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University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Trgu Mure

DIDACTIC AND PROFESSIONAL

ACTIVITY RULEBOOK OF STUDENTS

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GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Art 1. In the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Trgu-Mure, the entire activity isunconditionally deployed on the basis of the following laws: The National Education Law no.

1/2011, other legal acts in force, the Charter of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy ofTrguMure, and the provisions of the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in HigherEducation. The educational activity in the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Trgu-Mureincludes the following objectives:

- assuring the excellence in training-education and scientific research in the medical and

pharmaceutical fields;- promoting the science in the spirit of democracy, of moral standards, of academic liberties,

in the context of European and universal culture and civilisation;

- prevention of exclusivism, intolerance and any kind of discrimination;

- offers, by its components - faculties, post-graduate courses, doctoral school - of certain

academic programs that correspond to the widest range of training- educationalrequirements and exigencies;- adjustment of knowledge and practical competences of graduates to the labour market both

by initial formation, and by continuous learning programs, master and PHD courses;

- prospecting and capitalization of the employment possibilities of the students, in accordance

with their professional quality and their competencies.

Art. 2. The rulebook defines and regulates the professional relationships which govern the

didactic activity, established between the students of the University of Medicine and

Pharmacy of Trgu- Mure (from now on called students) and the University of Medicine and

Pharmacy of Trgu- Mure (from now on called the University).

Art. 3. TheUniversity ensures the students the right to study the subjects in the curriculum specific

for each study programme/academic specialization.

Art. 4. The University guarantees and controls the value hierarchy of the students and applies the

coresponding regulations in accordance with this hierarcy (scholarships, taxes, etc.). Thus, before

the beginning of each academic year, an evaluation shall be made for the state budgetary places, in

order to be taken by the registered students, in a decreasing order of their results obtained in the

previous academic year.

Chapter IORGANISATION OF DIDACTIC ACTIVITY

Art. 5. Programming, organising and carrying on the didactic process results from the autonomy ofthe University, by obeying the stipulations of the National Education Law.

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Art6. Thecurricula aim at high performance competitive education and they are structured in 2study cycles comprising the fundamental subjects of study (pre-clinical subjects), subjects

characteristic to the field (clinical and para-clinical subjects) and complementary subjects. Each

faculty establishes, depending upon its specificity, the study cycles and the subjects; without

completing them the study of other subjects cannot be approached. The students are informed about

these when they register.

Art. 7. Thecurricula will be drawn in accordance with the European and national standards and itwill ensure the aquisition of the fundamental knowledge regarding the respective study field in

order to provide a student-focused programme of education. The curricula comprise compulsory,optional and facultative subjects of study:

-Thecompulsory subjects provide the students with the basic knowledge, essential to their field.-The optional subjects allow the profound study of particular directions, in agreement with theacademic specialization aimed by the student.

-The facultative subjects concern both the specialty field and complementary fields and expand theknowledge horizon of the students.

Art. 8. The compulsory and the optional subjects are quoted by credits whose total amount is of60/

year.

For an academic year, the 60 units of credit are distributed on two semesters (30/semester).

The number of units of credit assigned to each compulsory subject depends on the working volume of

the student necessary for aquiring knowledge and passing the exams and on the form of evaluation of

aquired knowledge.

In all faculties, the application of the ECTS-European Credit Transfer System, intra and inter-

university (internal, external) is mandatory. The credits are defined as numerical values attached tosome units of courses and other didactic activities, through which it is evaluated the average

working volume of a student for aquiring the subject knowledge. In accordance with this system,

it is ensured the mobility of the students and the flexibility of their professional training. The

quantification by credits takes into consideration all the forms of activity: courses, seminars, practical

work, traineeships, etc. The credits are assigned in compact sets to the subjects, depending on their

relative importance (as a working volume imposed to the student) within a semester. The system of

assigning of credits is established at the level of the university management, taking into consideration

the proposals of the faculty management, in accordance with the specific didactic activity.

The number of credits assigned to a discipline is not divisible on activities.

The university uses a system of equalization and recognition of the credits obtained in its faculties or

in other acrredited Romanian or foreign universities, which show compatibility regarding theircurricula and syllabi.

The student receives the set of allotted credits if he/ she succesfully completes the studied subject.

The aquired credits are recognized for the entire school period, without being affected by subsequent

changes of the curricula or syllabi.

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The graduation exam is separately credited with a specific number of credits, depending on each

curriculum.

Art.9. For the assurance of the ECTS implementation and monitoring, the system of credit allocationhas a coordinator at the university level (prorector) and a manager-counsellor at the level of each

faculty (prodean). In faculties, there may be appointed study counsellors or tutors on academic

specializations, years of study, who assure the counselling of the students. The coordinators

periodically draw up reports and proposals concerning the functioning of the system and theimprovement of application conditions.

Art. 10. The syllabi are drawn up by tenured professors of the subjects and approved by the bureau of

professorial council of the faculty, related to the specificity of the faculties and academic

specializations. The curricula and the syllabi will be displayed at each discipline and on the website of

the university, before the beginning of the academic year.

The faculty councils establish the study cycles for every programme of study/ academic

specialization.

At the end of each cycle, the students must have the total number of credits stipulated in the

curriculum of the study cycle.

Chapter II

ENTRANCE EXAMINATION, STUDENTS' ENROLMENT AND MATRICULATION

Art. 11. The entrance examinationat the University of applicants, on places funded from the statebudget and on tuition fee places, is done by contest, to the extent of schooling number proposed by

the University Senate and approved by government decision under the conditions established by the

law.The citizens of member states of European Union, of the states belonging to the European Economic Area

and of the Swiss Confederation may stand as candidates for the entrance examination in the same conditionsstipulated by the law for the Romanian citizens, inclusively relating to the schooling fees, after recognition of

the studies completed by them in their native countries by the specialty directorate within the Ministry of

Education, Research, Youth and Sports. For the entrance examination, foreign citizens must present a

certificate of linguistic competence for Romanian language issued by the Ministry of Education,Research, Youth and Sports. The high school graduates with a baccalaureate diploma or any other

equivalent diploma may stand as candidates for the entrance examination.

Art. 12. The University Senate, through a methodology that develops the general criteria establishedby the Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sports, establishes the content and the way the

entrance examination takes place. The methodology is posted on the website of the University.

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Art. 13. The applicants who obtained an average grade lower than that of the last passed applicant fora financed place, but higher than 5.00 (five) may opt for tuition fee studies. The Senate establishes the

quantum of the fee on academic specializations and years of study. In case a number of students

passed on the financed places give up their position as a student after matriculation, but not later than

the 15th of October, the places remained unoccupied are redistributed depending on the classification

of the students at the entrance examination.

Art. 14. The foreign citizens of Romanian ethnic group, students with scholarships from the

Romanian state, are exempted from the entrance examination, under the conditions stipulated by the

law and through the distribution from the Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sports; they are

enrolledwithout entrance examination.

Art 15. The foreign citizens, students with scholarships from the Romanian state, pursuant to

approval from the Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sports, are enrolledwithout entrance

examination, being obliged to pass the test for Romanian. The language test is given in front of a

board proposed by the Bureau of the Faculty Council and approved by the Bureau of the Senate. Two

specialists and a representative of the Dean's Office make part of the board.

Art. 16. The foreign citizens from third states of EU may study on their own account, from the

financial point of view, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sports,

without entrance examination. Matriculation of these students is conditioned by fulfilment of the

conditions established by laws.

Art. 17. The graduates with a Bachelor's degree may attend a second academic specialization, without

entrance examination. They shall study as fee-paying students, condition maintained for the entire

length of the studies.

Art. 18. The number of allotted places for the situations stipulated by art. 14-17 is limited by the

schooling possibilities.

Art. 19. A candidate admitted on Bachelor's degree studies may take benefit of budget finance only

once; if the length of free education stipulated by the law is exceeded, the student shall have to

support it.

Art. 20. Matriculation and rematriculation of the students are dependent on faculties and onUniversity management; rematriculation may be done only in the first two weeks of the following

academic year.

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Art. 21. Matriculation in the 1st year of university is done on the basis of the matriculation orderissued by the University Rector and of the signed contract of studies. For the students passed on for

the tuition fee places, the matriculation is done on the basis of the Rector's decision, after the payment

of the first rate of the tuition fee, established by the University Senate and after signing the contract

of studies. The foreign citizens, students with scholarships from the Romanian state or fee-payingstudents, are matriculated on the basis of the Order issued by the Ministery of Education, Research,

Youth and Sports and on the conclusion of the contract of studies. The matriculation decision isissued only after each student concludes a contract with the Rector of the University by which the

rights and the mutual obligations are stipulated.

After matriculation, every student is registered in the matriculation register, under a unique code,valid for the entire school period within that faculty. These numbers are given in succession for every

new series of students. The students who consecutively attend two academic specializations shall

receive different student identification numbers. The students rematriculated at the same specialization

shall keep their initial identification number.

Art. 22. When registered in the matriculation register, the personal file is prepared for every student,

which comprises:

- the registration sheet for the 1st year of study;

- the baccalaureate diploma in the original (for the students at their first faculty) and in certified

copy accompanied by a certificate from the faculty where lies the original of the diploma (for

those who attend two faculties in parallel);

- for the graduates who attend a second faculty - the Bachelor's degree diploma in the original;

- birth certificate in certified copy;

- medical examinations;

- the pay receipt of the first rate of the tuition-fee, annualy established by the Senate of the

University for the fee-paying students;

- the contract concluded between the Rector and the student for those who study on tuition fee;

- the school transcript with the grades from the previous years (if such be the case);

For the students transferred from other Romanian universities or foreign universities, acknowledged

by the Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sports, the study papers also include:

- the school situation on transfer;

- the specialty curriculum and syllabus of the faculty they come from;

- the foreign citizens who transfer and study in Romanian have the obligation to present

linguistic competence certificates for Romanian language, the validation of studies being made

by institutes qualified by the Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sports, before the

solicitation of transfer.- the study papers of the transferred foreign students shall be translated into Romanian and

certified.

Art. 23. For the foreign students,the personal file shall include:- the study document - in the original and also translated and certified copy (the baccalaureate

diploma or its equivalent);

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- the school transcripts with the grades obtained - in the original, copy and certified translations -pertaining to studies performed and the syllabus, in case of the candidates who request the

validation of partial studies;

- the copy of the passport;

- the medical certificate (in an international language);

- the certificate of preparatory year or a certificate from which results that the candidate studied

in Romania;

- the contract concluded between the Rector and the student;

- the promotion certificate of the test for Romanian, respectively English, for those who study in

English.

The handed in documents shall be analysed by a board established at the Faculty level, which shall

give a notice of approval for enrolment, valid through the date when the institutes qualified by the

Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sports issue the document on the basis of which they can

be enrolled at the University.

Art. 24. During the school period, the personal file of the student shall be completed with:

- the registration sheets at the beginning of every year of study;

- the copy of the marriage certificate or other documents that change the name (if it is the case);

- the necessary papers for granting the scholarship, according to the scholarships rule;

- the paying receipts of school tuition fees (for fee-paying students);

- other documents issued ex officio or upon student's request.

Art. 25. The enrolment of the students in the 2nd year of study and the next ones is done at thesecretariats of the faculties, on the grounds of the graduation of the previous academic year, in the first

10 days of the academic year, upon students' request, on the grounds of the enrolment sheet. Inexceptional cases (the prolongation of the examinations session in autumn), the enrolment of thestudents is rescheduled with the approval of the Faculty Dean. The matriculation will be done on the

grounds of the professional results obtained in the previous academic year and the obligatory storing

of the minimum number of credits necessary for graduation of an academic year; minimum 45 credits.

The students in the 2nd-6th years who do not hand in the enrolment request within the stipulated time

may be expelled, following that the rematriculation should be done according to this rulebook.

Art. 26. When enrolling at the faculty, the Dean's office issues for each student a student card and astudent book. All the grades acquired at examinations or other forms of knowledge verifications,including the grades at the examinations not passed shall be recorded in the student book. The grades

shall be recorded and signed by the examining professorial staff.In case of transfer, interruption of studies, or expulsion, the Dean retracts/annuls the student book and

the student card. In case it is lost, a duplicate is issued, on payment, after reporting the loss in the

media. In the student`s documents there are not admitted corrections, erasures and false data. Thesecould be considered false public documents and are liable to be punished by the law.

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Chapter IIIRIGHTS AND DUTIES OF STUDENTS

Art. 27. During the school period, a student of the University has the followingrights:

- to attend all the didactic activities of the specialization where he/ she was enrolled, accordingto the curriculum;

- to benefit from free of payment education, according to the stipulations of the UniversityCharter, for the entire lenght of the university studies, except for the fee-paying studens;

- to benefit from all the privileges and the respect deriving from the student status;

- to opt for the study of certain subjects according to the curriculum, the mobility between

related specializations, depending on specific criteria, and to get the recognition of the credits

acquired in these faculties or in other Romanian or foreign universities, comparable under the

report of the didactic standards and with which recognition conventions of credits were

previously concluded;

- to equally use the laboratories, the theatres, the lecture and seminars rooms, the reading rooms,

the libraries and the other means placed at his/ her disposal by the university for a gooddeployment of the educational process;

- to receive scholarships and other forms of material support, according to the normative acts in

force;

- to benefit from free medical assistance, according to the laws;

- to be accommodated in students' residences (the students with all the examinations passed and

from places funded by the national budget have priority); to eat in the university canteens,

according to the normative acts in force, within the limits of the number of available places;

- to choose and to be chosen representative in the Faculty Council and in the Senate of the

University;

- to be a member of students' professional, cultural organisations, whose programs do not

infringe the University Charter;

- to express their opinions in any problem that concerns the university community without

restrictions and effects;

- to benefit from subsidised places in the students' camps.

- to benefit from international programmes of students' mobility.

- to benefit from all the rights derived from their student status only if they have paid the tuition

fees, for students who are enrolled as fee-paying students. Not paying the fees results in losing

their student rights.

Art. 28. During the school period, the students have the followingduties:- to fulfil thoroughly, in due time, all the tasks included in the curriculum, according to the

university programmes and to the decisions of the Faculty Council and the Senate of the

University, in order to aquire a solid professional training and intellectual formation;

- to respect the rules of university discipline, to have an academic behaviour in relation with theteaching staff, the clinical staff, the colleagues and the administrative staff, and with other

persons they meet in the institution and outside.

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- to pay the tuition fees on time and the other financial obligations that are due to them,according to the study contract.

- to carefully use the material goods that are placed at their disposal in the institution of higher

education, students' residences, students' canteen, being materially responsible for the goods

destroyed.

- to obey the University Charter, the stipulations of this rulebook and other regulations or

normative acts which regulate the students` activity. Not knowing the provisions, regulationsor the decisions of the University management may not be used as an excuse and it cannot be

considered a reason of exoneration from responsability.

Chapter IVEVALUATION, TRANSFERABLE CREDITS AND STUDENT PROMOTION

Art. 29. The end of the activityat the subjects of study is achieved by examination, colloquium or

verification,stipulated in the curriculum.

Art. 30. The grading of answers at the established forms of verification is done with grades from 1 to

10, the minimum promotion grade being 5. The evaluation consists of examining the theoretical

knowledge or practical skills, if such be the case.

Art. 31. The structure of the academic year stipulatesfour examination sessions: two ordinary ones,

in winter and summer, and twoextraordinary, in September, for resits and re-examinations (and re-re-

examinations). For the students who did not pass their exams during the established examination

sessions (in winter, summer, resits and re-examinations) the Bureau of Senate may approve, in

exceptional situations, another session of exams, with a fee. The sitting for exams in this exceptionalsession will be done with the approval of the Bureau of the Faculty Council, for maximum 2 exams

not passed.

Art. 32. The student may sit for an exam just one time/session. The sitting for one exam is allowed 4times at the most, during an academic year.For the third and fourth sitting, a fee established by theSenate shall be paid.Not sitting for an exam without leave of absence is considered an examinationnot passed. If the students do not fulfil their professional duties and they are not admitted to the exam,

they will lose one chance of sitting for that exam. The sitting for exams tax-free will be allowed 2

times at the most during an academic year, within 2 of the 3 sessions of exams. The first 2 sittings are

free and for the following the students will have to pay a fee set by the Senate of the University.

Art. 33. The forms of sitting for theoretical exams (written examination/ multiple choice test,oral) are approved by the Faculty Council, on the proposal of the departments, before starting therespective didactic activity. Students`s exam papers are to be kept at the departments at least until the

beginning of the following academic year.

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Art. 34. In the case of subjects studied in a year, mid-term examinations may be organised within the

first 10 calendar days of the second semester, upon request of minimum 30% of the students of the

year, with the approval of the Bureau of Faculty Council. The subjects promoted at the mid-term

examination shall not be required at the final theoretical examinations, and in the final grade, the

grade received at the mid-term examination shall have the share corresponding to the quantum of the

subject taught and verified. The exam will be organised outside the hours of didactic activity of other

disciplines or within the hours set for that specific discipline in the curriculm.

Art. 35. At the beginning of each academic year, the departments have the obligation to display thetopics and the way of examination both for written and practical examinations, as well as other

conditions which may contribute to the final grade (the topics and the recommanded bibliography, theway of evaluation, continuous assessment tests, training activities, papers, essays, etc).

Art. 36. The examination is done on thebasis of examination tickets/ tests drawn up by the examinerand approved by the head of the department.

Art 37. The elements quantifiable by grades (the level of knowledge from the whole subject,synthesis and analysis skills, proven competencies, attendance and taking part in the didactic process)

as well as the way of development of verification are established by the syllabus drawn up by the

head of the department, approved by the Faculty Council, being communicated to the students atthe beginning of the activity for the respective subject.

Art. 38. For complex exames, made of more disciplines, each disciplines must include a number of

questions proportional to the volume of teaching. For such complex exams, the students will get justone final grade, calculated by the proportionality of the teaching volume of each discipline. When

more than one teaching specialist teaches different parts of a subject of study, they will have just one

bank of topics for the whole discipline and the examination shall be scheduled in the same day for all theconstituent subjects and shall be sat in front of all the teaching staff, and the final grade is recorded in the

examination register under their signature. The examination register will be delivered to the department to which

the discipline with the highest share belongs.

Art. 39. The practical exam depends on the specificity and the particular conditions of each discipline. Whenassigning the grades, the activity of the student during the academic year shall be taken into consideration. The

practical exams will contain obligatorily all the topics proposed and done during the practical activity of that

semester. The share of the grade for the practical exam in the final grade will be established by the heads ofdepartments and communicated to the students at the beginning of each semester. The exam is considered passed

if the grade is of minimum 5 (five) for both the practical and theoretical exam. If a student does not pass the firstexamination (practical/theoretical) he/she may not be admitted to the next examination.

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Art. 40. Students may enter into the examination room only after they prove their identity with thestudent matriculation card endorsed to date.The students on tuition fee are not allowed to enter forthe examination unless they have paid the fee. The obligation to communicate the debt of students'tuition fee belongs to the Dean's office. The didactic professorial staff shall examine only the students

enlisted in the registers sent by the Faculties Dean's offices. The result at the examination is recorded

in theregister and in the student matriculation card. The registers shall be handed in at the secretariatof the faculty within 48 hours at the most from the end of the examination session. For theoptionalsubjects the register of the grade is done according to the student's option.

Art. 41. The exams are sat before minimum 2 teachers involved in the didactic programme of thediscipline, one being the teaching specialist who taught the respective subject and the other the

teaching specialist who ran the practical activities/ seminars of the respective group of students or, in

particular cases, another teaching specialist appointed by the head of discipline. The substitution of

the examiner is approved by the head of the department. During the examination, there cannot be less

than 3 students in the exam room.

Art. 42. The appeals for (written) examinations are handed in at the registry of university within 24hours from receiving the results; they are sent to the Faculties Dean's offices and the Faculties Deans

shall appoint boards for analysing the complaints. The final grade established by the board cannot be

lower than the one initially recorded in the register. The student has the right to see his/her exam

paper and get explanations from the examining teacher regarding the grading.

Art. 43. The student may sit for an exam one subject a day and the interval between two successive

exams must be of at least 2 days, except for the re-sit sessions when exams in successive days are

allowed but not more than one per day. The exams are scheduled according to an established plan.

The order of exams in a session depends on the students free choice. The schedule of exams is

brought to students notice at the beginning of the didactic activity and is posted on the notice board

of the discipline. The scheduling of an exam for a certain discipline shall not interfere with the

didactic activity or exams of another discipline. The date of sitting for the exam is approved by the

dean, at the proposal of the groups of students, after consulting the examiner, certified by signature.

The time and the location of the exam is established by the examiner and it is posted on the notice

board of the discipline. The exams may be carried out daily between 8:00-20:00, including non-

working days, upon students' request. The theoretical examinations (written) take place on the same

day for the entire series. For the written examinations, the students will be distributed in the exam

room according to the decision of the professorial staff who monitor the examination. The duration of

a written exam cannot be more than 3 hours.

Art. 44. The exams may be sat only during sessions, integrant part of the academic year structure,

approved by the Senate of the University.

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Art. 45. The sitting for exams beyond the exam sessions may be done only with approval from the

Bureau of the Senate, in exceptional situations, at the proposal of the faculty dean, on individual

requests.

The exams in the prolonged session will be sat in the period approved by the university management,before committees made of 3 members of the teaching staff, approved by the faculty dean and after

the student has paid the corresponding exam fees.

Art. 46. The students have the obligation to sit for an exam on the date, time and at the location

established according to the schedule. The student who for objective reasons does not take the exam

on the date his/her group has to take it, can request, with the approval of the teacher and the dean, the

rescheduling of the exam in the same examination session, with another group. If a student does not

sit for the exam with his/her group, without motivation and without the approval of the examiner

teacher, he/she will lose one possibility of taking that exam.

Art. 47. Only the students who have fulfilled their professional duties, the requirements of attendance

to the teaching activities and their financial obligations have the right to take the exam.

Art. 48. In the case of the branches that have exams after each semester, the sitting for the

examination in the summer session is not conditioned by the passing of the exam in the winter

session.

Art. 49. Whatever form of assessment is used, examination of all students in a subject should be

uniform both in terms of difficulty and in terms of the deployment of examination and the number of

questioned topics.

Art 50.The students have the obligation to take part in all the teaching activities stipulated in thecurricula. Each discipline is obliged to have a register in which the attendance and the results of the

activities at practical work/ clinical stages/ seminars of each student are recorded. The way of

attendance to courses as well as the fulfillment of the obligations are established in proportion to the

specificity of each subject, by the heads of the department and approved by the Bureau of the Faculty

Council. Attendance to the courses and practical activities is compulsory. Absences from courses can

only be recovered within the same week with another series, if possible. There are no fees for absences

from classes. Unexcused/ unrecovered absences from courses and practical activities in an amount

greater than 20% of each type of teaching activity prevent the student from taking the exam/ test/colloquium in the session of that semester.

Art. 51. Attending the examination is subject to participation in all clinical stages and practices after

all the absences, if any, have been fully recovered. Students who are absent from practical/ clinical

training/ seminars over the maximum number of allowed absences (20%) or who do not obtain the

required minimum grade in one or more tests/ seminars can attend the examination only after they

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have taken/ passed those tests/ seminars, according to a schedule established by each department and

after the fee set by the university senate has been paid.

Art. 52. The leave of absence recorded at the departments can be rescinded by the board of the faculty,based on supporting documents and the individual request registered with the Secretariat. The

absences occurred in the following cases can be rescinded:

sick leave proved by standardized medical certificates, the request will be considered only if

submitted within two weeks of the resumption of activity;

well-founded cases which are to be communicated to the dean on the first day of resumption of

work, based on a written request;

activities that belong to the Service for the University programme based on a previous

schedule;

permission granted priorly by the dean, in exceptional cases.

Art. 53. The dean of the faculty may approve a partial exempt from attendance of pregnant students,those who have given birth, students suffering from chronic diseases based on the medical documents

given by a specialist.

Art. 54. Attendance to the teaching activity and the results of practical activities/ seminars/ periodicaltests are taken into account in the final exam with a certain weight, according to the proposal of the

heads of departments, approved by the Council of the Faculty and presented to the students at the first

course of each department. Attendance and the results of practical activities/ seminars/ periodical tests

are posted on the notice board of the department.

Art. 55. In case of fraud during the examination the student does not pass the exam and will besanctioned according to the rules and regulations.

Fraud or attempted fraud detected by the invigilator are included in a report prepared by the teacher

with the highest academic degree in the examination room. The minutes shall be signed by the

supervising teaching staff and the fraudulent students. Their refusal to sign shall be recorded in the

minutes. The minutes shall be submitted to the deans offices within 24 hours and discussed by theBureau of the Faculty Council.

Art. 56. During the examination, bags, outdoor clothing, mobile phones and other electronic or datastorage devices shall be left in places specified by the supervisor. Mobile phones must be switched off

on entering the examination room and must remain this way throughout the examination. During the

exam the students are not allowed to have mobile phones or other electronic devices that allowinterpersonal communication and consultation of data.

During the exam any request or question will be asked aloud and only with the permission of the

supervising teachers. During the examination any communication between students is prohibited.

The tests, including drafts, must be written only on paper signed and stamped by the teacher or

standardised answer sheets given by the teacher. On leaving the room, students must hand in all the

papers used during the exam.

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Art. 57. The curricula are different for each specialization, and different for years of study andsubjects.

The specializations within the faculties are:

The Faculty of Medicine with the following specializations, sectorially regulated in the European Union.

a) Medicine, 6 years of study (360 credits), 2 cycles (cycle I years I-III, cycle II years IV-VI);

b) General medicine English, 6 years of study (360 credits), 2 cycles (cycle I years I-III,cycle II years IV-VI);

c) Midwifery, 4 years (240 credits), one cycle.

d) General nursing, 4 years (240 credits), one cycle.

generally regulated in the European Unione) Nutrition and dietetics, 3 years (180 credits), one cycle;

f) Balneophysiokinetotherapy and recovery, 3 years (180 credits), one cycle;g) Physical and sports education, 3 years (180 credits), one cycle; a distinct specialisationwithin the faculty.

The Faculty of Dentistry:

a) Dentistry, sectorially regulated in the European Union, 6 years of study (360 credits), 2

cycles (cycle I years I-III, cycle II years IV-VI);b) Dental technicians, generally regulated, 3 years (180 credits), one cycle;c) Dental nursing, generally regulated, 3 years (180 credits), one cycle.

The Faculty of Pharmacy:

a) Pharmacy, sectorially regulated in the European Union, 5 years (300 credits), 2 cycles

(cycle I years I-II, cycle II years III-V);

b) Pharmacy nursing, generally regulated, 3 years (180 credits), one cycle.

Art. 58. In a year of study for the whole set of optional courses two of credits are reserved.They are attributable to either of the subjects, by opting for it, attending and promoting it. Once

chosen, the optional course becomes mandatory. At the end of each academic year students choose

their optional subjects for the next academic year. First year students and repeaters choose an optional

course in the first 2 weeks of the academic year.

Art. 59. Optional subjects do not have transferable credits.

Art. 60.Completion of the year implies obtaining a minimum of 45 credits of the total of 60credits allotted. A total of 15 credits can be transferred to a higher year of study. Credits obtained fromoutstanding credits are not included in the number of 45 credits.

For transferred credits a fee set by the Senate is charged.

A student who has obtained 45 units of credit from the exams of the current year but does not have a

sufficient number of transferable credits thus having more than 15 failed units of credit, cannot benefit

from the transfer of the 15 credits in the next year of study and will be expelled. These credits can be

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obtained in a complementary year, at the request of the student, with compliance with these

regulations.

Art. 61. Students who have a financed place but who do not accumulate a minimum of 45credits in one academic year shall be expelled. Upon request, they may be rematriculated paying

tuition fees and re-enrolled in the same year of study. Tuition fee paying students in the same

circumstances will be expelled and, upon request, can be re-enrolled in the same year of study in the

next academic year.

Art. 62. In case a student promotes the academic year, the outstanding credits from theprevious year can be obtained in the next year of study, but only within the same cycle.

The student, who after attending the complementary year within the cycle, remains with up to

15 failed credits, after the subtraction of the recognized credits and of those promoted in a

complementary year, will receive transferrable credits, being enrolled in the following year of study.

If the student has more than 15 failed credits, they shall be expelled.

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Art. 63. Promotion to the next cycle involves obtaining all the credits of the previous cycle.

Only in exceptional circumstances approved by the Senate can credits be transferred from cycle I to

cycle II. Failed credits can only be obtained in a tuition fee complementary year, at the request of the

student.

Art. 64. A students who, at the end of the cycle, has failed credits from the current academicyear or from transferred ones and which are not obtained in the complementary year, shall be expelled.

Failed credits can be obtained in a second complementary year, the student having to pay tuition fees.

If the student fails to successfully complete this second complementary year, they shall be expelled

again. Upon request, rematriculation may be approved to another specialization.

Art. 65. A student attending a complementary year has to pay tuition fees.

Art. 66. In the complementary years, the didactic obligations of the student are limited to the

failed subjects. Promoted subjects will be recognized by the deans. No credits are allowed in advance.

Art. 67. The transferable credit system applies to all specializations of the University,

including those with one study cycle.

Art. 68. Students who have not passed the exams in the regular sessions or in the September

examination session, can benefit upon request from a reexamination and a re-reexamination paying a

fee established by the Senate.

Art. 69. The scheduling of the exams in September, the reexamination period, the re-

reexamination period is carried out by the Heads of Departments and is posted on the notice board of

the department.

Art. 70. Reexaminations for a higher mark are done with the approval of the dean. Such

reexaminations imply a fee and can only be done for a maximum of two exams per year. The mark

obtained at the reexamination is the final one and it is written in the register, being a part of the

average calculation.

Art. 71. Reexaminations for a higher mark are only approved for students who have passed all

their exams, in regular sessions, and can only be sat once.

Art. 72. Reexaminations for a higher mark, as well as those for promotion take place in front

of a board made of three members of the teaching staff of that department. Should there be aninsufficient number of teaching staff at the department, the board shall include teachers from related

disciplines. The board of examiners will be approved by the dean.

Art. 73. The academic year is promoted when a student has obtained at least grade 5 in each ofthe compulsory and chosen optional subjects and has acquired the 60 credits.

Marks below 5 involve re-sitting the exams in a future session.

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Chapter V

EXTENSION OF SCHOOLING, REMATRICULATON, INTERRUPTION OF SCHOOLING,TRANSFERS, WITHDRAWAL

Art. 74. According to laws in force, the Faculty Council can suggest the Bureau of the Senatethe extension of schooling over the legal limit set by the education plan to the student who could not

be present at the exams of the ordinary and re-examination sessions of exams, for being on sick leave

for 85% of the duration of the sessions, sick leave proved by medical leaves of absence handed in to

the secretariate of the university within 48 hours from the ending of the sick leave, documents

stamped by the students' surgery and by the Committee of the Senate, made up for this reason.The

student will inform the dean's office of the faculty about the commencement of the sick leave within the first 48

hours, through a written form. The proof of the sick leave will be done with a printed standardised medical leave

of absence (not medical proof).

Art. 75. The extension of schooling due to medical reasons cannot be approved in twoconsecutive years.

Art. 76. Students who benefit from the medical extension of schooling, on the restart of their

studies, return to their budgetary or tuition fee place, the one they had at the request of the medical

extension.

Art 77. The medical extension of schooling is not considered failure of the academic year,therefore the student benefits from scholarship.

Art. 78. The request for the medical extension of schooling is handed in at the secretariate ofthe facultybefore the 15th October of the year. In exceptional cases the medical extension of

schooling can be requested after this date.

Art. 79. Students paying a tuition fee can be expelled for the failure to pay their fees. The right

of being a student can be regained after paying all the fees. Students who have lost the right of being

students can request their documents of the personal file after they have paid all their financial

obligations towards the University. The school period for which a student has the duty to pay tuition

fees is considered to be the period from matriculation till the decision of expulsion approved by the

university management.

Art 80. Rematriculation can only be done as tuition fee-paying student, it is approved by theBureau of the Faculty Council and approved by the Bureau of the Senate of the University.

Rematriculation is approved with the compulsoriness of taking all the difference examinations. If the

number of difference examinations to be taken is higher than the number of the exams of the year in

which the student wishes to be rematriculated, an additional year can be requested in order to take

these exams.

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Students in the first year of study who have been expelled for reasons of failing to attend the

teaching activity during the academic year, can only return through another entrance examination.

Students from years II-VI, expelled during an academic year, can request rematriculation only

as fee-paying students and starting from the following academic year. In special cases, the Bureau of

the Senate may adopt another decision.

Art. 81. On the motivated request of a student, the Bureau of the Senate can approve, till the

end of October, the interruption of studies for a maximum of two academic years. In exceptionalcases, the interruption of studies can be approved even after, also on request, and with proving

documents.

The duration of studies for which the student benefits from the gratuitousness of education,according to the laws in force, isnot affected by the period for which interruption was approved. On

the restart of the studies, these students will fulfil any possible schooling obligations resulting from

the modification of the education plan, by studying the newly introduced subjects and take the

possible difference examinations.

Art.82. In order to benefit from the interruption of studies, tuition fee-paying students have

the obligation to pay the fee for the whole period in which they request the interruption. This

regulation also applies to international students studying as tuition fee-paying students.

Art. 83. Students who interrupt the studies before the period for which they have paid theirfees expires cannot benefit from the return of the tuition fee.

Art. 84. Students who requestwithdrawal from the studies have the obligation to pay the fees

up to the date of withdrawal. The documents of the personal file will be returned after complete proof

of liquidation has been provided at the dean's office.

Art. 85. Students who benefit from the interruption of studies, transfer or withdrawal fromstudies will leave their student card at the dean's office.

Art. 86. Studentsenroled between the second year of studyand the last but oneyear of study

are allowed to be transferred from one faculty of the University to another or to other institutions of

education. The transfer is approved only if the students have paid all debts to the University. Students

shall study for the entire period of study within the language section (Romanian, Hungarian, English)

they chose at the time of the entrance examination. Chosing another language section is possible only

by a new entrance examination.

Art. 87. Students coming from other institutions of higher education can get transferred to theUniversity if they were declared to have passed all the exams in the previous academic years,

according to the rules of passing all exams of an academic year, applied in the University, according

to the present rulebook. The transfer shall take into account the compatibility of syllabuses and the

system of transferable credits. Students requests of transfer shall be analysed by the deans of the

faculties and submit for the approval of the Bureau of the Senate. The accepted reasons for transfer:

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stable residence, marriage, supporting relatives of the first, second and third degree, severe chronic

illnesses. At the enrolment of the student the management of the Faculty shall also stipulate the

possible difference examinations that the student shall take in the year of study in which he/she was

enrolled.

Art. 88. In the case of transfer from one state university to another, the status of budgetary

student is maintainedon condition that the university from which the student leaves agrees to the transfer of the

budgetary place. The transfer procedure is started on request in September and has to be finalised

within a maximum of 15 days from the beginning of the academic year. Transfers during the

academic year are not accepted.

Art. 89. The transfer of students from aprivate university can only take place after passing anentrance examination. A student accepted that way can request the matriculation into a superior year

of study with the recognition of the previous studies by the Faculty Council. Students transferred from

private faculties can be transferred only as tuition fee-paying students.

Art. 90. Students wishing to get transferred abroad have to obtain in advance the approval of

the Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sports which, through its authorised departments,

will validate the documents.

Art. 91. The approval of the transfer is within the jurisdiction of:- the dean of the faculty, when the transfer within the same faculty, from one department to

another is requested;

- the rector of the University, when transfer from one faculty to another is requested, within the

same University, the requests being favourably acknowledged by the management of bothfaculties;

- the Bureau of the Senate, when transfer from one university to another is requested, the requests

being favourably acknowledged by the deans and rectors of both faculties and universities,

respectively.

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Art. 92. The Commission for Acknowledging Transferable Credits within the Faculty whichreceives transferred students will establish, according to the curricula:

- the acknowledging and validation of the exams the student has already passed;

- difference examinations;

- the year of study in which the transferred student can be matriculated;

- the period of taking difference examinations,and submits the taken decisions to the dean for approval.

The failure to pass all the difference examinations in the set period subjects the students to the

provisions of the present Rulebook regarding transferable credits and promotion of the year .

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Art. 93. For all the categories of transferred students, fees for the transfer will be set, for the

difference examinations and supplementary teaching activities (courses, practical work, clinical

stages).

Chapter VI

REWARDS AND SANCTIONS

Art. 94. For outstanding results in studying, scientific activity, or other special merits, a

student can be rewarded by:

- being praised in front of the students of that year of study, on the level of the faculty or of the

university;

- merit diplomas for special results in didactic training and results at the bachelors degree

examination, according to the limit of the cumulative grade point average established by faculty

or university regulations;

- annual or occasional prizes (objects, books, etc);- the approval of some trips for study or documentation reasons;

- participation in camps, scientific events;

- other distinctions stipulated by the Faculty Council, from its own self-financed funding,

according to law.

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Art. 95. For the failure to fulfil the obligations in the present rulebook and the provisions of

the University Charter adopted by the Senate of the University, students may receive sanctions

(warning, temporary suspension of scholarship, suspension of some facilities the students benefit

from, and, in extreme cases, expulsion from the faculty) according to law and to the regulations of the

University Charter. The sanctions will be applied - depending on how serious the infringements were,

on their frequency, on the circumstances in which they were done. They can be contested at the levelof the faculty or university management within 3 days beginning from the day when the sanction was

announced and shall be solved within 15 days beginning from the day they were handed in.

The student will be informed about the sanction and the decision act will be enclosed in the

students file.

Art. 96. Expulsion from University is applied:

- for infringing norms of professional conduct: fraud or tentative of fraud at exams

expulsion with no possibility of reenrolment in the University;

- for severe offences against norms of living together in society, inside or outside the

University - expulsion with no possibility of reenrolment in the University;

- for not discharging ones duties (fees) towards the University, within deadlines fixed throughspecific regulations expulsion with previous notice with possibility of rematriculation within

two years at the most from the day of expulsion;

- for dropout expulsion with previous notice with possibility of rematriculation within two

years at the most from the day of expulsion;

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- for exceeding the normal length of studies of the study programme within which the student

was matriculated expulsion with no possibility of reenrolment in the year of study in which

he/she was matriculated.

The expulsion will be decided upon by the Bureau of the Senate of the University, after the students'

representative leader has been consulted and at the proposal of the Bureau of the Faculty Council. The

proposal for expulsion will be discussed by the Bureau of the Faculty Council in the presence of the

member of the teaching staff who has reported the deed (the fraud) and in the presence of the student

involved. The reason for the expulsion shall be mentioned in the expulsion order.

Chapter VII

GRADUATION

Art. 97. Studies at the faculties of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Trgu Mure end

with a graduation examination which is taken at the types of education stipulated in the syllabus

according to the own Regulations concerning the graduation examination, which ist elaborated andupdated every year, according to the specifications of the Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and

Sports at that time.

Art. 98. The graduation examination consist of two tests:

- evaluation of fundamental and special knowledge; it takes place either as a written test or as

a written one and a practical test.

- presentation and defence of the diploma paper.

The average grade for promoting each test is at least 5.00 (five) and the average grade for promoting

the graduation examination is at least 6.00 (six).

Art. 99. Before the graduation examination, the candidates should submit a certificate ofcompetence in an international language which is issued by the Department of Foreign Languages of

the University organising the examination or by another specialised institution, acknowledged by the

Department of Foreign Languages.

Art. 100. The graduation examination can be organised only in two sessions of exams within

each academic year; the autumn session (September) and the winter one (January - February). The

exams can be taken in the winter session at the request of at least five candidates and with the

approval of the Council of the Faculties if it is confirmed that they could not participate in the autumn

session because of well-founded reasons or if they did not pass the graduation examination. In order to

take the exam again, they have to pay a fee, stipulated by the Senate of the University.

The Senate of the University decides if tests taken in previous sessions of exams areacknowledged.

Art. 101. The diplomas for the candidates who have passed the graduation examination areissued by the institution which organises the exams.

Those who failed the graduation examination are entitled to receive on request a certificate of

university studies (without a bachelors degree).

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Chapter VIIFINAL DISPOSITIONS

Art. 101. This student rulebook can be modified according to changes in legislation or

proposals of the Faculty Councils, only by the Bureau of the Senate of the University. These

modifications shall be inserted as amendments and shall be applied beginning from the next academic

year.

The Faculty Councils can adopt decisions regarding the detalied description of some articles from the

present Rulebook, according to the specific features of each activity.

Art 102. The Didactic and Professional Activity Rulebook of Students shall be made public.For its content to be well-known, the following steps have to be taken:

- it shall be posted on the University website;

- it shall be distributed to the Heads of Departments who are obliged to make it known to theircollaborators.

This rulebook was ratified at the meeting of the University Senate on 22 July 2011.

Rector

Prof. Constantin Copotoiu, PhD

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