Semester Rules

• These regulations shall be known as Regulations pertaining to Admission, Registration and Semester Examinations, framed under KIU order 2008.
• These regulations shall come into force with immediate effect.

• University means Karakoram International University Gilgit (KIU).
• Academic coordinator. A member of the Academic Staff to be appointed by the Chairman/HOD/Principal of the Department/college /institute/centre for guiding and counseling students and for supervising their academic performance till their final graduation from the University. Also, for assisting chairman/HoD in academic and administrative matters of the department.
• Academic Program. An “Academic Program” means a program of studies, which leads to the award of a University Degree to the students, after successful completion of all its requirements.
• Assessment. The means by which program or achievement in a unit is evaluated. This can include assessment methods such as assignments, examinations, project work, seminar papers and tutorial participation etc.
• Cease means that a student is considered unsuitable for further studies at KIU as a regular student and is withdrawn from the study program.
• Class Assignment. A task relevant to a course of study assigned by concerned faculty to substantiate the course contents. The assignment may or may not be graded.
• Contact hour. One contact hour means one hour (including 05 minutes break) spent on academic/research related activities including instructional work/tutorials, lab work (practicals), research work, projects, seminars, workshops, internships, etc. during the course of studies at the university. Generally speaking one credit hour of course work is equal to one contact hour where as one credit hour of practical/lab/research work/ projects etc. is equal to 03 contact hours. for supervising their academic performance till their final graduation from the University. Also, for assisting chairman/HoD in academic and administrative matters of the department.
• Controller means the Controller of Examinations of KIU.
• Course means a course of study leading to the successful completion of the degree.
• Credit Course. A “Credit Course” means a course of study, successful completion of which shall be a requirement for the degree.
• Credit Hour (Cr. hr.). A lecture of one-hour duration (including 05 minutes break) per week per semester for a subject countable towards a student’s Cumulative Grade Point Average will be considered as one credit hour. However, in case of seminars, tutorials and laboratory work, one credit hour may require three contact hours depending upon the nature of the subject.
• Dean means the Dean of a faculty of the University.
• Chairman means Chairman of an Academic Department of the University.
• Head of Department means Head of Department or the Chairperson or another teacher appointed by the Vice Chancellor according to the relevant rules.
• Department means an Academic Department of the University.
• Faculty means faculty of the university having two or more (group of departments.
• Deputy Controller of Examination means the Deputy Controller of Internal Examination of the University.
• Examinations means the semester examinations.
• Examiners means a person appointed to conduct the examination.
• Fee means fee charged for every course attended by a registered student.
• Grade. A mark (letter grade or number) indicating the quality of students’ academic performance is called Grade.
• Grade Point (Number of points representing the letter grades scored by a student in a subject.
• Grade Points of a Credit Course. Total number of points scored by student in a credit course. This number is the product of points representing the letter grade scored by the student in a course and the number of credit hours taken of the course.
• Grade Point Average (GPA) means the accumulative grade point earned in a semester or in the whole course of study.

• Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA). The summation of grade points of all credit courses divided by the total number of credit hours taken by a student, i.e.

• Non-Credit Course. A “non-credit course” means a study, successful completionof which shall not be a requirement for the degree.
• Practical/Lab Test. These tests/examinations/evaluations are conducted to ascertain the level of competency of practical application of knowledge acquired.
• Project. Project is a research work aimed at testing the ability of a student to translate the theoretical knowledge acquired during a course of study into practical use.
• Probation. A student is said to be on probation if he/she is deficient in standards to the extent that he/she is likely to be relegated/withdrawn and is allowed to continue studies for one semester.
• Thesis/Final Year Project/Internship is a report comprising the research work/survey data of a student which is counted towards the partial fulfillment of his/her degree.
• Vice Chancellor means the Vice Chancellor of the KIU.
• Registrar means the Registrar of the University.
• Director Academics means Director Academic Planning & Review (DAPR) of the University.
• Provost means Provost of the University. Undergraduate admission and semester rules/regulations KIU, 2019 (revised)
• Registration means registration of the student with the office of the Registrar of the University.
• Semester Grade Point Average (Sem. GPA). The summation of grade points of all credit courses divided by the total number of the credit hours taken by a student during a semester.
• Semester. A “Semester” means an academic period in which one set of courses in any discipline is offered. The duration of a semester will be minimum of 18 weeks including 16 weeks for teaching and 02 week for exams. The academic year consists of two semesters; fall and spring semester. There may be a short summer semester of minimum 8 weeks duration with twice the pace and progress.
• Subject or Course. A “Subject” or “Course” means a topic, or a subject related to an academic program which is to be studied by a student for a fixed number of hours during a semester. Each subject will carry a specific discipline code and number.
• Thesis Supervisor/Advisor. A full time faculty member (BPS/ TTS) who supervises/guides thesis/dissertation of a student till successful completion of research work.

• Karakoram International University shall offer undergraduate study Programs as per KIU Order, 2008.
• Undergraduate study Programs include all Bachelor and equivalent programs i.e BS/ MSc./ MA (16 years of education).
• Four-year Bachelor’s Degree Programs:
  • Shall spread over a minimum of 08 semesters (4 years) and maximum time limit of 6 years, further extendable for one year with the approval of Statutory Bodies (departmental council, faculty council and academic council), excluding summer semesters, if any.
  • Shall be of a minimum of 130 credit hours.
  • All Academic departments shall be responsible for developing schemes of studies, and syllabi/courses for their academic programs in the light of the HEC approved curricula. The scheme of study and syllabi shall be reviewed and finalized by the respective Departmental Council. The same shall be submitted to the Faculty Council and Academic Council. The scheme of studies and syllabi shall become effective from the date of approval by the Academic Council or any other date as the Academic Council may determine. However, the Vice Chancellor may grant approval in anticipation on the recommendation of Chairperson and Dean concerned.
• Two-year MA/ MSc. Degree Programs:
  • Shall spread over a minimum of 04 semesters (2 years) and a maximum of06 semesters (3 years), excluding summer semesters, if any.
  • Shall be of a minimum of 65-75 credit hours.
  • The scheme of study of a particular department shall requires a student to undertake assignment/internship/project/Research, in addition to the course work, and submit a report describing the activities covered. The intensity of the assignment/internship/project/Research, the time of the activity and credit hours will be determined by the concerned department.
  • All Academic departments shall be responsible for developing schemes of studies, and syllabi/courses for their academic programs in the light of the HEC approved curricula. The scheme of study and syllabi shall be reviewed and finalized by the respective Department Council. The same shall be submitted to the Faculty council and Academic Council. The scheme of studies and syllabi shall become effective from the date of approval by the Academic Council or any other date as the Academic Council may determine. However, the Vice Chancellor may grant approval in anticipation on the recommendation of Chairperson and Dean concerned.
• Admission to the University is open to all eligible candidates without distinction of caste, creed, gender, or place of origin or domicile. Application for admission to various courses of study shall be invited from all over the Pakistan. However, foreign students seeking admission to the University shall be required to submit their applications through the Ministry of Education Government of Pakistan.

Each degree program will have eligibility conditions for admissions set by the Departmental Council (in accordance with the guidelines provided by HEC/relevant accreditation council) and conveyed to Admission Office.

• Admissions for BS/Bachelor (4 years) degree programs shall be made every year for fall semester only.
• Admission to BS/Bachelor (4 years) will be announced preferably after the declaration of the results of Intermediate examinations and the whole process shall be completed preferably one month prior to commencement of the semester.
• Admission will be open to all eligible candidates as per following;
  • From Gilgit Baltistan 80% of total seats in each discipline in each department.
  • From all over Pakistan (excluding Gilgit-Baltistan) 20% of total seats in each discipline in each department.
  • Foreign students seeking admission in the University shall be required to submit their applications through the Ministry of Education Government of Pakistan/HEC/Government of Pakistan. Such students shall be included in 20% as described in (5.3.2) above.
  • The University shall invite applications for admission to various academic programs on prescribed application form, through an advertisement by the Admission Office, indicating clearly number of open-merit seat as well as those on quota basis. The number of seats in each degree program will be decided by the departmental council and conveyed to the Admission Office.
  • The advertisement shall be published in at least one local and one national level daily newspapers as well as on University Website.
  • Candidates shall be required to submit application forms within the stipulated time, complete in all respects, along with the following documents duly attested by a gazetted officer:
    • Attested copies of SSC, HSSC or equivalent examination certificates.
    • Attested copies of detail marks certificates.
    • Attested copy of character certificate from the head of the institution last attended.
    • Attested copy of domicile certificate.
    • Three passport size photographs.
    • Migration certificate (original) within 15 days after admission.
    • Attested copy of computerized national identity card or form ‘B’.
    • Every application shall be accompanied by an affidavit signed by the applicant and countersigned by his father/guardian stating that s/he will abide by the Statutes, Rules and Regulations of the University and instructions issued from time to time, by the Vice Chancellor, Dean, Chairperson, or teacher.
    • Candidates applying for admission to more than one campus/ department/program and category (quota) will be required to submit a separate application form along with all supporting documents for each campus/department/program and category (quota).
    • Admission shall be granted strictly on merit based on score obtained calculated as follows.

• If university competent authorities decide to take admission entry test for any program (s) then in that case the following formula and procedures shall be followed:
  • Candidates considered eligible for admission for all degree programs shall appear before the Admission Committee for test and interview.
  • Admission shall be made on the basis of 80% weightage for academic performance and 20% weightage in the Entry Test & interview. The 80 % weightage for academic performance shall be calculated as follows:

• • The university admission office, after entry of candidate’s credentials, forward the package along with soft data files to the concerned departments for conduct of admission test and interview. The arrangement of admission test shall be made by the concerned Dean in consultation with the chairpersons/HoDs of the concerned departments. The results of the test and interview duly signed by the departmental admission committee, HoD/Chairperson and Dean shall be sent to admission office for preparation of final merit list. 
  • The admission office shall prepare final merit list and share with the departmental admission committee for endorsement.
  • All admissions shall be provisional. The admissions should be approved by the Dean of the Faculty concerned on the recommendations of the Admission Committee of the concerned department.
  • Admission shall be carried out strictly on the basis of merit. The criterion of merit shall be determined by the, Admission Committee of the Department concerned.
• In case of professional degree programs or where the accreditation council requirements are involved, the concerned departments shall follow their approved merit calculation procedures which shall be communicated to admission office of the university before the advertisement for necessary arrangements accordingly. In this case, the general formula mentioned above for other programs of the university shall not be applicable.
• In case of admission on reserved seats, the applicants / nominees shall apply through proper channel. If no candidate applies for reserved seats / quota, then the reserved seats will be converted to open merit.
• Admission on reserved seats will be granted on the basis of merit determined amongst the applicants.
• The number of open merit and quota seats shall be determined by the Academic Council on the recommendations of the Departmental Council and Faculty Council.
• The details of reserved seats are as under:
  • Sports                                              01 seat per program per department
  • Hafiz-e-Quran                                     01 seat per program per department
  • Disable persons                                        01 seat per program per department
  • Children/ spouse of KIU employee                 01 seat per program per department
• There shall be a Departmental Admission Committee duly notified by registrar office, consisting of the following:
  • Chairperson/ HoD of the Concerned Department                Convener
  • Two Faculty Members                                                                         Member
  • Departmental Academic Coordinator                                         Member/Secretary
• All the candidates shall be required to bring the relevant original documents for inspection by the Departmental Admission Committee.
• If two candidates have equal merit, the one senior in age shall be given preference over the other for the purpose of admission.
• If any candidate fails to appear before the Admission Committee at the specified time and venue, he shall not be considered for admission and the seat shall be offered to the next candidate on merit.
• Candidate selected for admission must finalize the admission requirements within the notified period, failing which their right of admission will be forfeited and the admission will be offered to the next candidate on waiting list.
• Late admission will be allowed to only those candidates who are on waiting list. They will be informed about their selection by placing information on the University notice board/website and will be required to finalize the admission requirements within the notified period.
• Equivalence of academic qualifications by the concerned Board, Inter Board Committee of Chairmen (IBCC), shall only be acceptable.
• Within 15 days of completion of admission, the Admission Office shall send profiles of all the newly admitted students to the Internal Examinations and concerned Departments. The profile shall include registration number, name of student, father name, date of birth, examinations passed with year, marks obtained, divisions and number with date of the deposit slip.
• All admissions shall remain provisional till verification of all the documents of newly admitted students by the Admission Office. If any student is found guilty for submission of fake documents, his/her admission shall be cancelled immediately without any notice at any stage.
• Admission to one department shall not give any student a right of admission/migration to another department.
• The University may suspend any particular program if the number of applicants is less than 10 or due to any other reasons. In such cases, the applicants may be considered for admission to another program subject to meeting prescribed eligibility criteria, merit and availability of seats.
• The following categories of candidates shall not be eligible for admission:
  • Who have got a degree/certificate with ‘third division’ in annual system or ’less than 50% marks or equivalent for other than annual system’ in the required qualification for admission to the specific program.
  • Who have ceased to be students of this University/ any other university on disciplinary grounds.
  • Who is already registered in any degree program in any institute. In case of dual registration, admission of the student will be cancelled without any prior notice.
• If a student fails to join a program during the first two weeks of the commencement of the semester as per announced schedule, his admission shall stand cancelled automatically without any notice.
• Students enrolled, as a full time regular student in any of the degree program offered by KIU, cannot be allowed admission simultaneously in any other degree program in KIU and in any other university/degree awarding institution as well. In case a student is found and verified for dual enrollment he/she will be liable for cancellation of his/her enrollment from KIU.
• No change of discipline is allowed once the admission finalized.
• University dues are paid at the start of each Semester. Those who do not pay dues within 10 days of 1st month of the Semester are not allowed to attend the classes. The defaulters of the University dues are not permitted to sit in the examinations.
•  The Vice Chancellor may cancel/refuse admission of/to any student without assigning any reason.
•  Foreign students under student exchange program (as the case may be) will be enrolled for any semester or for any single course and the University admission offer letter of the foreign student will be forwarded to HEC for issuance of NOC.

• Admissions for MA/ M.Sc. (2 years) degree programs shall be made every year
• Admission to MA/ MSc. (2 years) will be announced preferably after the declaration of the results of BA/ BSc. examinations and the whole process shall be completed preferably one month prior to commencement of the semester.
• Admission will be open to all eligible candidates as per following;
• From Gilgit Baltistan 80% of total seats in each discipline in each department.
• From all over Pakistan (excluding Gilgit-Baltistan) 20% of total seats in each discipline in each department.
• Foreign students seeking admission in the University shall be required to submit their applications through the Ministry of Education Government of Pakistan/ HEC/ Government of Pakistan. Such students shall be included in 20% as described in (5.3.2) above.
• The University shall invite applications for admission to various academic programs on prescribed application form, through an advertisement by the Admission Office, indicating clearly number of open-merit seat as well as those on quota basis. The number of seats in each degree program will be decided by the departmental council and conveyed to the Admission Office.
• The advertisement shall be published in at least one local and one national level daily newspapers as well as on University Website.
• Candidates shall be required to submit application form, within the stipulated time, complete in all respects, along with the following documents duly attested by a gazetted officer:
  • Attested copies of SSC, HSSC, BA/B.Sc. or equivalent examination certificates.
  •   Attested copies of detail marks certificates.
  •  Attested copy of character certificate from the head of the institution last attended.
  • Attested copy of domicile certificate.
  • Three passport size photographs.
  • Migration certificate (original) within 15 days after admission.
  • Attested copy of computerized national identity card or form ‘B’.
  •  Every application shall be accompanied by an affidavit signed by the applicant and countersigned by his father/guardian stating that s/he will abide by the Statutes, Rules and Regulations of the University and instructions issued from time to time, by the Vice Chancellor, Dean, Chairperson, or faculty member.
  •  Candidates applying for admission to more than one campus/ department/program and category (quota) will be required to submit a separate application form along with all supporting documents, for each campus/department/program and category (quota).
  • Admission shall be granted strictly on merit based on scored obtained calculated as follows:

Note: For preferred/relevant subject, 5 Marks will be added to the overall merit score of the candidate.

• • If university competent authorities decide to take admission entry test for any program (s) then in that case the following formula and procedures shall be followed:
    • Candidates considered eligible for admission for all degree programs shall appear before the Admission Committee for test and interview.
    •  Admission shall be made on the basis of 80% weightage for academic performance and 20% weightage in the Entry Test & interview. The 80 % weightage for academic performance shall be calculated as follows:

• • • The university admission office, after entry of candidate’s credentials, forward the package along with soft data files to the concerned departments for conduct of admission test and interview. The arrangement of admission test shall be made by the concerned Dean in consultation with the chairpersons/HoDs of the concerned departments. The results of the test and interview duly signed by the departmental admission committee, HoD/Chairperson and Dean shall be sent to admission office for preparation of final merit list.
    • The admission office shall prepare final merit list and share with the departmental admission committee for endorsement. All admissions shall be provisional. The admissions should be approved by the Dean of the Faculty concerned on the recommendations of the Admission Committee of the concerned department.
    • Admission shall be carried out strictly on the basis of merit. The criterion of merit shall be determined by the, Admission Committee of the Department concerned.
• In case of admission on reserved seats, the applicants / nominees shall apply through proper channel. If no candidate applies for reserved seats / quota, then the reserved seats will be converted to open merit.
•  Admission on reserved seats will be granted on the basis of merit determined amongst the applicants.
• The number of open merit and quota seats shall be determined by the Academic Council on the recommendations of the Departmental Council and Faculty Council.
• The details of reserved seats are as under:
• The details of reserved seats are as under:
  • Sports                                              01 seat per program per department
  • Hafiz-e-Quran                                     01 seat per program per department
  • Disable persons                                        01 seat per program per department
  • Children/ spouse of KIU employee                 01 seat per program per department
• There shall be a Departmental Admission Committee duly notified by registrar office, consisting of the following:
  • Chairperson/ HoD of the Concerned Department                Convener
  • Two Faculty Members                                                              Member
  • Departmental Academic Coordinator                                       Member/Secretary
• All the candidates shall be required to bring the relevant original documents for inspection by the Departmental Admission Committee.
• If two candidates have equal merit, the one senior in age shall be given preference over the other for the purpose of admission.
• If any candidate fails to appear before the Admission Committee at the specified time and venue, he shall not be considered for admission and the seat shall be offered to the next candidate on merit.
• Candidate selected for admission must finalize the admission requirements within the notified period, failing which their right of admission will be forfeited and the admission will be offered to the next candidate on waiting list.
• Late admission will be allowed to only those candidates who are on waiting list. They will be informed about their selection by placing information on the University notice board/website and will be required to finalize the admission requirements within the notified period.
• Equivalence of academic qualifications by the concerned Board/university, Inter Board Committee of Chairmen (IBCC), shall only be acceptable.
• Within 15 days of completion of admission, the Admission Office shall send profiles of all the newly admitted students to the Internal Examinations and concerned Departments. The profile shall include registration number, name of student, father name, date of birth, examinations passed with year, marks obtained, divisions and number with date of the deposit slip.
• All admissions shall remain provisional till verification of all the documents of newly admitted students by the Admission Office. If any student is found guilty for submission of fake documents, his/her admission shall be cancelled immediately without any notice at any stage.
• Admission to one department shall not give any student a right of admission/migration to another department.
• The University may suspend any particular program if the number of applicants is less than 10 or due to any other reasons. In such cases, the applicants may be considered for admission to another program subject to meeting prescribed eligibility criteria, merit and availability of seats.
• The following categories of candidates shall not be eligible for admission:
  • Who have got a degree/certificate with ‘third division’ in annual system or ’less than 50% marks or equivalent for other than annual system’ in the required qualification for admission to the specific program.
  • Who have ceased to be students of this University/ any other university on disciplinary grounds.
  • Who is already registered in any degree program in any institute. In case of dual registration, admission of the student will be cancelled without any prior notice.
• If a student fails to join a program during the first two weeks of the commencement of the semester as per announced schedule, his admission shall stand cancelled automatically without any notice.
• Students enrolled, as a full time regular student in any of the degree program offered by KIU, cannot be allowed admission simultaneously in any other degree program in KIU and in any other university/degree awarding institution as well. In case a student is found and verified for dual enrollment he/she will be liable for cancellation of his/her enrollment from KIU.
• No change of discipline is allowed once the admission finalized.
• University dues are paid at the start of each Semester. Those who do not pay dues within 10 days of 1st month of the Semester are not allowed to attend the classes. The defaulters of the University dues are not permitted to sit in the examinations.
• The Vice Chancellor may cancel/refuse admission of/to any student without assigning any reason.
• Foreign students under student exchange program (as the case may be) will be enrolled for any semester or for any single course and the University admission offer letter of the foreign student will be forwarded to HEC for issuance of NOC.

• Migration in the first semester is not allowed.
• Migration from KIU is allowed from second semester onward with the approval of the concerned Dean on recommendation of concerned Chairperson/ HoD of the Department.
• Migration to KIU is allowed from second semester onward with the approval of the concerned Dean on recommendation of concerned Chairperson/ HoD of the Department, subject to the:
  • Availability of seats.
  • Merit of the student should not be less than the last admitted student in the same program.
  • Suitability of the candidates and equivalence of courses to be determined by the Departmental Admission/ equivalency Committee.
  • Completion of the residency requirements of the said program.

• No credit hour of a course will be transferred if the grade is less than C for undergraduate.
• Credits are transferred on course-to-course basis i.e. a person/candidate taking course A at KIU is allowed to transfer his/her credits to any other University provided that course A is equivalent to course B taught at the other University and vice versa.
• The case of transfer of credit hours be routed through departmental admission/ Equivalency Committee to check the credit hours studied in parent institute whether they are equal to approved courses / credit hours of KIU.
• Credit hours shall only be transferred between duly HEC’s recognized HEls and internationally recognized universities.

• For Four-year Bachelor Degree

1	Total No. of Credit Hours	130-145*
2	Semester Duration	16-18* Weeks
3	Number of Regular Semesters**	08
4	Number of Summer/winter session***	1-2 in one calendar year
5	Course Load per Semester	15-21**** Credit Hours
6	Internship/ Project/Thesis	The departments where the internship/project is compulsory as per Accreditation council/HEC/university approved scheme of studies, the students are required to complete the internship/project as per their approved scheme of studies. In case of research thesis in BS including B.Ed (Hons), the Academic Council vide No. KIU-Acad 1(3)/2014/39544 has approved to offer both thesis/courses to the students in the last semester. The students have the option to opt any of thesis or courses. The thesis will be of 6 credit hours. Those students who are having equal or more than 3.0 CGPA can only opt for thesis/FYP while others will enroll two courses of equal credits.

*The disciplines accredited to relevant councils, will follow the duration of course/curricula/criteria as prescribed by the concerned council and consented by HEC/adopted by the University.

***HEls falling in long winter vacations to apply according to their conditions

****The maximum credit hours should not exceed 18 in one semester. However, if a student
wants to repeat courses then he/ she may enroll one extra course

• For Two-year MA/ MSc./ MBA Degree

1	Total No. of Credit Hours	65-75*
2	Semester Duration	16-18* Weeks
3	Number of Regular Semesters**	04
4	Number of Summer/winter session***	1-2 in one calendar year
5	Course Load per Semester	15-21**** Credit Hours
6	Internship/ Project/Thesis	The departments where the internship/project is compulsory as per Accreditation council/HEC/university approved scheme of studies, the students are required to complete the internship/project as per their approved scheme of studies. In case of research thesis in BS including B.Ed (Hons), the Academic Council vide No. KIU-Acad 1(3)/2014/39544 has approved to offer both thesis/courses to the students in the last semester. The students have the option to opt any of thesis or courses. The thesis will be of 6 credit hours. Those students who are having equal or more than 3.0 CGPA can only opt for thesis/FYP while others will enroll two courses of equal credits.

*The disciplines accredited to relevant councils, will follow the duration of course/curricula/criteria as prescribed by the concerned council and consented by HEC/adopted by the University.

**For level qualifications; see the Qualification Frame Work of Pakistan) flow chart available at HEC

 ***HEls falling in long winter vacations to apply according to their conditions ****The maximum credit hours should not exceed 18 in one semester. However, if a student wants to repeat courses then he/ she may enroll one extra course

• Teaching in the various courses shall be conducted in the University department or constituent or affiliated institutions through lectures, tutorials, discussions, seminars, demonstrations, practical work in laboratories, field work and other methods of instruction approved by the Academic Council.
• Teaching in each department/institute shall be conducted by the University teachers or such other persons as may be declared as “teachers” by the University.
• Teaching in each department/institute shall be organized through courses specified for each discipline and approved by the competent authorities as defined in the KIU order 2008.
• Each student should follow the syllabi and courses of study as may be prescribed by the Academic Council from time to time.
• English shall be the medium of instruction, except in language courses and Islamic Studies.

• FALL/ SPRING Semester
  • There will be two regular semesters (Fall and Spring) in each academic year.
  •  Each semester will be spread over 16-18 weeks (inclusive of examinations).
  •  The University is at liberty to enroll students (if they fulfill their criteria) for any semester or for any single course and issue transcript with letter grades at the end of the semester.
  • The Fall semester shall start in the first week of September each year and the Spring semester shall start in the third week of February. In case the teaching in the whole of the University is suspended because of some exigency, the period of the semester shall be extended to the extent of the lost period of time.
  • Each semester shall be of eighteen weeks’ duration, out of this period, sixteen weeks shall be reserved for teaching and two weeks for conduct of examinations.
• SUMMER (or WINTER) Semester
  • Summer (or Winter) session provides opportunity to students who have failed or have withdrawn from a course and those who wish to improve their GPA/ CGPA to qualify to the next semester.
  • During the summer break, University may offer intensive 1-2 Summer Sessions each of
  • The contact hours during the Summer Session will be doubled to ensure that the course is completely taught in a summer session with half of the duration compared to a regular (Fall or Spring) semester.
  • Students can enroll maximum of ‘3 Theory courses’ or ‘1 lab course’ or ‘1 theory & 1 lab courses’ (up to 12 credit hours maximum) during summer/ winter sessions for remedial work.
  • Moreover, a student who has either failed or has been stopped to take the examination due to shortage of class attendance or wishes to improve his/her grade is allowed to register in summer.
• ACADEMIC CALENDAR
  • The Directorate of Academic Planning and Review will prepare Academic Calendar of the University based on the details to be provided by each department / Institute / affiliated college / Centre at least two months before the commencement of academic year i.e. Fall Semester. The tentative Schedule of the semester examinations shall be clearly mentioned in the academic calendar.
  • The Academic calendar shall include advertisement dates for admission, Admission dates (including test/interview etc) to Spring/Fall Semesters, dates for commencing of classes/semester, tentative dates of mid/final examinations of the semester, semester termination dates, Result submission date to the CE by Departments, Terminal leave/vacations. public holidays. The Academic Council shall approve the Academic Calendar, provided that in any emergent changes/corrections/amendments the Vice Chancellor shall have the power in anticipation to the approval of the Academic Council. Such changes/corrections/amendments shall be reported to the Academic Council in its next/forthcoming meeting for consent.
  • In case the University gets closed due to unusual circumstances, then special makeup classes must be arranged converting weekends or holidays to working days to cover the lapsed period of the students. d. In view of the University’s Academic Calendar, chairperson/HOD of each Academic department (and for each discipline within the department) must publish an undergraduate and Graduate catalogues & pamphlets including detailed schedule of complete academic activities for the year (including Spring & Fall semesters), Admission requirements/Criteria, procedure of admission (including test/interview with a pattern question/test paper), fee structure, university financial aid policies (portion acquired for the department/program) and scholarship opportunities. Further, teaching/instructional lab etc. resources to be clearly mentioned in the catalogue.

• A ‘credit hour’ means teaching a theory course for 60 minutes each week throughout the semester.
• Theory: A theory course is of 03 to 04 credit hours as per requirement of discipline.

Course	Duration of Class
Theory Course of 03 Credit Hours	3 classes of 01 hour each per week Or 2 classes of 1.5 hour each per week Or 1 class of 03 hours per week
Practical (Lab) Work/Field Work of 01 Credit Hour	03 hours per week

• One credit hour in laboratory or experimental work would require lab contact of at least three hours per week throughout the semester.
• The credit hours are denoted by two digits within brackets with a hyphen in between. The first digit represents the theory part while the second (right side) digit represents the practical. Thus 3(3-0) means three credit hours of theory, while 4(3-1) means a total of four credit hours, of which three are of theory while one credit hour is for laboratory/ Studio work/ practical field work. The weekly contact hours of a 3(3-0) course will be three, the contact hours of a 4(3-1) course will be six while the contact hours of a 3(1-2) course will be seven. The contact hours during the Summer Session will be doubled to ensure that the course is completely taught in a semester with half the duration compared with a regular (Fall or Spring) semester.
• A course having 4 credit hours, means three lectures and one practical of 03 periods per week.
• A course having 3 credit hours means two lectures and one practical of 03 periods per week.
• A course having 4, 3 and 2 credit hours with no practical means 4, 3 and 2 lectures per week respectively.

• Fall & Spring Semester (For Undergraduate Students (BS/MA/MSc) ):
  • Normally a full time regular student is required to take/ carry a load of 15-21 credit hours in a semester or 6 (six courses of 3 or 4 credit hours each).
  • In case any student wishes to enroll for one more course beyond 21 cr. Hours he/ she may be allowed by institution in either of the two cases:
    • If his/ her CGPA is above 3.5 and
    • The student needs the course to graduate in time,
  • A student shall not be allowed maximum load exceeding 24 credit hours a week
  • At the beginning of each semester, a student shall register in the courses being offered by the department on the prescribed registration cards.
  •  A student shall normally be required to register for course of total 15 to 20 credits in a semester. However, the chairman of the department may allow a student to register courses of 12 credits in a semester as a special case.
  •  A student may, in the final semester register in less than 12 credit hours, if required for the completion of the degree.
  • A student may register additional non-credit course(s) out of the prescribed courses, on successful completion of which the course(s) will be included in the transcript.
  • The Chairman of each department shall forward within seven days from date of the commencement of the semester all the course registration cards to the university examination section.
  • A student, who does not register in any course in a semester, will not pay tuition fee/hostel charges tor the semester. Such a student shall not be entitled to avail University’s facilities during that semester and will be required to vacate the hostel room allocated to him/her.
  • The University shall offer every required course at least once in an academic year.
• Course load for summer (or winter) semester
  • Undergraduate students can take up to 12 credit hours during summer semester.

• Requirement of 3.5 CGPA: An undergraduate student may be allowed to take up to 24 credit hours being maximum course load with the due permission of the Chairperson/Head of the Department, only if he / she is having a CGPA of 3.5 or above.
• Chairman/HoD Discretion: The Head of Department/institute may also allow maximum course load to any undergraduate student when the student is graduating in that very semester e.g. an undergraduate student with CGPA of 3.2 needs 24 credit hours to graduate. In this situation, the Head of department can make an exception for any particular student by allowing him / her to take maximum course load. (It will be the student’s last graduating semester).

• Change of Course(s)/ re-registering:
  • Each department shall offer the courses in a particular semester according to the approved scheme of study of a particular program.
  • No student is allowed to change the course offered by the department as per approved scheme of study.
  •   A student admitted to a particular batch for which a scheme of studies is approved by the statutory bodies; he/ she shall have to pass all the courses mentioned in the approved scheme of studies for his/ her batch.
  • If a student fails in a particular subject of his/ her approved scheme of study and the same course is offered with a different nomenclature for the consecutive batch in which he/ she is registering in that subject; it shall be the responsibility of the department to submit the result of this particular student with the same nomenclature in which the subject was offered initially (the title of course in the previous scheme of studies).
  •   The semester shall be dropped provided the student seeks the permission of the Chairman/Dean of the faculty concerned within five weeks of the commencement of the semester.
  •  After fifth (5th) week of the commencement of semester, dropping a semester is not allowed. Thereafter rules related to “withdrawal” will get implemented. g. Dropping of First semester is not allowed.
  •  The dropped semester shall be counted towards the maximum period of six semesters allowed for completing of MA/MSc degree and the maximum period of twelve semesters allowed for completion of BS degree. [Note: Such will be the case for other degree programs as determined by the concerned departmental council/Council]
• Withdrawal of Course:
  • Withdrawal from a course will be allowed latest up to three weeks before the starting of semester examination (i.e. by the end of 12th week) under recommendation by the course teacher and approval by Chairperson/Head of Department.
  •  In such a case the transcript shall record that the student enrolled in the course and withdrew i.e. Withdrawn course will appear on transcript with letter W, which shall have no impact on the calculation of the CGPA of the student.
  • The ‘withdrawal approval’ so granted by the Chairperson, must reach to the examination section of the University before the end of the 15th week. Otherwise the withdrawal will not be considered and “F” grade will be counted instead of ‘W’.
  •  A student withdrawing after the 12th week (or apply for withdrawal after 12th week) shall be automatically awarded ‘F’ grade which shall count in the GPA and stay on the transcript.

• Those undergraduate students failing (get ‘F’ grade) in any course or gets ‘F’ grade due to shortage of attendance shall have to repeat that or its equivalent recommended alternate course whenever offered.
• However, ‘F’ grade obtained earlier will also be recorded on the transcript.
• An undergraduate student obtaining a ‘D’ grade can also be allowed to repeat the course when offered to improve his/her grade.
• An undergraduate (BS) student can be allowed to repeat a maximum of six courses (18 credit hours) to improve their grades; however permission from HoD/Chairperson will be required.
• An undergraduate (MA/MSc level) student can be allowed to repeat a maximum of three courses (09 credit hours) to improve their grades.
• When an alternate course is taken for improvement, in such a case, both courses (old & alternate) and the grades obtained will be recorded on the transcript, however, only the better grade shall be calculated in the CGPA.
• Whenever a student fails or gets a ‘D ‘grade, he/she can repeat the course when offered to improve his/her grade for undergraduate students.
• In case a student repeats the course which has already been taken,
  • the old grade will be replaced with the new grade, (for CGPA calculation).
  • but in case a student takes a new course in lieu of the course in which he/she failed, both the grades will reflect on his/her transcript, i.e. old course grade and new course grade.
• In case of CGPA improvement, it would be recorded with (Imp) on the transcript. However, in case such a student does not improve his/her grade, the previously obtained grade will reflect In the transcript.
• If a student absents himself/herself in a test for any reason, no separate test will be arranged for him/her.

• The teacher may report a student’s absences and deficiency in attendance to the Chairperson/HoD, who must notify it for information of all concerned. Such student will be put on “attendance warning-list’, who will be required to overcome his absence by midterm examination.
• The Chairperson/HoD must ensure the monthly state of attendance of each student in course file/attendance register of each teacher and sign it.
• A student will be allowed to appear in examination only if he/she has attended not less than 75% of the lectures/seminars delivered to his/her class in each course and 75% of the practicals/laboratory demonstrations prescribed for the respective courses.
• A student having less than 75% attendance but more than 65% in a particular course and having made up the deficiency in consultation with the concerned teacher, may be allowed by the concerned Dean/Chairperson/HoD to sit in the examination.
• The Chairman of the department concerned may on the recommendations of the teacher of the course concerned, condone the deficiency in attendance up to five ‘percent (05%) of the total lectures, seminars, practicals and laboratory demonstrations. The student falling short of the required percentage of attendance of lectures / seminars / practicals / laboratory demonstrations etc. shall not be allowed to appear in the terminal examination of the concerned course and shall be treated as having failed in that course .
• Counting of attendance shall start from the date of commencement of classes.
• A date-wise record of the attendance of students shall be maintained by each teacher.
• The period of absence in case of participation in co-curricular/sports activities outside of KIU, with the permission of the Competent Authority may not be counted as absence.
• Students short of attendance shall be detained and examination admit-cards shall not be issued to such students.
• Students having class attendance less than 65% in a particular course will be dropped in that course allocating with ‘F’ grade, and will be required to repeat the course when it is offered again.
• In addition to ‘F’ grade awarded on the basis of academic failure, a student having less than 75% attendance will also be awarded ‘F’ grade in that subject. The ‘F’ grade(s) so obtained will only be cleared by repetition of the course(s) whenever offered, so that the students are made to attend the missed courses.
• Absence from class for two consecutive weeks or more (two weeks means six classes for a three credit hours course and four classes for a two credit hours course) without any genuine reason shall entail cancellation of admission in the course by the class teacher which would only be restored on appeal to the concerned teacher made within 05 days of the cancellation order with payment of Rs. 1500/-*. The class teacher will inform the Chairman of the Department regarding cancellation and restoration of admission in the course.
• Sanction of leave up to 07 days shall be sanctioned by the Chairman/HoD of the Department concerned. Sanction of leave up to 14 days will be granted by the Dean on the recommendation of Chairman/HoD, and Sanction of leave beyond 14 days will be granted by the Vice Chancellor on the recommendations of the Chairman/Dean concerned. The maximum leave period to be availed in exceptional cases on very genuine grounds in one semester will not exceed thirty (30) days. The leave so availed cannot be claimed as presence by the student. *May be amended from time to time.
• The departments where the internship/project is compulsory as per Accreditation council/HEC/university approved scheme of studies, the students are required to complete the internship/project as per their approved scheme of studies. In case of research thesis in BS including B.Ed (Hons), the Academic Council vide No. KIU-Acad 1(3)/2014/39544 has approved to offer both thesis/courses to the students in the last semester. The thesis will be of 6 credit hours. The students have the option to opt any of thesis or courses. Those students who are having more than 3.0 CGPA can only opt for thesis while others will enroll two courses of equal credits. In case of internship, 50% marks will be evaluated by university and 50% by the organization/institute where student will do internship. In both the evaluation minimum passing marks shall be 50%.

• In the beginning of a semester, the Teacher of each course should hand out a syllabus providing information to students that defines attendance policy, grade distribution policy, assessment criteria, paper specification, examination dates, schedule of material to be taught, take home assignment policy, required and recommended reading materials and any other information important for the successful completion of the course and its requirements.
•  A student shall be eligible to appear in the terminal examinations provided that
  • he/she has been on the roles of the University during that semester;
  • has registered himself/herself for the course of study and
  • has 75% attendance
  • has paid all the University dues including tuition/hostel etc. by the commencement of the semester. if he/she has not been awarded any punishment by Competent Authority, which bars him/her from examination
• A student shall be evaluated in each course on the basis of
  • sessional/monthly tests,
  • class assignments,
  • quizzes,
  • midterms,
  • terminal examinations,
  • presentation,
  •  participate in group discussion,
  • submit projects/lab reports by the due dates,
  • any other as described by departmental council and approved by Academic Council.
• These will have different weightages and contribute towards the overall assessment in percent marks. The following weightage shall be given to the Examinations/home assignments/terms paper etc. for each course in each semester:

Evaluation Category	Distribution of Marks	Duration of paper/Exam
Class tests	10%	30 minutes to one hour
Quizzes/Assignments/Presentations	20%	Teacher Discretion
Mid Term	20%	01 hour
the terminal examination	50%	03 hours

For courses involving practical

Evaluation Category	Distribution of Marks	Duration of paper/Exam
Class tests	10%	30 minutes to one hour
Quizzes/Assignments/Presentations	20%	Teacher Discretion
Mid Term	20%	01 hour
the terminal examination	50%	03 hours
Practical	15%	Teacher Discretion

• In case a student joins a course after it has started, he/she will be responsible for any missed quizzes, assignments and lectures.
• The marks in missed quizzes etc. will be zero while make-up tests, assignments, projects and labs can be arranged in consultation with the teacher/Head of Department.
•  Where a student misses a class test because of an emergency or because of his/her illness/genuine reason (situations beyond human control), for which he/she has obtained prior permission from the teacher concerned in writing, he/she shall take a make-up test. A make-up test will be arranged only once. A student, who fails to appear in the make-up test, will be awarded zero marks in that particular test, and the result will be finalized. For makeup tests students are allowed to appear only in that portion of the course which they have missed. Due diligence should be given by the teacher while allowing such cases.
• Mid Semester examination will be held in the 9th week of each semester. The terminal examination will be held at the end of each semester on the dates fixed by the concerned Deans in consultation with the Chairmen of the departments. The Director Academics shall announce the approximate dates of examinations at the beginning of the semester.
•  The Mid-Semester Examination shall cover the course taught upto Mid Semester. The nature and number of questions for Mid-Semester Examination shall be decided by the concerned course teacher in consultation with HoD/Chairman.
• Final Semester Examination paper shall cover whole course of the respective subject from the start of semester till final class and shall comprise at least 05 questions out of which 01 question of 20 marks shall be objective type. There shall be no choice in questions in the Mid-Semester and Final Examination papers.
• There shall be no Grace Marks of any sort.
• Minimum time allowed for midterm examination in each course will be one hour and that for the final examination shall be three hours.
• There will be no supplementary/special Examination in Semester System; if a student fails he/she will have to repeat the course.
• In order to qualify in the examination of a semester, a student must obtain at least 50% marks in each course.
• After marking the class tests, quizzes, midterm examination and final examination papers the same must be shown to the students and discussed with the class. Any question relating to marking should be discussed with individual students but the answer papers, projects assignments, term paper etc. should be taken back from the students immediately after the students have seen their performance and discussed the questions, if any, with the teacher/instructor to be kept safely for record .
• There shall be no re-evaluation.
• The evaluation shall be internal, except for the thesis/Project etc. examination for which an external examiner could be associated.
•  Each Department shall have a departmental examination and grievance committee consisting of at least 5 members to decide all problems regarding evaluation. The decision of the committee shall be final.
• About one week before the final examination, the teacher in each course shall send to the Chairman / Director of the Department / Institute a statement in duplicate giving the total number of lectures delivered (and practicals conducted) by him together with the total number of lectures and practicals attended by each student.
• A handicapped/disabled (blind) student will be provided writer/amanuensis at the expense of the student concerned on the recommendations of the Chairman of the teaching department. The writer/amanuensis shall be of a lower grade of education than the candidate. He/she would be allowed 45 minutes for solving the question paper over and above the time stipulated for a question paper.
• All cases pertaining to UFM shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisions made under the regulations relating to UFM/malpractices in the examinations.
• The defaulters of the university dues are not permitted to sit in the examinations.
• Examination Aids:
  • The only items students can take into the examination room are writing material (pens, pencils, eraser, ruler). Writing materials are not permitted to have any annotations relevant to the content of the Unit.
  • All bags, textbooks and notes etc. must be left outside or at the front of the room.
  • Bringing of mobile telephone to the examination room is NOT permitted. The mobile telephones will fall in the category of prohibited examination aid. If captured such material by the invigilating staff, its damage/loss will not be the responsibility of the University and the same will be kept for record being a UFM support material.
  • Where a particular examination states that candidates are allowed to bring and use specific aids, any candidate bringing items that exceed or contradict that statement will have such items either confiscated for the duration of the examination or, in marginal cases, handed in with their examination scripts.
• Open Book Examinations: In addition to writing materials students may take text books, notes, files or a calculator into the examination room. Laptops, palm computers, mobile telephone sets and other electronic devices are NOT permitted. Students enrolled will be advised during semester, of any specific items or limits.
• Practical/lab work: If a course includes a Practical/Lab work, the practical examination shall be held once at the end of the course. But also, each day an experiment of laboratory work will be evaluated. Laboratory course will carry separate marks. It will be essential to pass separately in Laboratory work i.e. a student shall have to pass theory as well as practical examination independently.
• Field Work in Departments/Institutions where field work is involved, the method of evaluation shall be determined by the department concerned.
• Semester exams will be conduct in the respective department or within university under the supervision of concerned teacher and notified invigilators.
•  The UFM cases will be forwarded to concerned HoD who will forward the case to respective Dean within 24 hours. Later the Dean will send the case to notified UFM committee.

• At the end of the course of study, the candidate shall present three typed/written or printed copies of the thesis for examination. The candidate shall be required to attend an oral examination on his thesis.
•  For undergraduate students, the External Evaluator/Examiner shall be appointed by the Dean on the recommendations of the Chairman/HoD of the Department concerned.
• The external examiner shall evaluate the project report/dissertation and conduct viva-voce examination of the student on the date and time given by the chairman of the department concerned.
•  The viva voce examination shall be conducted by the thesis examiner under the supervision of the Chairman/HoD.
•  Presence of concerned supervisor and Chairman/HoD or his her nominee along with external examiner is mandatory during presentation/viva-voce examination. However, Chairman/HoD may invite other faculty members and students during final presentation.
•  In case the project report/dissertation is adjudged inadequate by the external examiner. he/she may reject the project report/dissertation or ask the student to revise the same .
•  The student shall be required to submit revised version of the project report/dissertation within a period of one month from the date of viva-voce examination. Revised version of the project report/dissertation shall be examined by the Supervisor/Chairman of the department concerned.
•  Only one chance of resubmission shall be allowed to the student and if the revised thesis is not approved under aforesaid procedure the thesis shall be finally rejected.
• The result of revised version as received from the supervisor/chairman of the department concerned shall be declared and no further extension would be granted in case the revised version of the project report/thesis has been rejected.
•  After the viva-voce examination, the successful student shall submit three hardbound copies of the project report/dissertation to the department for onward transmission to the quarters concerned for the declaration of the result.
• If the candidate passes in the viva-voce examination, he/she will be awarded the degree. However, if the candidate fails in the viva-voce examination he /she will be permitted to re-appear once more in the viva-voce examination within one month. Failure for the second time may mean failure in the examination altogether.
•  The candidate will be required to qualify the thesis examination (by obtaining at least GPA of 2). If S/he fails, the thesis may be rejected without the option of resubmission of the thesis.
•  The grading of the thesis and viva-voce examination shall be included in the cumulative Grade Point Average of result.
•  The result of the student shall not be declared unless he/she has submitted three hardbound copies of the project report/dissertation to the department.
•  The result declaration date of thesis/FYP/Internship students shall be the date on which his/her result is received by the examination section.

• Letter grading should only be used for representing the individual courses and not report the semester GPA/CGPA.
• The following range of grade points for each letter grade will be followed;

Marks Range (in %)	Grade Points (Value)	Grade
85 and above	3.67– 4.00	A
80-84	3.34 – 3.66	A-
75 – 79	3.01– 3.33	B+
71 – 74	2.67 – 3.00	B
68 – 70	2.34 – 2.66	B-
64 – 67	2.01 – 2.33	C+
61 – 63	1.67 – 2.00	C
58 – 60	1.31– 1.66	C-
54 – 57	1.01– 1.30	D+
50 – 53	0.10 – 1.00	D
0 – 49*	0.00	F
Incomplete		I
Withdrawal W		W
Pass (non-credit course)		P

• There should be no other grade point values except the above points.
• The percentage of marks or values of grades other than grade points should not be reported on the transcripts whether they are relative grades or absolute grades.
• The minimum pass marks for each course shall be (fifty percent 50%). A student obtaining less than 50% marks in any course shall deem to have failed in that course. Less than 50% marks (for individual subject) obtained by a student in any course shall not be counted towards the aggregate marks but instead zero marks (0) will be calculated towards the GPA/CGPA against the credit Hours availed. The credit hours will be counted as attained by the student for the course.
• The equivalence between letter grading and numerical grading shall be as:

• The percentage of marks shall be calculated up to three significant figures. If the second fraction after decimal is 4 or less, it will be ignored. However, if the second fraction is 5 or more, it will be taken into account by raising the first fraction to the next higher digit. (Examples: 59.91 through 59.94 will be considered 59.9 while 59.95 through 59.99 will be raised to 60. Third fraction and higher will be ignored).

• The result of a student in each course having passed or failed shall be indicated on the transcript by letter grade. For students completing Master’s and Bachelor’s (Hons) degrees in the normal period of four and eight semesters respectively, a mention to this effect shall be made in their transcripts.

• If a student fails to complete the requirements of the BS program within the normal period of 08 semesters, an extension for upto 04 semesters may be allowed by the Dean on the recommendations of the departmental council. In case of MA/MSc Degree Programs of 4 semesters, the Dean, on the recommendations of the departmental council, may allow him/her an extension of upto 02 semesters.

• Every student of Bachelor’s (BS) and MA/ MSc must successfully complete his/her course requirements in a maximum of twelve and six semesters respectively from the date of his first registration (commencement of classes). No student under any circumstances shall be allowed to continue studies beyond 6th semester in case of MA/ MSc program and beyond 12th semester in case of BS.

•  In case of valid reason / excuse, the period of study may be extended for one additional year (Two Semesters) in all university programs. The students who will not complete studies within stated periods including extension shall be struck off from the rolls of the university. The students who have been given the right to extend the duration of study for additional semester/semesters are required to pay new registration fee along with normal fee for that academic ‘ year/semesters.

• The chairperson/HOD concerned must be very careful in checking/recommending cases of student(s) for extended studies, that it should not affect the quality & standard of the program and must not burden on the finance of the University.
• In case a student is permitted by the Competent Authority for extended semester(s). The Chairman/HOD shall ensure that requisite fee is deposited by the student prior allowing him to classes. e. In extreme compassionate case, extra semester beyond the ‘extended period’ could be allowed by the Academic Council.
• KIU has adopted the standard scale of 4 (i.e. 0 to 4) in order to evaluate /indicate the performance of students in the course(s)/semester (s). Although other scales like 5 or 6 etc. are also in vogue in other institutes. The 4 scale measure is in equivalence as per directives of HEC to all HEls in Pakistan vide letter NO.1-22 (NQAC)/QAD/2017/HEC/03-360 dated 24 Mar 2017:

• Conversion of Annual System marks to GPA/CGPA for intent of deliberating merit of admission will be as below;

• *For other/higher scale grading (i.e. 4.5, 5, 8 etc.) shall be calculated to annual marks based on same analogy as done for 4 scale.

Note:

• The range of marks defined above for a particular grade may be split further to reflect incremental grade points.
• This conversion table is only for the purpose of students who have obtained degrees under the annual system.

Semester Grade Point Average (GPA) and Cumulative Grade Point Averages (CGPA) will be calculated using the following relationships:

GP = Grade Point
QP = Grade points X Credit Hours

Example: Calculation of GPA

GPA=36.5/18

GPA=2.03

• CGPA Required for Degree Completion
  • For graduation, the minimum qualifying CGPA for undergraduate students (BS/MA/M.Sc) is 2.00. Provided in case a student secures less than 2.00 CGPA (minimum qualifying CGPA) in aggregate at the end of final semester of BS/MA/M.Sc program (with all courses passed), S/he may be allowed to get re-admission in one or more courses in which his/her grade is below C, along with the forthcoming semester, provided that S/he is not debarred under the CGPA improvement regulation and time duration specified for the program. This opportunity may be provided only in the next semester just after the result. After having a gap of one or more semester (s) such student will not be allowed for further study/improvement.
• Probation
  • Probation is a status granted to the student (undergraduate) whose academic performance falls below the minimum University standard. The students acquiring GPA less than 2 out of 4 during 1st /2nd semester but passing in all papers will be promoted with the condition to achieve more than 2.0 GPA in the next semester (2nd /3rd)and such student will be put on probation for the next semester.]
  •  *For professional subjects the rules described by relevant council (of accreditation) will apply.
    • When an undergraduate student’s CGPA decreases from 2.0, he/she will be on 1st probation for the next semester (i.e. either in 2nd or in 3rd semester).
    •  If the undergraduate student (who was given 1st probation within 2nd semester) does not come out by increasing his/her CGPA to 2.0, then again, he/she will go on ‘last probation” in the 3rd semester.
    • A student who has been given the 1st probation in the 3rd semester (upon the 2nd semester result), will be his last probation as well.
    •  If the student who was earlier on 1st probation does not come out in the last probation by achieving the minimum desired CGPA, he/she shall be rolled out (struck off) from the department/institute and cannot be re-admitted by the same institute except taking re-admission only once starting from the first semester again.