POLICY ON THE PUBLICATION OF PART ONE:  STUDENT RULES AND REGULATIONS

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1.	POLICY ON PUBLICATION OF PART ONE:  STUDENT RULES AND REGULATIONS

It is the policy of the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) to publish a part of the Prospectus, titled Part One - Rules and Regulations, to form part of the registration contract with registered students.

2.	DEFINITIONS
 
2.1	PROSPECTUS: 	

A legal document published once a year providing details on all rules and regulations regarding study at the University, as well as information on courses offered.
2.2	PROSPECTUS PART: 

	The different parts into which the Prospectus is divided and published.

2.3	REGULATION:

Regulations apply to general tutorial and programmes offered at TUT and other institutions of higher education and are compiled and issued by the Department of Education.

2.4	RULE:

Rules apply to personnel and students and are compiled by the Council, Senate, Executive Management Committee (EMC), respectively, and other management bodies of the institution. 

3.	RULES

3.1	Some of the regulations are approved by the Department of Education, Higher Education in South Africa (HESA), the Executive Management Committee (EMC), Senate and Council. 

3.2	This publication contains uniformed, standardised rules and regulations.	

3.3	All information regarding Rules and Regulations (Part 1) used orally and/or for any publications, other than Part 1, for example marketing, recruitment and information documents/pamphlets, must be exactly the same as published in Part 1. 

3.4	All new and amended rules and regulations must be approved by Senate.

3.5	
(a)	The annual second Senate meeting (August) will provide the last opportunity for approval of amendments to the Prospectus regarding programmes and subject structures for publication for the following year.  
	(b)	All rules and regulations approved after the annual second Senate meeting (August) will not be implemented for the following year but the year thereafter.
	(c)	Admission requirements and selection criteria, and/or changes thereto, are not approved for the following year, but the year thereafter.

3.6	The Rules and Regulations (Part 1) is strictly for publication of rules and regulations and not for general information.

3.7	The rules and regulations of all academic and operational environments affecting students, must be published in The Rules and Regulations (Part 1).

4.	PROCEDURES

4.1 Compilation of the Tshwane University of Technology Prospectus