The suspension of the student status is the release of SEU and the student from performing their rights and obligations without termination of the student status.
The grounds for the suspension of the student status:
Apart from the above grounds, the ground for suspending the status for foreign students is – a violation of the terms and conditions determined under the Annex to the Resolution N572 of September 10, 2020 of the Government of Georgia ‘’On the Determination of the Conditions and Procedure for the Health and Accident Insurance for Foreign or Stateless Students in the Territory of Georgia’’, namely – the failure to submit an insurance policy.
The student status shall be suspended to a foreign citizen enrolled without passing Unified National Exams/Unified Master’s Exams, if he/she does not receive assessment in at least one component of the study component evaluation, within 45 calendar days from undergoing academic registration.
The student's status shall be suspended due to financial indebtedness in the case of violation of the schedule for the payment of tuition fees determined under the agreement existing between SEU and the student.
The maximum term of suspension of student status shall be 5 years in total. A person suspended from student status shall enjoy the right to internal and external mobility. For those students with suspended student status, whose status has been suspended as of March 1, 2024, the calculation of the 5-year total term of suspension of the status provided for in this paragraph shall start from March 1, 2024.
After the expiration of the maximum term of suspension of student status, 5 years in total, the person shall lose the student status and he/she shall be entitled to enjoy the right of mobility for one year after the termination of the status.
It shall be inadmissible to suspend student status for a student participating in an exchange educational program who has left Georgia within the framework of an exchange educational program.
Suspension of the student status shall be executed by means of the Rector’s order and the relevant information shall be reflected in the register within the period established by law. The change of status information in the electronic learning process management system shall be considered to be the delivery of the relevant order to the student.
The status of a student may be terminated on the basis of a breach of the Code of Ethics through disciplinary proceedings and in the event of a serious breach of a gross, intentional nature and the breach being accompanied by a threat / negative consequence for SEU, its staff, other students or third parties.
Termination of student status shall be executed by means of a reasoned order of the Rector and shall cause the termination of the agreement executed with the student.
The legal consequences provided by the legal act on termination of student status shall be effective twelve months after the issuance of the Rector's order.
During this period of time, the student status shall be considered suspended and the student shall be entitled to exercise the right of mobility, unless the grounds for termination of student status are incompatible with the regulations of the host institution.
In case of termination of student status, its re-acquisition shall be allowed in accordance with the rules established by law. SEU shall ensure the inclusion of the termination of student status in the register within the timeframe established by law.
Suspended status for a student can be restored within no more than 5 years in total after the suspension of the status, upon the personal statement of the student, after the elimination of the circumstances that led to the suspension of the student status.
If a student is suspended from the status during the semester, the status shall be restored if the grounds for suspension are annulled and academic results can be achieved within the current semester, exceeding the minimum competency threshold for interim assessment determined by the Rule for Regulating the Educational Process.
In a case different from the above, the status shall be restored to the student in the next semester by undergoing the administrative registration and the academic semester of the relevant educational program shall be determined by establishing the compatibility between the credits acquired under the program passed by him/her and the current program.
It shall be inadmissible to reinstate a person who has had his/her student status terminated for violating the Code of Ethics and/or in cases defined by law.
The restoration of student status shall be executed by means of the Rector’s order and the restoration of student status shall be reflected in the register within the timeframe established by law.
