1.1 Students who wish to withdraw from their program must complete and submit the Withdrawal and Refund Request Form and the external University partner’s Withdrawal Form (if applicable) to Student Services. Students will need to take note of the conditions for granting the course withdrawal request as outlined in the ‘Approach’ section of this manual.
1.2 Student Services would need to acknowledge withdrawal request. Upon acknowledgment, Aventis Graduate School’s Student Services will arrange for an interview with the student, unless not deemed applicable by Aventis. This would be part of the processing of student request and details would need to be documented in the Withdrawal and Refund Request Form.
1.3 Request for withdrawal and any refund payment will only be processed after all applicable sections are duly completed in the form.
1.4 For students under 18 years of age, Aventis Graduate School will seek parental/guardian written consent prior to processing the request for withdrawal. Evidence of consent can either be signing off on the Withdrawal and Refund Request Form or any emails / letters that will need to be attached to the Withdrawal and Refund Request Form.
1.5 Upon completion of interview and whereby student’s decision to withdraw remain unchanged, Aventis Graduate School will process the request and notify the student in writing of the outcome via Notification of Course Withdrawal Request. The maximum processing time from students request of withdrawal to notifying students of the outcome in writing should not exceed 4 weeks.
1.6 For students who are eligible for refund based on the School’s refund policy, the refund will be issued to the student within 7 working days of the submission of the Withdrawal and Refund Request Form from the student.
1.7 There will be no refund of course fees and miscellaneous fees for students who have to terminate their studies due to disciplinary action being meted out for failing to abide by the regulations and guidelines of Aventis Graduate School and / or Singapore Authorities which may include Poor Academic, Poor attendance, Cheating and Plagiarism. For students who are expelled during the cooling off period, the school will still refund the student on all course fees and miscellaneous fees paid within 7 working days.
1.8 For international students who withdraw, student will be clearly explained of the need to surrender the Student Pass to Aventis Graduate School for cancellation with ICA.
1.9 Student Services will inform the Registrar, external University partner, relevant government agencies (ICA) and other relevant parties (where applicable) within 7 working days for any change in students’ status.
1.10 Student Services will proceed to update the status of the student with the FPS Group Policy Provider by the 7th working day of the following month.
1.11 For students enrolling in another course in another PEI, Student Services will issue past attendance records to students upon request.