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The educational regulations of international students were approved at the 80th meeting of the Supreme Council for Medical Planning on August 1, 2021. It is applicable for international students who start their studies in the university/school of medical sciences in Iran from September of the academic year 2021-2022 onwards. The University Education Council can accordingly adapt the educational status of the students, who entered before 2021-2022 academic year, with the provisions of this regulation. 1- Students who want to withdraw from university must submit their withdrawal request in-person to the International Education Center.
2- A student expelled from one university due to disciplinary issues cannot be admitted to any other Iranian universities. 3- Students are obliged to submit the SAMFA certificate before starting ICM 2, otherwise they will be refrained from continuing their education. 4- In summer semester, students are not allowed to select more than 8 units. 5- In each semester, a student can drop or add two courses until two weeks after the beginning of the semester, also, he/she can change two of the taken courses with two other ones with the approval of the educational group, provided that the remaining units do not exceed the permitted course units in each semester. 6- In case of emergency, students can drop 2 theoretical/practical courses up to 3 weeks before the end of the semester with the approval of the relevant department, provided that the students’ absences in that course are not more than the allowable limit, and secondly the number of their remaining units should not be less than 12. 7- If students failed a course and retake it and get a grade of 15 or higher, their failed grade will be removed and will not be calculated in the GPA of the semester.
8- Students should select a minimum of 12 and a maximum of 20 units per semester. 9- If students obtain a GPA of 16 (or higher), they can select up to 24 units for the following semester. 10- In MBBS and MD, the GPA per semester should not be less than 11. In case of happening, Students are not permitted to select more than 14 units in the following semester.
11- If the student has only 24 units remaining in the last semester of stage 1,2 , he/she can take all those units in that semester provided that student's GPA was not below 11 in the previous semester. This should all be done with the agreement of the college. 12- Participation in the Basic Science Examination is allowed up to four times. 13- The passing score in all comprehensive exams for international students is 5% lower than the quorum set for Iranian students. 14- Transfer of students from one university to another university in Iran is prohibited, and if students request to change their university, they must withdraw from the first university. 15- For transferring to MUI or vice versa, students have to observe the following conditions:
16- Registration of a drop-out student in other Iranian universities as a new applicant is unrestricted, provided that the student admission process in the new university will be done in accordance with consular affairs. Also his/her student visa should be issued for the new university. 17- The student has to announce his/her educational status in the previous university when submitting the application to the new university. Otherwise whenever it is determined that he/she is a drop-out or expelled student of another university in Iran, the university is obliged to prevent the student from continuing his/her education. 18- Admission of a student expelled from one university due to educational issues in another Iranian university in the same field of study is prohibited, but his/her admission to another field of study, in case of student’s declaration and inquiring from the previous university in accordance with consular affairs, is unrestricted. |
