INTERNAL REGULATION OF JANÁČEK ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND
PERFORMING ARTS IN BRNO
of 16 May 2018
Rules for Studies and Examinations
The Academic Senate has approved upon the Rector’s proposal this internal regulation of
Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno:
PART ONE
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
Aim of the rules
The Rules for Studies and Examinations within the limits of Act no. 111/1998 Coll., on
Higher Education Institutions and Amendment to Other Acts (Act on Universities), as
amended by later regulations, sets forth
a) the rules for study in the degree programmes held at Janáček Academy of Music and
Performing Arts in Brno (hereinafter as “JAMU”),
b) the procedures for decision-making on the rights and obligations of JAMU students,
c) the rights and obligations of academic staff, other employees and persons connected to
the implementation of the degree programmes at JAMU.
Article 2
Implementing regulations
(1) To implement this internal regulation, faculties may issue implementing regulatory
instruments only where they are authorized to do so by this internal regulation.
(2) Implementing regulations must not impose new duties on students or expand the
scope of the duties or limitations beyond those ensuing from legal regulations, a given degree
programme and this internal regulations.
Article 3
Credit system
(1) JAMU uses the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (hereinafter as
“ECTS”).1)
(2) ECTS credits (hereinafter as “Credits”) express the work load necessary for a student
to achieve the expected learning outcomes, where
a) the learning outcomes describe the knowledge, skills and competences of a student after
successful completion of the learning process,
1)
European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System; see http://ec.europa.eu/education/ects/users-
guide/docs/ects-users-guide_en.pdf.
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the work load expresses the time usually needed by a student to complete all learningrelated
activities which are necessary for the achievement of the expected learning
outcomes.
(3) The work load of a student according to the recommended study plan for one
academic years ranges within 1.500 to 1.800 hours and corresponds to 60 credits.
Article 4
Information system
For study-related matters JAMU uses its electronic information system which is available
at http://is.jamu.cz/ (hereinafter as “IS”).
Article 5
Publication of final theses
(1) Bachelor’s, diploma and doctoral theses (hereinafter as "final thesis") submitted for
defence are published by JAMU at least five working days before the date of the defence for
inspection by the public at Office for Studies of the relevant faculty. Everybody may use the
published theses to make extracts, copies or reproductions at their own expenses.
(2) Final theses that have already passed through the defence will be published by
JAMU, including the opponent’s evaluation and the report on the course and result of the
defence, via the database which is publicly accessible through the IS. JAMU does not publish
doctoral thesis if it was already published in a different way.
(3) JAMU may postpone the publication of a final thesis or a part thereof for the time of
the existence of the obstacle for the publication, however, no more than for 3 years.
Information on the postponement of the publication must be published together with the
reasons at the same place where the final theses are published. JAMU shall without undue
delay after the defence of the final thesis affected by the postponement of the publication
under the first sentence send one copy of the thesis for archiving to the Ministry of Education,
Youth and Sports (hereinafter the “Ministry”).
Article 6
Grade point average
(1) The grade point average GPA for a year or the entire studies is calculated using the
following formula
(2) Where Z is a set of n point valuation of exams and graded credits which equals
{z1,…, zn} and the corresponding number of credits K which equals {k1,…, kn}.
(3) Included in the grade point average are all final valuations of registered study subjects
(hereinafter the “subject”) completed with an examination or graded credit in a given period
including failed and transferred subjects.
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Serious reasons
Serious reasons for the purposes of this internal regulation means health, family, social or
other reasons precluding the fulfilment of obligations and the existence of which is claimed in
a credible manner and substantiated with proper evidence by the person claiming such
reasons.
PART TWO
ORGANIZATION OF STUDIES
Article 8
Instructors and examiners
(1) The instructors and examiners for the individual subjects and their obligations are
approved by the dean on the basis of a proposal of the head of the department conducting the
instruction of the subject (hereinafter as “guaranteeing department”); where a subject has only
one instructor, the instructor is the examiner at the same time.
(2) The instructors and examiners in doctoral degree programmes are professors,
associate professors or practitioners.
Article 9
Forms of instruction
(1) The instruction is carried out primarily in the form of lectures, seminars, exercises,
projects, practical training, internships, workshops, individual consultations and the
preparation of the final thesis and the graduation performance; the meaning of these terms is
the following
a) a lecture is a form of instruction when the instructor clarifies predominantly in a
monologic manner a certain topic to the students,
b) seminar is a form of instruction based on the active participation of students in the
instruction with the aim to develop the relevant knowledge, skills and methods of
scientific work or also scientific discussion on a given topic,
c) exercise is a form of instruction enabling a controlled performance by a student of a
certain activity, involving instructions clarifying the manner of the performance, and
its goal is to strengthen knowledge, skills and develop habits,
d) project is a form of instruction when students are encouraged to independently
complete certain assignments and gain experience through practice and experimenting,
which may have the form of integral topics, practical issues or practical activity
leading to the creation of a result,
e) practical training is a form of instruction which takes place in cultural institutions,
school facilities or workplaces of other persons as part of the instruction, regularly or
in blocks, as a rule for entire weeks
f) internship is a longer stay, as a rule for one semester, at a specialized workplace and
its aim is to acquire practical knowledge and skills, expand competence and
supplement the theoretical and practical instruction at school,
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workshop is a form of instruction in a work group when the participants, under their
own management, compare their opinions and experience, practice skills and
cooperate in searching for and finding solutions which come from the participants
themselves,
h) individual consultation is a form of instruction when the instructor gives students
explanations, advice, recommendations and directions at various stages of the studies.
(2) Students have the duty to engage in self-study and independent creative work to the
extent determined by the instructors or to the extent adequate to the requirements for the
completion of a subject according to its syllabus.
Article 10
Academic year
(1) Academic year is divided into the winter semester and the summer semester. Overlap
of academic years must not be longer than 14 days and is not possible during the instruction
period, the examination period or the state examination period for the previous academic year.
(2) A semester consists of the instruction period, examination period and holidays; it also
consists of the registration period, credit period, state examination period and the entrance
examination period. The instruction period in each semester lasts for the minimum of 10
weeks and the maximum of 14 weeks.
Article 11
Schedule of academic year
(1) Each year the rector shall by the end of February schedule the start of the following
academic year and the division of the individual semesters; the beginning and the duration of
the individual parts of the semesters may also be scheduled for individual types of degree
programmes.
(2) Each year the dean shall by the end of April prepare the schedule of the academic
year of the faculty in compliance with the schedule of the individual semester prepared by the
rector.
Article 12
Schedule of instruction during semester
(1) The instruction during the semester is organized according to the schedules prepared
by the dean. The dean shall ensure the publication of the weekly schedules in the IS within no
later than one week before the start of the instruction period. If there is a reason, the dean
shall alter the instruction schedule after its publication to the necessary extent.
(2) The instruction of the subjects specified in the syllable takes place under a special
schedule determined by the instructor.
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THREE
STUDY IN BACHELOR’S AND MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMMES
TITLE I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 13
Division of studies
The studies are divided into years. A year is divided into two semesters.
Article 14
Commencement of studies
An applicant becomes a student and commences the studies on the day of his or her
enrolment for the study.
TITLE II
STUDY PLAN
Article 15
Recommended study plan
(1) The recommended study plan defines the list of the subjects that need to be or should
be completed in the individual years and semesters of the study. By completing the subjects as
per the recommended study plan students will acquire 60 credits in each year of the study.
(2) The faculty shall publish the recommended study plan and its changes, if any, in the
public section of its website at least 2 months before the beginning of the academic year; the
plan may not be changed during the academic year. If the recommended study plan changes
student’s obligations for a study period for which the student has already created his or her
personal study plan, the obligations under the recommended study plan shall be deemed
fulfilled upon the fulfilment of the obligations under the personal study plan.
Article 16
Exceptions from the recommended study plan
(1) Exceptions from the recommended study plan may only be permitted by the dean
under the conditions set forth by this internal regulation.
(2) The dean may upon student’s request permit the registration of subjects which
according to the recommended study plan fall in
a) one year to two years (division of the year), or
b) two years into one year (merger of years).
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Personal study plan
(1) For each year of study the student creates by selecting and registering subjects a
personal degree programme and is responsible for its composition. The student is obligated to
the register required subjects and required elective subjects in accordance with the
recommended study plan.
(2) If the student meets the prerequisites for their registration, he or she may register
subjects offered at JAMU up to the total of 80 credits in one academic year; in justified cases
the dean may permit students to register subjects above this limit.
TITLE II
IMPLEMENTATION OF STUDY
Division 1
Organization of study
Article 18
Participation at instruction
(1) Student participation at the instruction is obligatory, except for lectures, unless
stipulated otherwise by the subject syllabus. If the student was not able for serious reasons to
be present at the instruction to the prescribed extent, the instructor shall, where possible,
assign obligations to the student the fulfilment of which will substitute the student's
participation at the instruction.
(2) If the student is not able to participate at the instruction due to JAMU approved
mobility, the instructor shall upon the student’s request assign obligations the fulfilment of
which will substitute the student's participation at the instruction.
Article 19
Fulfilment of study obligations
(1) The student is obligated to endeavour to complete all the registered subjects in each
year. Where stipulated by law, the dean may upon student’s request extend the time limit for
the fulfilment of the study obligations. 2)
(2) The student has the right to
a) twice per the studies request the cancellation of the registration of an elective subject,
b) twice per the study request the transfer of a registered required or required elective
subject to the next year; the transfer does not restore the number of regular and remedial
examinations.
(3) The permission for the cancellation of registration or transfer of a registered subject
enables the enrolment in the next year but does not substitute the fulfilment of the
prerequisites for the registration of subjects.
2)
Section 54a of Act on Universities.
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Prerequisites for enrolment in a year
(1) The prerequisite for the enrolment to another year of the study is the completion of all
the subjects registered in the previous years of the study or the cancellation of their
registration or their transfer to the next year under the conditions laid down by this internal
regulation.
(2) Where the student in connection with care for a child asks for the extension of the
time limits for the enrolment into the next year of the study, the dean shall grant the request
and extend the time limit, however, at the maximum up to the time for which the mother of
the child for which the student cares would be allowed to use maternal leave.
Article 21
Enrolment for years
(1) The student applies for the enrolment for study years via the IS during the relevant
period planned by the faculty’s schedule of academic year. Enrolment at some other time is
only possible in cases defined by law or an internal regulation.
(2) If the student was prevented from the enrolment for the year by a serious reason and
the student excuses himself or herself within no later than 3 days from the end of the period
for enrolment for the year or the disappearance of the obstacle preventing the submission of
the application for the enrolment, the dean may forgive the missing of the time limit and
perform the enrolment at a later time. The decision on the recognition of the excuse is made
by the dean and this decision is final.
(3) The fulfilment of the prerequisite for the enrolment for a year is checked and the
enrolment of students for years performed by the Office for Studies of a faculty. Where the
required registration is in conflict with the recommended study plan, internal regulations or
legal regulations, the Office for Studies will not perform the registration and will inform the
person who asked for the registration of the reasons via the IS and will ask this person to
remove the defects of the application within an adequate time limit.
Article 22
Maximum length of study
(1) The maximum length of the study is the time limit within which the student must
complete the studies in a regular manner. The maximum length of study equals the standard
length of study as per the accreditation of the degree programme plus two years; the
maximum length of the study does not include the time of interruption of studies.
(2) If the dean recognizes the completion of subjects with the total credit value of 30 and
more, the maximum length of study is shortened by six months for each 30 credits recognized.
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2
Study subject
Section 1
General provisions
Article 23
Subject and its guarantor
(1) The basic unit of study is a subject.
(2) The head of the guaranteeing department shall nominate the guarantor of the subject.
Article 24
Credit value of subject
(1) In accordance with the ECTS each subject has been awarded a certain number of
credits which expresses the volume of study activity necessary for completion of the subject.
(2) The student may gain credits for a required elective or an elective subject only once in
the course of one study.
Article 25
Subject syllabus
(1) Subject is characterized by a syllabus which defines, as a minimum
a) the goals of the subject articulated either as threshold requirements (minimum
requirements for the completion of the subject) or as referential points describing the
usual results (the expected level of results of successful students); the wording must make
it clear which approach has been applied,
b) study outcomes (knowledge, skills and competences),
c) summary of the subject,
d) study literature,
e) manner, methods and scope of instruction,
f) evaluation methods,
g) requirements for completion of the subject,
h) prerequisites for registration of the subject,
i) number of awarded credits,
j) language of instruction.
(2) Responsible for the content of and compliance with the subject syllabus and its
publication in the IS is the guarantor of the subject. The guarantor of the subject shall publish
the subject syllabus in the IS before the start of the semester; after its start it may not be
changed.
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Subject classification
(1) A subject is classified in the recommended study plan as required, required elective or
elective.
(2) A required subject is one the completion of which is prescribed by the recommended
study plan. A required elective subject falls within the group of subjects for which the
recommended study plan prescribes the achievement of a certain number of credits or
completion of a certain number of subjects. The other subjects are elective.
Section 2
Registration of subjects
Article 27
Registration of subject
(1) The student is obligated to register the subjects he or she is interested in via the IS
during the registration period.
(2) If the student is prevented from the registration of a subject by a serious reason and
the student submits an excuse within no later than 3 days from the expiry of the registration
period, the dean may upon the student's request permit the registration within 7 days from the
expiry of the period, at the latest. Within the same time limit the dean may permit the
cancellation of the registration of a subject for a serious reason.
Article 28
Subject registration prerequisites
(1) Where there are prerequisites defined for the registration of a subject, the student may
only register such subject after the fulfilment of the prerequisites.
(2) Students who may register such subject may be limited as to their number or the
degree programme. In the case of required elective and elective subjects, the registration
prerequisite may also be a minimum number of students who register for the subject and who
fulfil the other registration prerequisites.
Article 29
Registration of a subject
After the expiry of the registration period, the student is enrolled via the IS for the
subjects for which he or she has registered and where the registration prerequisites have been
met.
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Changes in registered subjects
(1) Within two weeks from the start of the instruction period the student may make a
change in the registered required elective and elective subjects via the IS, provided such
change is not in conflict with the recommended study plan. If after the expiry of the period
under the previous sentence the student’s personal study plan is not in compliance with this
internal regulation, the changes made by the student shall be disregarded.
(2) The dean may change registered subject without student’s request where justified by a
serious reason for which the student is not responsible; the dean shall inform the student on
the change.
Section 3
Completion of subject
Sub-section 1
Joint provisions
Article 31
Manners of completing a subject
(1) The student completes a subject by being granted credit, graded credit, taking an
examination, colloquium or by being granted credit and taking an examination. The manner of
completing a subject is defined in the recommended study plan. If the completion of a subject
requires gaining credit and taking an examination, gaining credit is a prerequisite for
admission to the examination.
(2) Upon the request of the instructor or the examiner the student is obligated to submit
student’s card for inspection and verification of his or her identity.
Article 32
Record of completion of subjects
(1) The instructor shall record the completion of a subject in the IS without undue delay,
within no later than 3 days from the day of the completion.
(2) The instructor shall enter into the IS information on whether the subject has been
completed and possibly also with what grade.
Article 33
Gaining credits
Upon the completion of a subject the student gains the number of credits allocated to the
subject.
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Course-unit credit and graded course-unit credit
Article 34
(1) By granting credit or graded credit the instructor confirms student’s active
participation in the instruction and the fulfilment of other requirements for granting the credit
specified by in the instructor in accordance with the subject syllabus.
(2) The student is obligated to acquire the credit or graded credit at the latest by the end
of the examination period of the semester in which he or she is supposed to acquire it
according to the personal study plan.
(3) The student may not repeat a course-unit credit or graded course-unit credit.
Article 35
Evaluation of course-unit credit and graded course-unit credit
(1) The granting of a credit is recorded in the IS as “Z” – credited, or “N” – not credited.
(2) A graded course-unit is classified under Article 42.
Sub-section 3
Examination
Article 36
(1) Examination tests student’s knowledge of a given subject and his or her ability to
apply it in the relevant field. The student is obligated to take the examination in person,
honestly and in compliance with the rules of the examination.
(2) Examinations may be written, oral, practical, combined or advancement
comprehensive. The form of the examination is defined by the subject syllabus.
Article 37
Examination date announcement
(1) For each subject ended with an examination the examiner shall schedule at least one
regular examination date and two remedial dates in each examination period.
(2) The examiner shall announce the examination dates for a subject within no later than
3 days before the start of the examination period depending on the number of the students
who have registered the given subject in a given semester and have not completed it yet so
that each of these students has an opportunity to take the examination. The examiner may
announce additional examination dates within or outside of the examination period.
(3) All examination dates are announced in the IS with the specification of the place and
time.
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Regular and remedial examination dates
(1) The student is obligated to take examination on the regular date, that is, in the first
examination period immediately following the moment when the student has gained the
opportunity to take the exam. If the student fails to complete the subject on the regular date,
he or she has the right to take the examination on a remedial date. There are two remedial
examination dates.
(2) If the student does not register in the examination period for any examination date
and, at the same time, has not taken the examination, it is assumed that he or she did not
appear for the examination.
Article 39
Registering and deregistering examination date
(1) The student registers for and deregisters from an examination data via the IS. The
examiner may set a date for which registration via the IS is not necessary.
(2) The examiner has the right to set a deadline within which students may register for or
deregister from an examination date, however, this may be done 5 days before the
examination date at the latest.
Article 40
Loss of examination date
(1) If the student fails to appear for or has withdrawn from the examination after its
registration or breached the rules of the examination, he or she loses the examination date.
(2) Where the student is prevented from taking the examination or timely deregistration
from the examination date for a serious reason, the date is not lost if the student excuses
himself or herself within 3 days from the examination date or after the disappearance of the
obstacle precluding the excuse. The decision on the recognition of the excuse is made by the
examiner and this decision is final.
Article 41
Examination before a board
If an examination does not take place before a board, the dean may decide in legitimate
cases upon the request of the student, the examiner or the head of the guaranteeing department
that the examination shall take place before a board nominated by the dean; the examiner shall
always be a member of the board.
Article 42
Evaluation of examination
(1) The student's performance at the examination is evaluated by a score on the scale
from 0 to 100. To pass an examination the student must score at least 50 points.
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Depending on the score the following grades will be awarded
a) F for 0 to 49 points,
b) E for 50 to 59 points,
c) D for 60 to 69 points,
d) C for 70 to 79 points,
e) B for 80 to 89 points,
f) A for 90 to 100 points.
(3) A student who does not appear for the examination, has cancelled the examination
after being enlisted or has breached the examination rules, is evaluated with character “-”.
Article 43
Announcement of examination result
(1) The examiner shall notify the student of the result of the examination within no later
than 3 working days from the day when the last part of the examination took place. If the
examination is oral only, the examiner shall inform the student of the result of the
examination immediately after its completion.
(2) If any part of the examination is written, the student has the right within 10 days from
the date of the last part of the examination to inspect the reviewed written part.
Article 44
Review of the course of examination
(1) The student has the right to apply to the dean for the review of the course of the
examination. In the application the student shall state which subject, examiner and date the
application relates to, which rights of the student have in his or her opinion were violated and
what kind of remedy the student seeks, otherwise the dean shall dismiss the application.
(2) The dean shall hand over a copy of the student's review application to the examiner
and ask the examiner to give a statement on the application. The dean may order an oral
hearing at which the examiner and the student must always be invited.
(3) If the dean finds out that the student’s rights have been violated to the extent that such
violation had or might have an impact on the course or the result of the examination, the dean
shall grant the application to the justified extent, otherwise it will be dismissed. The dean’s
decision is final.
Sub-section 4
Colloquium
Article 45
Colloquium means an examination in the form of discussion of several students and the
examiner, the prerequisite of a colloquium may be a prior written essay dealing with a certain
topic covered by the subject.
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Colloquium date
(1) Colloquium takes place during a lesson of the subject as per the instruction schedule;
unless specified otherwise by the examiner, colloquium takes place during the last lesson of
the instruction.
(2) The student has the obligation to appear for colloquium. No remedial dates are
admissible for colloquium.
Article 47
Evaluation of colloquium
(1) Passing the colloquium is recorded in the IS with letter “P – passed”, unsuccessful
participation is recorded with letter “N – failed”. The examiner shall inform the student on the
evaluation of his or her participation in the colloquium immediately after its end.
(2) A student who was evaluated by “N – failed” or who did not appear for the
colloquium, shall end the subject with examination which is evaluated pursuant to clause 1.
There is only one remedial date for such examination; if the student was prevented from
participating in the colloquium by a serious reason, there are two such remedial dates
provided that the student excuses himself or herself within no later than 3 days from the
colloquium date or the disappearance of the obstacle precluding the excuse. The decision on
the recognition of the excuse is made by the examiner and this decision is final.
Section 4
Recognition of the completion of subject
Article 48
(1) Upon student’s application the dean may recognize the completion of a registered
subject which was completed at some other university, during other studies at JAMU or under
the conditions laid down by law for the life-long education programme.
(2) The dean shall ask for a statement from the guarantor of the subject the completion of
which is to be recognized. This shall not apply if the subject was completed at the faculty
whose dean decides on the recognition.
Article 49
Application for recognition of subject
(1) To the application for the recognition of the completion of a subject the student shall
attach documents proving the completion of the subject, its evaluation, scope and content. The
documents proving the scope and content do not have to be attached if the subject was
completed at JAMU.
(2) The student shall submit the application within no later than 1 month from the day of
the registration of a subject, the day when the student has completed the subject to be
recognized in other studies or from the day of the return from mobility; otherwise the dean
shall dismiss the application.
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50
Obstacle for recognition of completion of subject
The completion of a subject may not be recognized if the subject was completed more
than 5 years ago.
Article 51
Evaluation of subject the completion of which was recognized
The recognition of the completion of a subject means also the recognition of the
evaluation of the subject. If the evaluation does not comply with this internal regulation, the
dean shall in compliance with this internal regulation ensure that the evaluation corresponds
as much as possible to the evaluation achieved by the student upon the completion of the
subject.
Division 3
Mobility
Article 52
(1) Before the start of mobility the faculty specifies the scope of student’s study
obligations during the mobility and his or her participation in the instruction (Article 18).
(2) JAMU shall ensure the transfer of the subjects completed by the student under a
signed study contract during his or her presence at some other university. A subject completed
by the student at a university using the ETCS shall be transferred including credits and
evaluation. In the case of the subjects completed at other universities the number of the credits
acquired and the evaluation shall be determined by the dean with approval by the guarantor of
the subject.
TITLE IV
INTERRUPTION OF STUDIES
Article 53
Interruption at student’s request
(1) Upon student’s application the dean shall interrupt his or her studies if
a) the student has filed the application for interruption of the studies before the start of the
academic year for the term of which the studies are to be interrupted,
b) the interruption of the studies will not result in exceeding the maximum total length of
interruption of studies, and
c) the interruption does not apply to the first year of studies.
(2) Studies may be interrupted for one or several academic years.
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Interruption upon student’s application in special cases
(1) Regardless of the conditions and the length of interruption under Article 53 the dean
shall always grant a student's application for the interruption of the studies in connection with
pregnancy, childbirth or parenthood, for the entire recognized parental leave pursuant to the
Act on Universities. The student also has the right to interrupt the studies in connection with
the taking of a child into foster care on the ground of the decision of a competent body.
(2) For serious reasons upon student’s application the dean may interrupt his or her
studies for the necessary time even if the conditions specified in Article 53 clause 1 except for
letter (b) have not been satisfied.
Article 55
Interruption without student’s application
The dean may interrupt student’s studies for an adequate period even without student's
application if
a) the student fails the state examination,
b) the student does not pay the study-related fees, or
c) a procedure is in progress on the action against the decision of the dean or the rector on
the rights and obligations of the student or a procedure on appeal against court's decision
on such action or a procedure on a constitutional complaint against judicial decision in
such matters and the student is in his or her last year of studies.
Article 56
Maximum total length of interruption of studies
(1) The maximum total length of the interruption of studies is 2 years. For serious reasons
the dean may decide on the interruption of studies for a longer period, but not for more than 5
years.
(2) The period of interruption of studies for the recognized parental leave or period of
interruption of studies for a reason under Article 55 clause (c) shall not be included in the
maximum total length of interruption of studies.
Article 57
Reenrolment for studies
(1) A person whose studies have been interrupted is obligated within 5 days after the
expiry of the interruption period reenrol for the studies. If such person is prevented from reenrolling
for the studies by a serious reason and submits an excuse within no later than 3 days
from the expiry of the deadline for the reenrolment or the disappearance of the obstacle
preventing the reenrolment, the dean may pardon the failure to meet the deadline and specify
a date for extraordinary enrolment. The decision on the recognition of the excuse is made by
the dean and this decision is final.
(2) Reenrolment for studies before the expiry of the period for which the studies were
interrupted is possible for
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a person whose studies were interrupted under Article 55 clause (a),
b) a person during a recognized parental leave if before the start of an academic year such
person asks for reenrolment for the studies as of the first day of the academic year, unless
the studies were interrupted under Article 55 clause (c).
TITLE V
TERMINATION OF STUDIES
Division 1
Ways of terminating the studies
Article 58
(1) The studies are regularly terminated by graduation in the relevant degree programme.
(2) The studies may also be terminated upon
a) leaving the studies,
b) student’s non-fulfilment of the requirements ensuing from the degree programme under
this internal regulation,
c) withdrawal of accreditation for a degree programme,
d) expiry of the accreditation of a degree programme, 3)
or
e) expulsion from studies. 4)
Division 2
Graduation
Article 59
State examination
(1) The state examination consists of these parts
a) examination in the subjects defined by the study plan,
b) qualification thesis defence, and
c) graduation performance defence.
(2) State examination or any of its parts may not be recognized.
Article 60
Time limit for taking state examination
The student is obligated to take the state examination at the latest by the end of the
second academic year following the academic year in which the student has satisfied the
requirements for admission to the state examination. Where stipulated by law, the dean may
upon student’s request extend the time limit for the taking of the state examination. 5)
3)
Section 80(4) of Act on Universities.
4)
Section 47e(3), Section 65(1)(c), Section 67 of Act on Universities.
5)
Section 54a of Act on Universities.
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61
Admission to the state examination
(1) The prerequisite for admission to the state examination prescribed for the end of the
studies is
a) fulfilment of all the obligations according to the personal study plan for the year of the
studies when the state examination or any part thereof takes place, as well as for the
previous years,
b) submission of the student’s qualification thesis, and
c) achievement of the minimum number of credits equivalent to the product of 60 and the
number of the year in which the state examination or any part thereof is supposed to take
place according to the recommended study plan.
(2) If according to the recommended study plan a certain part of the state examination
prescribed for the end of the studies is scheduled to take place sooner than in the last year of
the studies, only the conditions of clause 1(a) and (c) shall apply to the admission to such part
of the state examination.
Article 62
Graduation performance
(1) In the graduation performance the student proves the level of his or her artistic or
professional work by creating one's own artwork, artistic performance or a specialized project.
The graduation performance involves its preparation, implementation, documentation or a
written review and, possibly, presentation. The documentation on the graduation performance
must always contain the name, annotation and key words in the Czech and the English
language.
(2) The graduation performance is assigned by the head of the guaranteeing department
with view to the student’s proposal, if any. The assignment contains the name of the
graduation performance, its brief characteristic, the name of the performance supervisor and
the date of the performance itself. The assignment is entered into the IS within 6 months, at
the latest, before the deadline for the submission of the documentation on the graduation
performance.
(3) The graduation performance takes place in compliance with student’s personal study
plan at some of the JAMU departments. Exceptionally, the graduation performance may take
place outside JAMU, after a prior approval by the graduation performance supervisor and the
dean of the relevant faculty. The student shall insert the documentation of and the written
review and possibly also presentation of the graduation performance into the IS.
Article 63
Qualification thesis
(1) The qualification thesis in Bachelor’s degree programmes and the Master’s degree
programmes is the Bachelor’s thesis and the Master’s thesis, respectively. By the qualification
thesis the student proves that he or she is able to solve a given problem, present the solution in
writing and defend it at oral defence. The minimum admissible number of standard pages of
the qualification thesis is determined by the dean.
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The qualification thesis is assigned by the dean with view to the student's proposal, if
any, upon the statement of the head of the guaranteeing department. The assignment contains
its name and a brief characteristic of the goals to be achieved, the basic sources and literature,
the name of the supervisor and the deadline for the submission of the thesis. A qualification
thesis may also be supervised by a professional who is not a JAMU employee. The
assignment is entered into the IS within 6 months, at the latest, before the deadline for the
submission of the qualification thesis.
(3) The qualification thesis is submitted in the Czech language, unless in a degree
programme with instruction in a foreign language. With the consent of the thesis supervisor
the dean may permit the submission of the qualification thesis in another language. The
qualification thesis must always contain the name, annotation and key words in the Czech and
the English language. The dean shall define the scope and form of the qualification thesis and
shall make accessible to the students templates for writing the thesis with predefined format
styles in the IS.
(4) The qualification thesis is submitted via the IS. The student shall also hand over to the
Office for Studies of the relevant faculty two copies of the qualification thesis in hardback, if
prescribed for students by the dean of the faculty.
Article 64
Evaluation
(1) The opponent of the graduation performance and the opponent for the qualification
thesis are nominated by the dean.
(2) The opponent and the qualification thesis supervisor and the graduation performance
opponent prepare a written evaluation and make it accessible to the student via the IS within
no later than 3 days before the date of the defence; if any evaluation is made accessible at a
later time, the student has the right to demand a new date for the state examination.
Article 65
Examination board
(1) The state examination takes place before an examination board with the minimum of
three members who are appointed, including its chair and vice-chair, by the dean from among
professors, associate professors and professionals approved by the relevant artistic board.
(2) The activity of the examination board is managed by its chair, or in the absence of the
latter, by its vice-chair. To adopt a decision, the examination board needs the approval of the
majority of its members. If a member does not express his or her approval, such member is
assumed to be against the decision.
Article 66
State examination date
(1) In each state examination period the dean shall announce via the IS at least one date
for the state examination and shall do so within 2 weeks at the latest before the start of the
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examination period. The individual parts of the state examination may take place on
different days.
(2) The dean schedules the state examination dates with view to the number of the
students who may be admitted in a given examination period to the state examination so that
each of such students has the opportunity to register for at least one examination date.
(3) All state examination dates are announced in the IS with the specification of the place
and time and the composition of the board.
Article 67
Regular and remedial state examination dates
(1) The student has the obligation to take the state examination in the first state
examination period after he or she has been admitted to the state examination (regular date).
(2) If the student fails the state exam at the regular date, he or she has the right to take the
state examination or any part thereof on a remedial date. There are two remedial examination
dates. If the defence of the qualification thesis is evaluated on the regular as well as the
remedial date as “failed”, the examination board may decide that the prerequisite for the
repetition of the defence is the elaboration of a new qualification thesis.
(3) If a student who is admitted to the state examination does not register during the state
examination period for any state examination date and, at the same time, has not taken the
state examination yet, it is assumed that such student has not appeared for the state
examination.
Article 68
Registering and deregistering a state examination date
(1) The student registers for and deregisters from a state examination date via the IS.
(2) The dean may limit the time when students may register for or deregister from a state
examination date, however, not to more than 1 month before the state examination date at the
latest.
Article 69
Failure to appear for the state examination
(1) If the student does not appear for the state examination, he or she loses the
opportunity.
(2) Where the student is prevented from taking the state examination or timely
deregistration from the examination date for a serious reason, the date is not lost if the student
excuses himself or herself within 3 days from the examination date or after the disappearance
of the obstacle precluding the excuse. The decision on the recognition of the excuse is made
by the dean and this decision is final.
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70
Course of state examination
(1) The entire course and the announcement of the results of the state examination are
public; the consultation of the examination board is non-public.
(2) At the defence of his or her qualification thesis as well as the graduation performance
the student at first states the main results of his or her work and subsequently gives a
statement on the comments contained in the evaluation of the supervisor and the evaluation of
the opponent. This is followed by discussion.
Article 71
State examination report
(1) The examination board shall draw a report on the course of the state examination
describing the course and evaluation of the individual parts of the state examination and the
overall evaluation of the state examination and in the case of failure with a brief statement of
the reasons. Attached to the report are the evaluations of the qualification thesis supervisor
and the opponents.
(2) The examination board shall hand over the report and its attachments to the Office for
Studies via the IS and in the documentary form within no later than 3 days from the date of
the state examination. The Office for Studies shall check the formal aspects of the report and
its attachments and enter the state examination results in the IS.
Article 72
State examination evaluation
(1) Each part of the state examination is evaluated separately. Applicable to the
evaluation of the parts of the state examination is the scale under Article 42; the graduation
performance is evaluated with either granting or not granting a completion of studies
certificate.
(2) The state examination as a whole on each date is evaluated as
a) not passed, if any part of the state examination was evaluated with F or the completion of
studies certificate was not granted,
b) passed,
c) passed with honours, if the completion of studies certificate is granted and if all other
parts of the examination are evaluated with A or not more than one part is evaluated with
B.
Article 73
Overall evaluation of studies
(1) Regularly completed studies as a whole are evaluated as follows
a) graduated with honours, if the student’s overall grade point average is no less than 95
points and if he or she has passed the state examination with honours, or
b) graduated.
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A graduate who has graduated with honours is entitled to special treatment as per
academic usage during the graduation ceremony.
Article 74
Day of termination of studies by graduation
The day of termination of the studies by graduation is the day when the state examination
prescribed for the end of the studies or its last part is passed.
Division 3
Provisions on some other ways of terminating the studies
Article 75
Leaving the studies
(1) The student has the right to leave the studies. The declaration to leave the studies
must be written and may not be taken back.
(2) The day of the termination of the studies by leaving the studies is the day when the
student’s declaration to leave the studies is delivered to the relevant faculty.
Article 76
Termination of studies for non-fulfilment of requirements
(1) If the student fails to fulfil the requirements ensuing from a degree programme under
this internal regulation, the dean shall decide on the termination of such student’s studies.
(2) Student’s studies shall be terminated in particular if
a) he or she does not fulfil the study obligations in any year of the studies and was not
allowed to transfer or register a subject again,
b) exceeds the maximum length of studies,
c) does not enrol for the studies within the prescribed time limits,
d) has used up without success all regular and remedial examination dates for the
completion of a subject or the state examination,
e) has not taken the state examination within the prescribed time limit.
Article 77
Date of termination of studies for non-fulfilment of requirements
The day of the termination of the studies for non-fulfilment of the requirements ensuing
from the degree programme under this internal regulation is the day of the entry into legal
force of the decision on the termination of the studies.
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FOUR
STUDY IN DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMMES
TITLE I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 78
Doctoral board
(1) Study in a doctoral degree programme is supervised and evaluated by the doctoral
board. The doctoral board in particular
a) proposes to the dean
1. the composition of the examination boards for entrance examinations for a given
degree programme,
2. instructors for individual students,
3. the chairs and members of the boards for doctoral theses defence and the
examination board for the state doctoral examinations,
4. doctoral thesis opponents,
b) comments on
1. the conclusions made by the examination boards in admission procedures before
their submission to the dean,
2. on the topics of scientific research and the follow-up independent theoretical and
creative activities of the student in arts (hereinafter “topic of studies”) and their
changes before their submission to the dean,
3. the individual study plans of the students of a doctoral degree programme and their
changes, if any,
4. the recommended study plan and its changes,
c) discusses student evaluations submitted by instructors,
d) evaluates
1. after discussion with the student and the instructor, the fulfilment by the student of
his or her individual study plan and submits the conclusions to the dean,
2. the performance of instructors and submits the conclusions to the dean,
3. at least once in a year, the standards of the implementation of a degree programme
and submits the conclusions to the dean,
e) initiates proposals for alterations of a degree programme.
(2) Universities or their parts may create on the basis of agreement a common doctoral
board for degree programmes from the same field of studies.
Article 79
Doctoral board composition
The doctoral board is set up pursuant to an internal regulation of the faculty on which the
degree programme is implemented. The chair of the doctoral board is the guarantor of the
doctoral degree programme.
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80
Doctoral board rules of procedure
The rules of procedure of the doctoral board are issued by the dean after an affirmative
statement of the artistic board of a faculty.
Article 81
Instructor
(1) Instructor is a figure in the scientific and artistic domain that constitutes the subjectmatter
of a degree programme. Instructors may only be selected from among the associate
professors or professors or other specialists with a scientific degree approved by a faculty’s
artistic board; students in artistic doctoral degree programmes may also be instructed by
specialists with the appropriate artistic erudition.
(2) The instructor is appointed and removed by the dean upon the proposal of the
doctoral board. The dean shall appoint the instructor without undue delay after student’s
enrolment for studies.
(3) The instructor directs student’s education by
a) helping the student with the creation of his or her study plan,
b) guiding the student in the preparation of the doctoral thesis and in the follow-up
independent theoretical and creative activities in arts,
c) supervising the fulfilment by the student of his or her study obligations, including
pedagogical obligations,
d) offers consultations to the student,
e) reviews the fulfilment by the student of his or her study obligations under the individual
study plan and notifies the student of any deficiencies discovered,
f) each year performs the evaluation of the studies and other activities of the student and
submits it to the doctoral board.
Article 82
Division and commencement of studies
The provisions of Articles 13 and 14 apply mutatis mutandis to the studies in the doctoral
degree programmes as well.
TITLE II
STUDY PLAN
Article 83
Recommended study plan
(1) The recommended study plan defines a list of the subjects that have to be completed
during the studies. By completing the subjects as per the recommended study plan the student
will acquire a number of credits for the studies which is equivalent to the product of 60 and
the standard length of the study in a degree programme according to accreditation.
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The faculty shall publish the recommended study plan and its changes, if any, in the
public section of its website at least 2 months before the beginning of the academic year; the
plan may not be changed during the academic year.
Article 84
Individual study plan
The individual study plan in particular defines
a) the topic of studies,
b) the requirements for scientific research and independent theoretical and creative activity
of the student in arts, including his or her own artwork, professional publishing activity
and participation at conferences, seminars, festivals, contests, performances or summer
schools,
c) the list of the subjects and other study obligations which the student must fulfil and
estimates as to the time of the fulfilment.
Article 85
Approval of individual study plan
(1) The student creates his or her individual study plan; responsible for preparation of the
individual study plan is the student.
(2) The individual study plan and its changes are approved by the dean upon student’s
proposal and after the statement of the doctoral board.
Article 86
Application of provision of part three
The provisions of Article 16(1) apply mutatis mutandis to the studies in the doctoral
degree programmes as well.
TITLE III
IMPLEMENTATION OF STUDY
Division 1
Organization of study
Article 87
Course of studies
(1) The studies progress according to the student’s individual study plan; the course of
the studies is directed by the student’s instructor.
(2) The condition for the continuation of the studies is that the student has the
opportunity to complete the studies in a regular manner, in particular with view to the
prerequisites for registration of the subjects which the student is supposed to complete under
the recommended study plan.
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88
Fulfilment of obligations
(1) The student is obligated to fulfil within the standard length of studies all the
obligations under the recommended study plan, except for the state doctoral examination and
the doctoral thesis defence.
(2) Where stipulated by law, the dean may upon student’s request extend the time limit
for the fulfilment of the study obligations. 6)
Article 89
Check of fulfilment of individual study plan
In relation to the fulfilment of the student’s obligations under the individual study plan
the student and the instructor submit via the IS always within 30 from the end of the year, at
the latest, the following
a) the student submits a written statement to the instructor and the doctoral board,
b) the instructor submits an evaluation to the doctoral board.
Article 90
Application of provision of part three
The provisions of Article 18, Article 21 and Article 22 apply mutatis mutandis to the
studies in the doctoral degree programmes as well.
Division 2
Study subject
Section 1
General provisions
Article 91
Application of provision of part three
The provisions of Articles 23 to 26 apply mutatis mutandis to the studies in the doctoral
degree programmes as well.
Section 2
Registration of subjects
Article 92
Registration of subject
On the basis of the individual study plan approved by the dean the Office for Studies
shall enlist the student for the subjects therein specified via the IS.
6)
Section 54a of Act on Universities.
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93
Application of provision of part three
The provisions of Article 28 apply mutatis mutandis also to the studies in doctoral degree
programmes.
Section 3
Completion of subject
Article 94
Examination date
(1) Where the completion of a subject requires the examination of the student’s
knowledge, the time and place of the examination shall be determined by the examiner upon
agreement with the student. Upon student’s application the examiner shall schedule in the
examination period an examination date via the IS, with the specification of the place and
time. The examiner may announce additional examination dates within or outside of the
examination period.
(2) If the student fails to complete the subject on the regular date, he or she has the right
to take the examination on a remedial date. There are two remedial examination dates.
Article 95
Application of provision of part three
The provisions of Articles 31 to 33, Article 34(1) and (3), Article 35, Article 36, Article
38(3) and Articles 39 to 47 apply mutatis mutandis also to the studies in the doctoral degree
programmes.
Section 4
Recognition of the completion of subject
Article 96
Special provision of recognition of completion of subject
The decision on the recognition of the completion of a subject is made by the dean based
on a statement of the doctoral board; in other respects the provisions of Articles 48 to 51
apply mutatis mutandis also to the studies in doctoral degree programmes.
Division 3
Mobility
Article 97
The provisions of Article 52 apply mutatis mutandis also to the studies in doctoral degree
programmes.
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IV
INTERRUPTION OF STUDIES
Article 98
Special provision on interruption of studies
(1) The interruption of studies is subject to a prior statement of the student’s instructor.
(2) The dean may also interrupt student’s studies for an adequate time without student's
application if the student fails to defend his or her doctoral thesis.
Article 99
Maximum total length of interruption of studies
The maximum total length of the interruption of studies is 3 years.
Article 100
Application of provision of part three
The provisions of Articles 53 to 57, except for Article 56(1), first sentence, apply mutatis
mutandis also to the studies in doctoral degree programmes.
TITLE V
TERMINATION OF STUDIES
Division 1
Ways of terminating the studies
Article 101
(1) The studies are regularly completed by a public defence of the doctoral thesis and the
state doctoral examination in which the student proves the ability and readiness to engage in
independent activity in research or development or in independent theoretical and creative
artistic activity.
(2) The studies may also be terminated in the manners specified in Article 58(2).
Division 2
Graduation
Section 1
Doctoral thesis defence
Article 102
Doctoral thesis
The doctoral thesis is student’s independent written specialized work with the minimum
of 120 standard pages which is the result of the solution of an artistic, scientific, research or
combined assignment in accordance with the topic of studies.
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103
Contents of doctoral thesis
The doctoral thesis contains in particular
a) introduction, in which the reasons for choosing the topic of the doctoral thesis are given,
b) solemn declaration on authorship and compliance with scientific and academic traditions,
c) theoretical basis, including the current state of knowledge in the Czech as well as foreign
context,
d) the goal and the propositions of the doctoral thesis,
e) the applied scientific or artistic methods of research,
f) the body of the doctoral thesis,
g) the conclusion with the summary of the results and contributions of the doctoral thesis
and recommendations, if any, for further research,
h) summary of the doctoral thesis in the Czech, English and potentially some other global
language, as a rule, to the extent of one standard page,
i) the list of used sources and literature,
j) the original and published results and their reception or the original results admitted for
publication.
Article 104
Formal requirements
(1) The doctoral thesis is submitted in the Czech language; with the consent of the
instructor and after discussion by the doctoral board the dean may permit the submission of
the doctoral thesis in other language.
(2) The dean shall define the form of the doctoral thesis and the manner of its submission
and shall make accessible to the students templates for writing the thesis with predefined
format styles in the IS.
Article 105
Doctoral thesis defence
(1) The defence of the doctoral thesis is a public discussion between the student and the
members of the defence committee; the evaluation of an absent opponent shall be read aloud.
(2) The defence of the doctoral thesis may not be recognized.
Article 106
Admission to defence
The prerequisite for admission to the defence of the doctoral thesis (hereinafter as
“admission to defence”) is the fulfilment of all other obligations under the individual study
plan, except for the state doctoral examination.
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107
Registration to defence
(1) The student registers for the doctoral thesis defence by its submission in a regular
manner. The submission of a doctoral thesis by a student who has not been admitted to the
defence shall not be considered.
(2) The doctoral thesis shall be submitted in the electronic form by uploading it to the IS,
including all attachments. Further, the student shall submit to the Office for Studies of the
relevant faculty three copies of the doctoral thesis in hardback.
(3) Attached to the doctoral thesis are the student’s curriculum vitae and the summary of
his or her scientific research, independent theoretical and creative activity and pedagogical
experience.
Article 108
Formal review of doctoral thesis
The instructor shall check that the doctoral thesis has the prescribed formal essentials and
attachments and shall notify the student if this is not the case.
Article 109
Defence committee and opponents
(1) The doctoral thesis defence takes place before a doctoral thesis defence committee
with a minimum of five members (hereinafter “defence committee”) the members of which
are appointed by the dean upon the proposal of the doctoral board.
(2) The activity of the defence committee is managed by its chair, who may authorize
another member with the management. To adopt a decision, the defence committee needs the
approval of the majority of its members. If a member does not express his or her approval,
such member is assumed to be against the decision.
(3) Upon the proposal of the doctoral board the dean appoints two opponents of the
doctoral thesis.
Article 110
Composition of defence committee and requirements for opponents
(1) The members of the defence committee must be selected from among professors,
associate professors and specialists approved by the relevant artistic board.
(2) Student’s instructor or a former instructor, student’s direct supervisor or a direct
subordinate or persons whose relationship to the content of the doctoral thesis or the persons
involved in the defence give rise to doubts as to their impartiality may not a member of the
defence committee or an opponent.
(3) At least one of the opponents must be
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an associate professor or a professor,
b) a person other than a member of the JAMU academic society or a JAMU employee.
Article 111
Evaluations of opponents
(1) The opponents shall prepare evaluations of the doctoral thesis in which they will
a) give a statement in particular on
1. the fulfilment of the requirements for the content for the doctoral thesis,
2. the fulfilment of the requirements for the scope and form of the doctoral thesis,
3. the procedure of the solution of the defined assignment,
4. the results of the doctoral thesis and its contribution,
b) specify their questions, if any, for the student regarding the defended doctoral thesis.
(2) The evaluations of the opponents shall be made available to the student by the Office
for Studies via the IS within no later than 7 days before the date of the doctoral thesis defence;
if any evaluation is made available at a later time, the student has the right to demand a new
defence date.
Article 112
Regular and remedial defence date
(1) The regular date for the defence of the doctoral thesis shall be scheduled by the dean
via the IS with the specification of the place, time and composition of the defence committee
so that it takes place at the latest within 6 months from the registration for the doctoral thesis
defence.
(2) If the defence of the doctoral thesis on the regular date was not successful, the student
is entitled to a remedial date for the defence of the doctoral thesis. There are two remedial
examination dates. The student may register for a remedial date at the earliest after 1 month
from the previous doctoral thesis defence date.
Article 113
Failure to appear for defence
(1) If the student does not appear for the defence of the doctoral thesis, he or she loses the
opportunity.
(2) If the student is prevented from appearing for the defence of the doctoral thesis by a
serious reason, the student does not lose the opportunity if he or she submits and excuse
within 3 days from the doctoral thesis defence date or the disappearance of the obstacle
precluding the excuse. The decision on the recognition of the excuse is made by the dean and
this decision is final.
Article 114
Course of defence
(1)The entire course and the announcement of the results of the doctoral thesis defence
are public; the discussion of the defence committee is not public, and the vote is secret. Where
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opponents are not members of the defence committee, they participate at the discussion,
including the non-public parts, and have advisory capacity.
(2)As a rule, the course of the doctoral thesis defence, which usually does not take more
than two hours, is the following
a) the chair opens the defence, introduces the student, the topic of the student's studies and
makes the defence committee familiar with the summary of his or her scientific research,
independent theoretical and creative activity and pedagogical experience,
b) the student explains the gist and the major results of the doctoral thesis,
c) the instructor makes the defence committee familiar with his or her statement on the
scientific research, independent theoretical and creative activities and pedagogical
experience of the student and on the defended doctoral thesis,
d) the opponents present the basic content of their evaluations,
e) the student makes a statement on the evaluations of the opponents, especially their
objections, comments and inquiries,
f) the chair opens the discussion; and may also give the floor to the representatives of the
public.
Article 115
Defence progress report
(1) The chair or a member of the defence committee authorized by the latter shall draw
up a report on the progress of the doctoral thesis defence, which report shall cover the course
and evaluation of the defence and, in the event of failure, briefly state the reasons and
recommendations, if any, as to the adjustments in the doctoral thesis for publication.
(2) The chair of the committee shall submit the report within 3 days from the doctoral
thesis defence date at the latest to the Office for Studies which will check the formalities of
the report and enter the report and the result of the defence in the IS.
Article 116
Defence evaluation
On each defence date the doctoral thesis defence is evaluated either as defended or not
defended.
Section 2
State doctoral examination
Article 117
The discussion during the state doctoral examination examines whether the student has
mastered a broader scientific basis of the field, knowledge from the field of focus of the
doctoral thesis, whether the student has mastered the methods of scientific work and proved
during the studies the ability to acquire, assess and creatively apply new knowledge.
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118
Prerequisite for state doctoral examination
The prerequisite for the state doctoral examination is the fulfilment of all other
obligations according to the individual study plan except for the defence of the doctoral thesis.
Article 119
Registration for state doctoral examination
The student registers for the state doctoral examination by submitting the doctoral thesis
in a regular manner.
Article 120
Examination board
The state doctoral examination takes place before an examination board with the
minimum of five members who are appointed, including the chair, by the dean from among
professors, associate professors and professionals approved by the relevant artistic board upon
the proposal of the doctoral board.
Article 121
State doctoral examination dates
(1) The regular date for the state doctoral examination shall be scheduled by the dean via
the IS with the specification of the place, time and composition of the examination committee
so that it takes place at the latest within 6 months from the registration for the state doctoral
examination.
(2) If the student fails the state exam at the regular date, he or she has the right to take the
state examination or any part thereof on a remedial date. There are two remedial dates, which
are scheduled by the dean via the IS with the specification of the place, time and composition
of the examination committee.
Article 122
Report
(1) The chair of the examination board or a member authorized by the latter shall draw up
a report on the progress of the doctoral examination covering its course and evaluation and, in
the event of failure, stating briefly the reasons.
(2) The chair of the examination board shall submit the report and its annexes within 3
days from the state doctoral examination date at the latest to the Office for Studies which will
check the formalities of the report and enter the report and the result of the state examination
in the IS.
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123
Evaluation
On each date the state doctoral examination is evaluated either as passed or failed.
Section 3
General provisions
Article 124
Overall evaluation of studies
Regularly completed studies as a whole are evaluated with “graduated”.
Article 125
Day of termination of studies by graduation
The day of the termination of the studies is the day when
a) the last part of the state doctoral examination was passed, if the examination took place
after a successful defence of the doctoral thesis, or
b) the doctoral thesis was successfully defended, if the defence took place after passing the
last part of the state doctoral examination.
Article 126
Application of provision of part three
The provisions of Article 59(2), Article 65(2), Article 69 and Article 70(1) apply mutatis
mutandis also to the studies in doctoral degree programmes; the examination board’s vote is
secret.
Division 3
Provisions on some other ways of terminating studies
Article 127
Application of provision of part three
The provisions of Article 75, Article 76(1) and Article 77 apply mutatis mutandis to the
studies in the doctoral degree programmes as well.
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FIVE
DECISION-MAKING ON RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF STUDENT
TITLE I
DECIDED MATTERS AND PROCEDURE
Article 128
Principles
(1) The basic principles of the activity of administrative bodies shall also apply to the
procedures on the rights and obligations of the student. 7)
(2)The body which decides on student’s rights and obligations must make its decisions in
compliance with legal regulations, internal regulations and previous case law.
(3)Where law or an international regulation stipulates how JAMU is supposed to decide,
without giving any space for deviation, the relevant JAMU body must not deviate from this
stipulation.
(4)Where law or an internal regulation does not admit any remedial measure, the decision
by the first-instance body on the rights and obligations of the student is final and may not be
appealed.
Article 129
Subject-matter and form of procedure
(1)JAMU decides on the rights and obligations of the student in the matter of
a) interruption of studies,
b) recognition of examinations or fulfilment of other study obligations and prescribing
equivalency examinations, including recognition of examinations taken during studies
in a degree programme held at a university or a faculty and recognition of
examinations or other study obligations or a subject or other comprehensive parts of
study accomplished by studies in an accredited educational programme on a college,
c) awarding scholarships,
d) assessing a study-related fee,
e) non-fulfilment of the requirements ensuing from the degree programme under the rules
for studies and examinations (hereinafter as “non-fulfilment of requirements”)
f) disciplinary offence,
g) expulsion from studies for the admission of the student to studies in the consequence
of his or her fraudulent conduct.
(2)In procedures on the matters specified in clause 1 JAMU proceeds according to this
part of the Rules for Studies and Examinations, except for procedures for
a) awarding scholarships, which is provided for by the scholarships rules,
b) assessment of a study-related fee which is provided for in the JAMU statutes,
c) disciplinary offence, which is provided for in the relevant disciplinary rules,
7)
Sections 2 of 8 of Administrative Procedure Code.
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expulsion from studies due to the admission of a student to studies in the consequence of
fraudulent conduct, which is subject to the mutatis mutandis application of the provisions
on disciplinary procedure in the relevant disciplinary rules.
Article 130
Participant in procedure
Only the student is the participant in the procedure on the rights and obligations of a
student.
Article 131
Bias of officers
(1) Each person directly participating in the exercise of authority at JAMU (hereinafter
as “officer”) in respect of whom there is a reason to assume that such person with view to his
or her relationship to the matter, to the participant in the procedure or his or her
representatives has an interest in the result of the procedure for which there are doubts at such
person’s impartiality, is excluded from all procedural acts during which such person might
influence the result of the procedure. Also excluded is an officer who participated in the
procedure in the same matter on some other instance.
(2) The student may object to the bias of an officer; if the student fails to do so without
undue delay after he or she has learnt about the bias, the objection shall be disregarded. The
officer who learns about any circumstances indicating that he or she should be excluded is
obligated to inform the head of the unit of such circumstance without delay. The decision on
the bias of an officer shall be made by the head of the unit without delay by resolution; before
the decision is made and the necessary acts performed, the officer concerned may only
perform acts that cannot be postponed.
(3) The head of unit shall without delay appoint another officer instead of the excluded
officer. The resolution to this effect shall only be noted in the file.
Article 132
Management of procedure
(1) The individual acts in the procedure are in principle performed in writing; where
the student is personally present they may be performed orally and their content recorded in
the file.
(2) The language used in the procedure and written documents is Czech. During the
procedure the participants may also use and written documents may also translated into the
Slovak language.
Article 133
Report
The discussions or facts that are relevant for the procedure and are not recorded in other
documents are included in a report.
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134
General provisions on delivery
(1) The decision in the procedure on student’s rights and obligations may be delivered
to the student in person. If the student has reported a data box address, the decision shall be
delivered to the data box. If the student has reported a postal address only, the decision shall
be delivered for his or her attention to the postal address.
(2) If a written communication in the procedure on student’s rights and obligations is
not delivered because the student failed to fulfil the obligation to report his or her postal
address or data box address or if the written communication is not delivered to the postal
address reported by the student, the written communication shall be delivered in the form of a
public announcement; JAMU is not obligated to appoint a custodian for the student.
(3) Non-fulfilment by the student of the obligation to report a postal address or a data
box address gives rise to such student's obligation to compensate JAMU for the costs incurred
by the non-fulfilment.
Article 135
Special provisions on delivery
(1) Delivered via the IS are decisions granting student’s application in the matters
specified in Article 129(1)(b).
(2) Regarded as the day of the delivery and announcement of the decisions under
clause 1 is the first day after the decisions are made accessible to the student in the IS.
TITLE II
FIRST-INSTANCE PROCEDURE
Article 136
Motion for opening procedure
(1) The procedure on student’s rights and obligations is opened upon motion, unless
stipulated otherwise below.
(2) The motion must clearly specify
a) the first name, surname, date of birth and the place of permanent residence of the student,
b) the matter concerned, especially the studies,
c) what the student asks or seeks.
Article 137
Filing motion
The motion is filed to the JAMU body competent to decide in the first instance by
electronic means via the IS. Evidence may be submitted in documentary form to the filing
office of the relevant JAMU unit.
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138
Opening of procedure
(1) The procedure is opened on the day when JAMU received the student’s motion for
opening the procedure on student's rights and obligations. If the motion is vitiated by errors,
JAMU shall ask the student to remove the errors and grant him or her adequate time limit for
that purpose.
(2) The procedure for interruption of studies and procedure for non-fulfilment of
requirements may be opened by JAMU of its own motion.
Article 139
Legal act by JAMU in procedure
The legal act by JAMU in the procedure for
a) the interruption of studies of its own motion is the issue of a decision,
b) non-fulfilment of requirements is a request for statement on the materials for the decision.
Article 140
Materials for decision
(1) Where law does not specify that a certain material is binding on JAMU, JAMU
shall assess the materials, especially evidence, at its discretion, considering carefully all
findings in the procedure, including statements made by the student.
(2) JAMU is not obligated before rendering the decision on the merits to inform the
student on the opportunity to make a statement on the materials for the decision and the
student has the right to inspect the file only after the announcement of the decision; this does
not apply to the procedure for non-fulfilment of requirements.
Article 141
Termination of procedure
(1) The relevant body shall terminate the procedure upon application by resolution if
a) the applicant has withdrawn the application,
b) the submitted application clearly was not legally admissible,
c) the applicant failed to remove within a prescribed time limit material defects of the
application that preclude the continuation of the procedure,
d) another procedure already opened in the same matter for the same reason is pending or
has been decided,
e) the applicant has died.
(2) The relevant body shall terminate a procedure instituted of its own motion by
resolution if the reason for the procedure has ceased to exist, in particular in the event of the
death of the participant. The resolution shall only be noted in the file.
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142
Decision
(1) Decision is given in the written form with the stamp of JAMU and the signature of the
person who made the decision. The decision contains the operative part, the grounds and
instruction on the possibility of filing for appeal.
(2) The operative part shall state how the matter was decided, specify the legal provisions
based on which the decision was made and the first name, surname, date of birth and the
permanent residence of the student.
(3) The grounds shall contain the reasons for the verdict of the decision, the materials for
such verdicts, the reasoning during the assessment of the materials and the interpretation of
the legal and internal regulations and information on how the body decided on the proposals
of the student. No grounds for the decision are required if the first-instance body fully upholds
the student’s proposal.
(4) The instruction shall state that the decision may be appealed within the time limit of
30 days from the day of its announcement, that the decision on the appeal is made by the
rector and that the appeal is submitted to the rector through the dean. The suspensive effect of
the appeal may not be ruled out.
TITLE II
APPELLATE PROCEDURE
Article 143
Filing appeal
(1) The student may file an appeal against the decision within 30 days from the
announcement of the decision unless he or she has waived this right in writing after the
announcement of the decision. The appeal has suspensive effect.
(2) The appeal may contest the operative part of the decision. An appeal against the
grounds for the decision only is inadmissible.
(3) The appeal must state
a) the first name, surname, date of birth and the place of permanent residence of the student,
b) the matter to which it relates,
c) the decision which is appealed, the scope to which the decision is contested and why the
decision is deemed to be in conflict with legal or internal regulations or why the decision
or the prior procedure is considered incorrect. If the appeal does not specify the scope to
which the decision is contested, it is assumed that the appellant seeks the cancellation of
the entire decision.
Article 144
Appeal filing procedure
(1) The first instance body may cancel or change the decision challenged by the appeal if
the appeal is fully upheld by such procedure. This decision may be appealed.
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If the first-instance body does not find that the conditions for the procedure under
clause 1 have been satisfied, the first-instance body shall pass the file with its statement to the
appellate body within 30 days from the day of the delivery of the appeal.
Article 145
New facts
New facts or proposals for producing new evidence specified in the appeal or in the
course of the appellate procedure shall be taken into account only if the student was not able
to use such facts or evidence earlier. Where the student objects that he or she was not allowed
to perform a certain act during the first-instance procedure, such act must be made together
with the appeal.
Article 146
Appellate body
The appellate body is the rector.
Article 147
Scope of review
The rector shall review the compliance of the contested decision and the procedure
preceding the issue of the decision with legal and internal regulations and its correctness.
Procedural errors which may not be reasonably believed to have influenced the compliance of
the contested decision with legal and internal regulations or its correctness shall not be taken
into account.
Article 148
Decision on appeal
(1) The rector shall issue the decision on the appeal within the time limit of 30 days. The
time limit starts to run on the day when the file is delivered to the rector for decision. The
rector may not change the contested decision to the detriment of the appellant.
(2) If the rector reached the conclusion that the contested decision is in conflict with law
or an internal regulation or is incorrect,
a) the rector shall cancel the contested decision or part thereof and
1. shall stay the procedure, or
2. refer the matter back for new decision; in the grounds of this decision the rector shall
specify the legal opinion by which the dean is bound during the new decision in the
matter, or
b) the rector shall change the contested decision or part thereof.
(3) If the rector finds out that there exists a fact which gives reason for termination of the
procedure, the rector shall automatically cancel the contested decision and terminate the
procedure. Late or inadmissible appeal shall be dismissed by the rector.
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If the rector does not find any reason to proceed pursuant to clause 2 and 3, he shall
dismiss the appeal and uphold the contested decision. If the rector changes or cancels the
contested decision partially, he shall uphold the remaining parts of the decision.
(5) Applicable to a decision in an appellate procedure is Article 142(1) and (3). The
operative part shall specify the manner in which the decision was reached and the instruction
shall state that there is no appeal admissible against the decision in an appellate procedure.
Article 149
Follow-up measures
If necessary, bodies of JAMU or its unit shall in connection with the rector's decision
adopt measures to ensure that the student’s rights are restored and the consequences caused by
an erroneous decision are removed or at least mitigated.
PART SIX
JOINT, INTERIM AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 150
Joint provisions
(1)Relevant faculty means the faculty where the relevant degree programme is held.
(2)If a faculty does not have the Office for Studies, the Office for Studies means the
dean's secretary's office or, where no such office exists either, the dean of the relevant faculty.
Article 151
Interim provisions
(1) Final theses that have been assigned before the effectiveness of this internal
regulation may be submitted in the language admissible under the regulations valid so far.
(2) The provision of Article 83(1) second sentence shall not apply to the studies of the
students in doctoral degree programmes held
a) at the Faculty of Theatre whose first year of study occurred prior to the academic year
2012/2013,
b) at the Faculty of Music whose first year of study occurred prior to the academic year
2013/2014.
Article 152
Repeal provisions
The Rules for Studies and Examination of the Janáček Academy of Music and
Performing Arts in Brno of 21 August 2017, registered by the Ministry on 1 September 2017
under ref. no. MSMT 24266/2017 are hereby abolished.
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153
Validity and effectiveness
This internal regulation becomes valid on the day of its registration by the Ministry and
effective on 1 October 2018.
prof. Mgr. Petr Oslzlý
Rector
doc. PhDr. Květoslava Horáčková, Ph.D.
Chair of the JAMU Academic Senate
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Contents
PART ONE GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 Aim of the rules
Article 2 Implementing regulations
Article 3 Credit system
Article 4 Information system
Article 5 Publication of final theses
Article 6 Grade point average
Article 7 Serious reasons
PART TWO ORGANIZATION OF STUDIES
Article 8 Instructors and examiners
Article 9 Forms of instruction
Article 10 Academic year
Article 11 Schedule of academic year
Article 12 Schedule of instruction during semester
PART THREE STUDY IN BACHELOR’S AND MASTER’S DEGREE
PROGRAMMES
TITLE I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 13 Division of studies
Article 14 Commencement of studies
TITLE II STUDY PLAN
Article 15 Recommended study plan
Article 16 Exceptions from the recommended study plan
Article 17 Personal study plan
TITLE III IMPLEMENTATION OF STUDY
Division 1 Organization of study
Article 18 Participation at instruction
Article 19 Fulfilment of study obligations
Article 20 Prerequisites for enrolment in a year
Article 21 Enrolment for years
Article 22 Maximum length of study
Division 2 Study subject
Section 1 General provisions
Article 23 Subject and its guarantor
Article 24 Credit value of subject
Article 25 Subject syllabus
Article 26 Subject classification
Section 2 Registration of subjects
Article 27 Registration of subject
Article 28 Subject registration prerequisites
Article 29 Registration of a subject
Article 30 Changes in registered subjects
Section 3 Completion of subject
Subsection 1 Joint provisions
Article 31 Manners of completing subject
Article 32 Record of completion of subjects
Article 33 Gaining credits
Subsection 2 Course-unit credit and graded course-unit credit
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34
Article 35 Evaluation of course-unit credit and graded course-unit credit
Subsection 3 Examination
Article 36
Article 37 Examination date announcement
Article 38 Regular and remedial examination dates
Article 39 Registering and deregistering examination date
Article 40 Loss of examination date
Article 41 Examination before a board
Article 42 Evaluation of examination
Article 43 Announcement of examination result
Article 44 Review of the course of examination
Subsection 4 Colloquium
Article 45
Article 46 Colloquium date
Article 47 Evaluation of colloquium
Section 4 Recognition of the completion of subject
Article 48
Article 49 Application for recognition of subject
Article 50 Obstacle for recognition of completion of subject
Article 51 Evaluation of subject the completion of which was recognized
Division 3 Mobility
Article 52
TITLE IV INTERRUPTION OF STUDIES
Article 53 Interruption at student’s request
Article 54 Interruption upon student’s application in special cases
Article 55 Interruption without student’s application
Article 56 Maximum total length of interruption of studies
Article 57 Reenrolment for studies
TITLE V TERMINATION OF STUDIES
Division 1 Ways of terminating the studies
Article 58
Division 2 Graduation
Article 59 State examination
Article 60 Time limit for taking state examination
Article 61 Admission to the state examination
Article 62 Graduation performance
Article 63 Qualification thesis
Article 64 Evaluation
Article 65 Examination board
Article 66 State examination date
Article 67 Regular and remedial state examination dates
Article 68 Registering and deregistering for state examination date
Article 69 Failure to appear for the state examination
Article 70 Course of state examination
Article 71 State examination report
Article 72 State examination evaluation
Article 73 Overall evaluation of studies
Article 74 Day of termination of studies by graduation
Division 3 Provisions on some other ways of terminating studies
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75 Leaving the studies
Article 76 Termination of studies for non-fulfilment of requirements
Article 77 Date of termination of studies for non-fulfilment of
requirements
PART FOUR STUDY IN DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMMES
TITLE I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 78 Doctoral board
Article 79 Doctoral board composition
Article 80 Doctoral board rules of procedure
Article 81 Instructor
Article 82 Division and commencement of studies
TITLE II STUDY PLAN
Article 83 Recommended study plan
Article 84 Individual study plan
Article 85 Approval of individual study plan
Article 86 Application of provision of part three
TITLE III IMPLEMENTATION OF STUDY
Division 1 Organization of study
Article 87 Course of studies
Article 88 Fulfilment of obligations
Article 89 Check of fulfilment of individual study plan
Article 90 Application of provision of part three
Division 2 Study subject
Section 1 General provisions
Article 91 Application of provision of part three
Section 2 Registration of subjects
Article 92 Registration of a subject
Article 93 Application of provision of part three
Section 3 Completion of subject
Article 94 Examination date
Article 95 Application of provision of part three
Section 4 Recognition of the completion of subject
Article 96 Special provision of recognition of completion of subject
Division 3 Mobility
Article 97
TITLE IV INTERRUPTION OF STUDIES
Article 98 Special provision on interruption of studies
Article 99 Maximum total length of interruption of studies
Article 100 Application of provision of part three
TITLE V TERMINATION OF STUDIES
Division 1 Ways of terminating the studies
Article 101
Division 2 Graduation
Section 1 Doctoral thesis defence
Article 102 Doctoral thesis
Article 103 Contents of doctoral thesis
Article 104 Formal requirements
Article 105 Doctoral thesis defence
Article 106 Admission to defence
Article 107 Registration for defence
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108 Formal review of doctoral thesis
Article 109 Defence committee and opponents
Article 110 Composition of defence committee and requirements for
opponents
Article 111 Evaluations of opponents
Article 112 Regular and remedial defence date
Article 113 Failure to appear for defence
Article 114 Course of defence
Article 115 Defence progress report
Article 116 Defence evaluation
Section 2 State doctoral examination
Article 117
Article 118 Prerequisite for state doctoral examination
Article 119 Registration for state doctoral examination
Article 120 Examination board
Article 121 State doctoral examination dates
Article 122 Report
Article 123 Evaluation
Section 3 General provisions
Article 124 Overall evaluation of studies
Article 125 Day of termination of studies by graduation
Article 126 Application of provision of part three
Division 3 Provisions on some other ways of terminating studies
Article 127 Application of provision of part three
PART FIVE DECISION-MAKING ON RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF
STUDENT
TITLE I DECIDED MATTERS AND PROCEDURE
Article 128 Principles
Article 129 Subject-matter and form of procedure
Article 130 Participant in procedure
Article 131 Bias of officers
Article 132 Management of procedure
Article 133 Report
Article 134 General provisions on delivery
Article 135 Special provisions on delivery
TITLE II FIRST-INSTANCE PROCEDURE
Article 136 Motion for opening procedure
Article 137 Filing motion
Article 138 Opening of procedure
Article 139 Legal act by JAMU in the procedure
Article 140 Materials for decision
Article 141 Termination of procedure
Article 142 Decision
TITLE III APPELLATE PROCEDURE
Article 143 Filing appeal
Article 144 Appeal filing procedure
Article 145 New facts
Article 146 Appellate Body
Article 147 Scope of review
Article 148 Decision on appeal
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149 Follow-up measures
PART SIX JOINT, INTERIM AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 150 Joint provisions
Article 151 Interim provisions
Article 152 Repeal provisions
Article 153 Validity and effectiveness