1. Lecture attendance
a. Students are required to attend 70% of the lectures for the subject they are taking in the Department of Medical Informatics and Biostatistics.
b. Students who do not attend 70% of the lectures will not be admitted to the examination in that examination period and will therefore lose one of their three opportunities to take the examination.
c. Missed lectures may be made up during the same week with another student group, provided this does not disrupt teaching in other subjects.
2. Attendance at practical sessions
a. Students are required to attend all practical sessions for the subject they are taking in the Department of Medical Informatics and Biostatistics. Absences that have not been made up are not permitted.
b. Changes to scheduled laboratory sessions are not permitted.
c. A student may make up a maximum of 20% of practical teaching activities, equivalent to three practical sessions.
d. Of these three absences, only one may be unexcused; the other two must be supported by documentation issued by the Dean’s Office.
e. Failure to meet these conditions means the student cannot take the examinations in the current academic year and must repeat the subject the following year.
3. Making up practical sessions
a. Absences from practical sessions must be officially excused within 10 working days of the student’s return to classes, on the basis of supporting documents and an individual request registered with the faculty secretariat. Medical absences are officially excused by the faculty administration. The original documents and a copy must be presented to the student group’s instructor.
b. Missed sessions may be made up only with documentation excusing the absence on medical grounds or proof of payment (a receipt) for the missed hours. This must be done within 10 working days of the student’s return to classes.
c. All missed laboratory sessions must be made up in an organized setting with the student group’s instructor. Making them up with other instructors is not permitted.
d. Excused absences that require additional sessions to be organized are made up for a fee.
e. Make-up sessions are not held during examination periods or holidays.
4. Teaching activities
a. Instructors have the right to dismiss students from teaching activities if they engage in activities unrelated to the lecture or practical activity topic. In such cases, the student cannot present documentation to excuse the missed laboratory session when making it up.
b. A student enrolled in a complementary year must complete all activities for the course, regardless of the attendance recorded in the year in which they failed it.
5. Assessment
a. Only students who have attended 70% of the lectures and have made up all absences from practical sessions by the examination date will be admitted to the examination.
b. Students who miss more than 20% of practical sessions must repeat all teaching activities, in the current academic year if possible, or otherwise in a subsequent year.
c. Students who have not made up missed practical sessions must arrange how to make them up—in the following semester if this is still possible within the current academic year, or otherwise in a subsequent year.
d. A student may perform the examination at one discipline only once per examination period.
e. The examination has a theoretical component and a practical component.
f. The examination is considered passed if the student receives a grade of at least 5 on each component.
h. A passed practical or theoretical component remains valid within the same academic year. Students who pass only one component do not have to retake that component during the same academic year.
i. Students with outstanding credits must schedule these examinations with the instructor responsible for the relevant course before the examination period begins, upon presentation of the receipt showing payment of the examination fee.