration and Withdrawal

Deferral of Admission, Suspension of Registration and Withdrawal from Study

1. A new student, after being admitted to the College, may submit a request to the Student Affairs and Admissions Department asking to defer their admission for one semester, or for two semesters at most, on the basis of an acceptable excuse that prevents them from completing the registration procedures. If the student does not register at the beginning of the third semester from the date of deferral at the latest, their admission shall be cancelled. A student's admission is cancelled automatically if they do not register within the deadlines set after the announcement of their admission and have not submitted a request to defer admission.

2. A student who has completed at least one full semester at the College may, while studying the following semester, submit a request to the Student Affairs and Admissions Department stating their wish to suspend their registration. The Director of Student Affairs and Admissions may approve the suspension of the student's registration once satisfied that a compelling excuse prevents the student from attending regularly, and shall inform the College Council accordingly.

3. Without prejudice to the provisions on failure due to absence, if a student stops attending study for a sustained period, approaching the maximum permitted, without having submitted a request to suspend their registration, and this occurs during the first four weeks, their registration shall be suspended compulsorily by a decision of the Director of Student Affairs and Admissions. The College Council may permit a student whose registration was suspended compulsorily to re-register and resume study once it is established beyond doubt that their absence was due to a compelling excuse. The Student Affairs and Admissions Department shall be notified of the Council's decision in this regard.

4. A student whose registration has been suspended, whether voluntarily or compulsorily, retains all the grades obtained in previous semesters. These grades shall be credited to the student upon their return to study within the specified period.

5. The period of voluntary or compulsory suspension of registration may not exceed four consecutive or non-consecutive academic semesters, including the semester in which registration was suspended. If the period of absence exceeds this limit, the student's registration shall be cancelled permanently, and the phrase "withdrawn from the College" shall be recorded in their academic record. The same applies if the student submits a voluntary request to withdraw from the College.

6. A student who has withdrawn from the College may submit a request to re-enroll as a student. In this case, the College Council may, by decision and on the recommendation of the Department Council, credit the student with the grades previously obtained at the College so that they form the basis of the new registration, provided that the period of absence due to withdrawal does not exceed six consecutive semesters (three years).

7. If the period of absence due to withdrawal exceeds six semesters, the student may re-enroll at the College only as a new student, and shall lose the right to benefit from all their previous studies and grades at the College.

8. Periods of suspension of registration and periods of withdrawal from the College shall not be counted in the maximum period permitted for a student to obtain a bachelor's degree.

9. A student may not benefit from any academic course studied at another university, college or recognized higher institute during their period of suspension or withdrawal from the College, and may not request that such courses be granted equivalence with similar courses offered by the College in its semesters.

10. A student who has withdrawn or who has stopped attending has the right to request copies of the academic record they completed while enrolled at the College.