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Academic Policies

Comprehensive framework ensuring academic excellence, integrity, and quality standards

Quality Assurance Academic Integrity Research Excellence
The Catholic University of Rwanda maintains a comprehensive set of academic policies designed to uphold the highest standards of educational excellence. These policies ensure transparency, fairness, and academic integrity across all programs while fostering innovation, research, and societal engagement.

Academic Policy Framework

General Academic Regulations
(2014)

The Catholic University of Rwanda's General Academic Regulations (2014) govern all undergraduate and taught postgraduate programs up to the master's level. They outline admission criteria, registration requirements, and rules for suspension or transfer between programs.

Key Features
  • Academic structures organized into years, semesters, and modules with credits defining progression
  • Assessment combines continuous coursework (60%) and final exams (40%)
  • Strict academic integrity rules - cheating can result in failure, suspension, or expulsion
  • Projects and dissertations are compulsory with set word limits and defense requirements
  • Mandatory attendance - missed work without justification results in zero marks
  • Examination boards oversee grading, progression, and award decisions
  • Adherence to Rwandan National Qualifications Framework
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Admission Policy
(Current)

The Catholic University of Rwanda (CUR) Admission Policy, guided by CUR General Academic Regulations, outlines procedures and requirements for admission, registration, and student status. It provides detailed entry criteria for each faculty and program.

Key Features
  • Entry criteria for undergraduate, postgraduate, and specialization programs
  • Recognition of equivalent qualifications for international applicants
  • Professional indexing required for health-related programs
  • Registration types: full-time, part-time, auditing, or exchange with specified fees
  • Required documents: notarized certificates, medical reports, identification, criminal records
  • Late registration procedures, program changes, and name change rules
  • Study suspension conditions with duration and re-entry guidelines
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Academic Quality Assurance Policy
(Current)

The Catholic University of Rwanda's Academic Quality Assurance Policy ensures high educational standards aligned with the Rwandan National Qualifications Framework. It aims to develop graduates with strong communication skills and critical thinking abilities.

Key Features
  • Multilingual communication skills in English, French, and Kinyarwanda
  • Critical thinking, disciplinary expertise, and ICT proficiency development
  • Understanding of socio-economic issues and fostering quality culture
  • Regular curriculum updates to meet national and international labor market needs
  • Excellence promotion in teaching and learning with societal engagement
  • Infrastructure improvements: laboratories, libraries, and ICT enhancement
  • Quality monitoring through comprehensive indicators and stakeholder involvement
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Scientific Research, Consultancy & Ethics Policy
(Current)

The Catholic University of Rwanda's Scientific Research, Consultancy, and Ethics Policy guides research to advance national development through knowledge creation, technology integration, and societal engagement while maintaining the highest ethical standards.

Key Features
  • Enhancement of staff and student competence with innovation fostering
  • Linking academia with political, professional, and community sectors
  • Research alignment with national priorities and supervisory structure organization
  • Fund mobilization and regular research evaluations with consultancy revenue generation
  • Ethical principles: human subject protection, conflict of interest management
  • Publication rights, research dissemination, and intellectual integrity maintenance
  • Patents and royalties procedures with socio-economic transformation focus
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Core Policies
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Compliance Rate
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