MONGOLIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION
ACADEMIC REGULATIONS
One. General Provisions
1.1. Academic regulations of Mongolian National University of Education are designed in accordance with the Law of Education of Mongolia, Law of Higher Education, the regulations issued by the State General Administrative Body in Charge of Education, the General Regulations on Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses formulated by Mongolian Ministry of Education and Science and the MNUE Statute. Academic regulations of the university is made for or with respect to:
A. The organization, management
B. Good governance of the university
C. The academic board or its equivalent
D. Academic staff members
E. Discipline
F. The common seal
G. Examinations
H. Graduates
I. Students
J. Programs of Study /Academic Programs
K. Credit in courses of the University for work done elsewhere
1.2. Academic regulations of Mongolian National University of Education are discussed by the Academic Council of the university and approved by the President of the university.
1.3. Bachelor’s degree program aims to provide undergraduate education for people who have general education certificates, to be teacher and educational staff with the basic scientific knowledge in education field requirement and theoretical and methodological skills for developing himself further more.
1.4. Postgraduate study program aims to prepare researchers and scientific workers with master’s and doctoral degrees and to provide them with higher scientific knowledge and research skills in education, research, production and innovation field.
1.5. If there is any issues that do not meet the regulations, it is discussed at the meeting of Board of Directors.
Two. Terms of the Regulations
2.1. Credit is basic unit of ratio of; a) volume of studies, b) student’s learning loads, c) amount of teacher’s load, d) the main requirements for tuition fees, e) standard requirements of higher education diploma, f) action plan of learning, g) financing, and h) work organization. Amount of one credit hour includes 1-week online course and 15-week classroom learning: totally 16-week course is designed in a semester. There are 16-hour lectures, 32-hour seminars (or laboratory and practice) up to 32-hour independent work in one semester.
2.2. Credit hour must express in whole number, which depends on scale of form and hour of lessons in. One credit hour in a week for student’s learning consists of:
16 hours of lecture+32 hours of self-independent work
32 hours of seminar + 1-2 hours of self-independent work per week
32 hours of laboratories + 1-2 hours of self-independent work per week
32 hours of practice + 1-2 hours of self-independent work per week
For example, for one credit 2 hour, for 2 credit 3 hour, for 3-4 credit 5 hour self-independent work per week.
Detail of credit hour example, 2:2:0:0 (5) it means 2 hours lecture, 2 hours seminar, 0 hour laboratory, 0 hour practice, 5 hours self-independent work per week. 32 hours student’s work, like teaching practice or research work for bachelor’sdiploma equals one credit hour.
2.3. Duration of the class is 50 minutes and can continue 90 minutes without break time.
2.4. Academic program is the document, which organizes higher education studies, the volume of studies, the list of compulsory courses, with their approximate contents, credit hours and determination of the types of the practices.
2.5. Curriculum is the recommendation in accordance with the academic program which to acquire student’s theoretical and practical knowledge and skills, assessment, volume of the courses and the list of reference books necessary for students.
2.6. Course standard is the document, which includes from aim to outcomes of the course. It includes an aim, scope and level of contents, textbooks, handouts and other tools and equipment used for classroom teaching, type and volume of independent work, course outline and types of assessment tests to evaluate students’ skills.
2.7. Course index. All curricula of bachelor, master and doctorate have integrated codes.
Code consists of 3 letters (first letter with dot, in English, indicates the school name, next 2 letters (also in English) express course and 3 numbers (first number marks levelof course, next 2 numbers show the number of the course.) They are as follows:
001-099 Previous level of the course (it doesn’t concern to bachelor credit hour)
100-199 General courses for teacher education
200-299 Teacher education courses
300-399 Professional and foundation courses
400-499 Professional courses
501-599 Foundation courses for master degree
601-699 Professional courses for master degree
701-799 Foundation courses of doctorate
801-899 Professional courses of doctorate
2.8. Compulsory – Compulsory courses are the ones the student must study to complete his degree.
2.9. Elective - An elective course is one chosen by a student from a number of optional courses in a curriculum in order to complete all courses planned in academic programs.
2.10. Prerequisite – These are the previous courses chosen before any other courses
2.11. Co-requisite – It is a formal course of study required to be taken simultaneously with other courses.
2.12. General education – General education courses are compulsory and elective courses designed to teach diverse skills that every person should master in order to lead a productive life, become a knowledgeable citizen, and communicate ideas as a useful member of society, regardless of her chosen course of study.
2.13. Teacher education core – Professional foundation course of teacher education, which can give the knowledge of education and creative skills of solving problems in education field.
2.14. Major – An academic major is the academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits.
2.15. Minor – An academic minor is a university student's declared secondary academic discipline during their undergraduate studies.
2.16. Dual enrollment course - second profession in other field
2.17. Evaluation of program outcomes (knowledge, skills, attitudes). Students’ work on specific course and shown in percent points, numeric and alphabetical marks.
2.18. Percent point – The student may gain 100%, points by fulfilling independent works and passing the exams. Percent point is showed by whole number.
2.19. Alphabetical mark – indicates level of knowledge and ability of the students
2.20. Formative assessment –teacher’s evaluation of students’ achievement during classes
2.23. Average point - students’ gained points in every subject or course to multiply by credit of them and sum of those to divide in sum of credit hours.
2.24. Grade point average - combination of quantities and qualitative of achievement assessment of students
2.25. Practice – Practice provides an opportunity to students to apply their theoretical knowledge in different practical situations such as educational organizations, schools and field conditions. There are some kinds of practices which depending on academic program: they are observation, experimental, teaching practice, field trip and producing.
2.26. The Central Office of Academic Programs– The office is responsible for controlling for quality assurance in academic activities including maintenance of high standards in teaching, learning and research.
2.27. The Office of Academic Programs of School– The office is responsible for implementing relevant policies of undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the university and providing daily activities at the branches of the university.
2.28. Student service unit – This is an organizational unit which can help students’ admission processes and self-activities and support students with all kinds of scholarships and introduce them to the labor market as well as provide them well practicing and skills.
Three. Structure and management of studies
3.1. The Central Office of Academic Programs and The Office of Academic Programs of School are responsible for managing both undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the university.
3.2. Student service units are responsible for managing students’ independent studies and their development and setting learning conditions for them.
3.3. Heads of The Central Office of Academic Programs, The Office of Academic Programs of Schools and Student Service Units work under the control of Office of Vice-President for Academic Affairs at MNUE and implement duties on their job descriptions.
3.4. The president of MNUE appoints Heads of The Central Office of Academic Programs, The Office of Academic Programs of Schools and Student Service Units for 3 years and approval of dismissal or prolongation is based on the report after the time at Board of Directors of the university and decide to prolong once.
A. Functions and duties of The Central Office of Academic Programs
3.5. The Central Office of Academic Programs shall organize and carry out studies in according with the Law of Education of Mongolia, Law of Higher Education, regulations of Ministry of Education and Science, University statute and other relevant regulations and procedures.
3.6. The Central Office of Academic Programs is the basic unit for providing implementation of the decision on studies of the university council and Mongolian government.
3.7. The Central Office of Academic Programs of the university is responsible for developing and approving bachelor and postgraduate studies programs pursuant to the basic unit of structure of the university.
3.8. The Central Office of Academic Programs provides management to the delivery of academic programs and controls their quality whether they meet the standards or not.
3.9. The Central Office of Academic Programs sets policy on registration, position and selection of teaching staff as well as formulates and implements policy for teacher development.
3.10. The Central Office of Academic Programs sets monitoring on students’ enrollment, execution of credit hours, quality, graduation, selection of teaching assistant and scholarships.
3.11. The Central Office of Academic Programs provides management and organizational duties on teaching for the master’s and doctoral students, advises on their research works and provides them fully participation on projects and any other contracted works.
3.12. The Central Office of Academic Programs makes the data analysis on delivery of study programs, delivers statistic information to the relevant organizations, as well as evaluates the implementations of the educational policy and relevant regulations and procedures at the university.
3.13. The Central Office of Academic Programs has a council, which consists of Heads of Office of Academic Programs of Schools and relevant specialists in order to deliver its management and organization. The council shall manage relationship between students, teachers and other sides in charge of teaching and learning, therefore, it shall exchange information and discuss current educational issues.
3.14. Suggestions and recommendations from the meeting of the Council are discussed at the meeting of Board of Directors.
Functions of Student Services
3.15. Evaluate students’ satisfaction about teaching and implementation of the studying program
3.16. Provide and monitor variety of activities for students
3.17 Organize students’ scholarship, research work and employment
3.18. Organize students’ online registration, volume of scholarship, creation of scholarship fund
3.19. Provide pleasant conditions for students, deliver information, establishment of student information system
3.20. Organize learning methodology course for students and provide them with equipment and, auditoria
3.21. Student service employee is responsible for about 600 students and 4 cabinets and halls, and work under the regulations of Students Services at the university.
B. Functions and duties of The Office of Academic Programs of Schools
3.22. Implement academic programs throughout the university
3.23. Establish, evaluate and control teaching hours of lecturers
3.24. Make data of implementation of academic programs and curricula, registration of classes and halls, students’ course selection and their registration and statistics
3.25. Solve problems related to the students’ course selection process, establish schedule of courses through the university and changes to the schedule on the basis of discussion to the Central Office of Academic Programs.
3.26. One student service specialist in Office of Academic programs of schools is available for every 600 students.
3.27. Student service specialist is responsible for conducting and implementing students’ course selection and its approval, statistics of credit hours and statistics of interschool students’ data, calculation of total students of the school, and other relevant duties on job description.
3.28. Head of Office of Academic Programs of School is responsible for managing and supporting to students’ learning activities and providing pleasant learning and teaching environment and auditoriums at university, making scholarship information, and originating students’ information data