Student Affairs >> Disciplinary Regulations

A Summary of Disciplinary Procedures, enforced by the “Law of Higher Education” and applied at METU Northern Cyprus Campus:

Student Disciplinary Procedures:

ARTICLE 54

Investigation, Powers and Penalties

1. To those students whose behavior on the premises or otherwise is incompatible with the character and dignity of higher education students; who directly or indirectly restrict the freedom of learning and teaching; who violate the peace and order of institutions; who participate in actions such as boycotts, occupations and obstructions; who encourage and provoke such actions; who assault the person, the honor and the dignity of the personnel of higher education institutions; who behave disrespectfully; and who participate in anarchic or ideological actions or encourage and provoke such actions, penalties will be given including warning, reprimand, suspension for a period between one week and one month, or for one or two semesters or expulsion from higher education institutions, even though such conduct involves another offence.
2. The Faculty Dean, the Graduate School or School of Higher Education Director is authorized to investigate disciplinary violations by students on or off the premises of a Faculty, or of a Graduate School, or of a School of Higher Education, and directly to mete out the appropriate punishment or to refer the case to the disciplinary committee.
3. The procedure for disciplinary investigation is to be commenced as soon as the incident is made known, and the investigation is to be concluded within fifteen days at most.
4. A student who is under investigation has the right of oral or written defense. A student who does not make his/her defense within the allocated period is assumed to have renounced this right.
5. A student is notified of disciplinary action in writing. The case is reported both to the organization from which (s)he receives a scholarship or grant and also to the Council of Higher Education. The student has the right to appeal to the University Administrative Board within 15 days for reconsideration of the decision concerning expulsion from a higher education institution. Penalties are entered into a student’s official records.
6. During the procedures to be carried out in accordance with this Article, notification can, if deemed necessary, be made to the student by public notice at his/her own higher education institution.
7. A decision to expel a student from a higher education institution is reported to all higher education institutions, to the Council of Higher Education, to Security Authorities and to the relevant draft office. Students who have been expelled from a higher education institution for disciplinary reasons are not eligible for admission to any higher education institution.