Registration of Courses

New Students: Students will be informed of the usual registration procedure according to the requirements of the respective schools (SOTC, SOTE, SOCM and SOC) during the New Students’ Orientation.

Current Students: Current students who have registered their courses will receive preliminary bills and a consolidated statement from the Finance Office before each semester ends. Students can make payment at the Cashier at Block 1 based on the preliminary bills. When making payment, students are to present the preliminary bills or the consolidated statement that they have received from the Finance Office.

Payment of Fees

Current Students: Current students who have registered their courses will receive preliminary bills and a consolidated statement from the Finance Office before each semester ends. Students can make payment at the Cashier at Block 1 based on the preliminary bills. When making payment, students are to present the preliminary bills or the consolidated statement that they have received from the Finance Office.

New and Current Students: All students will receive the final bills and a consolidated statement by the end of the second week of each new semester from the Finance Office. All students are to make full settlement of all outstanding bills at the Cashier at Block 1 within two weeks (the due date is shown on the bill).

New and Current Students: All students who fail to settle their bills in full by the stipulated deadline will not be allowed to attend class, and all the courses that have been registered will be considered invalid. International students will need to surrender their student pass to the Registrar’s Office for cancellation.

Online Statement: Students can obtain the latest statement or check their accounts by going to , then clicking on , and typing his and .

Financial Counselling

New Students: All students are expected to meet all their financial obligations.

Current Students: If there were changes to students’ financial circumstances rendering payment impossible, they are to seek financial counselling at the Registrar’s Office by 30 Jun for Semester 1 and 30 November for Semester II. Appointment could be made with the Registrar via email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Application for scholarship is open to current students once a year and it usually begins on the last week of April each year. Students may obtain more information about scholarships from the Registrar’s Office.

Additional Fees for Adding and Dropping Courses

New Students: New students are given the first seven working days of the semester to add/drop courses within the programme without having to pay the add/drop course fee of $30-00 per course. After the seventh working day of each new semester, all students (new and current) are not allowed to add/drop courses or change/defer programme.

Current Students: Current students who change courses after the two-week period of course registration are required to pay the “Add/Drop Course” fee of $30-00 per course.

New and Current Students: All students are not allowed to add/drop courses or change/defer programme after the seventh working day of each new semester. However, if a student were to add/drop courses or change/defer programme due to unforeseen circumstances, the student is required to submit a written request and state his reason to the Chief Academic Officer. If the request is approved by the Chief Academic Officer, the student is required to pay an administrative fee of $50-00 per course.

Refund of Fees

International students who request to withdraw from a programme, transfer to another programme or defer their studies will need to seek approval from the Dean by 15 February for Semester I and 15 August for Semester II; and for local students by 15 April for Semester I and 15 October for Semester II. Once approval is obtained from the Dean and made known to the Registrar’s Office, the latter will assist students in processing the necessary papers/forms to effect the request.

Withdrawal

Where a student withdraws from a programme for valid reasons approved by the Dean, the college shall refund the student according to the schedule stated in Table 1 after it has received written notice of withdrawal.

In the case where there is material breach of the standard student contract by the college, a student may apply to withdraw immediately from a course or programme of studies by giving written notice to the college of his intention to do so. In such withdrawal cases, the college shall refund to the tuition-paying student 100% of the current semester tuition fees, plus non-tuition and /or additional fees within 14 days after receiving the written notice of withdrawal.

The following constitutes material breach of the standard student contract:

1. The college fails, for any reason, to commence the programme on the commencement date;
2. The college fails, for any reason, to complete the programme by the completion date; or
3. The college terminates the programme for any reason prior to the completion of the programme.

Where the student decides to withdraw from the college for any reason other than those stated above, the college, after receiving the written notice of withdrawal, shall refund to the student according to Table 1.

Transfer

A student who wishes to transfer to another department or programme within the college shall be deemed to have withdrawn from the programme and the rate of refund as shown in Table 1 shall apply. Requests for transfer by international students should be made known to the Dean’s Office by 15 February for Semester I and 15 August for Semester II; and for local students by 15 April for Semester I and 15 October for Semester II.

Deferral

International students who wish to defer their studies should make their requests known to the Dean’s Office by 15 February for Semester I and 15 August for Semester II; and for local students by 15 April for Semester I and 15 October for Semester II. The rate of refund shown on Table 1 shall also apply to deferred students.