I.E.13: Academic Notice and Dismissal 

Academic notice and dismissal from the University for academic reasons will be administered by the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, at the recommendation of the schools and colleges or regional campuses, in accordance with the regulations that follow: 

Academic notice serves as an identification of students whose academic performance is below University standards. The student and their academic advisor are informed that a marked academic improvement in future semesters is necessary to meet the university’s minimum academic standards. 

Students are placed on academic notice for the next semester in which they are enrolled if they have earned less than a 2.0 semester grade point average (GPA) or cumulative GPA. 

The following conditions apply to any student placed on academic notice: 

• Any student placed on academic notice because of a semester or cumulative GPA less than 2.0 is removed from academic notice when both the semester and cumulative GPA reaches 2.0 or above, and academic standing is updated (fall or spring semesters only). 

• A student who fails to meet these minimum academic standards for two consecutively registered academic semesters (fall and spring semesters only) is subject to dismissal. 

• However, no student with at least a 2.3 semester GPA after completing all courses for which they are registered at the end of a semester is subject to dismissal; the student will be continued on academic notice if such status is warranted, until both the semester and cumulative GPAs are at least 2.0. 

• Students who are subject to dismissal but who, for extraordinary reasons, are permitted to continue by the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, may be subjected to other mandatory academic conditions for their continuance. 

 Academic standing is calculated only for fall and spring semesters; no student is assigned an academic standing for summer or winter sessions. 

• Summer and winter courses can impact a student’s prior semester GPA when a course is taken for repeat forgiveness, and the new course grade replaces a previous grade for the same course. 

• Summer and winter coursework can impact a student’s cumulative GPA. 

When a student is dismissed from the University for academic reasons only, any certificate or transcript issued must contain the statement “Dismissed for academic deficiency but otherwise entitled to honorable dismissal.” Dismissal involves non-residence on the University campus and loss of status as a candidate for a degree effective immediately upon dismissal. 

Students who have been dismissed may request an evaluation for readmission during a later semester to the University. Students wishing to return to UConn, whether at Storrs or a regional campus, must apply for readmission through the Dean of Students Office. The Dean of Students Office, in consultation with deans’ designees, will conduct a holistic review of each application. Readmission will be considered favorably only when the evaluation indicates a strong probability for academic success. In their first regular semester after readmission, dismissed students will be continued on an academic standing of “academic dismissal” and will be subjected by the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs to other conditions for their continuance. Students who have left the University for a reason other than academic dismissal are readmitted under the same academic standing status as designated at the time of their separation from the University. 

Students who are dismissed from the University for the first time may, upon approval, matriculate no sooner than one academic semester (fall or spring) following dismissal, in accordance with the University’s readmission process and deadlines. Students who are dismissed from the University for the second time may, upon approval, matriculate no sooner than four semesters following dismissal. No student will be readmitted to the University after a third dismissal. All readmitted students remain on academic notice with their respective academic standings (notice, subject to dismissal, dismissed) until both their semester and cumulative GPA are 2.0 or above. Students must follow the catalog requirements for the semester of their readmission.