WElcome to the office of aDMISSION & registrar

Information & Free Consultation

Prior to registration, all prospect students have a right to get detailed information on the requirements, class start dates and payment schedule for the department you would show interest via our online information request form. Just click the FREE ADMISSION COUNSELING button on the the golden box located at the right side of the page to request any information and secure your free admission counseling. At Paradigm college, we assign a well experienced and dedicated admission counselor  to analyze your situation and recommends you with the most appropriate discipline for you to join.  You can also get Admission requirements from your department website page; or by clicking the ADMISSION HANDBOOK button to download your PDF document. 

Stages for admission

At Paradigm College, we have a very simple, convenient and transparent admission policy and procedures in place to help applicants apply, register and enroll to the right program. In general, all applicants shall follow the following Admission and Registration stages:

1. APPLICATION STAGE

Apply only by clicking the APPLY ONLINE NOW button from the golden box or any where in the website. you will receive an automated confirmation email regarding your application. make sure you provide the correct email address as further communications will be based on your contact email.

N.B: Your next step is making the required registration and tuition fee

2. REGISTRATION STAGE

As soon as you make your payment, the Admission Counselor Approves your initial online application, you will receive Admission Email containing your student portal username, password and you will be able to complete your registration..

N.B Your Next step is Connecting to your Program advisor and assigned to courses for the Academic Term.

3. ENROLLMENT STAGE

When you are assigned to certain courses according to the curriculum, we say you are enrolled for certain courses. At this stage you will be able to see the courses in your course portal. This stage grants you the status if Active Student of Paradigm College. To access your courses, simply click the ACCESS ONLINE COURSE button from the golden box at the right side f this page or from the main menu under PORTAL. 

N.B Your next step is taking the Orientation or On-boarding Course to make yourself familiar with the online tools to succeed in your online courses.

Application and Admission

The minimum qualifications for admission to Bachelor’s and Master’s studies are set out in the Senate Legislation of Paradigm College and FDRE MoE-HERQA guidelines.  However, we are not obliged to accept any prospective student who meets the minimum requirement as there may be other factors on the basis of which the prospective student cannot be accepted. Factors that will be considered before admitting the prospective student to register include, but are not limited to, the following: the prospective student’s academic record, the topic he or she wishes to research, the capacity and expertise to supervise the prospective student and possible limitations imposed by enrolment planning. Such factors will be indicated on the college websites.

Applications for admission are made online to all program Students within the prescribed dates. The prospective student must indicate his or her preferred focus area. Some colleges allow prospective students to suggest an alternate title or focus area if his or her interest is not covered in the list provided by the college.

The College’s Admission and Registrar office verifies the application for compliance with the formal requirements as communicated on the website and then refers the application to the academic department concerned for selection. The academic department considers the application, the prospective student’s academic record, his or her academic background, language competence, factors set out in supervisory capacity and other relevant matters and, recommends approval or rejection to the Office of Admission and Registrar with the reasons for the non-acceptance of an application in cases where a prospective student complies with the minimum requirements but is unacceptable to the academic department for academic or other reasons as set out in this article.

A student whose application is rejected has the right to appeal. An appeal against non-admission on academic grounds may be addressed to office of the registrar. The registrar then will refer it to the Dean of the relevant College, or to his or her nominee. If the appeal is rejected, such rejection must be substantiated and submitted to the registrar. The Registrar then communicates the outcome to the applicant, the college Dean and the academic department.

TUITION & Registration

All students begin their study with a coursework; a candidate whose application for registration is accepted must register for at least one of the course and/or the research proposal module. Colleges may make recommendations in respect of the order in which candidates should register for the modules in the program, but a candidate must, if he or she wishes to do so, be able to complete the 30 credit hour or 60 ECTS qualification within one year as set out in the HERQA online Education guideline.

A candidate’s registration is not finalized before all the admission and registration processes have been completed and full payment of the fees prescribed for the relevant module(s) has been received. The prescribed registration and tuition fee is posted on the Office of Finance page.

A letter is issued by the Office of Admission and the Registrar to the candidate as soon as his or her registration is finalized. This stage is marked with the payment receipt. In the case of a candidate registered for a research proposal module or dissertation or thesis, the letter includes the working title or focus area and the name of the candidate’s supervisor. Copies of this letter are forwarded electronically to the Executive Dean, Chair of Department or designated contact person in the Department, the supervisor and co-supervisor (if applicable) and the College’s Library.

The Academic Counselor or his or her nominee informs the Chair of Department, who in turn informs the supervisor of the approval of a candidate’s (working) title. The supervisor will guide the candidate for the duration of his or her study period.

A candidate should establish contact with his or her supervisor as soon as possible either personally or by e-mail if a face-to-face meeting is not possible. Upon registration, a personal librarian will contact the candidate.

Candidates must apply annually for re-registration by the date published by the Registrar.

A candidate may not be supervised, or receive study guidance or library services during the period for which he or she has deferred his or her studies. The approved title for his or her thesis will be reserved during the period of deferment.

If a candidate does not register for a particular year(s) and did not obtain prior permission to defer his or her studies, the approved title of his or her projected dissertation or thesis will not necessarily be reserved for him or her and the year of interruption will count as one of the years allowed to complete the qualification in terms of the Admission Policy.

The normal rules regarding the cancellation or reduction of study units apply in respect of the coursework modules (for which fees are charged per module or paper) of candidates who are registered for the Master’s degree by coursework and thesis subject to any rules applicable to the specific degree.

Candidates who cancel their registration for a research proposal module or for a thesis remain liable for the full fees for the year for which they were registered. In exceptional cases the Executive Dean or his or her nominee may recommend cancellation with or without full refund to the College.

Course work

As soon as students are registered for coursework, they should be given username and password for their personalized Online Learning Management System (LMS) Portal known as MYCOURSE. You can access MYCOURSE site by clicking the ACCESS ONLINE COURSE button on the golden box located at the right side of this page. MYCOURSE is a site where students access their course content, video lectures, PowerPoint slides, text books, reference materials, assignments and solution for assignments, quizzes and feedback, Final examination both proctored and non proctored as well as their grades, badges and certificates. Students will get a fee detailed procedure on how to learn with Moodle classroom portal is given in the form of an orientation course for all first year students across the schools.

The Digital Library of Paradigm College generates library membership ID for ever registered student and notifies them via email along with the detail procedures on how to freely access books and journals from the University Digital Library and other external resources and University’s journal subscriptions. To access the digital library site click the ACCESS DIGITAL LIBRARY button on the golden box located at the right side of this page. 

RESEARCH Thesis

After coursework is completed students are required to work on their thesis or dissertation. The details on the research proposal, thesis and dissertation standard, supervisors, co-supervisors, oral defense and research report evaluation is given on a separate document known as Premium College Research Guideline.

Graduation

After students successfully completed their studies according to the prescribed curriculum, the college registrar along with Program Counselors will make a list of graduating students. The Research supervisor must also submit the final electronic version of an accepted thesis or dissertation including the candidate’s statement and the abstracts. The PDF copy of the thesis or dissertation is archived in Paradigm College’s  Institutional Repository as the final reviewed and approved thesis. The thesis  may be harvested from the College’s Institutional Repository by Academia or other research databases. The supervisor must therefore confirm that the version submitted is the final copy and no amendments will, after submission, be allowed to the final copy. Access may be restricted on the recommendation of the non-examining chairperson based on the examiners’ reports. Senior Essays of the undergraduate students will not be archived in Paradigm College’s Repository.

Graduation Ceremony

When it has received the examinations card from the College the Graduations Committee contacts the candidate in respect of the conferment of the degree. There will be annual graduation ceremony held at a location chosen by the Committee. It is not mandatory for students to participate in the graduation ceremony. A graduation bulletin could be published by the committee if graduating students organized themselves for this purpose and finance the project.