Academic advising

Submit the credit transfer form to your programme adviser with an official transcript and the course outline of the subject you studied elsewhere. Applications are considered once per semester and must be lodged within the first four weeks of your first semester of study.

Up to 50% of the credits of a programme may be transferred. Transferred credits count towards the credit requirement but do not carry a grade and are not included in your GPA. A decision normally takes four weeks.

Changes of major are considered at the end of the first year and are subject to quota in the receiving programme. Discuss it with your adviser first — a change usually adds a semester, because the first-year core of the new programme still has to be completed.

Minors can be added or dropped up to the add/drop deadline of any semester with your adviser’s approval.

A full-time undergraduate load is 15 credit points a semester; the permitted range is 12 to 18. To take fewer than 12 (underload) or more than 18 (overload) you need your adviser’s written approval before the add/drop deadline.

Underloading affects the expected date of graduation and, for some students, scholarship and visa conditions. Your adviser will tell you which of those apply to you.

After the deadline a course can only be dropped as a late withdrawal, which is recorded on your transcript as W and does not refund the tuition for that course. Late withdrawal closes at the end of week ten of the semester.

If the reason is medical or compassionate, bring the supporting documents to your adviser: the withdrawal may then be recorded without the W notation.