1. The student submits a leave request to the relevant department head at least one week before the beginning of the semester.
2. The semester leave period in which a department is not able to teach courses of the semester is not counted, provided that the period does not exceed one academic year.
3. If the student is granted an additional opportunity, and they have not exhausted the period of leave, they may postpone the additional opportunity or some of it. 4. If the leave is after the proposal of the thesis was registered, its preparation may be postponed if the student completes an amount of the thesis commensurate with the period they spent after registering, based on the supervisor’s report.
5. The student has the right to take the deferment semesters separately or together, provided that the period does not exceed one academic year, unless the student is unable to benefit from the rest of them at another time.
6. The total period of leave should not exceed half of the study period.
7. The department's decision of the leave request is based on the main supervisor. 8. The student must have completed at least one semester