2.7 APPLICANTS IN UNSATISFACTORY STANDING

The provisions in this section are for students who have been required to discontinue studies at the University of Regina including a University of Regina faculty or any other recognized post-secondary institution. All students who have been required to discontinue from the University of Regina are required to petition for re-admission. Students required to discontinue from a University of Regina faculty may either petition the original faculty for re-admission or petition to transfer to another faculty (see §2.7.4.2). Students wishing to return to a faculty from which they have been required to discontinue must petition that original faculty in order to be re-admitted or transferred even if the student has successfully completed academic work in another faculty since being required to discontinue. Students who have been discontinued by other post-secondary institutions on academic grounds do not have to petition for admission if they have subsequently been admitted to an approved post-secondary institution and established satisfactory standing by successfully completing a minimum of 9 credit hours, provided that they meet the admission standards of the faculty to which they are applying.

Even when students have been required to discontinue for a set period of time, admission or re-admission is not automatic. Students may only be admitted or re-admitted to the University if accepted by a faculty (see §2.7.2). When a student has been admitted, and the University later receives a transcript showing an undeclared involuntary withdrawal from a previous institution, the student’s admission will be revoked and registration will be cancelled.

2.7.1 APPLICATION DEADLINES FOR PETITIONING STUDENTS

Applicants must meet the following deadlines, or those in §2.3.1.1, whichever are earlier:

2.7.2 APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR STUDENTS PETITIONING TO RETURN AFTER BEING REQUIRED TO DISCONTINUE (RTD) ON ACADEMIC GROUNDS

Applicants follow normal application procedures for admission, re-admission, or transfer, but must also provide a letter of petition, by the document deadline, to the Admissions Office. The letter , with other required documents, is forwarded to the requested faculty, which decides whether or not the applicant is to be admitted and any conditions for registration or continuance. The decision of the faculty is final. The faculty communicates its decision directly to the applicant. Applicants who are refused by one faculty may petition another for the next available term (semester).