Students with a Specific Enrolment Status

What Is Specific Enrolment Status?

Students who have any of the special circumstances set out in the Academic Regulations may request permission for a special enrolment status for their programme. This enables them to reduce the minimum number of credits for enrolment, as well as the minimum number to pass in order to continue on the programme, adapt assessment for different pathways, etc.

Qualifying Circumstances

In order for students to be considered for specific enrolment status, they must provide evidence of any of the following personal circumstances:

  1. Being in employment with an equivalent working day to at least half the ordinary full-time working day
  2. Having a physical, sensory or psychological disability with a level equal to or above 33%
  3. Being 45 years old or above at the start of the academic year
  4. Having family protection status or caring for dependents
  5. Being a high-level or high-performance athlete
  6. Being enrolled full-time for the current academic year on an official advanced programme in the arts, in any specialisation
  7. Having a serious illness or having been in an accident that impedes full-time status on a university programme
  8. Having or being an applicant for international protection
  9. Accrediting victim of gender-based violence status
  10. Being in any other extraordinary situation the relevant body deems a determining factor to be granted specific enrolment status on the programme.

Most of these circumstances must be accredited on a yearly basis to renew specific enrolment status. Whilst some only require one-time accreditation, students must inform the university in the event of any change in their circumstances.

Application

Students who are interested in specific enrolment status on a master's programme, and who fulfil the relevant requirements, must submit their request for it when pre-registering in the pre-registration app.

Where any sudden change in circumstances arises during the first semester, students must submit a request over UIBdigital, depending on when it occurs, it can also be taken into account for specific pathway assessment or to withdraw from second-semester subjects. 

More Information

Please see the specific procedure.