Binding study advice
At the end of the first year, all programs issue binding study advices. If you have earned 42 credits (ECTS*) or more, you will be allowed to continue with your current program of study (42 credits is seventy percent of the first year subjects).
* ECTS = European Credit Transfer System
Please note that students of the School of Economics and Management must have at least 45 credits to be able to continue with second year subjects in all programs of .
If you have earned less than 42 credits, you will be issued with a negative advice. This is a binding advice (mandatory recommendation) and means that you will not be allowed to register for this particular program during the next three years.
The binding advice applies to each program individually; you are, therefore, required to meet the standard for these advices in the first year of each program you are registered for. If, due to mitigating circumstances, you do not meet this standard, allowances will be made when reaching an advice. These allowances will, however, be dependent on you informing the appropriate authorities in time of the reasons for the delay in your studies.
The university defines illness or special personal difficulties as mitigating circumstances and requires written evidence of such circumstances, such as a medical certificate. See also delay.
You must inform your student counsellor within at least 2 months of the problem arising and certainly before 1 July if you wish the student counsellor to take your situation into consideration when presenting his or her recommendations to the school. The chances are you will probably be able to judge well in advance if you are going to run into difficulties based on the provisional advice issued to all students half way through the first year. We would recommend notifying your student counsellor of any possible delay in studies as soon as possible. Do not wait until the final resits to bring it to their attention.
If, despite your best efforts, you are still issued with a negative advice that you object to, or if you did not notify your student counsellor of the extenuating circumstances in time, you may appeal to the Examination Appeals Board.
Please refer to the page on Study Delay for further information concerning the general obligations that apply.