GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL SCHOOL AT AGH UST

1. Conditions for starting the International Virtual School at AGH UST
   hereinafter referred to as ”International Virtual School” organized by the AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland and four partner universities:
   • Shibaura Institute of Technology from Japan
   • Tribhuvan University from Nepal
   • Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas from Ukraine
   • Hanoi University of Mining and Geology from Vietnam
   under the program of Polish Agency for Academic Exchange – Spinnaker – Intensive International Curricula.
   The condition for starting each course within the International Virtual School framework, hereinafter referred to as “the course”, is the minimum number of declared Participants which will guarantee the successful running of the program (15 students for each course).
2. Admission for the International Virtual School
   The participation in the International Virtual School is free of charge.
   In order to register the Participant has to submit an application form on the webpage http://ivsaghust.agh.edu.pl/
   The Participant is officially enrolled for the course once the application form is properly submitted and accepted by supervisors of selected course.
3. Duration of the International Virtual School
   The International Virtual School timetable is announced by the Department of International Relations at AGH UST on the webpages http://ivsaghust.agh.edu.pl/, before the courses open.
4. Study type of the International Virtual School
   International Virtual School takes place on-line. The study type is announced by the Department of International Relations of each Partner.
5. Course Completion of the International Virtual School
   The condition to complete the course is the attendance, completion of all classes, submitting of the final project (if applicable).
6. Rights of the Participant of the International Virtual School
   The Participant has a right to:
   • obtain the completion Certificate;
   • the protection of personal data.
7. Obligations of the Participant of the International Virtual School 
   The Participant is obliged to:
   • attend classes;
   • complete all the classes;
   • submit the final project (if applicable)*.
8. Credits
   1. The following grading scale is used for crediting courses and for exams:
      Excellent 5,5 
      very good 5,0 
      good plus 4,5 
      good 4,0 
      satisfactory plus 3,5 
      satisfactory 3,0 
      unsatisfactory 2,0 means failure to complete a course.
   2. The Participant has a right to retake the exam (if applicable*). The result of the retake is final.
   3. The Participant, who did not attend the classes or failed to submit the project or to get a positive result from the exams specified in the course schedule of the International Virtual School or has not submitted the final project (if applicable*) by the deadline, is crossed out from the Participants’ list and does not obtain the course certificate.
   4. Evaluation of the final project (if applicable*) is made by the person responsible for the final project.
9. Graduation of the International Virtual School
   1. The Participant of the International School obtains a completion Certificate of the course.
   2. The final result of the course of the International Virtual School is the final grade calculated as an arithmetic average (rounded up to the second decimal place) from all the partial grades of the specified course:
      from 3,00 up to 3,19: satisfactory 
      from 3,20 up to 3,69: satisfactory plus 
      from 3,70 up to 4,09: good 
      from 4,10 up to 4,53: good plus 
      from 4,54 up to 5,00: very good 
      above 5,00: excellent

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