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Regulations
regarding the academic recognition of students' study periods in other universities on the basis of agreements, contracts and as part of international programmes

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I. General stipulations

1. These regulations refer to the conditions of academic recognition for periods of study carried out by students of the University of Craiova in universities abroad. The periods taken into account are short-termed stages performed on the basis of pre-existing agreements, during which the students continue to be enrolled with the University of Craiova for the whole duration of the mobility.

2. Upon the students' return, academic recognition of the respective period of study should give them the possibility not only to resume their studies but also to integrate the results obtained in the host university, in accordance with the established agreements and contracts.

3. The stipulations of these regulations apply to all student mobilities performed in the above mentioned conditions, whether they are carried out as part of an international cooperation programme in which the University of Craiova participates, or in virtue of bilateral agreements.

II. Competence

4. A deputy dean is assigned departmental ECTS coordinator by the dean of each faculty. He will represent the competent authority at faculty level for establishing the individual study contracts and academic recognition.

5. Contracting and recognition procedures must not be the responsibility of Faculty Councils or specially constituted committees, and under no circumstances should they involve the professors in ordinary of the respective academic disciplines.

6. At the level of the University, the competent authority is the deputy dean in charge with
teaching issues. Upon request of the persons involved, he will analyze and decide on the validation, invalidation or modification of a decision made by the departmental ECTS co-ordinator.

III. The study programme

7. Before the beginning of the mobility, the student will make/ sign a contract of study specifying in detail the contents and duration of the programme he will have to carry out. This is a printed contract, drawn between the student, the University of Craiova and the host university.

8. The study programme will be established in accordance with ECTS procedures. The courses or course packages the student will include should, upon successful completion, ensure the student a number of credits equal to the one required in the curriculum of the mother faculty for the period of his/her mobility.

9. The content of the study programme will de decided on after analyzing the academic disciplines offered by the host university with respect to substance, adequacy and usefulness of the knowledge transmitted and taking into account the professional standard requirements for the specialization taken by the student at the University of Craiova. The study contract may include disciplines offered by different specializations or years of study, when they are considered relevant.

10. There doesn't have to be a strict correspondence between the study programme agreed upon and the provisions of the curriculum of the mother faculty. It is recommended to include, to the extent possible, disciplines that are equivalent to as many as possible of the fundamental disciplines the student is supposed to take during the respective period at the University of Craiova.

11. The Romanian language, literature, history or geography related disciplines cannot be substituted by other subjects because there are no corresponding disciplines abroad. For these disciplines the contract will include examinations that are to be taken at the mother faculty, after the completion of the mobility, and the total number of credits considered will be reduced correspondingly.

IV. Recognition procedure

12. Applying for academic recognition is done on the basis of the existing contracts and agreements, as well as documents attesting the student's professional results. The application will be addressed to the departmental ECTS coordinator.

13. The University of Craiova will grant the students academic recognition for their studies at the host university as a completely recognized part of the curriculum for their specialization. Such recognition can be denied only if the student does not fulfil the conditions of his/her contract or has not met the requirements for promotion at the host university.

14. Academic recognition implies both the duration and content of the respective period of study. A period of study carried out in another university will replace, by academic recognition, a period of study of the same length and amount of work (measured in credits) that the student would have carried out at his/her mother faculty.

15. A student's successful completion of his study programme must result in academic recognition of his professional results (credits, grades, passed disciplines). The student's professional results obtained during the recognized period, as well as information regarding the host institution and the period of time spent there, will be included in the student's record of service.

16. If a student fails to fulfil his study programme, he may have to resume his/her entire normal programme at the mother faculty or to sit for special compensatory examinations.
a) If the number of credits obtained is less than ½ of the total number mentioned in the contract, the respective period of time cannot benefit from academic recognition and the evaluation of the student's knowledge will be done for all the subjects in his/her curriculum.
b) If the number of credits obtained is at least ½ but less than the total number established by the contract, the student will be granted academic recognition for the subjects in which he/she has passed and the ECTS coordinator will decide which subjects the student has to be evaluated for so that he might obtain the required number of credits.

17. The evaluation required in conformity with 11) and 16) above will be carried out during special exam sessions scheduled after the completion of the mobility and, if necessary, during the autumn session.

V. Final and transitory dispositions

18. By 1 February 2002, the deans will communicate to the Rector's Office, to the attention of the pro-rector in charge with teaching issues, the names of the appointed ECTS coordinators.

19. The reports of the students whose study stages took place during the academic year 2001-2002, having been completed before these regulations were adopted, will be analyzed by the pro-rector in charge with teaching issues.

20. The departmental ECTS coordinators will contact the students who were already abroad on such mobility grants at the time when tese regulations were adopted and will take all the necessary steps for the requirements of academic recognition to be fufilled.

21. Taking incoming students for short-term study stages implies ad-hoc recognition of previously undertaken studies. Departmental ECTS coordinators will cooperate with mother universities in drawing the study contracts, will supervise their being carried out and facilitate the release of study documents. The Rector's International Cooperation Office will have the responsibility of analyzing students' files and preparing matriculation.

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