Preamble

The following SIAS regulations follow law No 010/2021 of 16/02/2021 that determines the organization of education on matters regarding the types of Higher Learning Institutions (HLI;s), with a focus on that SIAS strictly follows the requirements for establishment of an academic ‘Specialised Institution’. Besides, this SIAS policy follows the ministerial order No 001/MINEDUC/2021 of 20/10/2021 that determines the standards in HLI’s with a specific focus on what shall apply to all programs leading to the various awards as stipulated in the National Qualifications Frameworks (NQF) as elaborated by the Higher Education Council (HEC). All the activities and the postgraduate degrees offered by the Socioeconomic Institute for Advanced Studies (SIAS) follows these previously mentioned laws and ministerial orders and standards.

These academic regulations which follow and include a set of standards adopted by the SIAS postgraduate programs Advisory Board and approved by its Academic Senate and the Board of Directors with a view to define and determine students’ categories, admission requirements and registration procedures, the structure of teaching programs, assessment procedures, dissertations, conditions for promotion, repeating a year, failure and suspension of registration of students as well as academic transcripts, postgraduate certificates, diplomas and degrees awarded by SIAS. No amendments to the rules and regulations may be made without the adoption of the Governing board and approval by the SIAS Academic Senate.

The regulations specified in this document are complementary to the Rwanda law No 010/2021 of 16/02/2021 determining the organization of education on matters regarding the types of Higher Learning Institutions guidelines of SIAS which are updated from time to time to meet the Higher Education Council (HEC) requirements. Where programs require additional regulations, these will be included in the approved and published program documents. The exception of variations is specifically approved at program validation. However, in the event of any conflict, these General Regulations shall take precedence over the program specification documents. Regulations stipulated in this document are legal and constitute academic statutes governing SIAS postgraduate programs.

Article 1:The interpretation of this Policy document shall rest with the Senate subject to appeal to SIAS governing board whose decision is final.

Article 1:2:In this Policy document, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms are hereby defined:

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