Page 2 - Tallinn University Study Regulations 2015 ENG

Senate regulate the study organization of doctoral students, evaluation, compilation and defence of doctoral theses.
(10)The Regulations for Continuing Education, as established by the Senate, govern the procedures for Open University studies.
(11)The Vice-Rector of the study field appointed by the Rector shall establish the implementation procedures for the Study Regulations.
Chapter 2 UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
§ 3. Student
(1) A student is a person who has been matriculated to the university and is pursuing a degree study programme. An international student is a student without Estonian citizenship, a long-term residence permit or a permanent right of residence.
(2) Matriculation takes place in accordance with the admission requirements and procedures established by the Senate and the rules for fulfilling vacant student places established in the Section 7 of the present Regulations, after conclusion of a study agreement between the university and the student candidate.
§ 4. Exchange student
(1) An exchange student is a student who has been matriculated to another university and who has been granted the right to study at Tallinn University based on an exchange student´s reference form issued by the home university. Permission to study as an exchange student is granted for a specific term. An international exchange student is an exchange student who has been matriculated to a university in a foreign country.
§ 5. An external student
(1) An external student is a person whose target is to complete a study programme. An external student has the right to take examinations and assessments prescribed by the study programme, to defend a thesis and take a final examination under the conditions and according to the procedure established by the Senate. An external student is not matriculated and does not have student status.
(2) A person may apply for external student status if he or she meets the qualification requirements set by the study programme and has completed courses required by the unit that offers the study programme, in a volume of at least 15 ECTS credits. A person who has not completed courses in the required volume may register in courses offered through the Open University. An academic unit may organize an admission exam for an external student candidate; demand him/her to pass the admission requirements according to the procedures and subject to the conditions established by the Senate or request from the candidate additional materials related to the speciality.
(3) Apersonshallsubmitanapplicationtocommencestudiesasanexternalstudentbythe end of the preliminary week of the semester. In order to graduate as an external student, a person shall submit an application by the deadline given by the academic unit.
(4) The university has the right to not accept a person as an external student if:
1) The applicant has not completed the application form correctly;
2) The applicant does not comply with the admission terms of a study programme:
3) The applicant has outstanding financial obligations to the university;
4) The applicant has twice received a negative result for the defence of a final thesis or
the preliminary defence of a doctoral thesis;
5) The applicant has received a negative grade for the final exam three times;