Policies and Procedures

• Academic Requirements including: Attendance, Online Courses, Language, Accomodations, Academic Integrity, Auditing, Incompletes, Grade Appeals
• Academic Deadlines
• Drop/Add
• Pass/Fail Procedures
• Withdrawal with a "W"
• Complete Semester Withdrawal
• Tuition Refund Schedule
• Enrolling for Over 18 points
• Requesting a Transcript

Students must register for full time status (12-18 credits) at the NYU Study Away site. This DOES NOT include enrollment in local university courses and/or remote-taught/online/independent study courses (if available at the site).

Students who wish to appeal this requirement please email global.appeals@nyu.edu. Initial appeal review is contingent upon meeting location visa/immigration requirements.

Study abroad at Global Academic Centers is an academically intensive and immersive experience, in which students from a wide range of backgrounds exchange ideas in discussion-based seminars. Learning in such an environment depends on the active participation of all students. And since classes typically meet once or twice a week, even a single absence can cause a student to miss a significant portion of a course. To ensure the integrity of this academic experience, class attendance at the centers is mandatory, and unexcused absences will be penalized with a two percent deduction from the student’s final course grade for every week's worth of classes missed. Students are responsible for making up any work missed due to absence. Repeated absences in a course may result in harsher penalties including failure.  

NYU is committed to supporting students’ academic progress. When students have academic needs that cannot be met at their study-away location, Global Programs will work with departments and schools to find a solution. If local alternatives cannot be found, Global Programs will endeavor to support remote-taught courses with local resources.

Study away at Global Academic Centers is an academically intensive and immersive experience. To ensure that students are part of a rich academic community, in which they have access to a wide range of university resources, students must be registered for at least 12 points of academic credit at their study away site. 

Visa regulations restrict participation in remote-taught (online) courses at the following locations:

NYU London: Students at NYU London may not enroll in remote taught courses.

Students participating in remote instruction while studying away are encouraged to review the Remote Instruction for Students page for information on resources and support. The IT Service Desk provides IT support for all students studying away at a Global Academic Center.

Faculty and School Administrators planning a remote-taught or networked course for students studying at a Global Academic Center should consult: Guidelines for Planning Remote-Taught and Networked Courses at a Global Academic Center

If you have questions regarding whether or not participation in a particular online course is permitted, please contact global.academics@nyu.edu
 

All students are required to participate in Global Orientations when studying at Global Academic Centers. This program engages students in the intellectual life of the center and prepares them for their regular course work by giving them a basic foundation in the history and culture of the host community. The content and structure of the program vary from site to site.

NYU is committed to ensuring that students are immersed as much as possible in local cultures when they study abroad. This commitment is reflected in the mandatory language instruction at seven GNU locations: Berlin, Buenos Aires, Florence, Madrid, Paris, Shanghai, and Tel Aviv. At these sites, students are required to take either a language course or (if they have already achieved advanced proficiency) a content course taught in the language of the host country for graded credit, A-F grade. This course cannot be taken Pass/Fail and this policy is enforced by the Office of Global Programs. 

Students are encouraged to review the Recommendations for Language Study in NYU's Global Network.

Students accepted to study away programs who are requesting accommodations must be registered with the Moses Center for Student Accessibility.

Students must adhere to NYU’s academic integrity policy while studying away at a global site. As that policy states: “At NYU, a commitment to excellence, fairness, honesty, and respect within and outside the classroom is essential to maintaining the integrity of our community. By accepting membership in this community, students take responsibility for demonstrating these values in their own conduct and for recognizing and supporting these values in others.”

NYU defines plagiarism as “presenting others’ work without adequate acknowledgement of its source, as though it were one’s own.” Examples of plagiarism given by the University include:

• a sequence of words incorporated without quotation marks;
• an unacknowledged passage paraphrased from another’s work; and
• the use of ideas, sound recordings, computer data or images created by others as though it were one’s own
Before submitting assignments, you are expected to reference all sources that you have consulted in preparing them, and to include a full bibliography for every assignment where you make use of outside sources. For guidance on appropriate referencing formats, please consult with your instructor.
NYU defines cheating as “deceiving a faculty member or other individual who assesses student performance into believing that one’s mastery of a subject or discipline is greater than it is by a range of dishonest methods, including but not limited to:
• bringing or accessing unauthorized materials during an examination (e.g., notes, books, or other information accessed via cell phones, computers, other technology or any other means)
• providing assistance to acts of academic misconduct/dishonesty (e.g., sharing copies of exams via cell phones, computers, other technology or any other means, allowing others to copy answers on an exam)
• submitting the same or substantially similar work in multiple courses, either in the same semester or in a different semester, without the express approval of all instructors
• submitting work (papers, homework assignments, computer programs, experimental results, artwork, etc.) that was created by another, substantially or in whole, as one's own
• submitting answers on an exam that were obtained from the work of another person or providing answers or assistance to others during an exam when not explicitly permitted by the instructor”

Other offenses against academic integrity include the following:
• collaborating with other students on assignments without the express permission of the instructor;
• giving your work to another student to submit as his or her own;
• concealing or destroying library or reference materials;
• submitting as your own work a paper or results of research that you have purchased from a commercial firm or another person; and
• using translation software for assignments in language courses.

If an instructor suspects you of violating the University’s academic integrity policy, s/he is required to report this to the Assistant Director for Academic Programs. That individual will notify you in writing of the suspected infraction and the ensuing investigation, and you will be given the opportunity to respond to the allegation. The Assistant Director will then begin collecting the documentation (e.g., drafts, emails) relevant to the case. This documentation will be reviewed by the Site Director, in consultation with the Office of Global Programs. The Site Director is responsible for making a decision about the case and for notifying both you and the instructor of this decision in writing. If it is determined that an academic integrity infraction occurred, you will be informed at that time of the resulting sanctions. The Dean of your home school will be notified about the outcome of this investigation. You have the right to appeal the Site Director’s decision to the Dean. In certain cases (e.g., repeat offenses), your home school may impose additional sanctions beyond those imposed by the Site Director.

Auditing (i.e., attending class sessions without intending to receive credit) is allowed in exceptional circumstances, with the consent of the instructor, the site director, and the student’s home school. This option is restricted to full-time matriculated or visiting students; students who are not enrolled at the site are not permitted to audit courses (with the exception of students at local universities that have an exchange agreement with the site).

Auditors may not preempt space required for registered students. No points or letter grades are awarded for audited courses, and no withdrawals will be honored or refunds granted on audited courses. Courses cannot be audited as a means of satisfying requirements for an incomplete grade or as a means of changing a previous grade.

To request to audit a course, students must fill out the form below and submit it to the academic office at the site. This form, which must be signed by the instructor, includes a required statement of expectations for the auditor’s participation in the class. Please note that auditors may not be able to participate in some activities associated with the course, such as travel.

NYU Global Programs Auditing Contract (PDF) - It is recommended that students first consult the academic office at the site before filling in this form to formally request auditing a class. The form should be filled out in consultation with the instructor.

An “incomplete” is a temporary grade that indicates that the student has, for good reason, not completed all of the course work. This grade is not awarded automatically nor is it guaranteed; rather, the student must ask the instructor for a grade of “incomplete,” present documented evidence of illness, an emergency, or other compelling circumstances, and clarify the remaining course requirements with the instructor.

In order for a grade of “incomplete” to be registered on the transcript, the student must fill out a form, in collaboration with the course instructor and the academic administration at the site; it should then be submitted to the site’s academic office. The submitted form must include a deadline by which the missing work will be completed. This deadline may not be later than the end of the following semester.

NYU Global Programs Incomplete Contract (PDF)

Students are encouraged to respect the integrity and authority of the professor's grading system and are discouraged from pursuing arbitrary challenges to it. If a student believes an inadvertent error was made in the grading of an individual assignment or in assessing an overall course grade, a request to have the grade re-evaluated may be submitted. Once a final grade has been submitted by the instructor and recorded on the transcript, it cannot be changed by turning in additional course work. To appeal an assigned final grade, the student should first email the course instructor requesting clarification about how the grade was determined. If the student is not satisfied with the outcome of the discussion and wishes to appeal the grade further, a formal written appeal should be submitted to the site director. This appeal must be submitted within 30 days after the grade has been posted; appeals that are submitted after this deadline will not be considered.

Once an appeal has been received, the site director will conduct an independent review of the grade, in consultation with the director of undergraduate studies (or equivalent) of the academic unit sponsoring the course, as well as with the Office of Global Programs. The student’s work will be reviewed to clarify how the grade was determined and to ensure the grade is consistent with the academic guidelines and policies of the department; for this reason, students should retain the assignment(s) or exam(s) in question. The decision of the site director in matters related to a course grade is final.
 

Upon receiving approval from the Assistant Directors of Academics eligible graduating students may return 1 day before their School/Department/University graduation ceremony. 

• Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
• Accra, Ghana
• Berlin, Germany
• Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Florence, Italy
• London, United Kingdom
• Madrid, Spain
• Paris, France
• Prague, Czech Republic
• Shanghai, China
• Sydney, Australia
• Tel Aviv, Israel
• Washington, D.C., United States of America