Attendance is recognized as an important component to the learning process in higher education. As an attendance-taking institution, DigiPen Institute of Technology Singapore is required, by the ACCSC accrediting body, to publish and enforce a policy of acceptable student attendance. The attendance policy must be consistently applied and enforced. Student class attendance is accurately recorded to ensure that the required knowledge, skills, and competencies can be reasonably achieved.
- Students are expected to attend all classes in a timely manner.
- Students more than 15 minutes late to class will be marked as absent for that entire class.
- Students may not leave class early without instructor’s permission.
- The instructor must list class tardy/absent guidelines in the syllabus, and mark student attendance accordingly.
- Students absent from all classes for a period of 14 consecutive days may be withdrawn from the Institute as of their last day of attendance.
- Unexcused Absences from any one class for 14 consecutive days may result in administrative withdrawal from that class, as of the last day of attendance.
- Consecutive absences are counted before and after holidays, as one continuous period. Holiday does not constitute a restart.
- To achieve optimal learning experience, absences (unexcused/excused) should not exceed 20% of total required class sessions during any trimester.
- Absences of more than 20% may require advising by the Student Life & Advising officer and/or the Instructor.
Please refer to “Short Leave” on page 80 regarding the procedure of applying for excused absence(s).