a. Upon acceptance of the offer of provisional admission each candidate shall be given a three months provisional registration period by SPGS after which the admission will lapse.

b. Candidates offered admission may register on payment of the appropriate fees (as approved by the University Council) and on the production either the originals of the certificate or other acceptable evidence of the qualifications claimed in their application forms.

c. Once registered, in order to remain a bona fide postgraduate student each candidate shall renew his registration with SPGS at the beginning of each academic year until he is examined on his project report/dissertation/thesis subject, of course, to any other conditions provided for in these regulations.

d. Any candidate who is engaged in full employment or in any work other than relevant advanced study for more than twelve (12) hours a week shall register for part-time or sandwich programme.

e. Postgraduate Diploma and Master’s degree candidates must register within one month from the beginning of the first semester of an academic year.

Sandwich students shall register within two weeks of the commencement of the sandwich session while doctoral students shall register not later than one month from the beginning of the first semester. Failure to register within these stated periods shall be deemed as late registration, which if allowed by SPGS shall attract the payment of late registration fees as approved by the University Senate. The period of late registration shall not exceed in length the period of normal registration.

f. Any postgraduate student who fails to renew his registration for two consecutive sessions shall be deemed to have withdrawn from his programme. The file of such a candidate shall be closed finally.

g. Postgraduate students shall not, except with the express permission of SPGS and Senate, register and pursue more than one postgraduate programme of the University simultaneously.

h. The University Administration following due processes prescribed by SPGS Board and Senate reserves the right to terminate any postgraduate student at any point of his programme if he fails to exhibit good moral character and behaviour. He must be obedient to his teachers and supervisors.

i. If it is discovered at any point in the programme that the candidate had gained admission illegally (e.g. inadequate entry qualifications, falsification of documents etc.), the registration even if approved shall be null and void. Such candidates may be handed over to law enforcement agents for appropriate disciplinary procedures.