Maximum Residency Rule (Undergraduate)

The Maximum Residence Rule (MRR) states that students who fail to finish the requirements of a degree program of any college within a prescribed period of actual residence shall not be allowed to register further in that college. Under meritorious cases, extension of residency may be granted. The faculty of each college shall designate the approving authority for such extensions. Each extension granted shall be reported to the Chancellor through the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.

Undergraduate Students 

The MRR states that students who fail to finish the requirements of a course of any college within a period of actual residence equivalent to 1½ times the normal length of the course concerned shall not be allowed to register further in the university. 

Thus, the prescribed years to finish a degree program for the undergraduate level are as follows: 

Program Number of Years Allowed by MRR 

Two-Year Certificate 3 

Four-Year Diploma 6 

Four-Year Bachelor’s 6 

Five-Year Bachelor’s 7½