Study progress measures

Hasselt University monitors students' study progress using specific measures based on:

• Study success rate
• Number of enrollments per course
• Binding conditions
• Balance of your learning account

For more information on each topic, click the relevant link. Full details on study progress measures can be found in the Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations.

Your study success rate is the percentage of obtained credits relative to the credits you registered for in one academic year. It ranges from:

• 0% (you passed no courses) to
• 100% (you passed all registered courses).

This percentage is calculated at the end of the academic year, after the resit exam results in September. It differs from the academic weighted percentage available in your student file.

Study Success Rate Below 30%

If your study success rate is less than 30% at the end of the academic year, you cannot re-enroll in the same study programme the following academic year.

• This enrollment refusal is valid for two academic years.
• The decision is made by the Examination Committee of your programme.
• Exception: This rule does not apply if your study contract at Hasselt University only relates to the final year of a master’s programme.

(EEL-article 2.4 paragraph 3)

Study Success Rate Between 30% and 60%

If your study success rate falls between 30% and 60% at the end of the academic year, the Examination Committee may impose binding conditions for your re-enrollment in the same study programme next academic year.

For more details on binding conditions, see the section below.

(EEL-article 2.5 paragraph 1)

All students at Hasselt University can enroll maximum two times for the same course to obtain a credit. This means that you have a maximum of four exam chances to pass a course. 

Be aware that it could also be less than four chances in case of an (invalid) absence during an exam or due to specifications of the course (project work, no organised resit exam etc.). For more information about the latter, check uhasselt.be/studyguide.

In case you did not obtain a credit after two enrollments in a course, you will be refused enrollment for the same study programme in the next two academic years. 

This rule does not apply if your study success rate is at least 70% in the academic year of your last enrollment. A fourth enrollment however is never allowed (EEL art. 2.4 paragraph 5 & 6).

The Examination Committee of your study programme may impose binding conditions on all students based on their previous exam results. If you fail to meet these conditions by the end of the academic year, you will be prohibited from enrolling in the same study programme for the next two academic years.

Examples of binding conditions:

• If your study success rate is between 30% and 60%, you may enroll in a maximum of 60 credits in the following academic year.
• If you re-enroll in the programme, any previously imposed binding conditions may be reinstated if they were not met.

Students will be informed of any binding conditions at the start of the new academic year, no later than October 31.