The following documents are required, and must be submitted to the relevant Faculty:
A credit is a unit that expresses the learning load required for a student and which can be obtained after achieving learning outcomes;
The workload of a student in a Medical Doctor / Doctor of Dental Medicine programme during the 12/10 semesters is at least 360/300 credits;
A student workload averages 60 credits per academic year (30 credits per semester);
Academic registration carried out for training courses through the electronic learning management system – https://batumi.keyps.com.tr/n/login
Changes or cancellation of a training course is allowed up to within 1 week from the course’s beginning date.
Students have active status once they have completed both the Administrative and Academic Registrations.
A different tuition fee may be fixed for a separate education programme in accordance with the rules established by law.
A student with partial funding must cover the difference between state funding and the total fee within the timeframe established for the administrative registration.
The cost per credit in additional semesters of an educational programme is 108,3 USD.
Tuition fees can be paid at any Banks situated in Georgia or in another country.
For any problem connected with the payment of tuition fees, students can contact the BAU Finance Department (BAU, First Building, Room № 11).
Internal Mobility: BAU students are entitled to change their educational programme either by internal transfer within a faculty or by changing to the educational programme of another faculty of BAU.
Internal mobility can be carried out on batumi.keyps.com.tr. from the student’s personal profile.
The right to transfer is valid only after one semester of study is completed. This does not include the time a student has suspended status.
The possibility of transfer is competitive, and dependent on class availability. A student’s results in the Unified National Examinations (competition score) must exceed the scores of other mobility applicants.
Transfer to BAU from another institution of higher learning is carried out according to the rules administered by the Legal Entity of Public Law- Education Management Information System via electronic portal (https://emis.ge/mobiloba/)
The following can act as a basis for a student status suspension:
A block exam is conducted either in a test or a combined format (a test and a case) using a computer. In case an exam is conducted only in a test format, a test includes closed multiple choice questions. A maximum assessment of a block exam is 40 points.
In case of a combined block exam in addition to a test a situational case or a clinical case (written discussion) is used with maximum assessment reaching 5 or 10 points depending on a level of difficulty. Maximum assessment of a block exam is 40 points.
Each subject in a test part within a block exam has 20 % threshold. If a student fails to pass this threshold even in one subject, the exam will be considered failed.
A midterm exam is conducted in a written, test or an oral form considering learning outcomes of a course as described in a course syllabus. Maximum assessment of each midterm exam is 20 points.
a) Selection of one topic out of several -maximum assessment 20 points
b) Four questions from different topics- maximum assessment of each question 5 points
c) A situational task or a clinical case (written discussion), maximum assessment 5 or 10 points depending on a level of difficulty.
A test exam includes closed multiple choice questions (0.4 point) or an open question, omitted word insertion or writing down explanation. In this case one question is assessed with maximum 1 point.
Prerequisites for allowing a student on a final exam is determined individually for each course and is described in a syllabus. Passing 60-80 % assessment threshold in clinical reasoning and skills is a prerequisite for allowing a student on exams in clinical subjects. Final exams are mainly conducted in a combined manner.
A block (Integrated) final exam is conducted in a combined format including an oral and a written part. Maximum assessment 40 points.
Final exams in each course differ and combine written, test, oral, project preparation and defense, OSCE, OSPE, MiniCex, 360-degree assessment methods.
All written exams are conducted through an electronic management platform KEYPS.
A final exam is considered passed, if a student passes 50, 55 or 60 % threshold (according to courses).
A student is awarded a credit in case exam thresholds are passed and 51-100 points are accumulated.
A final assessment of learning outcomes regarded by a program includes five positive and two negative types of assessments.
A student is assessed through ECTS system according to the following scheme:
| Points | Assessment | GPA (Grade Value) |
|---|---|---|
| 91-100 (A) | Excellent | 4.0 |
| 81-90 (B) | Very good | 3.0 |
| 71-80 (C ) | Good | 2.0 |
| 61-70 (D) | Satisfactory | 1.0 |
| 51-60 (E) | Sufficient | 0.5 |
| 41-50 (FX) | Did not pass – a student needs more work to undertake and is given one additional right to retake an exam with independent work | 0.0 |
| 0-40 (F) | Fail -a work undertaken by a student is not sufficient and he/she needs to retake a course | 0.0 |
After completing the programme of higher education, the graduate receives the appropriate degree or qualification.
The graduate will receive a diploma and an appendix in their name.