Instructions for course & research registration
1st Semester 2024
Students for Ph.D. studies (codes 3)
Studies for the 1st semester of 2024 will begin on Sunday,
October 15, 2023
•School regulations, general information, forms, and announcements can be found on the Kreitman School Website:
http://in.bgu.ac.il/en/kreitman_school/Pages/default.aspx
Registration Period
•The Internet website will be accessible from 28.08.2023 at 09:00 until 12.10.2023 at 23:59.
The web address is: https://bgu4u.bgu.ac.il/pls/scwp/!app.gate?app=cns&lang=en
•Late registration and changes via the Internet can be done from 15.10.2023 at 09:00 until 29.10.2023 at 13:00.
•Registration for courses in all the departments is done by students independently on the Internet.
•All the course rosters appear under: “Information services for students and candidates, “Course information," and each specific departmental course roster. https://bgu4u.bgu.ac.il/html/deptCourses_ENG/
•Doctoral students must register before each semester during all their years of study; if a student does not register for studies, his/her scholarship is revoked.
· Students are personally responsible for online registration. Students who do not register on time will have their studies discontinued. Students requesting late registration after the “period of changes" may do so only via the Secretary of the Kreitman School and will be required to pay a “late fine" of 266 NIS (unless just cause can be proven, e.g. I.D.F. reserve duty or certified illness).
• After completing registration, you can print copies of the course registration and the studies confirmation document.
· Every research student must open a personal ORCID account and link it to the institutional ORCID. The link between the two accounts allows the automatic harvesting of information about research products. For guidelines, please click here.
Instructions for course registration
•Students who have completed their course requirements, or are not attending lectures and are only doing their research, must register via the Internet for “Research" course no.10. 3.0051. Students in their extension period must also register for the Research course.
• A student who has submitted his/her thesis to the Kreitman School for approval, by the end of the changes period, is not required to register online and will not be charged tuition.
• Every student has to study 6-10 credits in coordination with his/her advisor (courses must be from advanced studies). Doctoral students in the Department of Computer Science are required to take courses of at least 10 credit points. The courses must be completed within three years from the date of acceptance.) Students must register for courses in accordance with the academic regulation, the acceptance letter, and/or defense exam committee recommendations.
• Students may take a course of up to 3 credits given by the advisor. If the lecture given by the advisor credits more than three credits, the student will be credited only with three credit points.
• Students may not take a "guided reading course" with the advisor.
• A doctoral student wishing to take a bachelors-level course must first get the consent of the department giving that course. Bachelors-level courses will not acknowledge academic credits.
• Workshops, Seminars, and Language courses will not acknowledge academic credits.
• Students wishing to take courses given by Ph.D. Students (including courses for master's Studies) will not be credited with academic credit points.
• Students who have been requested to take supplementary courses (courses that you will not receive credits) must take additional 6-10 credits in coordination with the advisor.
• Every student should register once during their studies for the Seminar they have to give on their Ph.D. thesis. The Seminar should take place in the final year and include the research results. The no. of the course is 10.3.0061
• The course "scientific writing in English" is mandatory for all Ph.D. students. The courses will not be acknowledged for academic credits.
• A doctoral student wishing to take a course from another department must first turn to that department and request that the course be appropriately marked (for population 3, his/her home department), and only then can it be registered online.
• Every new Ph.D. student with a teaching assistant position at the University must attend the one-year course “Preparation for a graduate teaching assistantship," course no. 900.5.9001, which gives no academic credit.
• Training in Chemical & Biological Safety –an online course. Mandatory for all students exposed to risk factors in the laboratory who work, in the laboratory, at least 4 hours a day, three times a week, for two months a year. These students are required to take the course each year during their Ph.D. studies. For questions on this subject, please contact– Ms. Hodaya Saban -phone number 08-6479479 or email hodayaan@bgu.ac.il (no credit)
• All Ph.D. students must take Prevention of Sexual Harassment course no. 900.5.5001 in the first semester. Registration for the course is carried out independently through the University's internet site:
https://bgu4u.bgu.ac.il/pls/scwp/!app.gate?app=csh&lang=en
Within 24 hours of enrollment, the course will appear in Moodle. For students who will not complete the course, access to the personal information system will be blocked.
Request for Inter-university Ph.D. Studies
• A student wishing to take a course at another institution must register for “Research," and the code will be 10.3.0051.
• In addition, a detailed request form must be submitted, justifying the reasons for studying at another institution (including the full details of the other institution, the course's name, and the number and syllabus). The student's Thesis Supervisor (Mentor) must sign the form.
Request for Leave of Absence
• A student requesting a leave of absence from studies must submit a request form no later than two weeks after the start of the semester.
The request for an Extension of Ph.D. Studies
• A student who has completed 4 years of study, but has not yet submitted the thesis for approval, must submit a request form for the extension of the submission date, with the Thesis Supervisor's (Mentor's) permission and that of the Head of the Departmental Graduate Studies Committee.
A Ph.D. student who has given birth during the Ph.D. studies period will be entitled to a one-year extension of studies. In this case, the student should submit an extension form along with a certificate of birth.
All forms can be downloaded from the Kreitman School website http://in.bgu.ac.il/en/kreitman_school/Pages/4students.aspx
· Students in their extension period must also register for the Research course.
Best wishes for your successful studies.
The kreitman School