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Bircham International University
Conflict Resolution - Refund Policy

 

 

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Cancellation

 

The student has the right to cancel registration at Bircham International University (BIU) and receive the corresponding refund according to the refund policy. Cancellation is effective on the date a written notice of the cancellation is mailed. BIU shall make the refund within 14 days of cancellation notice was effectively received. BIU considers the program starting date the day that the student receives any study material. Study material may be one or a combination of the following: Academic Assignment Control form, and all or part of the textbooks assigned in this form. The cancellation notice must be sent in writing by mail or email dated, and signed, addressed to the director of BIU at the corresponding BIU office address or email.

 

Submitting forged documentation, or including false information in the curriculum vitae will result in the immediate dismissal of the student and the loss of the registration as student and any payment refund rights. More info...

 

The cancellation of your program of study may occur if you fail to submit payments as per the agreed payment plan option, and/ or failure to submit assignments for one year. More info...

 

The BIU degree and/or transcript will not be awarded until all tuition due is paid and all required assignments are passed.

 

 

Refund Policy

 

Bircham International University provides a beneficial refund policy for the student: 100% tuition refund within 15 days from the program start; 80% tuition refund within 90 days; and 50% tuition refund within a whole year from the program start. This policy guarantees no financial risk to anyone willing to try the BIU's innovative distance learning higher education for adult professionals.

 

ADMISSION FEE:

A 200 Euros (or $250) admission fee is required for Bachelor's, Master's, and Ph.D. programs. This admission fee is not refundable once the Official Certificate for Admission has been issued. This admission fee ensures the student's commitment, so BIU may assume the extensive evaluation work of the documents concerning previous education (subjects, credits, hours of study, etc…) and professional experience (jobs, skills, responsibilities, etc…) in order to prepare a personalized Official Certificate for Admission.


DEGREE PROGRAMS REFUND POLICY:

Tuition Fee is refundable according to the following refund policy:

100% REFUND - Full Tuition Refund - 15 days written notice:
- A 100 €$ administrative fee will be deducted from the tuition fee paid.
- The cost of the textbooks sent to the student will be deducted from the tuition fee paid (if applicable).
At this point, no academic progress has been made towards program completion.

80% REFUND - Partial Tuition Refund - 15 to 90 days written notice:
- A 100 €$ administrative fee will be deducted from the tuition fee paid.
- The cost of the textbooks sent to the student will be deducted from the tuition fee paid (if applicable).
- 20% of the total tuition for the degree program will be deducted from the tuition refund.
- A $300 Evaluation Fee will be deducted for each academic work submitted by the student.
The student has the right to receive the results of the evaluation of any work submitted.
10 to 30% average estimation of academic progress has been made towards program completion.

50% REFUND - Partial Tuition Refund - 3 to 12 months written notice:
- A 100 €$ administrative fee will be deducted from the tuition fee paid.
- The cost of the textbooks sent to the student will be deducted from the tuition fee paid (if applicable).
- 50% of the total tuition for the degree program will be deducted from the tuition refund.
- A $300 Evaluation Fee will be deducted for each academic work submitted by the student.
The student has the right to receive the results of the evaluation of the work submitted.
30 to 70% average estimation of academic progress has been made towards program completion.

NO REFUND.
No Tuition refund is granted after 12 months from the date the student received study material, or after completion and submission of all the required academic work (reports, projects, thesis) despite of the time frame from the starting date.

 

CANCELLATION & REFUND POLICY FOR A COURSE:
This course fees may be refunded within the first 30 days after delivery of the course textbook. A 100 Euros administrative fee will be discounted from the refund. The book cost (with shipping) will also be discounted from the refund in the case the book was already shipped. No refunds are granted 30 days after the course starts. Enrollment into this course will be automatically canceled if the required report has not been submitted and approved within a year from the course start. You have a maximum of one year to complete a course.

 

 

Conflict Resolution

 

Any concerns about Bircham International University which have not been satisfactorily answered or resolved by the corresponding BIU office should be addressed to Board of Trustees. More info...

 

All staff, management, collaborators and professors from Bircham International University (BIU) will abide to the conflict resolution policy, and will strive to avoid any conflict of interest between themselves, BIU and its students. This includes avoiding actual conflicts of interest as well as the perception of any conflicts of interest.

The purpose of the conflict resolution policy is to protect the integrity of BIU decision-making process, to enable our students, staff and collaborators to have confidence in our integrity, and to protect the expectations and reputation of anyone involved in our organization. This conflict resolution policy is intended to supplement, but not replace, any applicable laws governing these conflicts. More info...

 

 

Board of Trustees

 

The Board of Trustees of Bircham International University has the mission to review policy implementation and ethical management in order to ensure that student welfare, education quality, administrative transparency, and institutional integrity are preserved at all times. It also guarantees no conflict of interest among ownership, management, academics and students. The Board of Trustees reviews Bircham International University progress, ethics and continuous improvement. More info...

 

 

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Privacy & Data Protection

 

According to the 2016/679 European Data Protection Law, contacting any of the Bircham International University offices via phone, email, address, social networks, or any other media specified on our web, does authorize BIU for the use of any data that you provide. We also use cookies to improve our services through the analysis of your web navigation habits and preferences (you may change this configuration).

Your data may only be used by Bircham International University for the purposes of providing the information requested, updating you with relevant information concerning BIU, and managing your interaction with our institution. Your data may not be transferred to any third party, and it is kept under custody following strict security protocols that ensure confidentiality and privacy. You may cancel our right to use your data, and to communicate with you, requesting so to the BIU staff by any of the contact means specified on our web.

You may only receive communications from Bircham International University if you have previously requested so by any of the contact means provided by the BIU web. BIU does not use any data from anybody who has not previously requested it, nor gathers personal information by any means other than your request.

You authorize the use of the data that you provide to BIU when you contact our institution. You also authorize the use of cookies on this web. Thank you for your interest.

 

THE USE OF COOKIES IN OUR WEB

Bircham International University informs that our web employs cookies ( GoogleAnalytics: www.google.com/analytics/ ) to analyze user navigation patterns, and to improve our web's functionality. Cookies are files installed in the computers accessing our web. GoogleAnalytics explores navigation patterns through our web and provides statistics about the number of visits, language, IP, frequency, preferences, etc... This tool does not obtain any user personal data. You may allow, block or eliminate any cookies installed on your computer with your browser options.

Firefox:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
 
Chrome:
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?co=GENIE.Platform=Desktop&hl=en
 
Explorer:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

Safari:
https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac
 
Opera:
https://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/privacy/

 

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Privacy & Data Protection

According to the 2016/679 European Data Protection Law, contacting any of the Bircham International University offices via phone, email, address, social networks, or any other media specified on our web, does authorize BIU for the use of any data that you provide. We also use cookies to improve our services through the analysis of your web navigation habits and preferences (you may change this configuration).