A student is entitled to receive a degree provided that s/he completed all his academic duties in accordance with the requirements set forth by the faculty and the Divisions as to the number of courses and their content and fulfilled all his obligations towards the University.
Final grade for a degree. A student will notify the Division secretary about completion of his studies for a degree - a student is responsible to notify the secretariat of the Division about the date of submission of the last seminar paper. Upon receipt of the last grade, his entitlement will be reviewed and the final grade will be calculated. The student will examine and review his grades in the Division secretariat before obtaining certificate of entitlement. The grade of the degree is final. After obtaining certificate of entitlement for the degree the student will not be able to change his/her final grade.
Appeal and publication of grades
- Grades are published in the School message board and the internet portal. The student is obligated to check his/her grades shortly after their publication.
- A student may submit an appeal within 10 days from the date of its publication. All appeals will be submitted in writing using a special appeal form.
- A student appealing his grade is aware that the entire exam will be checked and that the final grade might be lower than the original grade.
- If the appeal cannot be reviewed until the next date of the exam, the grade will be considered as if it was not corrected. In such event, if the student takes the next exam, the higher grade he receives out of the two exams will be taken into account.
- A student wishing to review his exam notebook will be entitled to do so only if he received a failed grade and provided that his grade is above 41. This rule shall apply to all subjects of study except for Introduction to Government and Politics in which the grade entitling review of the exam notebook is 60 at least.
- Students entitled to review the exam notebook can do so in the period of appeals as specified hereinabove.
- A student may appeal his grade in a seminar paper, yet if his appeal is rejected, he will not be allowed to submit a corrected paper of any kind in order to improve his grade.
- Results of appeals are final and conclusive.
- Results of appeals will be published on message boards or reported by the Division secretariat to the student.