Deletion from the Matriculation Register

Deletion from the matriculation register means the removal of a student from the list of Tallinn University students. A student shall be deleted from the matriculation register for the following reasons:

  • at the student´s own request; 
  • at the instigation of the University; 
  • upon graduation, after completing the study programme in full.

A student may submit an application in the Study Information System for deletion from the matriculation register at his/her own request.

At the instigation of the University, the student shall be deleted from the matriculation register for the following reasons:

  • failure to advance in studies: 
    • as a full-time student, has not accumulated at least 15 ECTS credits during the first semester of the first academic year; 
    • has failed to meet the requirements of part-time study by the end of the academic year;
    • has failed at the second attempt to defend his/her final thesis or receive a positive result for a final examination;
    • has failed to receive a positive result during evaluation in Doctoral studies;
    • has not submitted an application to be transferred to another study programme by the date of closure of the study programme; 
    • has been divested of active legal capacity or his/her active legal capacity has been restricted due to mental illness, mental disability or other mental disorder;
    • dies.
  • failure to meet the requirement of the reimbursement of study costs by the due date;
  • essential violation of the requirements and procedure of regulatory acts established for studies;
    • has failed to conclude the learning agreement or an annex to it by the deadline;
    • being a first-year student, has failed to commence studies, i.e. has, during the first semester, failed to register for courses worth at least 23 ECTS in full-time studies and at least 15 ECTS in part-time studies by the deadline set in the academic calendar for electronic registration of courses;
    • has been absent from studies (except if a student is on academic leave or studying abroad) when he/she has not compiled and submitted a study plan by the deadline set in the academic calendar or has failed to go to counselling as provided in Subsection 5 of Section 32 of these Regulations;
    • is a third level higher education student who has not submitted a personal study and research plan by the submission deadline, or the deadline on the personal study and research plan has passed.
  • putting other students or persons in danger as a result of his/her behaviour;
  • by committing an essentially indecent act.
    • has intentionally committed a crime and he/she has been found guilty by reason of a court decision;
    • has forged documents;
    • has essentially violated generally accepted behavioural norms;
    • has disregarded the principles of academic ethics.

The student shall be deleted from the matriculation register for a breach of the principles of academic ethics in particular if they: 

  • used additional materials, environments, tools, or other resources during an examination or pass-fail assessment that is not allowed by the lecturer; 
  • exchanged knowledge during an examination or pass-fail assessment which is not authorised (sharing information with other students or copying answers from others, etc.);
  • participated in an examination or pass-fail assessment on behalf of another student or has enabled another person to participate in assessment on his/her behalf;
  • submitted his/her own previously submitted unchanged work repeatedly for evaluation of different learning outcomes;
  • plagiarised, i.e. used other people’s work and/or ideas without providing proper academic reference to the original source, thus violating the rights of the original author(s) to their intellectual outputs and/or using one’s own previously published work or research results without providing proper academic reference;
  • fabricated data (including sources);
  • falsified data, meaning knowingly altering data or research results, presenting them in a biased or incomplete manner, or manipulating equipment or research material;
  • used data, research results or applications in a manner that has harmed research subjects and/or the environment (including violations of the informed consent of research participants, cruel treatment of experimental animals, or other similar cases). 

The student will be informed by email of his/her pending deletion from the matriculation register and/or of the initiation of deletion from the matriculation register at the instigation of the university.

At the instigation of a student, deletion from the matriculation register takes place on the basis of a student’s application (via ÕIS) at his/her own wish or in connection with admission to another university. The written application needs to be previously approved by the head of study of the academic unit concerned. The student shall submit a written application to the respective academic unit (office of the institute or college).

Also see how to complete interrupted studies.

Study Regulations