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Approved by Academic Board Minutes N3, dated 26 September 2013 New Vision University Regulation on Carrying out Educational and Research Activities Table of Content I Chapter.

General Provisions............................................................................ 3 1.

Scope of Regulation ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 2.
University Structure ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 3.

General Principles of Decision-Making ........................................................................................................................ 3 II Chapter.

Academic and Invited Staff .............................................................. 4 4.
The Staff Implementing Academic and Scientific-Research Activities ......................................................................... 4 5.

Academic Freedom ...................................................................................................................................................... 4 6.

Types of Academic Offices ........................................................................................................................................... 4 7.
Workload Scheme ........................................................................................................................................................ 4 8.

Full-time and Part-time Staff Members ....................................................................................................................... 5 9.
Invited Staff .................................................................................................................................................................. 5 10.

Emeritus ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5 III Chapter.

The Procedure of Holding an Academic Position ............................. 6 11.
Announcement of a Contest ...................................................................................................................................... 6 12.

Holding a Contest ....................................................................................................................................................... 6 13.

Appealing a Decision of the Contest Commission ..................................................................................................... 7 14.
Appointment to an Academic Position ...................................................................................................................... 7 IV Chapter.

Academic Programme .................................................................... 7 15.

Development and Approval of an Educational Programme ...................................................................................... 7 16.
Educational Programme Module ............................................................................................................................... 8 17.

Syllabus ...................................................................................................................................................................... 8 18.

Evaluation of Programme Implementation ............................................................................................................... 8 181.
Thesis ........................................................................................................................................................................ 8 V Chapter.

A Student ........................................................................................ 9 19.

Enrolment Preconditions ........................................................................................................................................... 9 20.
Execution of a Contract ............................................................................................................................................ 10 1 Approved by Academic Board Minutes N3, dated 26 September 2013 21.

Renewal of Administrative Registration .................................................................................................................. 10 22.
Academic Registration ............................................................................................................................................. 10 23.

Transfer to another Educational Programme .......................................................................................................... 11 24.

Suspension of Student’s status ................................................................................................................................ 11 25.
Restitution of Student’s Status ................................................................................................................................ 11 26.

Termination of Student’s Status .............................................................................................................................. 11 27.

Duration of an Educational Programme and Academic Process ............................................................................. 12 28.
Language of Training ................................................................................................................................................ 12 29. Credit Valuation of Student’s Workload .................................................................................................................. 12 30.

Programme Component .......................................................................................................................................... 12 31.
Evaluation of Knowledge ......................................................................................................................................... 13 32.

Issuance of a Qualification Document ..................................................................................................................... 13 33.

Behaviour Incompatible with Student’s Status and Liability Procedure.................................................................. 13 VI Chapter.
University Services ....................................................................... 14 34.

Library ...................................................................................................................................................................... 14 35.

Publishing House ...................................................................................................................................................... 14 36.
University Office Work and Service Centre .............................................................................................................. 14 2 Approved by Academic Board Minutes N3, dated 26 September 2013 I Chapter.

General Provisions 1.

Scope of Regulation 1.

Participation of the academic staff and students in University management, educational and scientific-research activities shall be regulated by the law in force of Georgia, University Charter and this Regulation.

2.
2.

This Regulation shall also provide for the University structure, rules of procedure for administrative, academic and auxiliary staff, and also the students.

2.

University Structure 1.

The University shall consist of University bodies and Schools.

2.

The university bodies shall be as follows: the Academic Board and the Board of Representatives, also the Quality Assurance Service (Commission) and University administrative units.
The University bodies shall ensure the discharge of duties that are common for all Schools, what is conditioned by the principle of economy and promotes the coordinated discharge of duties.

3.

A School shall be the basic educational and scientific-research unit of the University.

4.

A School shall consist of the departments (study fields).

A School Board may decide on setting up the institutes, centres, laboratories and other educational and scientific-research units.
The rules of procedure thereof shall be prescribed by a regulation of the respective unit.

5.

The staffing establishment of the University and School administrative staff shall be approved by the Academic Board under the submission of the Board of Representatives.

6.

The organizational chart of the University structure shall constitute the Annex 1 to this Regulation.

3.

General Principles of Decision-Making 1.


The University shall employ the general principle of making a decision on the basis of consensus.

2.

The academic staff and students shall be entitled to get involved in the discussions at university and school levels and participate in decision-making commensurate with the procedure, prescribed by the law in force of Georgia, University Charter and this Regulation.

3.
3.

When making a decision an individual shall be required to take account of University goals and strategic tasks, promote the formation of the decision which will be concurrent with the interests thereof and the others to the extent practicable.

4.

An ad hoc temporary committee (commission) may be set up for the preparation of the discussion of a specific issue, based on the importance thereof.
A committee (commission) shall be set up and the rules of procedure thereof shall be defined by the body competent for the preparation of the respective issue.

5.

It shall be ensured for the invited staff to be involved, and the persons whose rights may be affected by a specific decision to participate in the formation of a decision of the University or any of its structural units.

6.
6.

Whenever there is more than one equally efficient potential decision the preference shall be given to the most economic, quick and transparent one.

7.

When making a decision having an economic effect, the discussion of at least there alternative proposals shall be made and a university or open contest shall be announced for any vacant position with due consideration of the specificities of the position concerned.

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Academic and Invited Staff 4.

The Staff Implementing Academic and Scientific-Research Activities 1.

The University staff implementing academic and scientific-research activities shall consist of academic staff and invited specialists.

2.

Any person having adeqate qualification, necessary for the development of learning outcomes envisaged by the programme, can participate in the implementation of an educational programme.
Upon the evaluation of the qualification adequacy the account shall be taken of the academic degree of the person concerned, acquired special education, publications or/and professional experience.

5.

Academic Freedom 1.

The academic and invited staff shall be free in their academic and scientific-research activities.

2.
2.

A person implementing an educational programme component or a part thereof shall personally decide on the component content and teaching method, however, the former shall also be required to take account of adequate measures necessary for the attainment of the learning outcomes of the educational programme component concerned.

6.

Types of Academic Offices 1.


According to offices held at the University the academic staff shall be divided into full, associate and assistant professors, also the assistants.

2.

A Full Professor shall chair a department (study field), programme or module, practical and scientific-research activities of students.
A Full Professor shall be responsible for the quality of a programme of the respective field of study, provision for adequate human and material resources for the implementation thereof, enhancement of international cooperation and succeeding with public relations.

A Full Professor shall be reportable to Dean.

3.


An Associate Professor of the University shall lead the practical and scientific-research activities of students, a specific module or programme component(s), also may lead a programme or a department (study field).

4.

An Assistant Professor shall assist a Full or Associate Professor in the implementation of a module or a specific component of a programme.

5.
5.

According to University workload and assumed obligations the staff members shall be divided into full-time and part-time ones.

7.

Workload Scheme 1.

The individual workload of the staff shall be defined according to workload scheme calculated for an academic year, which scheme shall be approved by the Board of the respective School.

The list of workload scheme components and threshold amount of hours shall be approved by the Academic Board against the submission of the School Board.

2.
2.

The workload of full-time staff shall amount to 1760 hours per annum (40 hours a week for 44 weeks) and shall include the academic, scientific-research and advisory activities and participation in University events.

3.
3.

The academic activities shall include the in-class work, preparation of a lecture and knowledge evaluation 4 Approved by Academic Board Minutes N3, dated 26 September 2013 components, checking students’ papers or otherwise evaluation of knowledge, also the development of a study programme, module or a certain component of a programme.

4.
4.

The scientific-research activity may include the preparation, translation, editing, review of papers to be published on behalf of the University, implementation of research projects, involvement of the students of Master’s and Doctoral Studies, organisation of scientific conferences or drafting of a conference speech.
The monographs and text-books can be prepared and published once in three years – through freeing the person concerned from the academic process for one semester (employment under the status of a researcher).

5.

The consultation hours should include, at least, two hours a week.

6.
6.

The participation in University events may cover the involvement in: the activities of the university and School managerial bodies and commissions, discharge of the duties of a certain administrative unit, the activities planned beyond the educational programme, enhancement of international cooperation and management of public relations.

In the case of occupation of a permanent administrative office at the same time, the mandatory workload of the academic staff shall be reduced by 50%.

7.
7.

The staff employed for the entire academic year shall be paid the contractual remuneration on a monthly basis, during 12 months.

In the case of hourly payment, the remuneration shall be paid on a monthly basis, during the contract period.

8.

In the case of excess of yearly workload hours, the hours shall be accumulated.

The School Dean shall be entitled to credit the accumulated hours for the workload of the next year or pay the additional remuneration.

8.

Full-time and Part-time Staff Members 1.


The full-time (880 hours a semester) academic staff members shall work at the University for 40 hours a week (8 hours a day).

2.

The part-time (440 hours a semester) staff members shall be subject to academic staff workload scheme pro rata to the workload thereof.

9.

Invited Staff 1.


The University shall be entitled to invite a specialist of relevant qualification for the participation in academic or/and scientific-research activities without holding an academic position.

2.

The qualification of the invited staff shall be provide by the academic degree thereof, acquires special education, publications or/and professional experience.

3.

A contract with an invited specialist shall be entered for the period necessary for the fulfilment of some specified task.

10.
10.

Emeritus 1.

The Academic Board shall be entitled to grant the academic degree of an Emeritus to a Full Professor upon reaching the age of 65 as a reward for particular services for the University.

2.

An emeritus shall be entitled to participate in academic and scientific-research activities.

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The Procedure of Holding an Academic Position 11.

Announcement of a Contest 1.


A person shall be appointed to an academic office through an open contest in full observance of the principles of transparency, equality and fair competition.

2.

A contest shall be announced by an Academic Board resolution against the submission of the Board of the respective School.

The resolution shall provide for contest terms and conditions, and contest timelines.
The information about the contest shall be published on the University web-page, also on the publicly known employment web-page or/and in printed media.

3.

The receipt of contest documentation shall be launched at least in one month’s period following the publication of the information about the contest.

4.

A contest commission shall be set up by an Academic Board resolution for the period of the contest.

12.

Holding a Contest 1.

The contest shall be held by a contest commission.


The holding of contest shall imply the revision of contest documentation and evaluation of the applicants according to the criteria envisaged by this Regulation.

2.

The Commission shall be plenipotentiary when at least 2/3 of its members are present.

3.

If there are no applicants for the announced vacancy a report on the failure of the contest shall be drafted.

4.
4.

An applicant shall be evaluated according to criteria envisaged by law (basic criteria) and the University (additional criteria).

In the case of failure to meet one of the basic criteria an applicant shall be refused to hold the office irrespective of the other skills thereof.

The additional criteria shall be accounted for only in the case of meeting the basic ones and shall serve the purposes of determination of successful applicant.

5.
5.

The (basic) criteria envisaged by law shall be as follows: a) Academic degree.

A Doctor’s academic degree shall be required for holding the academic office of a Full, Associate or Assistant Professor; a student of Doctoral studies may also be elected to the academic office of an Assistant Professor; b) Scientific-pedagogical performance.

At least 6 years of scientific-pedagogical working experience shall be required for a Full Professor and at least 3 years – for an Associate Professor; 6.
The University (additional) criteria be as follows: a) Syllabus/syllabi, which shall be evaluated according to the adequacy of the content, learning outcomes and the methods of their attainment; b) A scientific work published for the past 10 years.

c) Scientific scholarships and grants – for the past 5 years; d) Participation in scientific conferences and professional advancement events for the past 5 years Participation.

7.
7.

The Contest Commission shall analyse and evaluate the contest documentation without the participation of the applicants.

By decision of Commission members an applicant can be invited to an interview or/and be requested to held a public lecture (presentation) on one of the issues of the syllabus presented thereby.

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Following the review of the contest documentation the Commission shall make a decision through open voting, by the majority of votes.

In the case of equal division of votes the vote of the Commission Chairperson shall be decisive.

9.

The decision of the Contest Commission shall be recorded in the minutes to be signed by Commission Chairperson and secretary.
The other members of the Contest Commission shall confirm the participation in the work of the Commission through signing the session attendance paper.

10.

The Commission Chairperson shall solicit the Academic Board to appoint the selected applicants to academic offices.

11.

The contest commission decision shall be notified to all applicants, including the timelines for appealing thereof.

13.

Appealing a Decision of the Contest Commission 1.


A contest commission decision can be appealed with the temporary appeals commission, set up by the Academic Board within the timelines set for appealing.

2.

The appeals commission shall be entitled to invite the applicant to the session.

The applicant shall be entitled to request the opportunity to present his/her opinion at the session of the appeals commission.

3.
3.

The Appeals commission shall be entitled to change the decision of the contest commission and submit the respective solicitation with the Academic Board.

The made decision shall be recorded in the minutes.

14.

Appointment to an Academic Position 1.

The appointment of an applicant to the academic position shall be recorded in an Academic Board act, which shall be published in accordance with the procedure envisaged by law.

A labour contract shall be entered with the staff.

2.
2.

A person shall be elected to the academic office for an indefinite period of time period, an Assistant Professor and an Assistant shall be elected for a period of three years – owing to the restriction, envisaged by the law in force of Georgia.

IV Chapter.

Academic Programme 15.

Development and Approval of an Educational Programme 1.

The right to develop or amend a programme shall be enjoyed by any person having adequate qualification.
The latter shall be required to be guided by the University framework for the development of an educational program, which shall constitute Annex 2 of this Regulation.

2.

The developed programme or amendments shall be reviewed by the School Board and, if favoured, shall be submitted to the Academic Board for approval.

Upon discussion the Academic Board shall take account of the Quality Assurance Service (Commission) opinion on the reasonability of implementation of the programme (amendment).

3.
The Academic Board shall approve the programme whenever it finds evident, that: a) The learning outcomes of the programme ensure the competitiveness of the graduates on the educational 7 Approved by Academic Board Minutes N3, dated 26 September 2013 and labour market; b) The set of programme components ensure the attainment of the goals and learning outcomes set forth by the programme; c) The content of all the components of the programme, with due consideration of the teaching methods and credit valuation ensures the attainment of the goals and learning outcomes set forth by the programme, what is adequately reflected in the syllabus of the respective component; d) The programme is provided for with adequate human and material resources.
16.

Educational Programme Module 1.

The programme should be constructed according to the module principle.

A module shall combine components according to prerequisite or alternative linkage principle and be oriented on the development of one or more competences envisaged by the programme.

2.
2.

In the case of prerequisite linkage the attainment of the learning outcomes of the previous component shall be the prerequisite for the accomplishment of every next component; in the case of alternative linkage, the learning outcomes shall be attained through accomplishment of a certain part of the components of the module.

17.

Syllabus The goal and learning outcomes of a programme component, as well as the methods of their attainment shall be reflected in the syllabus.
The syllabus shall be developed directly by the person responsible for the implementation of the component concerned.

The syllabus shall be developed on the basis of the university syllabus framework, which shall constitute Annex 3 of this Regulation.

18.

Evaluation of Programme Implementation For further perfection of the academic process the agreed with the Quality Assurance Service programme component evaluation questionnaire shall be applied.
The component implementing academic staff shall analyse the results, discuss them with the Quality Assurance Service and provide the Academic Board and the Board of Representatives with a recommendation regarding the issues, falling within their terms of reference.

The respective changes shall be reflected in the component syllabus, educational programme or University strategic development plan, respectively.

181.

Thesis 1.
181.

Thesis 1.

Master thesis should consist of 10 000 words and Doctorate thesis should be composed of 40 000 words approximately.

The work must be submitted to the university both in electronic version as well as a printed/bounded copy.

2.

The language of the work is the one in which teaching is performed.

In case the program is offered in several languages, the student has the privilege to choose.

3.
3.

Increasing number of stylistic, grammatical, spelling mistakes might influence the grade of the project and ultimately consider it unqualified for submission.

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The work is produced in A4 format size, landscape, margins – 25mm for all four sides; using an appropriate language Unicode characters, font size - 12 for the main text and 10 for the notes (scholium); line spacing- 1.5.

5.

The pages of the work are numbered sequentially.


It is not allowed to leave any page or/and space empty.

6.

The quotation shall be indicated in the main text with Arabic numerals.

Page or text reference shall be used.

7.

Any sections of a text, taken verbatim from another person’s work, must be put in brackets, numbered and explained in the notes (scholium), indicating the name of the author, title of the work, the number of the page and the date of edition.
Any violation of this rule will be considered plagiarism.

8.

Master thesis should consist: • Title page • Table of contents • The list of abbreviations • Introduction • Body of the text (chapters/subchapters) • Conclusion • Bibliography • Appendices (tables, diagrams) 9.

Title page consists of a name of the University, author of the work, the title of the thesis, the name of a supervisor, the date of submission (month, year) 10.
Table of content includes all chapters, subchapter and any other parts of the document.

11.

The bibliography consists of all the cited literature (whether direct quotations or paraphrasing) as well as the application of the author about the originality of the work.

12.

Copyright property rights belong to the author of the thesis and the New Vision University.

V Chapter.

A Student 19.

Enrolment Preconditions 1.


The status of a University student shall be acquired in accordance with the law of Georgia in force and this Regulation.

2.
2.

A student shall be enrolled for a bachelor and one-cycle educational programme on the basis of Unified National Examinations, for a Master’s programme – on the basis of Unified Master’s Examinations and a university examination and for a Doctoral programme – after meeting the preconditions prescribed by the respective programme and the School Dissertation Board Regulation.
In exceptional cases, envisaged by the law of Georgia for foreign or Georgian nationals, a person shall be enrolled commensurate with the other procedure prescribed by the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia, on the basis of an Academic Board resolution.
In these exceptional cases the additional precondition for the enrolment for an English-language programme shall be an international certificate verifying, at least, B2 level proficiency in the English language according to Common European Framework of Reference for Languages or an exceptional precondition set force by the Academic Board.

In the case of taking the Unified National Examinations the Academic Board shall be entitled to increase the English language minimum competency level.
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For the acquisition of the status of a student an individual should meet the enrolment preconditions, prescribed for the respective programme and shall be required to do the administrative registration.

The administrative registration shall include the complete a registration application, submission of the mandatory documents and payment of the tuition fee.

4.
An applicant shall be required to provide the University with the following documents: a) A copy of an ID Card (a foreign national – a copy of the passport); b) A qualification document (school-leaving certificate, Bachelor’s diploma for the enrolment for a Master’s programme, Master’s diploma for the enrolment for a Doctoral programme or an equalized thereto qualification document, and whenever the education is acquired at a foreign educational institution– the document certifying the equalization with the qualification envisaged by the law of Georgia in force); c) A copy of the document certifying military registration (only for Georgian nationals); d) A photo (3X4); e) The document certifying the payment of the part of the tuition fee, which exceeds the amount of the obtained state study, social or other grant; 5.
An applicant for enrolment through transfer (student mobility) procedure shall be required to provide the University with the following documents: a) Excerpt from student’s enrolment order; b) Student’s record card (assessment card); c) Certificate p student’s status (excerpt from the order on suspension/termination of the status).

6.
6.

Under the submission of Credit recognition Commission the Academic Board shall establish the compatibility of learning outcomes attained by the student within the framework of the educational programme and make a decision on the recognition of respective credits.

To this end the Commission shall be entitled to request the syllabi of the components taken or/and to sit an examination.

20.

Execution of a Contract 1.


If the enrolment preconditions are met a contract shall be entered between a student and the University for the period of the respective educational programme.

2.

The terms and conditions of the contract shall be subject to amendment only when the foregoing improves the legal status of a student.

21.

Renewal of Administrative Registration 1.


The renewal of student’s administrative registration shall mean the notification of any change in personal or contact data and full payment of annual tuition fee.

2.

The timelines for the payment of tuition fee shall be prescribed by a resolution of the Board of Representative.

22.

Academic Registration 1.

The academic registration shall mean the selection of the components of an educational programme during a semester worth of approximately 30 credits.
2.

A student shall be entitled to change his/her choice, cancel the registration for a specific component or select an additional component within a period of two weeks following the commencement of the semester.

3.

With a view to ensuring the transparency of the choice under an educational programme, upon registration a student shall be entitled to select mandatory or optional components envisaged by the educational programme, major and minor specialties.
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A student shall be entitled to repeatedly select the already passed component with a view to improvement of the attained learning outcomes.

23.

Transfer to another Educational Programme 1.

The internal mobility shall be accomplished before the beginning of a semester.

The additional conditions may be stipulated an Academic Board resolution.

2.
2.

The Credit Recognition Commission shall determine the compatibility of the learning outcomes attained by a student within the framework of the programme and the components passed during the Unified National Examinations.

A decision on the recognition of credits shall be made by the Academic Board against the submission of the Credit Recognition Commission.

3.

In the case of programme modification the component selected by a student both before and after the modification shall be credited.
In the case of amalgamation of programmes, when some direction ceases to exist, the credits earned by a student in this direction shall be credited within the framework of additional specialty or free concentration.

24.

Suspension of Student’s status 1.


The basis for the suspension of student’s status shall be: a) the failure to do the administrative registration or an academic leave; b) illness causing long-term detachment of a student from the academic process; c) studying at a foreign educational institution.

2.
2.

During the period of suspension of student’s status the University and the student shall be exempted from the discharge of contractual rights and obligation except for the rights and obligations, which originated before the suspension of student’s status.

In the case of suspension of student’s status in the course of a semester the interim grades of a student shall be regarded annulled.

3.
3.

In the case of suspension of student’s status the part of the paid tuition fee, the student has not received the respective services for, shall be reserved.

The respective service shall be defined on a semester basis and the student’s tuition fee for current semester shall be maintained only when the student requests the university to suspend his/her status not later than 4 weeks after the beginning of the semester.

25.

Restitution of Student’s Status 1.


The Student’s status shall be subject to restitution before the beginning of a semester within timelines through the renewal of the administrative registration.

2.

In the case of registration for another programme, the necessity of taking additional components can be prescribed on the basis of establishment of the compatibility of the learning outcomes by the Credit Recognition Commission.

3.
3.

The Student’s status shall not be subject to restitution whenever there is some ground for termination of Student’s status under this Charter.

26.

Termination of Student’s Status 1.
The grounds for termination of Student’s status shall be as follows: a) Completion of the educational programme of the respective cycle; b) Transfer to another higher education institution through student mobility procedure; 11 Approved by Academic Board Minutes N3, dated 26 September 2013 c) Personal application; d) Suspension of student’s status for more than 5 years; e) Failure to attain the learning outcomes, meaning the failure to successfully take one and the same mandatory component twice in raw or non-fulfilment of programme requirements for additional 4 semesters; f) Behaviour incompatible with student’s status.
2.

The paid tuition fee shall be subject to refund if student files an application for the termination of student statue with the University within a period of 4 weeks following the beginning of the respective semester.

27.

Duration of an Educational Programme and Academic Process 1.

A Bachelor programme shall cover 240 credits (8 semesters), a one-cycle programme – 360 credits (12 semesters), a Master’s programme – 120 credits (4 semesters) and a Doctoral programme - 180 credits (6 semesters).

2.
2.

An academic year shall be divided into two - autumn and spring 6-month semesters.

The autumn semester shall begin on the second month of September and spring semester – on the second Monday of March, the timelines for the commencement and end of lecture session shall be determined by a decision of the Academic Board on an annual basis.

3.
3.

A student shall personally create his/her profile within the framework of the freedom guaranteed by the educational programme: shall personally select the minor and major qualification, make concentrations and decide on the succession of offered components.

4.

The prerogative to offer an educational programme component shall be vested directly on the person implementing the component concerned.
The University shall ensure offering the reasonable amount of mandatory and elective disciplines of the respective semester.

28.

Language of Training The language of training shall be determined on the basis of the programme, according to the procedure, envisaged by the law in force of Georgia.

Unless otherwise regulated by the respective programme, an individual component of an educational programme can be taken both in Georgian and English.

29. Credit Valuation of Student’s Workload 1.


The student workload shall be valuates in credits.

One credit stands for 30 astronomic hours.

The student workload shall be determined by the educational programme syllabus and cover: in-class sessions, student’s independent work and preparation for and taking knowledge evaluation components.

2.

The duration of an in-class session shall be 50 minutes, break – 10 minutes.

30.

Programme Component 1.


A component of an educational programme is calculated for 19 weeks.

In certain cases a component focused on a shorter period can also be offered.

2.

The type of in-class work, independent work and knowledge evaluation components shall depend on the method of attainment of learning outcomes.

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Evaluation of Knowledge 1.


The multi-component system of knowledge evaluation shall be applied for the evaluation of attainment of leaning outcomes.

2.

Each component shall mandatorily include the interim evaluations and a final examination.

An examination shall consist or include a written component.

A final examination should not exceed 40 grades (40% of overall grades).

3.

The university shall employ 100 grade (100%) evaluation system.

4.
4.

A component shall be regarded passed in the case of accumulation of 51 grades (51%).

Minimum competence level for passing the final exam is 50 % of final grade.

5.

A student, who according to interim evaluations and the maximum grade of the final examination, has accumulated 51 grades shall be admitted to final examination.

6.

A student, who failed to accumulate 51 grades, shall be admitted to additional examination in the case of accumulation of 41 grades.

7.
7.

An additional examination can be held not earlier than 10 days after the initial one.

32.

Issuance of a Qualification Document An educational programme shall be regarded accomplished when a student has successfully attained the learning outcomes, envisaged by the programme.

A student shall be awarded the qualification envisaged by the programme and given the respective qualification document.

33.

Behaviour Incompatible with Student’s Status and Liability Procedure 1.
Any behaviour that obstructs the normal flow of the academic process or is manifested in inadmissible manipulating over the assessment of the learning outcomes, shall be incompatible with student’s status.

2.

Any behaviour incompatible with student’s status shall entail the respective liability.

A decision on the imposition of liability shall be made by a special commission set up to this end and shall be well-founded and adequate.

3.
3.

A student shall be entitled to attend the discussion of his/her misbehaviour and provide the commission with all the available for him/her data and evidences.

4.

The types of liability shall be as follows: a) Warning; b) Cancellation of unlawfully acquired grades, c) Termination of student’s status.

5.
5.

The termination of student’s status can be applied as a liability measure only when a student: a) Forged some document or entry; b) Attempted to get grades through full or partial misappropriation of other’s work, through deception, physical or psychological pressure; c) Demonstrates violence, menace or particularly rude abuse against academic, administrative or auxiliary staff; d) Commits the other crime, envisaged by Criminal Code of Georgia.
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University Services 34.

Library 1.

The library shall comprise body of books for seminars, library service-centre, university electronic resources and literature research international system.

2.

The body of books for seminars shall be accessible in the reading hall every day, from 9:00 until 21:00, and whenever there is a preliminary agreement – until 24:00.
The right to take books from the library shall be enjoyed only by the academic staff after making adequate entries to the library catalogue, with the indication of the date and period.

3.

The library service centre shall ensure the search for literature, making the electronic copies and their e- mailing, also printing and binding services upon request, on condition of full observance of copyright rules.

4.
4.

The university electronic resources shall be accessible using a special password regulated via the University web-page.

35.

Publishing House The publishing house shall ensure the promotion of scientific activities of the University staff through essential and technical provision for University publications, amongst them: editing, proofreading and formatting for handing them over to printing house.

36.

University Office Work and Service Centre 1.


The responsibility to conduct the office work shall be vested with the University service centre, which shall operate according to one-stop shop principle, be based in the University foyer and staffed by the University central administration and Schools’ personnel according to parity duty principle.

2.
2.

The University office work shall include the management of human and material resources, amongst them: procession of the data of administrative, academic and invited staff, registration and accounting for their personal and qualification documents, contracts entered with them, other contracts, acts of various University bodies, also the incoming and outgoing correspondence, what shall be done electronically according to this Regulation.
The University acts and official correspondence shall be recorded on University letter-head.

3.

Procession of incoming correspondence shall mean the creation of a digital file (scanning) or transformation of the electronic format into office work data carrier, specification of the registration number and date (dd/mm/yy) in file title in digits and forwarding the letter to the addressee –chairperson of the Academic Board, Board of Representatives or Board of the respective School – electronically.
The registration number shall mean the number of the correspondence received during a calendar year.

No registration shall be required for: invitations and congratulations, advertisements or any other information responding to which cannot be regarded as an ordinary procedure stemming from the University scope of activities.

4.
4.

The outgoing correspondence of the University shall bear a date (dd/mm/yy) in digits, and a registration number according to the number of the correspondence sent out during a calendar year.

Only after that it will be saved electronically together with the respective attachment thereof, if there is such.

5.
5.

The University acts shall be as follows: resolutions of the Academic Board (Board), Board of Representatives and School Boards, orders of the Chairpersons of the Academic Board (Board) and the Board of Representatives.

The resolutions shall be recorded as minutes.

An act shall bear a date (dd/mm/yy) in digits, 14 Approved by Academic Board Minutes N3, dated 26 September 2013 registration number, whilst an order shall also bear the University seal.
An act registration number shall include the number of the act adopted/issued during a calendar year by the respective authority.

The University internal acts shall be kept in respective binders according to their type, date of issuance and registration number.

6.

In the case of digital procession of contracts the identity of the other party (in the case of a legal entity – the name thereof) and the date (dd/mm/yy) shall be specified.

In the case of need the type of the contract can also be specified.
The contracts entered with administrative, academic and invited staff shall be maintained in the respective database alphabetically.

The other agreement shall be kept in a special binder for contracts according to the date of issuance.

7.

The University acts and official letters shall be printed on a letter-head containing the following data: the University name, logo, address, and contact data.

The act issuing or corresponding sending authority, and authorized signatory should also be specified.

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