Semmelweis University Organizational and Operational Regulations
– Part III. Student Standards –
Chapter III.2. Study and Examination Regulations

5. Provisions Concerning Student Legal Status

Article 15 [Student Legal Status, Enrollment Obligations, Course Registration]

(1) Those who have been admitted or transferred to Semmelweis University may establish a student legal status at the university no later than the semester following the decision. Student legal status is created through enrollment. Only one legal relationship may be established with one student at one training, considering the nature of the training, its way of funding and its language.

(2) By enrolling, students declare that they are familiar with and adhere to university rules applicable to them.

(3) Enrollment, the submission of declarations, or applications regarding the continuation or suspension of studies shall be accomplished within the timeframes specified in the academic calendar.

(4) Students may withdraw their registration within one month after the beginning of the training period but not later than 14 October in the fall or 14 March in the spring semester. If the student does not request to discontinue their studies by this date, the semester is considered to be an active semester even if the student does not attend the lectures and practical courses, and does not fulfill their study duties. If the student requests such discontinuation of their studies by the above deadlines, the given semester shall be considered as an inactive semester.

(5) In particularly justified cases, on the basis of the student’s application and supporting documents submitted by the last day of the given semester in which the student enrolled in their course(s), the Studies and Examinations Committee may, on one occasion during the whole training, authorize the ongoing active semester to be subsequently declared inactive. A justification of the reason(s) shall be attached to the application. The issuing of the approval, which changes the status of an active semester to inactive, is followed immediately by the canceling of the study results of that semester, and the rules regulating the suspension of student legal status apply to that semester. If an active semester is subsequently declared inactive, upon verified request of a student enrolled in a self-funded/foreign-currency-based program, and upon the decision of the Studies and Examinations Committee, up to 75% of the tuition fees paid for the training period may be credited to the next active semester.

(6) For those students who are in the Hungarian self-funded program, the fulfillment of the obligation to pay the tuition fee is a condition for registration. Students who have not fulfilled their payment obligations by the due date(s) may not be registered.

(7) Students are required to report any changes in their data recorded in NEPTUN within 8 days. There is no legal redress for any disadvantage resulting from failure to do so. Students may be requested to pay a special procedure fee for failure to report changes in data.

(8) Assessment of student performance shall be entered into the NEPTUN by an authorized instructor.

(9) Registration to at least one subject by the student in the NEPTUN for a given semester validates the announcement of the continuation of studies.