| Student Type | Description | Award Type | Access to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Student | Studying at UCD for a UCD award. Subject to UCD student code. UCD is responsible for welfare and pastoral care. | Student on a UCD BA / BSc / BComm / BEng / ProfCert / ProfDip / GCert / GDip / MA / MSc or PhD programme | Full access to university facilities and services; Transcript / Diploma Supplement / Statement of Results / Recognition of Studies |
This page defines the different types of students engaged with the University. It explains each type, with examples, and highlights some of the operational implications, and/or association of rights, responsibilities and/or privileges. It provides details of the University services and facilities available to the different types of student.
'Student' is used as an over-arching generic term which relates to the full spectrum of the forms of engagement that an individual might have with the University.
The relevant sub-categories of student outline the status, privileges, obligations, rights and responsibilities of an individual as determined by their student status.
There are 4 types of student:
| Student Type | Description | Award Type | Access to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Occasional Student | Studying at UCD, not for a UCD award. Subject to UCD student code. UCD is responsible for welfare and pastoral care. | Students undertaking ECTS credit-bearing academic activity, such as, Microcreds, Open Learning, Study Abroad, ERASMUS, Exchange, credit-bearing CPD, Pre-Masters | Full access to university facilities and services; Transcript / Diploma Supplement / Statement of Results / Recognition of Studies |
| Student Type | Description | Award Type | Access to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliate Student | Not studying at UCD for a UCD award. Not subject to UCD student code. Responsibility for welfare and pastoral care lies with the primary institution | Students from Recognised Colleges of UCD engaged in academic activity which is ‘for award’ only and is normally also credit-bearing (albeit in the delivering institution, and normally subject to that institution’s academic regulations and rules of conduct), e.g. IoB. | Access to university facilities and services, (such as UCards, Sport Centre and Library access), available subject to negotiation / agreement / financial arrangement (ie formal T&C required) |
| Student Type | Description | Award Type | Access to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Associate Student | Not studying at UCD. Not for a UCD award. Not subject to UCD student code. Responsibility for welfare and pastoral care is subject to agreed T&C's. | Eg. relates to learners who are engaged with the University through non-credit-bearing activity, ‘Flexible Learners’ registered for modules for audit, Vet CPD, Medicine CPD, Study Group (Int’l Foundation programme), Business Executive Education programmes which do not entail a UCD award | Access to University facilities and services (such as UCards, Sport Centre and Library access) subject to negotiation / agreement / financial arrangement (ie formal T&C required); Recognition of Studies (where applicable) |
Standard, Occasional and Affiliate students are statuses which relate to individuals who are registered to some academic activity of the University (including modules, programmes or only for award) which is normally ECTS credit-bearing, and for which UCD exercises academic oversight through a relevant Governing Board.
In comparison, Associate students are engaged with the University through non-academic (that is, non-credit-bearing and/or non-UCD-delivered content) activity, including language learning, professional (non-credit-bearing) CPD learning, extra-mural activity, and auditing of otherwise-credit-bearing modules.