there are spacious grounds at the University and at the Halls . provision is made in the University grounds for the playing of football , hockey , cricket , tennis and squash rackets , and elsewhere for badminton , rowing and swimming . there is a first-class running track . facilities for recreational physical activities are provided in the gymnasium . general information . admission of students . applicants for admission to a degree course in the University must be at least 17 years of age on 1 October in the year of their admission , and must , before the beginning of the session in which they wish to enter the University , be eligible to matriculate . the ordinance and regulations governing matriculation and entrance to a particular faculty are published on pages 104 and 145 . forms of application for admission may be obtained from the Registrar . candidates may be required to attend at the University for interview . occasional and part-time students may be admitted to attend lectures with the permission of the head of the department concerned without satisfying the normal conditions for entry . admission of overseas students . applications from overseas students must be accompanied by a statement from the appropriate government office or from the person or body which will be responsible for the applicant &apos;s maintenance , certifying that he will receive adequate financial support for the duration of his course . applications will not be considered without such an assurance . submission of applications . applications of candidates from overseas will be considered only if they are submitted to the University either by the students &apos; branch of the colonial office ( 2 Sanctuary Buildings , Great Smith Street , London , S.W.1 ) or by the appropriate official representative of their countries in London . applications from candidates wishing to attend occasional lectures for a period not exceeding one session may be submitted direct to the University . registration . the University session opens in the first or second week of October each year . students are required to register on the first three days of each session . all freshmen entering upon a degree course must at the time of registration or within seven days present evidence of their eligibility to matriculate to the assistant Registrar ( academic ) . discipline . the University regulations are published on page 132 . entry for examinations . all students must obtain the consent of the Dean of the faculty concerned before entering for examinations , and must take the examinations at the time approved by the Dean . no student may postpone or withdraw registration or entry for any examination without the consent of the Dean . students whose progress is considered by the Senate to be unsatisfactory may be required to withdraw from the University . failure in an examination may be regarded as evidence of unsatisfactory progress . see also University regulations , section 3 , page 133 . residence . the University is in principle residential , in the sense that all full-time students for whom there is room are required to live in halls of residence . in view of the growth in numbers the accommodation in the Halls is , however , now insufficient to house all the students not living at home . approximately half of the places in Hall are reserved for first-year students and a majority of the remaining places are allocated to second-year students . forms of application for residence will be sent to all candidates to whom an offer of a place in the University is made . students ( other than those living at home ) who are not offered accommodation in Hall must live in lodgings approved by the University . the allocation of first-year students to Halls is made by the Wardens and students who are required to reside in approved lodgings will be put in touch with the Warden of lodgings . students must take up residence in Hall or lodgings on the first day of each term . a limited number of students in their second or third years who have previously been in lodgings are admitted to Hall . applications should be made to the Warden . University health service . a comprehensive health service for students is provided under the direction of the University medical Officer . all students are required to undergo a medical examination during the first session and at such times afterwards as the medical Officer may advise . students are also strongly advised to make use of the facilities available annually at the University for chest X-ray examination . all students , except those living locally and therefore registered with a local doctor , should re-register under the national health service arrangements with the University medical Officer or with a local medical practitioner . students in Hall should consult their Warden before re-registration . for purposes of re-registration students must bring with them to Hull their national health medical card . ( see also University regulations , section 5 , page 134 . ) sick students , where illness is likely to last more than 24 hours , are admitted from Hall , and , when desirable , from lodgings to the sick bay , where they will be in the care of the medical Officer and the Sister of the sick bay . . students living in Hall or lodgings will pay a fee towards the cost of the service of &amp;pound;1 1 s per session ; students living at home will pay 10 s 6 d per session . refectories . facilities are provided in the students &apos; union Building , for morning coffee , luncheon , tea and evening meals . there is a separate staff refectory for the use of the academic staff . University regulations . general . the University expects its students to conduct themselves at all times in an orderly manner creditable to the good name of the University . regulations for the maintenance of good order and discipline are promulgated from time to time . it is the duty of all students to take notice of the regulations and to know and observe them . students on admission must sign a declaration that they will observe the ordinances of the University and will conform to all such regulations as may from time to time be made for the maintenance of order in the University . students must also make themselves conversant with the academic regulations in the University calendar . regulations relating to halls of residence , lodgings and the University Library , have the same force as University regulations and any breach of them may be dealt with as a breach of University discipline . University terms . 1 . the official dates of University terms as published in the calendar apply to all students . students ( other than new students at the opening of a session and research students ) are required to arrive in Hull on the first day of term and , except with the special permission of the Dean of their faculty , may not go down until the last day . the first and last days of term as published are regarded as travelling days on which no lectures or classes will be held . the residence of research students will be governed by the requirements of their head of department or Supervisor . ( a ) . permission to go down before the end of term ( exeat ) : an exeat will be granted only in special circumstances . students must apply to the Dean personally , having first obtained an exeat form from the Dean &apos;s office . ( b ) . temporary absence during term ( absit ) : leave of absence may be granted during University terms subject to departmental and other academic requirements and to the halls of residence and lodgings regulations . leave for three successive nights will ordinarily be granted only if it includes a Saturday and Sunday . the power of granting temporary leave of absence during terms has been delegated by the Deans to heads of departments ; students seeking such leave should first obtain an absit form from the Dean &apos;s office . ( a copy of the full supplementary regulations relating to exeats and absits may be obtained from the Registrar &apos;s office . ) registration and payment of fees . 2 . students must register for classes and examinations and pay any fee prescribed and any other University dues on the dates and at the times laid down in official notices . classes and examinations . 3 . students must follow throughout the terms the courses for which they are registered and attend such classes and such examinations as are required by the University or by the heads of the departments concerned . no student may change his course without the permission of the heads of the departments concerned and of the Dean of the faculty . no student may enter for a University examination or an examination conducted by some other examining body without the consent of the Dean of his faculty . in the case of external examination such consent is normally given only if the examination is for a professional qualification closely related to the student &apos;s course . consent for entry to examinations is normally given when the Dean or his deputy signs the student &apos;s registration form at the beginning of session . students must enter on their registration form particulars of any external examinations which they propose to take during the session . University examinations of any kind will in all cases take priority over any other examinations which a student wishes to take . students absent from classes must report such absence within the first two days to the Warden in the case of students residing in Hall and to the University registry in the case of all other students . in the case of illness students in lodgings must also report such absence to the Warden of lodgings . gowns . 4 . all full-time students reading for a degree or diploma must wear approved academic dress at examinations , on ceremonial occasions , at official interviews with University Officers and members of the academic staff , and also at lectures unless Senate on the recommendation of a board of faculty shall for special reasons determine otherwise . gowns will not be worn in laboratories . health . 5 . students , other than those living at home , are required to bring their national health service medical cards to Hull and to register under the national health service either with the University medical Officer ( Dr R Raines ) , or with a local medical practitioner . students must inform the Registrar , in the manner prescribed from time to time , of the name of the doctor in Hull or district with whom they have registered . all students are required to present themselves for a medical examination during their first year , and at such times afterwards as the University medical Officer may advise . they are strongly advised to make use of the facilities provided annually at the University for chest X-ray examination . students absent from classes owing to illness must report such absence within the first two days to the Warden in the case of students residing in Hall , Warden of lodgings in the case of students in lodgings , and to the University registry in the case of all other students . vehicles . 6 . students are permitted to bring vehicles into the University grounds and park them there on the following conditions . this permission may be expressly withdrawn by the Registrar at any time . ( a ) . registration . students regularly parking cars , motor-cycles or any other mechanically propelled vehicles within the University grounds must register such vehicles at the Registrar &apos;s office before the expiration of one week from the beginning of each session . any newly acquired vehicle must be registered immediately . ( b ) . parking . detailed regulations may be promulgated from time to time specifying inter alia the times during which and the entrances by which , cars , motor-cycles and other mechanically propelled vehicles may be brought into and taken out of the University grounds , and the places in which such vehicles may be parked . similar regulations may be made for pedal cycles . no cycle may be parked , even temporarily , near any building except as authorised by the regulations . cycles parked in unauthorised places may be moved and may be impounded until any fine which may be imposed has been paid . ( c ) . vehicles other than cycles not equipped with means of mechanical propulsion , must not be left over-night in the University grounds without the permission of the Registrar . ( d ) . no vehicle may be left in the University grounds during vacations and the University authorities shall have power to deal with any vehicle so left by causing it to be removed in the name and at the cost of the student responsible , and by having it put in any private or public place which the University may find convenient . 