Admissions      Admission Requirements

Work Fields

Ability to teach, in public and private schools, all educational subjects relevant to the field of specialization at all stages of pre-university education.

Registration, Study and Examination System

Students admitted to the Faculty of Teacher Training are notified by e-mail.

Accepted students must comply with the terms of this letter and all dates specified therein regarding orientation, registration, fees payment and the beginning of studies. 

1) Study System:

The Faculty adopts the American system of education, according to which the academic year is divided into two semesters of fifteen (15) weeks of actual education each. Semesters are separated by one week, dedicated to the completion of semester exams, the announcement of the results of previous semester and the registration for the next semester.

The Dean’s Office determines the exact start and end dates of each semester, while the details of the academic year calendar are announced at the beginning of every new academic year.

2) Orientation and Registration:

An “Academic Advisor” shall be assigned to students accepted into the Faculty, as students must contact and meet with said Advisor in order to take the necessary instructions related to the enrollment of the required courses within the general plan of study leading to a university degree. This process must be repeated with an academic advisor at the beginning of each semester. Students must comply with the advisor’s instructions and assume responsibility for non-compliance. 

Students must register for courses that the “Academic Advisor” deems appropriate at the Registration Office by the specified deadline, otherwise they will not be allowed to attend these courses. 

In case of early registration, when available, students may complete the aforementioned procedures, provided that the fees are paid on time. 

If students fail to register within the specified dates, they will be charged a late fee as determined by the Registration Office within a period no later than the first week of each new semester. Registration doors are permanently closed at the beginning of the second week of each new semester.

The standard number of courses registered in each semester is of five (5) courses, which may be reduced if the “Academic Advisor” determines that the student is unable to successfully pursue studying such number of courses. However, the number of courses enrolled shall not be less than three (3) courses. If the “Academic Advisor” determines that the student has exceptional abilities to complete all enrolled courses without affecting academic performance, the number of courses enrolled shall not exceed six (6) courses.

Students may drop any course upon approval of the “Academic Advisor”, during the first week of each semester, and may receive a refund of payments made for the dropped course(s). However, if students wish to drop a course after this date, they lose all rights to recovery of the tuition allocated for this course. 

Students who wish to drop any course shall follow the procedures outlined by the faculty registrar. 

3) Attendance

Student attendance is mandatory in all lectures, trainings and practical work in the required and relevant fields for each course. Students shall not be absent for more than 10% of the prescribed teaching hours for each academic course. In case of excessive absenteeism in any course, students will be prohibited from pursuing it, based on the necessary procedures carried out by teachers, where they will not get any refund for this purpose whatsoever.

4) Scheduled Hours

Lessons are scheduled for each course in each semester at fifty (50) minutes per session on the basis of three sessions weekly distributed each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, or every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, or its equivalent upon the approval of the Dean of the Faculty. 

The Faculty administration announces the schedule of courses for each semester before the end of the semester preceding it in order to allow students to choose and be informed of courses prior to registration dates.

5) Examinations

The Faculty adopts percentage grades for the evaluation of semester examinations. 

Mid-term exams are intended to demonstrate the students’ willingness to pursue the course without failing. Thus, they are allowed to drop any course within the aforementioned period, without affecting their cumulative grade point average. 

Students must be examined in each registered course, at least at the midpoint and at the end of the semester, knowing that examinations are set according to examination schedules announced by the Dean’s Office, in addition to other examinations that may be decided by teachers.

Final exams determine the success or failure of the student in the course. Grades obtained by students at the end of the semester, relevant for each course, shall be calculated on the basis of adopting a percentage of not less than 40% and not more than 50% in the final exam. Teachers shall be entitled to distribute the remaining percentages relevant to midterm exams and all other activities. 

6) Actions and Disciplines Prohibited During Study Periods

Cheating is strictly prohibited at the University and whoever is caught red-handed in any form of cheating in examinations, assignments and related experiments, will be subject to the appropriate punitive measures. These measures will be determined by the Faculty Council or the University Dean Council; depending on the circumstances that accompany the cheating process, knowing that this may lead to the punishment of the student by considering him/her to have failed in all subjects.

The University considers any false claim to write required articles, assignments, or reports in any course to be subject to liability and sanctions on the same basis as cheating on examinations.

The University also respects intellectual property rights; as it complies with all procedures asserted by such rights; therefore, it requests all students, teachers and employees to fully commit to respecting said rights.

7) The Student Performance Monitoring System

The University adopts an incentive system for students with outstanding performance through honor lists, degrees of excellence, financial incentives, etc.

Passing grade for any of the registered courses is sixty (60) out of one hundred (100) as a minimum grade; otherwise, students are considered to have failed the course.  Therefore, they must re-register within a period not exceeding one year. 

8) Table of Grading System with Passing Grades

The following table represents the equation of percentage grades and passing grades approved in other universities:

Percentage Grade	Grades in Letters	Number of Points Calculated for the Final Balance	Passing Grade
Over 90	A	0.4	Excellent
from 80 to 89	B	0.3	Very good
From 70 to 79	C	0.2	Good
From 60 to 69	D	0.1	Average
Less than 60	F	0.0	Failed

The Grade Point Average (GPA) is calculated each semester by multiplying the number of points earned, according to the table above, by the number of credits for the course. The result of this multiplication is then added together for all courses and the total is divided by the cumulative number of course credits completed at the end of each semester.

9) Issuance of Results and Honor Lists

Exam results are issued at the end of the last week of each semester. Students are informed of their results on the Faculty bulletin board and online before starting next semester.  Each student obtaining a cumulative Grade Point Average above ninety percent (90%) shall be listed on the Faculty’s honor list. In case students do not complete all academic requirements for a certain course, teachers have the right to consider the course as “Failed” or give students a second chance by assigning a “non-completion” grade for the course. Students must complete all course requirements in no more than one week at the beginning of the next semester. The “non-completion” grade in any course shall not be calculated into the cumulative Grade Point Average.

10) Practical Training

The practical training is considered as part of the graduation requirements adopted by educational curriculums. This training is carried out under the supervision of the Faculty administration. Student’s performance during the training phase is evaluated by the Faculty administration and the institution where the training takes place.

11)Graduation Conditions

Students are considered eligible for graduation upon completing all the courses for the certificate they seek to obtain, meaning when they obtain a cumulative average of not less than seventy percent (70%). Otherwise, they must re-enroll in certain courses to increase their average percentage.

In this case, students must submit an application for graduation from the University Registrar who transfers it to the appropriate faculty dean with his own academic recommendations.

Final certificates are delivered at the beginning of summer semester of each year. As for the necessary statements and grades, they may be delivered to the student personally at any time throughout the year for a fee determined by the registration office.