Article 13
Students shall select courses in accordance with the University’s Course Selection Regulations and the Course Selection Notice announced for the current semester.
Article 16
If a student retakes a course previously passed or transferred with approval, the credits earned will not be counted towards the minimum number of credits required for graduation. This does not apply, however, to departments whose regulations stipulate otherwise.
Article 22
All courses shall be graded by course instructors using daily academic performance results, quizzes, midterm examinations, final examinations, and other appropriate evaluation methods. Grades shall be submitted to the online grading system. Once the grades have been submitted and verified, grade submission is complete.
Students shall go to the responsible academic affairs unit or use the online grade inquiry system to review their course grades 10 days after each semester’s final examinations.
If a student has questions regarding a grade, they may submit an inquiry to the responsible academic affairs unit. If a student still has questions after it has been confirmed that the grade recorded matches the grade submitted by the course instructor, the student shall inquire of the course instructor directly.
Article 23
Students’ grades consist of academic performance and conduct, and are assessed using a letter grading system with the highest grade being A+ and the passing grade being C- (or on a percentage scale, the highest grade is 100 and the passing grade is 60).
Courses of a special nature may be graded with a pass/fail grading system after passage by a departmental curriculum committee, college curriculum committee, and the Academic Affairs Meeting.
Students shall not earn credits for courses in which they received a non-passing or failing grade.
Article 25
Instructors shall handle all matters related to the submission, late submission, and correction of grades in accordance with the University’s Regulations Governing Grade Submission and Correction by Faculty Members.
Article 26
Students who fail to take quizzes, midterm examinations, or final examinations shall receive a grade of X (or a grade of 0 on the percentage scale) for the part that they fail to participate in.
Article 27
Students who have received failing grades for one-half or more of the total credits of a semester and subsequently received failing grades for one-third or more of the total credits of the following semester shall be dismissed from the University.
Article 28
Any overseas Chinese students, students from Hong Kong and Macau, Mainland Chinese students, international students, Mongolian and Tibetan students repatriated for higher education, indigenous Taiwanese students, students from the offshore islands, students enrolled through the Hope Enrollment Program (including students admitted by application in the Hope category), and students who are the offspring of government personnel stationed abroad who have received failing grades for two-thirds or more of the total credits of a semester and who subsequently received failing grades for one-half or more of the total credits of the following semester shall be dismissed from the University.
Article 29
The following students are not subject to Articles 27 and 28 of the Regulations:
- Students with disabilities as defined in Article 17-1, Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 3 of the Regulations;
- Students who do not take more than nine total credits of courses in one semester;
- Students with outstanding athletic performance who are admitted by screening through review and test.
Article 30
Students who are unable to take a final examination due to official duties, acute illness, death of close family member(s), or other unexpected force majeure event should request a leave of absence from the Office of Student Affairs’ Student Assistance Division in accordance with the University’s Regulations Governing Student Leave Requests. (Students registered at the College of Medicine or the College of Public Health shall make their request through the Branch Office of Student Affairs, College of Medicine.) Students may only take make-up final examinations if the request process for their leave of absence has been completed.
Article 31
Make-up final examinations shall be scheduled and held in the following
semester, not more than two days after classes begin according to the
academic calendar. Make-up examinations are only given once; students
who miss their make-up examination shall not be given a second make-up
exam.
Students unable to take their make-up examination due to an emergency
may present supporting documents and request a leave of absence for the
semester in which they failed to take the final exam following approval by
the chair of their home department, the dean of the competent college, and
the Office. However, the total length of the leave of absence shall not exceed
that stipulated in the Regulations.
The score for a make-up examination taken after an absence from the final
examination due to official duties, illness, childbirth, or the death of a
spouse or relative within the second degree of kinship shall be calculated
based on the actual results assessed by the course instructor. However,
students who are absent from the final examination on approved personal
leave (except for pregnancy or child care purposes) and who subsequently
pass the make-up examination shall receive a C– (or 60 on the percentage
scale) on the examination.
Article 32
Article 32 Students found to have cheated on an examination shall be given a grade of X for the examination (or a grade of 0 on the percentage scale) and subject to further disciplinary action including demerits, dismissal, or expulsion depending on the severity of the violation.
Article 33
Students who are unable to attend class are required to request a leave in accordance with the Office of Student Affairs’ Regulations Governing Student Leave Requests.
Article 34
Missing class without receiving approval for the absence or after the end of the absence shall be counted as an unexcused absence. Each hour of unexcused absence is counted as five hours of excused absences.
Article 35
Students whose number of hours absent for a course surpasses a course total of one-fifth of the number of attendance hours required for that course shall have their course grade lowered by one letter grade; students whose number of hours absent for a course total one-fourth of the number of attendance hours required for that course shall have their course grade lowered by two letter grades. If otherwise stipulated by the course instructor, the instructor’s rules shall apply.
Students whose number of hours absent total more than one-third of the number of attendance hours required for the course during that semester shall receive a grade of X for that course.
Article 36
The preceding article does not apply to students who have received approval for an official leave or maternity leave, or who have received approval on a case-by-case basis due to justifiable cause.
Article 51
Students who believe their dismissal or expulsion to be unlawful or inappropriate and in violation of their rights may present the relevant supporting documents and file an appeal in accordance with the University’s Student Appeal Regulations, which shall be stipulated separately and submitted to the MOE for approval before implementation.
Before the result of the appeal is confirmed, students under disciplinary action may submit a written application to continue their studies at NTU in accordance with the University’s Student Appeal Regulations. However, should the appeal be rejected, any grades received after the appeal is filed and before the result is confirmed shall not be recognized.
Students who are reenrolled after filing an appeal in accordance with the first paragraph but who are unable to be reenrolled immediately due to justifiable cause may apply for a leave of absence during their time away from NTU and prior to their reenrollment. The leave of absence, if approved, will not be counted towards their maximum period of allowed leave.
Article 87
Student examination papers shall be retained for one year. However, the period of retention shall be extended as circumstances dictate, such as when the corresponding examination is involved in a grade appeal. Grades submitted by instructors to the Office of Academic Affairs shall be retained permanently.
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY Academic Regulations