Calendar 2005–06

Full-time Undergraduate Studies 483 the respective specified date/s and shall be considered to have enrolled in the approved course of study from the date of his first registration. 4.2 A student shall register for courses on the specified date/s in each academic year. Anyone who fails to register for courses after a lapse of two weeks from the specified date/s shall be considered to have withdrawn from studies at the University. 4.3 A student who is unable to register for courses on the specified date/s must apply for deferment in writing to the Director of Registry Services beforehand. 4.4 A student shall not be registered simultaneously for another course of study or research leading to the award of a degree, diploma or certificate at this university or any other tertiary institution except by prior permission of the board of the faculty to which he belongs. A student in breach of this regulation shall be required to discontinue his studies at the University. 4.5 A student registered for a full-time course of study shall not take up any full-time employment, paid or unpaid, during term time except by prior permission of the board of the faculty to which he belongs. 4.6 A student shall register in the name which appears in his Hong Kong Identity Card or passport. 4.7 A student shall inform the Director of Registry Services immediately of any change of name, address or other particulars entered in the student’s registration record. 4.8 No application for changing a student’s registered particulars shall be accepted after he has been recommended by the Undergraduate Examinations Board for graduation or his withdrawal from the University. 4.9 A student who has withdrawn from the University may, under very special circumstances, apply in writing to the Director of Registry Services for reinstatement as a student. Such an application shall be considered by the board of the faculty concerned. No students who have been required to discontinue their studies at the University because of unsatisfactory academic performance or have withdrawn to avoid such discontinuation shall be reinstated. 5.0 Period of Study 5.1 Except for students in courses of study which prescribe otherwise, a Secondary 6 and a Secondary 7 entrant* shall be expected to graduate after four and three years of attendance respectively save as provided for in Regulation 5.2. A second-year entrant shall be expected to graduate after two years of attendance save as provided for in Regulation 5.2. 5.2 A student may apply on a prescribed form to the Director of Registry Services for an alteration of his period of study. No such application, however, shall be accepted after the commencement of his expected term of graduation. 5.3 Notwithstanding Regulation 5.2, no student shall graduate without having completed at least three years of attendance. * A Secondary 6 (or 7) entrant means a student who has been admitted to the University after completion of Secondary 6 (or 7) in a school or on equivalent qualifications.