Policies, Procedures, and Forms

Policies and Procedures

Student Responsibility to Keep Informed - Full policy (amended 04/01/2025) (pdf)
School of Public Health Code of Professional Conduct and Honor Code
Admissions
- Application for Readmission
- Deferred Entrance
- Eligibility for MPH Option for Clinicians (amended 03/30/2022) (pdf)
- Seat Deposit
Registration
- Add/Drop
- Academic Advisement
- Academic Load and Overload - Full policy (amended 01/07/2025) (pdf)
- Auditing a Course - Full policy (pdf)
- Course Cancellation
- Course Evaluation
- Course Exemption
- Deregistration
- Incomplete Grades - Full policy (amended 04/01/2025) (pdf)
- Independent Study
- Late Registration - Full policy (pdf)
- Credits Earned Prior to Leave of Absence
- Leave of Absence - Full policy (amended 04/01/2025) (pdf)
- Maintaining Matriculation - Full policy (amended 07/28/2021) (pdf)
- Minimum Grade Requirement for Select Prerequisite Courses - Full policy (pdf)
- Practice Experience
- Quantitative Skills Assessment - Full policy (pdf)
- Retaking Courses - Full policy (amended 01/07/2025) (pdf)
- Transfer of Credits - Full policy (amended 03/30/2022) (pdf)
- Degree/Department Transfers
- Withdrawals
- Administrative Withdrawal
- Veterans
Tuition and Fees
Academic Progression Committee Decision Grievance - Full policy (pdf)
Academic Standing - Full policy (amended 03/22/2023) (pdf)
Awarding Posthumous Degree - Full policy (amended 04/01/2025) (pdf)
Computer Requirements and Specifications
Duration of Study and Matriculation
Dress Standards
Full-Time Status for Advanced PhD in Public Health Students - Full policy (pdf)
Grade Grievance - Full policy (pdf)
Grading System
Graduation Information
Non-Academic Student Grievance - Full policy (pdf)
Outside Employment for PhD in Public Health Students - Full policy (pdf)
Student Obligations to the University
Personally Owned Communication/Recording Devices in the Classroom
Student Health Insurance
Student Identification Card
Student Immunization
Student Principal Investigator Status with Rutgers IRB - Full policy (pdf)
Online Services and NetID
Absence Due to Religious Observance
Student Rights, Responsibilities, and Disciplinary Procedures
Academic Dishonesty: Definitions, Offenses, and Sanctions

Forms

The Rutgers School of Public Health implemented an electronic signature process for academic-related forms using DocuSign. Students, staff, and faculty will be able to prepare, submit, and electronically sign, academic forms online. Before starting, students should first view the fillable PDF form to learn what information is needed – but students will not need to complete the fillable PDF form before submitting a DocuSign form. Then, students should gather email contact information for their advisor and/or others as applicable on the form. You can find emails by using the School Directory.

Add/Drop Course for use by students who wish to add or drop a course	DocuSign (for signing)	PDF (for viewing)
BA/BS/MPH Cross-Registration Form for use by BA/MPH or BS/MPH articulated degree program students who are registering for SPH coursework while enrolled in the undergraduate portion of their articulated degree program	DocuSign (for signing)	PDF (for viewing)
BA/BS/MPH Undergraduate Degree Confirmation for use by BA/MPH or BS/MPH articulated degree program students who are completing the undergraduate portion of their articulated degree program and will be transitioning into the MPH program at SPH.	DocuSign (for signing)	PDF (for viewing)
Change of Address	DocuSign (for signing)	PDF (for viewing)
Change of Concentration for use by students who wish to request a change in concentration	DocuSign (for signing)	PDF (for viewing)
Change of Grade	DocuSign (for signing)	PDF (for viewing)
Change of Name	PDF	PDF (for viewing)
Conflict of Interest in Dissertation Research for use by doctoral students to address the issue of potential conflicts of interest regarding data, support for dissertation research, and the composition of the dissertation committee	DocuSign (for signing)	PDF (for viewing)
Course Exemption for use by students to request a course exemption	DocuSign (for signing)	PDF (for viewing)
Course Exemption for use by students to request a course exemption (PhD students enrolled Fall 2020 and after)	DocuSign (for signing)	PDF (for viewing)
Course Substitution for use by students who wish to request a course substitution	DocuSign (for signing)	PDF (for viewing)
Course Substitution for use by students who wish to request a course substitution (PhD students enrolled Fall 2020 and after)	DocuSign (for signing)	PDF (for viewing)
Cross Enrollment with Another RBHS School for use by students who wish to cross-enroll in a course offered by an RBHS School other than the School of Public Health	PDF	PDF Fillable Not Available
Cross Enrollment with Rutgers University-New Brunswick for graduate students at RBHS, Piscataway (all School of Public Health students) and Rutgers University-New Brunswick who wish to cross-enroll in a course offered by an RBHS School other than the School of Public Health	Online Instructions and Link to Registration Form
Enrollment Verification Request	DocuSign (for signing)	PDF Fillable (for viewing)
Graduation Application for use by students who are ready to graduate with their Certificate, MS, MPH, or doctoral degree	DocuSign (for signing)	PDF Fillable (for viewing)
Request for Incomplete Grade for use by students who wish to request an Incomplete Grade	DocuSign (for signing)	PDF Fillable (for viewing)
Request for Incomplete Grade for use by students who wish to request an Incomplete Grade (PhD students enrolled Fall 2020 and after)	DocuSign (for signing)	PDF Fillable (for viewing)
Contract for Independent Study for use by students who wish to enroll in an Independent Study	DocuSign (for signing)	PDF Fillable (for viewing)
Internal Certificate for use by matriculated students at the Rutgers School of Public Health who are interested in adding a Certificate program to their degree	DocuSign (for signing)	PDF Fillable (for viewing)
Internal Curriculum Transfer Plan for use by PhD in Public Health students who plan to apply SPH coursework to PhD degree program	DocuSign (for signing)	PDF Fillable (for viewing)
Internal Curriculum Transfer Plan for use by PhD in Public Health students who plan to apply SPH coursework to PhD degree program (PhD students enrolled Fall 2020 and after)	DocuSign (for signing)	PDF Fillable (for viewing)
Leave of Absence for use by students with academic, financial or personal issues that prevent them from taking classes for a semester or two, also for student scholar. Financial Aid contact information for DocuSign can be found at: https://financialaid.rutgers.edu/information-for-rbhs-students/	DocuSign (for signing)	PDF Fillable (for viewing)
Request for Maintaining Matriculation for use by students who are eligible for and requesting Maintaining Matriculation status	DocuSign (for signing)	PDF Fillable (for Viewing)
MS in Epidemiology: Research Thesis Title and Timeline Approval for use by MS in Epidemiology students as they prepare to complete the MS in Epidemiology research requirements.	DocuSign (for signing)	PDF (for viewing)
Non-Degree Seeking Student Registration for use by Non-Degree Seeking Students, such as Visiting Students, interested in taking up to two courses only and/or enrolling for a single semester	DocuSign (for signing)	PDF Fillable (for viewing)
PhD Degree Program Prerequisite Review for use by incoming PhD in Public Health students who wish to request a review of degree program prerequisites	DocuSign (for signing)	PDF Fillable (for viewing)
Practice Experience Credit for use by students who are also residents in preventive medicine, occupational medicine, aerospace medicine and public health or general preventive medicine programs	DocuSign (for signing)	PDF Fillable for viewing
Program Degree Transfer for use by students who wish to request a change in the degree program for which they originally enrolled	DocuSign (for signing)	PDF Fillable (for viewing)
Change Your Residency for Tuition Purposes for the Rutgers policy, application and application instructions	Online Instructions and Link to Residency Application Form
Official Transcript Request	Transcript and Verification Request Application
Transfer Credit for use by students who wish to request transfer credits	DocuSign (for signing)	PDF Fillable (for viewing)
Transfer Credit for use by students who wish to request transfer credits (PhD students enrolled Fall 2020 and after)	DocuSign (for signing)	PDF Fillable (for viewing)
Notification of Withdrawal for use by students who wish to withdrawal from the School	DocuSign (for signing)	PDF Fillable (for viewing)
Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) The myGuest Dashboard allows you to give parents, guardians, and third parties access to view content and services related to your experience at the university, such as your class schedule, financial aid awards, and term bill. While the university is offering this service, access will not be granted without your permission due to the protection of student rights under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).	Online Instructions and Link

If you need a form not found here, please contact the Office of the Registrar.

Academic Integrity

Each student bears a fundamental responsibility for maintaining academic integrity and intellectual honesty in his or her graduate work. For example, all students are expected to observe the generally accepted principles of scholarly work, to submit their own rather than another's work, to refrain from falsifying data, and to refrain from receiving and/or giving aid on examinations or other assigned work requiring independent effort. In submitting written material, the writer takes full responsibility for the work as a whole and implies that, except as properly noted by use of quotation marks, footnotes, etc., both the ideas and the works used are his or her own.

In addition to maintaining personal academic integrity, each student is expected to contribute to the academic integrity of the school community by not facilitating inappropriate use of her/his own work by others and by reporting acts of academic dishonesty by others to an appropriate school authority. It should be clearly understood that plagiarism, cheating, or other forms of academic dishonesty will not be tolerated and can lead to sanctions up to and including separation from the Rutgers School of Public Health.