Rights & responsibilities
Orientation
Orientation happens in the week prior to the start of classes each semester for all new students. A lot of information will be presented to give students the best possible start. It is the perfect opportunity to become familiar with the campus facilities and learn about student support services. There are also social events to help you make friends and have some fun.
Lost property
Curtin Singapore would like to advise all students to exercise extra care of their personal belongings, particularly in the canteen, library and computer labs. Laptops, mobile phones, wallets, USBs, multi-purpose student cards, etc. should not be left unattended at all times. The replacement fee for the multi-purpose student card is S$10.00.
If you lose any item please check the area you last had your missing items. If they are not there please report to Student Central.
Should you on the other hand find any lost item, please hand all lost property to Student Central or to the Security Guard after office hours.
Attendance
It is your responsibility as a student to attend all lectures and tutorials. Please bring a copy of your timetable to all classes, especially in the first couple of weeks of the semester to ensure that you are attending the correct lectures and tutorials.
Failure to attend the correct lectures and tutorials will result in your attendance not being recorded for that week.
Students are expected to arrive on time for classes and remain throughout for each lesson. Attendance will not be recorded if a student is more than 15 minutes late for class.
Local students
Students are required to maintain a minimum 75% attendance for each enrolled unit. Students who fail to obtain the minimum attendance requirement will not be eligible to sit for the final examination regardless of previous work submitted.
International students(Student’s Pass Holders)
In order to fulfil Immigration & Checkpoints Authority of Singapore (ICA) attendance requirements, please note the following:
- You must be present on campus for a minimum of 3 hours each day between Monday and Friday
- Should your academic classes be scheduled for less than 3 hours each day, you are required to participate in enrichment programs on campus as arranged by Curtin Singapore
- Should you have no academic classes scheduled on any day of the week, you are required to participate in the enrichment programs for 3 hours
- Attendance for scheduled enrichment programs is compulsory and monitored
- Failure to maintain 90% attendance without a valid reason in any month of the course, will result in Curtin Singapore informing the ICA and may lead to the cancellation of your Student's Pass
Absence justification
When a student is absent from class due to valid reasons, for example medical conditions, he/she is required to obtain a medical certificate for that day and complete an Absence Justification form. Only an original medical certificate, issued by a Singapore registered medical practitioner, is deemed as valid and it must accompany the Absence Justification form and be submitted to Student Central within 7 days.
Curtin Singapore reserves the right at its sole discretion to reject absence reasons that are invalid or non-justifiable.
