Undergraduate Catalog, Academic Year 2011 - Sirindhorn ...

Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology
Undergraduate Catalog 2011
Class Attendance
Students are required to attend a class for not less than 70 percent of the total class periods throughout a semester.
If the attendance is less than 70 percent, he/she may not be allowed to take the final examination of that course.
Transfer Students
A student may be admitted as a transfer student if he/she has previously enrolled in a Bachelor's degree program.
The total number of transferred credits cannot exceed half of the total number of credits required by the SIIT
program.
Request for transfer credits must be done within the first registered semester. No transfer credit can be granted if
the student has been dismissed from an institution.
Application for Graduation
1. To qualify for graduation, a student must fulfill the course requirements of the curriculum with a minimum
cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 2.00, and demonstrate his/her English proficiency with a paper-based
TOEFL score of at least 500 (or 173 for computer-based test or 61 for Internet-based test or 500 for Institutional
TOEFL) or IELTS of at least 5.5 or TUGET of at least 530. In addition, a student must have been enrolled for no
fewer than 7 regular semesters, except for transfer students.
2. A graduate is granted a degree with honors if he/she has earned at least ¾ of the total required credits from
SIIT/TU and meets the following conditions:
First Class Honors
1. Completing the study within the time specified by the curriculum.
2. The final cumulative grade point average is not lower than 3.50.
3. None of the courses is given a U grade or a grade lower than C.
4. None of the courses was repeated.
Second Class Honors 1. Completing the study within the time specified by the curriculum.
2. The final cumulative grade point average is not lower than 3.50.
3. The cumulative grade point average of the courses in the major is not
lower than 2.00.
4. None of the courses was repeated or given an F grade or a U grade.
In addition, a graduate possessing the following eligibility is also qualified
for second class honors.
1. Completing the study within the time specified by the curriculum.
2. The final cumulative grade point average is not lower than 3.25.
3. None of the courses in the major is given a grade lower than C.
4. None of the courses is given an F grade or a U grade.
3. Application for graduation must be submitted to the university within the first 14 days of the final semester
(7 days of the summer session) which an applicant expects to graduate.
4. If a student financially owes SIIT or the university, all his/her debt must be cleared before applying for
graduation.
Degree Approval
1. The Thammasat University Council normally approves degrees at the end of the first and second semesters and
summer session.
2. The University organizes a graduation ceremony once a year.
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