Page 27 - Tallinn University Study Regulations 2015 ENG

6) Closure of a study programme, if the student has not submitted an application to be transferred into another study programme;
7) Inappropriate behaviour of the student;
8) The student has lost his/her legal capacity;
9) The death of the student.
(6) A student shall be deleted from the matriculation register due to failure to complete courses if he or she:
1) Has not accumulated at least 15 ECTS credits during the first semester;
2) Has by the end of the study year failed to meet the full-time study requirements and has
not concluded an appendix of study agreement for continuing as a part-time student;
3) Has failed to meet the requirements of part-time study by the end of the study year;
4) Has failed to obtain a positive result after taking a compulsory course for the second
time;
5) Has failed to defend his or her final thesis or receive a positive result for a final examination;
6) Has failed to receive a positive result during evaluation in doctoral studies.
(7) The following is considered to be inappropriate behaviour:
1) A student, by reason of a court decision, is found guilty of intentionally committing a crime;
2) Forgery of documents;
3) Extreme violation of generally accepted behavioural norms;
4) Disregard for academic practice.
(8) In a case of disregard for academic practice, depending on the seriousness of the violation, the Director of the academic unit has the right to issue a letter of reprimand to the student or make a proposal to delete the student from the matriculation register. The following is considered a violation of academic practice:
1) Using additional materials in or during an examination or pass/fail assessment that is not explicitly allowed by the teacher;
2) Unauthorized exchange of knowledge during an examination or pass/fail assessment (sharing information with other students or copying answers from others, etc.)
3) Participating in an examination or pass/fail assessment on behalf of another student or enabling another person to participate in assessment on his or her behalf;
4) Submission of someone else´s written work under one´s own name or submitting his or her own previously submitted work repeatedly for evaluation of different learning outcomes;
5) Plagiarism, i.e. using somebody else´s written work without providing proper academic reference;
6) Knowingly giving untrue data in papers and applications.
(9) The student shall be informed in writing of his or her deletion from the matriculation register at the instigation of the university. The student has the right to present his or her position, explanations and objections in writing or via e-mail.
(10)Deletion from the matriculation register at the instigation of the university shall be initiated in the ÕIS on a motion of the Director of the academic unit or head of studies. The academic unit shall ascertain significant circumstances and collect necessary evidence. (11)The Vice-Rector of the study field appointed by the Rector makes the decision to delete the student from the matriculation register. As a rule, the Vice-Rector makes a decision within seven working days after receiving a motion for deleting a student from the matriculation register. A corresponding document shall be made available to the student via the ÕIS and it is considered as having been received after three days from issuing.