The Whole Person Development Award Programme

Rules

Programme Schedule

Rules

• All current students enrolled in UM degree programmes (i.e. bachelor, master and doctoral programmes) are eligible for the programme. CCE, exchange and deferred students are not eligible.
• Only activities without academic credits or monetary compensation are eligible for counting toward the programme and receiving UM competencies score (CS). SDS has the sole right to decide whether an activity is valid for the programme and how many “CS” will be awarded.
• Each activity can only be submitted once and counted toward only one of the “CS” areas of development.
• For overnight camp / programme, only training hours can be counted for WP “CS”, not including time for dining, sleeping and free activity, etc.)
• Each activity submission must be accompanied by proof of participation, such as certificates, testimonials, activity photos, Activity Declaration Form, etc. SDS has the sole right to evaluate the validity of the proof and maintains the right to check the authenticity of the proof.
• Participants are responsible for the accuracy of the activities submitted. False submission may result in disciplinary or legal actions.
• Each activity record must be submitted before the submission deadline, which is announced by sds every year. Late submission is not accepted.
• The “CS” are accumulated for only one academic year.
• If an activity cuts across the end of an academic year and the beginning for another academic year, the activity will be counted toward later year.
• Participants are responsible for keeping their contact information up-to-date.
• The Student Development Section reserves the right to explain and revise the programme without prior notice.

Scoring

• “CS”s for 2019/2020 are accumulated from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
• Only activities without academic credits or monetary compensation are eligible for counting toward the programme and receiving “CS”.
• Each activity can only be submitted once and counted toward only one of the “CS” areas of development.
• The following table specifies the “CS” allocation to various activities. If no “CS” is designated, each 0.5 hour of activity is worth 5 “CS” in principle. Each activity can apply for up to 400 “CS”.