You have an exam, and you got ill? A long-term injury or health condition prevents you from attending classes? No problem, just let us know in time!
Short-term absence
In the case of a short-term absence, it is enough for a student to directly inform his or her professors or assistants of enrolled courses. In that case, and if the reason for the absence is illness, it is not necessary to submit Confirmation of illness from the Faculty doctor; instead it is enough to get confirmation from student’s personal doctor or specialist, which student presents directly to his or her professors or assistants. In other cases, it is necessary to submit documentation which confirms the justifiable reasons for absence.
Long-term absence
If a student becomes unable to successfully fulfil his or her academic commitments during an academic year, he or she is required to submit Confirmation of long-term absence to Student service within 30 days of the start of the absence. Confirmation can be submitted by an empowered person in student’s name (this does not require certification by a notary public). When a student returns from absence, he or she must personally report to Student service and submit Confirmation of end of absence. Student service will register the start and the end of student’s absence period based on these two confirmations, which can form a foundation for a formal request for dormant obligations.
Dormant obligations
Student has a right to request dormant obligations if he or she had mitigating circumstances defined in Amendments to Faculty Regulations, which prevented him or her from carrying out his or her duties for a continuous period of 60 or more days during classes, mid-term exams and final exams in enrolled courses or for a continuous period in which he or she missed two or more exam periods for all enrolled courses. Student must not actively participate in classes for the said period.
The student is required to report the beginning and the end of his or her long-term absence in accordance with the provisions of the Amendments to Faculty Regulations. Student service shall, based on these two reports, register the dates of the beginning and the end of student’s absence, which will form grounds for consideration of the request for dormant obligations.
Student achieves the right to dormant obligations after the Faculty decision, based upon a submitted corroborated written request and accompanying documentation. Written request for dormant obligations is submitted to Vice Dean for education at the end of mitigating circumstances which were the basis of the request for dormant obligations, but no later than 30 days after the end of long-term absence and at least 15 days before the end of the academic year. With the positive Faculty decision, student is granted dormant obligations for the duration of one academic year. Dormant obligations period is not counted in the duration of the study.
Student with granted right to dormant obligations exercises this right until the end of the academic year. After being granted the right to dormant obligations, student can only attend exams if he or she met the required conditions for attending the exam. Courses in which the student is enrolled, but didn’t pass due to long-term absence caused by mitigating circumstances which were the basis of the right to dormant obligations, will not be counted in the number of total enrolled courses. The year in which the right to dormant obligations was granted will not be counted as an active year. During the dormant obligations year, the student is not required to pay participation in the costs of the study. The student who has been granted the right to dormant obligations will not be required to participate in the costs of study when enrolling in the next academic year if he or she settled the costs in the academic year in which he or she was granted the right to dormant obligations (in case the dormant obligations started during active academic year).
Students who were absent for a prolonged period of time in this year and who reported the start of absence, can submit request for dormant obligations in the current academic year when reporting the end of absence, if they meet the above stated conditions. Written request for dormant obligations is submitted to Vice Dean for education at the end of mitigating circumstances which were the basis of the request for dormant obligations, but no later than 30 days after the end of long-term absence and at least 15 days before the end of the academic year. Dormant obligations should be regulated before enrolling in the next academic year, and web application for enrollment locked only after Faculty decision and regulation of dormant obligations in ISVU. After granted dormant obligations, student can only attend exams if he or she met the required conditions for attending the exams. Courses in which the student is enrolled, but didn’t pass due to long-term absence caused by mitigating circumstances which were the basis of the right to dormant obligations, will not be counted in the number of total enrolled courses. The year in which the right to dormant obligations was granted will not be counted as an active year. During the dormant obligations year, the student is not required to pay participation in the costs of the study. The student who has been granted the right to dormant obligations will not be required to participate in the costs of study when enrolling in the next academic year if he or she settled the costs in the academic year in which he or she was granted the right to dormant obligations (in case the dormant obligations started during active academic year).