Detailed Rules for the Implementation of Punishment & Point System Imposed on Disobedient International Students of Hubei University of Technology
Chapter I General
Article 1 To maintain the normal education & teaching order and life order in Hubei University of Technology (hereinafter referred to as "the University"), safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of students, create a good school spirit and academic atmosphere, and foster qualified talents for the country, detailed rules for implementation are hereby formulated according to relevant laws and regulations, the Provisions on the Administration of Students in Regular Institutions of Higher Education (No. 41 Order issued by the Ministry of Education), the Code of Conduct for University Students and the Regulations on Student Management of Hubei University of Technology.
Article 2 The Rules apply to all the international students of Hubei University of Technology.
Article 3 Punishment imposed on students by the University shall be combined with education and commensurate with natures and severities of illegal conducts & disciplinary offences of students, and shall follow the principles of sufficient evidence, clear basis, accurate evaluation, justified procedure and appropriate punishment.
Article 4 Due to the specialty of administration upon international students, Detailed Rules for the Implementation of Punishment & Point System Imposed on Disobedient International Students of Hubei University of Technology are put in use at the same time.
Chapter II Types, Points and Principles of Punishment
Article 5 Students violating laws & regulations, school rules and disciplines will be criticized by the University, and the following disciplinary punishments can be imposed as the case may be:
(I) Warning, minus 1 point;
(II) Serious Warning, minus 2 points;
(III) Demerit Record, minus 3 points;
(IV) Academic Probation, minus 5 points;
(V) Expulsion from the university, minus 10 points.
For the student who is given punishment, School of International Education will deduct corresponding points. When the amount reaches minus 10, the student will be expelled from University permanently.
Article 6 Except expulsion from the university, terms of the punishments imposed on students are determined as follows:
(I) The term for warning is generally 6 months;
(II) The term for serious warning is generally 8 months;
(III) The term for demerit record is generally 10 months;
(IV) The term for academic probation is generally 12 months.
Upon expiry of the terms, the student punished may file a claim and the University shall lift the punishments according to established procedures.
Article 7 In case a student is further punished during the term of a punishment, the final term is the residual term of the original punishment plus the term of the punishment further imposed.
Article 8 In case a violator has a good attitude towards mistakes, makes a voluntary confession and shows repentance, and meanwhile satisfies one of the following circumstances, a lighter or mitigated punishment will be imposed:
(I) Actively report disciplinary offences of relevant personnel which are verified later;
(II) Effectively prevent the occurrence of serious events or actively retrieve losses;
(III) Offer other meritorious services.
Article 9 A (An) severer or aggravated punishment may be imposed in case of one of the following circumstances:
(I) Intimidate or retaliate against informers or witnesses;
(II) Interfere with the investigation, such as acting in collusion to make each other's confessions identical, giving false testimony and hiding evidence;
(III) Organize, plan or command in illegal activities and disciplinary offences including more than two (inclusive) persons;
(IV) Be punished for the second time in the school period.
Article 10 Students subject to disciplinary punishment shall be given the following treatments simultaneously in case the conditions are met:
(I) Any student who shall be punished by the public security organization or the judicial organization by law due to his/her violation of laws and regulations shall be transferred to the public security organization or the judicial organization for treatment;
(II) In case that school roll and degree granting are involved, the corresponding treatment shall be given pursuant to relevant laws, regulations and rules;
(III) In case that other relevant regulations are involved, the corresponding treatment shall be given pursuant to relevant regulations.
Article 11 Within the term of punishment, students shall not be eligible for appraisal and shall not become a probationary member of the Communist Party of China. In case any student punished is a member of the Communist Party of China, he / she shall be punished by the school Party organization according to the Chinese Communist Party Disciplinary Regulations following the development and education management program for party members.
Chapter III Illegal Conducts & Disciplinary Offences and Corresponding Punishments
Article 12 Any student:
(I) Who violates the constitution and opposes the Four Cardinal Principles shall be expelled;
(II) Who plans, organizes & participates in illegal parades & demonstrations or instigates troubles, causing the social order seriously disrupted, the stability and unity undermined, or the university management order destroyed shall be expelled;
(III) Who disseminates & spreads reactionary remarks and false information detrimental to the interests of the State and the University or insults or slanders others, causing chaos and adverse influences and results shall be expelled;
(IV) Who organizes, establishes or joins illegal social groups or organizations, and is involved in illegal activities shall be expelled.
Article 13 For any student violating national laws and regulations, and punished by the judicial organization or the public security organization:
(I) A serious warning or demerit record (as the case may be) shall be imposed in case of security warning or fine;
(II) A demerit record, academic probation or expulsion from the university (as the case may be) shall be imposed in case of administrative detention;
(III) An expulsion from the university shall be imposed in case of criminal punishment imposed for a criminal offence.
Article 14 In case of fighting and brawling, racketeering, intimidation, insulting others or infringement of personal rights of others by a student who shall not be transferred to the judicial organization for treatment due to minor offences:
(I) For a student involved in an occasional conflict, impose a warning, serious warning or demerit record as the case may be;
(II) For a student who mainly organizes an occasional group conflict, impose a demerit record, academic probation or expulsion from the university as the case may be;
(III) For disputes among schoolmates not solved through relevant organizations:
1. In case parties involved retaliate afterwards, impose an academic probation or expulsion from the university as the case may be;
2. In case a student instigates other students of the University to threaten, insult, blackmail or assault the adverse party, impose an academic probation or expulsion from the university on both the instigator and the instigated person;
3. In case a student instigates or orders off-campus personnel to threaten, insult, blackmail or assault the adverse party, impose an expulsion from the university on the instigator;
(IV) In case of infringement of personal rights of the faculty and staff by actions such as abuse, intimation and assaulting, impose a serious warning, demerit record, academic probation or expulsion from the university as the case may be;
(V) Any armed brawler will be punished according to a heavier level of the above clauses;
Article 15 In case of public and private property stealing or fraud of a student who is not punished by the judicial organization or the public security organization, besides that stolen money & goods shall be recovered, and losses shall be compensated:
(I) For a value below 1,000 yuan (inclusive), impose a warning or serious warning according to the value and circumstance; for a value above 1,000 yuan and below 2,000 yuan (inclusive), impose a demerit record or academic probation according to the value and circumstance; for a value above 2,000 yuan, impose an academic probation or expulsion from the university according to the value and circumstance;
(II) For public and private property stealing or fraud by more than two (inclusive) students, impose an aggravated punishment on the student who organizes, plans and commands; For any student playing a secondary or accessory role, impose a punishment according to the actual theft and fraud value in clause (I); for any student intimidated or tempted, impose a lesser punishment or be exempt from a punishment compared with the punishment imposed on those playing an accessory role according to error admitting attitude.
Article 16 In case of any student infringing on legitimate rights and interest of others and organizations:
(I) For infringing on others' residences and working places, and adversely affecting the normal learning, working and life of others, impose a warning or a more severe punishment as the case may be;
(II) For illegal detention, false claiming and destruction of other students' letters (including opening and reading), parcels, drafts or other mails, impose a warning, serious warning or demerit record as the case may be;
(III) For intimidation or threat to the personal safety of others, and interference with the normal life of others, impose a serious warning or a more severe punishment as the case may be;
(IV) For deliberate fabrication of facts, false accusation, framing, defamation and insult, impose a serious warning or demerit record as the case may be, and in case of serious consequences, impose an academic probation or expulsion from the university;
(V) For throwing of poisonous and harmful substances to deliberately injure others' body or endanger public security, impose an expulsion from the university;
(VI) For extortion, blackmailing, robbing and snatching of public and private properties, impose a demerit record or academic probation or expulsion from the university as the case may be;
(VII) For any fraudulent use of the university name, violation of the university interests and damage of the university reputation with unfavorable effect or losses, impose a demerit record or academic probation or expulsion from the university as the case may be.
Article 17 For any violator in various examinations:
(I) Impose a warning in case of one of the following circumstances:
1. Carry articles not specified into an examination room or fail to put them in a designated place;
2. Fail to take an examination on a designated seat;
3. Answer with pens or papers not specified;
4. Other minor violations in examination places.
(II) Impose a serious warning in case of one of the following circumstances:
1. Answer before the signal for the start of an examination is sent or continue to answer after the signal for the end of an examination is sent;
2. Make noise, smoke or adversely affect the examination place order in an examination place or places explicitly prohibited for the examination;
3. Leave the examination place during the examination without permission of workers;
4. Take examination papers, answer sheets (including answer cards and papers) and sketch papers out of the examination place without following examination requirements;
5. Write the name and examination number on places other than answer sheets, or mark on answer sheets in other ways;
6. Other behaviors violating examination rules, but not constituting cheating behaviors.
(III) Impose a demerit record in case of one of the following circumstances:
1. Take an examination with materials related to examination contents or electronic equipment storing data related to examination contents;
2. Intentionally destroy examination papers, answer sheets or examination materials;
3. Peep at nearby desks, whisper, give signals or gesture during the examination.
(IV) Impose an academic probation in case of one of the following circumstances:
1. Exchange examination papers, answer papers or sketch papers;
2. Send or receive answers by communication equipment such as computer, mobile phone and micro earpieces or search the Internet for contents related to the examination;
3. Grab or steal examination papers, answer papers or sketch papers of others or intimidate others to copy for yourself;
4. Write names or examination numbers inconsistent with yours on answer sheets;
5. Become qualified for an examination or score adding, and get an examination result through fake proofs, files and other materials;
6. Be deemed as having similar answers during the marking process;
7. Obtain or try to obtain examination answers or examination scores through improper means;
8. Send, receive and check on contents related to the examination through QQ or WeChat;
9. Other relatively serious cheating behaviors.
(V) Impose an expulsion from the university in case of one of the following circumstances:
1. Impose an expulsion from the university in case of one of the following circumstances:
2. Other person takes an examination or let other person take an examination for you;
3. Cheat as a gang;
4. Participate a gang cheating by providing examination information, answers and corresponding equipment to the organizers of the cheating;
5. Sell examination questions or answers to others for profits, and cheat or disturb the examination order more seriously.
Article 18 For any student violating the Provisions on the Administration of Student Dormitory of Hubei University of Technology:
(I) Impose a warning or a more severe punishment in case of one of the following circumstances:
1. Dismantle or damage public facilities arbitrarily and refuse to stop after criticism;
2. Privately connect wires or pull wires without permission or violate regulations to use electricity or fire, resulting in potential fire hazard or fire;
3. Carry combustible, explosive, poisonous and radioactive articles into the dormitory;
4. Exchange rooms or rent out beds without permission, and engage in business activities such as sales which affect accommodation order;
5. Keep pets in the dormitory, or carry pets into the dormitory without listening to the dissuasion.
(II) For any student accommodating the opposite sex or stay overnight in the dormitory of the opposite sex, impose an academic probation or expulsion from the university;
(III) In case of economic losses or personal injuries to others, the party concerned shall compensate economic losses by law and bear corresponding legal responsibilities.
Article 19 For dishonesties in study, academy and morality:
(I) In case of one of the following circumstances during the writing of academic papers and degree dissertations, impose a warning, serious warning, demerit record, academic probation and expulsion from the university as the case may be:
1. Copy or plagiarize academic achievements of others;
2. Tamper with or falsify research data;
3. Write papers for others or buy and sell papers;
(II) In case of the stamping of an official seal without permission, or tampering with and falsifying various certificates, credentials and report data, impose a warning or a more severe punishment as the case may be;
(III) In case of fraud in student aid, scholarship evaluation and employment, impose a serious warning, demerit record, academic probation and expulsion from the university as the case may be;
(IV) In case of false testimony in the treatment for disciplinary offences to interfere with the investigation, impose a warning or a more severe punishment as the case may be;
(V) In case of false declaration or concealed declaration in various investigations organized on campus or commitments signed, impose a warning or a more severe punishment as the case may be;
Article 20 For any student violating teaching management regulations to play truant for no reason:
(I) Impose a Warning for 10-20 class hours’ absence;
(II) Impose a Serious Warning for 21-30 class hours’ absence;
(III) Impose a Demerit Record for playing truant for 31-40 class hours’ absence;
(IV) Impose an Academic Probation for 41-50 class hours’ absence;
(V) Impose an Expulsion from the university for more than 51 class hours’ absence;
For absenteeism for many times, the number of class hours shall be calculated accumulatively by semester. In case any student does not return to the university upon expiry of the leave period, the absence time will be calculated from the expiring date. In case any student leaves school without authorization, the absence time will be calculated from the leaving day.
Article 21 In case any student violates the Measures for the Administration of Student Associations of Hubei University of Technology to establish any illegal organization among students:
(I) For any active participant, impose a serious warning or demerit record;
(II) For any organizer, impose a demerit record;
(III) For any main initiator or organizer, impose an academic probation or expulsion from the university.
Article 22 In case any student violates computer or Internet management regulations:
(I) Impose a demerit record or a more severe punishment in case of one of the following circumstances:
1. Unauthorized use of any account number or IP address of others, encroachment on network information resources of others, or hacking into networks of national administrative organizations or enterprises and institutions;
2. Building reactionary or pornographic web pages or providing reactionary or pornographic website link services;
3. Creating or transmitting computer viruses which affect the normal operation of the computer system or network.
(II) For downloading, copying, browsing, playing, creating or transmitting reactionary or pornographic contents, impose a demerit record or academic probation as the case may be;
(III) For building reactionary or pornographic websites, impose an expulsion from the university.
Article 23 In case any student watches, copies, or spreads pornographic books & pictures or other pornographic goods:
(I) For watching pornographic goods, impose a warning or serious warning as the case may be;
(II) For creating, copying, spreading or concealing pornographic goods, impose a demerit record or academic probation as the case may be; for any student refuses to correct after education or the situation is serious, impose an expulsion from the university.
Article 24 In case any student destroys teaching, experimental, management and life service facilities on campus, impose a warning or a more severe punishment, and order to pay economic losses.
Article 25 In case any student organizes and participates in gambling or provide conditions for gambling, impose a serious warning or a more severe punishment as the case may be;
Article 26 In case any student participates in bad lending on campus and cause an adverse effect, impose a warning or a more severe punishment as the case may be; in case any student borrows or lends by the identity information of others, impose a demerit record or a more severe punishment as the case may be.
Article 27 For any student participating in a pyramid scheme, and coercing, cheating or inducing others to participate in a pyramid scheme, impose a demerit record, academic probation or expulsion from the university.
Article 28 In case of any drug abuse, drug concealing or drug trafficking, impose an expulsion from the university and transfer to the judicial organization for treatment.
Article 29 In case any student participates in any evil organization or carries out feudalism superstition activities on campus, impose a demerit record of a more severe punishment.
Article 30 For any student carrying out religious activities on campus, impose a demerit record, academic probation or expulsion from the university as the case may be.
Article 31 For the cases of illegal immigration, residence ，employment, and any other illegal act， School of International Education will impose punishments ranging from Academic Probation to Expulsion according to the state of affairs.
Chapter IV Punishment Procedure
Article 32 Punishment shall be subject to the following procedure:
(I) For other disciplinary offences other than examination rule breaking behaviors of undergraduates and junior college students, the college of the student shall, according to the Detailed Rules, put forward preliminary punishment opinions which shall be submitted to the Student Affairs Department (Office) with materials on violation facts. Later on, Student Affairs Department (Office) shall give punishment opinions, and the college of the student shall explicate facts, reasons and basis of the punishment in writing to the student who is required to fill a punishment statement and appeal table;
(II) For examination rule breaking behaviors of undergraduates and junior college students, the Office of Academic Affairs shall organize two or more personnel to investigate facts, collect and store corresponding evidence materials, determine disciplinary offences of examinees, and put forward punishment opinions; then, the college of the student shall explicate facts, reasons and basis of the punishment in writing to the student who is required to fill a punishment statement and appeal table;
(III) For examination rule breaking behaviors of graduates, the college of the student and relevant departments shall organize two or more personnel to investigate facts, collect and store corresponding evidence materials, and according to the Detailed Rules, put forward preliminary punishment opinions which shall be submitted to the Graduate School. Later on, Graduate School shall give punishment opinions, and the college of the student shall explicate facts, reasons and basis of the punishment in writing to the student who is required to fill a punishment statement and appeal table;
(VI) After hearing the statement and explanation of students, the punishment opinion drafting department shall report to the competent university leader for approval;
(V) In case it is suggested to impose an expulsion from the university, after the above procedure, relevant personnel shall submit to the Office of Legislative Affairs of the University for legitimate review and report to the Chairman's meeting or a special meeting authorized by the Chairmen for discussion.
Article 33 The University shall issue a letter of punishment decisions for the punishment to be imposed. The letter of punishment decisions shall include the following contents:
(I) Basic information of the student;
(II) Facts and evidences based on which the punishment decisions are made;
(III) Punishment type, basis and term;
(IV) Appealing way and term;
(V) Other necessary contents.
Article 34 The letter of punishment decisions and punishment notice shall be delivered to the student by his / her college, and in case he / she refuses to sign, the server shall put on record and deliver by way of lien; in case the student has graduated from the university, deliver by mail; in case it is hard to contact the student, deliver through the university website and news media for public announcement; for punishment decisions involving personal privacy and national secrets, the punishment opinion drafting department shall determine whether it is appropriate to publicize.
Article 35 Except expulsion from the university, the procedure of lifting other punishments is as follows:
(I) The student punished shall submit a written application for punishment lifting to his / her college within one month before the expiry of the punishment term;
(II) The college shall evaluate the student's performance during the punishment term, and give a written suggestion on lifting the punishment on schedule within half a month before the expiry of the punishment term;
(III) Submit to the competent university leader for approval after the review and drafting by the punishment opinion drafting department.
Article 36 After any punishment is lifted, recognition, reward and other rights of the student will not be adversely affected by the previous punishment.
Chapter V Remedy of Punishment
Article 37 In case any student raises an objection to a punishment decision, he / she may appeal to the Student Appeal Committee of the University in writing within 10 days upon receipt of the letter of punishment decisions. Refer to the Methods for Appeal Handling of Hubei University of Technology for details.
Article 38 For any student expelled from the university, a studying certificate will be issued by the University. The student shall leave the University within 2 weeks from the date when the letter of punishment decisions is served; archives shall be returned to the home place, and the registered permanent residence shall be transferred to the original household place or household register place according to relevant national regulations.
Article 39 Punishment and lifting data of the student shall be authentically and completely kept in the document archives of the University and the student's archives.
Chapter VI Supplementary Provisions
Article 40 For other illegal activities and disciplinary offences not mentioned in the Detailed Rules, corresponding treatment shall be given by referring to relevant clauses herein or other relevant regulations.
Article 41 The Detailed Rules shall be explained by School of International Education.
