RUCU Registration Procedure
Ruaha Catholic University Registration Procedure
No student will be allowed to register or attend classes unless the required fees have been paid. Fees are payable in full at the beginning of the academic year or in two instalments that is at the beginning of each semester.
2.Fees paid will not be refunded if a student withdraws or leaves the University without permission.
3.However, if a student receives prior permission from the Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs to withdraw or to be away from the University, and provided that the application in writing to withdraw or to be away from the university is submitted within the first two weeks of the academic year or semester, eighty percent (80%) of the fees may be refunded otherwise no refund will be made after the expiry of the first two weeks.
4.New students must register during the orientation period. To register a new student must submit the originals of all documents he/she originally submitted as credentials in support of his/her application for admission. After the orientation period has expired, students will have to pay T Shs. 50,000/= for late registration.
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5.Any change of registration of a course of study by new students is to be channelled through the respective Dean of the Faculty and is to meet TCU’s approval through the Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (DVCAA) for the Undergraduate Degree courses and for other courses by the Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (DVCAA) through the respective Dean or Director. This has to be done in the first two weeks after registration.
6.Continuing students must complete registration formalities within the first two weeks of each semester of the academic year. Any late registration is liable to a fine of TShs. 50,000/=.
7.Students will be registered under the names appearing on the certificates submitted for their applications. Once registered, names cannot be changed unless legal procedures are followed and no change of names will be allowed in the final year of study.
8.Students must register for the course programme onto which they have been accepted.
9.No student will be allowed to postpone studies after the academic year has begun except under special circumstances. Permission to postpone studies will be considered after the student has produced satisfactory evidence for postponement. Special circumstances include ill health or serious social problems.
10.No student will be allowed to postpone studies during the two weeks preceding final examinations, but, for valid reasons, the postponement of examinations may be considered and this will have to be sanctioned by the Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (DVCAA)
11.A student discontinued from a course on academic grounds shall not be re-admitted for the same course until two years have elapsed.
12.A student discontinued from studies on disciplinary grounds shall not be re-admitted to the University.
13.Students are allowed to be away from studies for a maximum period of two years in the case of the Advanced Diploma and other undergraduate courses, if they are to be readmitted to the same year of studies where they left off.
14.Students shall commit themselves in writing to abide by the University’s Rules and Regulations prescribed at the University’s discretion. A copy of the students’ Rules and Regulations shall be made available with adequate notice being given to students.
15.Students shall be issued identification cards, which they must carry at all times and which shall be produced when demanded by the
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appropriate University officers. The identity card is not transferable and any fraudulent use may result in the loss of student privileges, suspension or legal action being taken.
16.The loss of an identity card should be reported to the office of the Dean of Students. A new card can be obtained after the payment of the appropriate fee (currently Tshs. 10,000).
17.A student enrolled for a course programme at RUCU may not enrol concurrently in any other institution without the special permission in writing given by the Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs or, in the special case where examinations are held under inter-institutional arrangements or cooperation.
18.No exemption will be given from university courses which a student may claim to have done elsewhere if the TCU credit transfer guidelines do not allow it.
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