QIU Regulation (UTM)

INTERPRETATIONS

“Act” refers to the Universities and University Colleges Act 1971(Amendment 2021).

 

“Programme Withdrawal” refers to students who have applied for withdrawal from their academic programme and their applications have been approved by the University.

 

“Dean” refers to the head of a Faculty or any specific division that offers academic programmes and has enrollment.

 

“Examination Hall” refers to any space that is used for examination, test, or any form of assessment.

 

“Terminated” refers to an action taken on students who have not met the passing requirements; or students who did not register for any course in a semester; or students who have used up the maximum duration of studies; or students who have been expelled by the Faculty of IRK under the Discipline guide (Faculty or IRK); or under the Procedure for Programme and Course Registrations.

 

“Faculty” refers to any faculty, school, academic centre and institute at the University that offers academic programmes and has enrollment.

 

“Student’s Faculty” refers to the Faculty offering the academic programme in which the students are enrolled to.

 

“Gap Year” refers to the deferment period a student takes to be involved in national service activity, volunteering activity or other general activities for three (3) months to a maximum of one (1) year.

 

“Course Grade” refers to the grades that have grade point, Audit Course (HS), Pass (HL), Compulsory Audit (HW), and Fail (HG).

 

“HEIs” refers to an institution of higher learning recognized by the University.

 

“IRK” (Joint Institution) refers to the joint Institution that offers academic service abroad and    recognized by the university senate.

 

“Student Learning Time” refers to the total number of learning hours including lectures, practical work, tutorial, independent study and assessment.

 

“Faculty Academic Committee” refers to the committee formed by the Faculty responsible for academic affairs.

 

“Direct Entry” refers to a student who can be considered to get a vertical credit transfer (credit exemption) and has been accepted to enroll into a particular semester based on prior qualification.

 

“Course Work” refers to the continuous assessment of a course activity which comprises of tests, quizzes, assignments, reports and project presentations 

 

“Credit Earned” refers to the total number of credits obtained for courses that a student has passed.

 

“Credit Counted” refers to the credits accounted for the calculation of GPA and CGPA.

 

“Credits for Graduation” refers to the total number of credits required to complete a programme as approved by the Senate.

 

“Minimum Credit” refers to the minimum number of credits registered in a semester, which should not be less than TWELVE (12) credits, including courses with Audit Course (HS) and Compulsory Course (HW) status, except for students with Probation Status (KS) and/or students in their last two (2) semesters.

 

“Course” refers to a subject with its individual code in an academic programme.

 

“Practical Course” refers to fieldwork, industrial training and a course conducted in a laboratory or studio.

 

“Residence” refers to a minimum period of students pursuing studies at the University campus.

 

“Student Mobility” refers to a student taking courses at other IPTs.

“Massive Open Online Course” refers to online courses for the purpose of massive interactive participation and can be accessed publicly through websites.

“Medical Officer” refers to a Hospital Medical Officer or the University Health Centre Medical Officer.

 

“Student” refers to a Student registered in a Faculty or IRK who enrolled in UTM international Joint programme.

 

“Senior Student” refers to students in a Faculty or IRK who has undergone and passed a minimum of one semester of study.

 

“Full-Time Study” refers to the mode of academic study in which a student has registered for a number of credit not less than the minimum credit allowed for each semester except for students with “Probation Status” (KS) and/or in the final two semesters of their studies.

 

“Award of Degree” refers to Senate endorsement for students qualified to be awarded their degree.

 

“Chair” refers to the head of school under a faculty.

 

“Assessment” refers to any form of course assessment to measure the

 achievement of student learning.

 

“Final Examination” refers to the assessment conducted at the end of the semester according to the rules set by the Senate.

 

“Regulations” refers to rules, circulars, policies and procedures issued by the University.

 

 

“Horizontal Credit Transfer” refers to the credit granted to students for courses taken at UTM or at other IPTs during their studies.

 

“Vertical Credit Transfer” refers to exempted credits given to students based on their prior qualifications recognized by the senate.

 

"GPA” Refers to the grade point average (GPA) obtained by student in a semester.

 

“CGPA” refers to the cumulative grade point average (CGPA) obtained by a student in all the semesters complete.

 

“Pre-requisites” refers to a prescribed course(s) to be taken/passed before taking another pre-determined course.

 

“Programme” refers to a field of study approved by the Senate as an academic programme, leading to the award of a degree.

 

“International Joint Programme” refer to an effort increase graduate skills and aims to provide an added value for a student to compete in the job market.

 

“PSC – Professional Skills Certificate” refers to online courses for the purpose of massive interactive participation and can be accessed publicly through website.

 

“Regular Semester” refers to semester I and II (excluding the Short Semester) with a duration as determined by the Senate for an academic session. Each semester comprises weekly lectures, mid-semester break, revision week and final examination weeks.

 

“Short Semester” refers to a semester offered to students during the end of an academic session. It consists of 8 weeks comprising weekly lectures and final examination week. It is not included in the calculation of total study.

 

“Senate” refers to the Senate of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.

 

“Academic Session” refers to the University Academic Session comprising two regular semesters and a Short Semester or end of academic session break.

 

“Course Withdrawal” refers to an act of withdrawing from a course within the time specified by the Senate.

 

“Regular Semester” refers to the number of semesters specified in the curriculum required for students to complete their studies.

 

“Deferment of Study” refers to a student’s status who has been approved to defer his study or is being suspended by the University.

 

“Grade Replacement” refers to a provision which allows student to repeat courses (grade B- and below) with the Faculty’s permission for the purpose of improving academic performance.

 

“Repeat Course” refers to an act of repeating a failed course.

“University” refers to Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.

“Working hours” refers to regular working days according to the period set by the university, except for national and state holidays.

“WBL (Work-based Learning)” refers to a learning method that provides exposure to real work experience in the industry.