Update personal details
Change of address and phone number. A name change requires sending a copy of the updated identity document to the Students’ Progress Office via email: Zila or via to: 04-8295635.
Cancellation of admission to studies
Information regarding the cancellation of admission to studies
Deferral of the beginning of the course of study
Information about a deferral at the beginning of the course of study
Semester Off
Fall Semester: October – February
Spring Semester: March – September
Summer semester isn’t counted as a semester for Graduate Studies
Academic break is for a complete semester A detailed request for vacation must be submitted via the portal within 14 days from the beginning of the semester. A student whose request arrives after this date will be required to pay tuition as set forth on the Calendar of Important Dates.
Please note: A semester off is not the same as “Absence from Technion” for scholarship recipients. For more details please read the information in the link regarding: absence for scholarship recipients.
A student who is eligible for break
A student considered to be in a “proper” academic state (GPA of at least 75, compliance with the expanded English/scientific English requirement) may take two up to two semesters of break during the degree.
A student who is not eligible for a break
Any student whose original course of study has ended and who has extended a course of study.
- A doctorate student before the candidacy examination.
- A master’s student who is a scholarship recipient – before the submission of the research topic.
- Any scholarship recipient who receives the entire amount of scholarships in the degree and has not submitted the final paper to the school.
Termination of studies
A student who wishes to interrupt a course of study will provide written notice to the Graduate School via the portal.
A request should include the following documents:
| Scholarship Receiver | Received scholarship in the past | Non Scholarship student with an approved research topic | Non Scholarship student without an approved research topic | Non-Thesis | |
| Student request | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Advisor approval | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Graduate Vice Dean * | Yes, including recommendation regarding current and past scholarships | Yes, including recommendation regarding past scholarships | yes | yes | yes |
- Please contact the Graduate coordinator in the department.
The notice must be provided within 14 days from the beginning of the semester.
A student whose request arrives after this date will be required to pay tuition as set forth on the Calendar of Important Dates.
Transfer of status from “supplementary” to “regular” student
A supplementary student is a student received on condition, as the student has not completed all of the conditions for acceptance to studies. After meeting the conditions, the student will become an “ordinary student” at the recommendation of the Graduate Degree Department Committee.
For a student that was admitted as a “Supplementary” student, the department may recommend that some or all of the prerequisite courses will not be included in the degree’s GPA, towards the transition to “full-time” status. For such a student two GPA will be calculated; a GPA for prerequisite courses completed (for follow-up purposes) and a degree GPA. Only the degree GPA will be considered when competing for scholarships, awards, direct transfer to the doctorate and completion of a degree. Exclusion of prerequisite courses’ GPA from the degree’s GPA will not be done at a later stage of studies.
If the student does not meet the conditions by the assigned time, the student’s course of study will be interrupted, unless the Dean decides to give the student an extension on the basis of a detailed recommendation of the department’s Graduate Studies Committee.
Change of study track / faculty transfer
Change of study track / faculty transfer
Change of study track
- From a research track to a non-thesis track
A request form must be submitted to transfer to a non-thesis track. - From a non-thesis track to a research track
A detailed request must be submitted with a research topic proposal form before the master’s degree, after passing the research ethics exam. Keywords will be added by the student only after approval of the research topic.
Change of research topic
A student who wishes to change a research topic will submit a new research topic proposal through the research topic proposal form before the master’s degree. If the new research is conducted with the guidance of another advisor, please attach a letter from the previous advisor regarding the waiver of the guidance.
Change of the name of the research topic
If during the progress of the research, a need arises to change the name of the research topic alone, the request must be submitted through a request form to change the name of the research topic.
Extension of the duration of study
Request form to extend the duration of study in a research track In a non-thesis track, a request for an extension of study will be submitted in a letter signed by the advisor and the department committee coordinator.
Transfer to a direct PhD track
Transfer to a direct PhD track