Page 5 - Tallinn University Study Regulations 2015 ENG

3) The candidate does not comply with the admission conditions of the study programme;
4) The candidate has outstanding financial obligations to the university;
5) The candidate has behaved in an undignified manner;
6) There are other justifiable circumstances.
(10)The candidate shall be informed by E-mail whether or not they have received the study place and a study agreement shall be concluded with the person who received the study place.
(11)Matriculation and reinstatement to a vacant study place is granted to a student on the decision of the Vice-Rector of the study field, appointed by the Rector.
§ 8. Nominal duration of study
(1) The nominal duration of study is the time given in study years for completing a study programme with 60 ECTS credits per study year, 30 ECTS credits per semester.
(2) The nominal duration may be extended:
1) By the equivalent amount of time spent on academic leave;
2) By the equivalent amount of time for each semester that a student has studied abroad,
provided that the student studies for at least three months in one semester at a foreign educational institution and, the study results achieved at the foreign institution, taken into account at the university, amount to a minimum of 15 ECTS credits for the programme completed in each semester;
3) By a period of time equivalent of up to two semesters in the case of in-depth studies of the State language. The Vice-Rector of the study field appointed by the Rector establishes the volume, conditions and procedures for the in-depth study of the State language.
§ 9. Study load and volume
(1) University study takes place in the form of both full-time and part-time study. The student determines his/her study load in the first study year by the deadline for making changes concerning studies.
(2) In full-time study, a student shall complete curricular subjects and accumulate a minimum of 22.5 ECTS credits per each semester of study.
(3) In part-time study, a student shall complete curricular subjects and accumulate a minimum of 15-22 ECTS credits per each semester of study.
(4) The required study volume to be completed per semester is 30 ECTS credits. Only courses prescribed by a study programme (and modules selected in the study programme) and open elective courses in the volume prescribed by the study programme are calculated in the study volume required by the study programme. Performances completed through recognition of prior learning and work experience (hereinafter RPL) shall be calculated in the completed volume of a study programme.
(5) Regardless of the selected study load, the student must positively complete courses for a minimum volume of 15 ECTS credits by the end of the first semester. Courses calculated through RPL shall not be included in the performance.
(6) At the end of each study year, the university shall determine a study load for a student who is not on academic leave at the time of determining the load. The study load is determined by the end of the preliminary week of the autumn semester. If a student is taking academic leave in the beginning of the study year, then his or her study load shall be determined prior to academic leave being granted.
(7) The calculation of study load is based on the volume of curricular subjects in ECTS credits required by the study programme per study semesters. Performances with a completion date earlier than the end date of the semester are taken into account, as well as studies calculated through RPL, for which application has been submitted no later than the