Page 6 - Tallinn University Study Regulations 2015 ENG

end date of the second contact learning period of the semester. Performances that exceed the volume of the study programme shall not be taken into account.
(8) The study load of a doctoral student is determined at the end of each study year based on the evaluation results.
(9) In changing the study load:
1) A student who has failed to fulfil the requirements of full-time study shall be transferred to part-time study:
2) A student in part-time study who has fulfilled the requirements of full-time study during the previous study year shall be transferred to full-time study;
3) A student who fails to fulfil the requirements of part-time study shall be deleted from the matriculation register according to Clause 3 of Subsection 6 of Section 30 of the Regulations.
(10) For a student who has been matriculated to the university for a period of more than two times the nominal duration of the study programme, the university has the right to transfer such a student to a study programme version with valid nominal duration. A valid version of a study programme is considered to be the version of the current or previous study years:
1) A three-study year version in Bachelor´s study;
2) A two-study year version in Master´s study or;
3) A four-study year version in doctoral study.
§ 10. Reimbursement of study costs
(1) The reimbursement of study costs is not demanded from a student who has been matriculated from the study year 2013/2014 and who:
1) Studies in a study programme in which the language of instruction is Estonian or, by a decision of the Senate, in a foreign language study programme; is within the nominal period of study; is a full-time student; has cumulatively completed the study volume of the study programme in previous semesters with a shortfall of no more than 6 ECTS credits;
2) Studies in a study programme in which the university and the Ministry of Education and Research have concluded a performance agreement that has different requirements from those established in Clause 1 of the present Subsection;
3) Studies in a doctoral study programme;
4) Does not fulfil the requirements established for the study load in Clause 1 of the present Subsection, but continues studying in the same study programme with at least a part-time study load and has a moderate, severe or profound disability, or is a parent or legal guardian of a child under 7 years of age or of a disabled child. Reimbursement of study costs is not demanded from the student for the semesters in which the basis for exemption was valid;
5) Does not correspond to the requirements set for the volume of study programme completion established in Clause 1 of the present Subsection, because he/she has studied for at least three months at a foreign educational institution and the university accounts these studies, which accumulate a minimum of 15 ECTS credits, as part of completing the study programme. In this case, partial reimbursement of study costs is not demanded for the semester spent in a foreign university and the semester following it;
6) Does not meet the requirements set out in Clause 1 of the present Subsection for the completion of the study programme because he/she has been elected to the executive board of the Student Union or to the Student Council during that period. Reimbursement of study costs is not demanded from the student for the semesters where the student belonged to the executive board.
7) During studies in a foreign university, does not register in courses of Tallinn