SONARGAON UNIVERSITY (SU)

DHAKA, BANGLADESH
Academic Rules and Regulations for Undergraduate Studies
(Effective partly from Fall 2019 and fully from Spring 2020)
(Recommended by 17th meeting of Academic Council on 10/10/19, Approved by 26th meeting of Syndicate
on 12/10/19 and confirmed by 27th meeting of Syndicate on 27/11/19)
N.B.: From the date of approval, all the previous academic rules and regulations are amended.

1. Definitions

1.1. ‘University’ means the Sonargaon University.

1.2. ‘Board of Trustees’ of the University.
1.3. ‘Syndicate’ means the Syndicate of the University.
1.4. ‘Academic Council’ means the Academic Council of the University.
1.5. ‘Chairman’ means the Chairman of the Board of Trustees
1.6. ‘Vice-Chancellor’ means the Vice-Chancellor of the University.
1.7. 'Dean' means the Dean of a Faculty of the University.
1.8. 'Head of the Department' means the Head of a Department of the University.
1.9. ‘Central Equivalence Committee’ means the Central Equivalence Committee of the University.
1.10. ‘Academic Committee’ means the Academic Committee for Undergraduate Studies (ACUG) of a degree
awarding department of the University.
1.11. ‘Senior most Head/Dean’ means the most senior teacher among Heads/Deans.

2. Departments
2.1. Degree Awarding Departments:
The University shall have the following degree awarding departments:
i) Department of Civil Engineering
ii) Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
iii) Department of Mechanical Engineering
iv) Department of Computer Science and Engineering
v) Department of Textile Engineering
vi) Department of Fashion Design and Technology
vii) Department of Apparel Manufacture and Technology
viii) Department of Architecture
ix) Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
x) Department of Business Administration
xi) Department of Law
xii) Department of Bangla
xiii) Department of Islamic Studies
xiv) Any other department to be instituted by the Syndicate on the Approval of University Grants Commission
from time to time.

2.2 Degrees Offered

The University shall offer courses leading to the award of the following degrees:
i) Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, abbreviated as B. Sc. Eng. (CE)
ii) Bachelor of Science in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, abbreviated as B. Sc. Eng. (EEE)
iii) Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, abbreviated as B. Sc. Eng. (ME)
iv) Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & Engineering, abbreviated as B. Sc. Eng. (CSE)
v) Bachelor of Science in Textile Engineering, abbreviated as B.Sc. Eng. (TE)
vi) Bachelor of Architecture, abbreviated as B. Arch.
vii) Bachelor of Science in Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, abbreviated as B.Sc. Eng. (NAME)

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 viii) Bachelor of Science in Fashion Design & Technology, abbreviated as B.Sc. (FDT)
ix) Bachelor of Science in Apparel Manufacturing & Technology, abbreviated as B.Sc. (AMT)
x) Bachelor of Business Administration, abbreviated as BBA
xi) Bachelor of Laws (Honours), abbreviated as LLB (Hons)
xii) Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Bangla, abbreviated as B. A. (Hons) in Bangla
xiii) Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Islamic Studies, abbreviated as B. A. (Hons) in Islamic Studies
xiv) Any other degree that may be awarded by a department on the recommendation of the Syndicate by the
approval of UGC from time to time.

3. Students Admission

3.1 The four academic years of study for the degree of B.Sc. Eng. in CE, EEE, ME, CSE, Textile, NAME; FDT,
AMT, BBA, LLB (Hons) and B. A. (Hons) in Bangla & Islamic Studies shall be designated as first year, second
year, third year and fourth year class and for the degree of B. Architecture as first year to fifth year class in
succeeding higher levels of study. Students shall generally be admitted into the first year class. The minimum
duration and total credits for the degrees are shown in the following Table 1.

Table 1: Undergraduate Departments/Programs Approved by UGC

Sl Department/ Duration Total Sl Department/Program Duration Total

No. Program for Degree Credits No. for Degree Credits
1 CE 4 years 163.00 8 FDT 4 years 164.00
2 EEE 4 years 157.50 9 AMT 4 years 164.00
3 ME 4 years 160.50 10 BBA 4 years 136.00
4 CSE 4 years 162.00 11 LLB (Hons) 4 years 144.00
5 TE 4 years 162.00 12 BA (Hons) in Bangla 4 years 135.00
6 NAME 4 years 154.50 13 BA (Hons) in Islamic Studies 4 years 132.00
7 Arch. 5 years 196.50 --- ---------- ------- -----

3.2 An Admission Committee shall be formed in each academic year/session by the Academic Council for
admission into first year class consisting of the following members:

i) Vice Chancellor of the University Chairman

ii) Pro Vice-Chancellor Member
iii) Treasurer of this University Member
iv) Two members nominated by BoT of the University Member
v) All Deans Member
(vi) All Heads Member
(vii) Director (International Affairs) Member
viii) Director (Admission & Information Centre) Member
ix) Registrar Member-Secretary
The Committee is empowered to co-opt member/members (if required) not below the rank of a professor.

3.3 General Academic Qualifications for Admission to Different Departments/Programs:

(i) A student should have at least second division or minimum GPA 2.50 in both SSC/O-Level or equivalent and
HSC/A-Level or equivalent examinations. If minimum GPA is 2.00 in any of the examinations then total GPA
of both SSC/O-Level or equivalent and HSC/A-Level or equivalent examinations must be 6.00.
(OR) A diploma student should have minimum GPA 2.50 in both SSC/O-Level or equivalent and Diploma
examinations. If minimum GPA is 2.00 in either SSC/O-Level or Diploma then total GPA of both SSC and
Diploma examinations must be 6.00.
(OR) A student should have 5 (Five) subjects in “O” Level and 2 (Two) subjects in “A” Level. Out of these
seven subjects in these two examinations, Grade B or GPA 4.0 in any four subjects and Grade C or GPA 3.50 in
other three subjects (using scale of A = 5, B = 4, C = 3, D = 2, E= 1).
(OR) Minimum CGPA of 2.5 in O-Level in five subjects and A-Level in two subjects separately, according to
the scale (A=5, B=4, C =3 and D = 2). Subjects with E-grade will not be considered.
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 (OR) In case of freedom fighter’s Quota total GPA in both SSC/O-Level or equivalent and HSC/A-Level or
equivalent examinations must be 5.00.
(OR) In case of Music, Fashion Design, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Library Science and Information
program/courses minimum GPA in both SSC/O-Level or equivalent and HSC/A-Level or equivalent
examinations must be 2.00.
(ii) Any candidate of Humanities or Business Studies in HSC/A-level or equivalent will not be allowed to submit
application for Engineering and Architecture departments/programs.
(iii) For the programs of Eng. and Arch, the candidates must pass in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics at
HSC/A-level/Diploma or equivalent examinations; but at SSC/O-Level they may be students of Humanities or
Business Studies.
(iv) Candidate of GED diploma holders will not be allowed for admission.
However, the candidate must also fulfill all other requirements as may be prescribed by the Academic Council
on the recommendation of the Admission Committee. In case of confusion regarding the equivalence the case
may be referred to Central Equivalence Committee.
3.4 In case of diploma engineer if a student wants to get admission rather than his/her discipline/technology they may
be allowed but will not get any course waiver/credit transfer. They will be treated as H.S.C (Science) equivalent
and will have to fulfill the minimum requirements as mentioned in Art. 3.3.

3.5 The rules and conditions for admission into different departments/programs shall be framed by the Academic
Council on the recommendation of the Admission Committee in each year (if modification is required).

3.6 All candidates for admission in any department/program must be citizens of Bangladesh unless the candidature
is against the seats those are reserved for foreign students. Candidates for all seats except the reserved ones, if
any, shall be selected on the basis of merit. The rules for admission into the reserved seats shall be framed by the
Academic Council on the recommendation of the Admission Committee.

3.7 No student shall ordinarily be admitted in the first year class after the start of the corresponding classes or after
the call goes out for the admission whichever is later. The date of commencement of classes for the newly
admitted students will be announced in advance.

3.8 Prior to admission to the University every student shall be examined by a competent medical officer as
prescribed in the admission rules.

4. Admission on Credit Transfers

4.1 (a) Credit Transfer from other Universities to SU:

(i) A student may be allowed to transfer a maximum 50% of the total required credits of this university
completed by the student at other public universities/institutes and other reputed private universities/institutes of
Bangladesh. Credit is generally transferable, provided that the course contents of a course of the transferred
university will be minimum 80% similar to the course contents of such course of this university and must have at
least B grade in each course. In some cases, courses with C+ (C plus) grade as per SU standard may be
considered for transfer.
(ii) In case of any course transfer against 2 or more courses of another university, the average grade will be
shown in the SU- transcript.
(iii) Transferred students are expected to have at least a CGPA of 2.50 on the scale of 4.00 in all previous
examinations at the university level programs to be considered for admission to this university.
(iv) Students wiling to transfer from another University must submit syllabus, official transcripts of courses and
grades, together with recent 1 copy passport size colour photograph, attested copies of certificate/mark sheets or
transcripts of SSC/O-Level and HSC/A-Level or equivalent examinations by Head of the
department/Registrar/Controller of the transferred university. These documents will be evaluated against the
minimum entry requirements at this university.
(v) If the grading system of any university is not similar with this university, then the grade earned of the
transferred university and number of credits of the transferable university (SU) for a course will be considered
during transfer of the course to this university. Here the student will obtain the degree for the total credit earned
in SU in addition to transferred credits and also CGPA for total credits in SU plus transferred credits from other
universities. In this case all the credits with grades against course titles and course numbers will be shown
separately in the SU-transcript.

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 (b) Credit Transfer from SU to other Universities:
If a student desires to leave this university he/she must apply one semester before the semester he/she desires to
leave. Otherwise he/she shall have to pay all dues (as SU-rule) up to the semester he/she informs the university
by written.

4.2 Procedure to Follow for Credit Transfer

(i) A candidate seeking admission on credit transfer from other universities/Institutes should apply to the
Registrar of this University at least 2 (two) weeks before the commencement of a semester.
(ii) After verification of all the documents from the transferred university, Registrar will refer the case to the
Head of the Department concerned.
(iii) The Head will arrange a meeting with the Departmental Monitoring Committee (DMC), Course Coordinator
and Assistant Coordinator(s) of the department to verify the syllabus of this university with the candidate’s
supplied syllabus and select the appropriate courses for credit transfer to prepare a report.
(iv) Course equivalencies are determined on the basis of course contents, pre-requisites, equivalent course
numbers, course titles and grades for this University.
(v) The report with all the materials will be forwarded by the Chairman of DMC to the Registrar.
(vi) On receiving the opinions of the DMC, the Central Equivalence Committee (CEC) will verify the
justification of the matter. If correction is required then CEC will return it to the previous committee to correct
the report.
(vii) Finally CEC will recommend the corrected equivalency report and forward with syllabus to Vice-
Chancellor for the approval of Academic Council.
(viii) Initially Vice-Chancellor may be approved subject to the final approval of Academic Council and the
decision of the Academic Council will be final. (ix) The decision will be communicated to the Head of the
Department, Accounts, IT, Controller of Examinations and the candidate.

4.3 Change of Department/Program

For Department change, the following criteria must be fulfilled:
(i) Concerned Heads of the Departments/Programs must agree to the Department/Program change. For this
a student seeking change of program before getting admission will require approval from the concerned
Heads of the department/program.
(ii) A student on probation will not be eligible to apply for Department/Program change.
(iii) A student may be allowed to transfer a maximum 15% of the required theory courses of the transferable
department/program.
(iv) Grades of equivalent courses may be transferred if the contents of a course of the transferred program
will be minimum 80% similar to the course contents of that course of the transferable program and must
have at least D grade for internal students and at least C+ (C plus) grade for external students in each
course. An internal student of this university may change department after completing existing degree
or migrating any time without completing degree from a department.
(v) For the change of program, the student must submit an application with the grade sheet and syllabus of
the completed courses through the concerned Head of the transferred department to the Registrar of the
University. Then the procedure as mentioned in Art. 4.2 will be followed to finalize the change of
department.
If a student of Arts or Business faculty is of science background in HSC/A-level or equivalent, he/she
may change his/her department to any department of engineering faculty at first year first semester
fulfilling all the requirements of Art. 3.3.
(vi) If a diploma holder of any department (Such as CE) wish to enroll in other departments (such as ME/
CSE/EEE), he/she must complete all the core courses of the transferable department and cannot benefit
of course waiver/credit transfer from diploma degree.

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 (vii) A student will get chance only one time for transfer from one program to another program in the same
faculty or engineering faculty to other faculties on the condition that he/she will not be allowed to
return previous program/department. However, he/she must fulfill all the minimum entry requirements
of first year first semester of the concerned department/program at this university of Art.3.3.

4.4 Central Equivalence Committee (CEC)

The Central Equivalence Committee will be formed as follows:
(i) Pro Vice-Chancellor of this University Chairman
(ii) Treasurer of this University Member
(iii) All Deans Members
(iv) Head (s) of the concerned Department Member(s)
(v) Director, International Affairs Member
(Only for foreign students)
(vi) Registrar of this University Member-Secretary

N.B.: In absence of Pro Vice-Chancellor, Treasurer will act as Chairman of the CEC.

5. Academic Calendar
5.1 The academic year shall ordinarily be divided into three regular Semesters (Spring Semester, Summer Semester
and Fall Semester), each ordinarily having duration of not less than 12 (twelve) weeks of classes. Admission for
three semesters will be open. Application Form for Foreign candidates is available in the University Website
(www.su.edu.bd). Notice for admission to Undergraduate Programs is published in some of the national daily
newspapers, SU website and Social media.
5.2 There shall be a Mid-Semester Examination at about middle of each Semester and a Semester Final Examination
at the end of each Semester. The examination will be conducted as per Academic regulations.
5.3 Each of the undergraduate programs is covered through a set of theoretical and sessional or sessional related
courses and project/thesis.
5.4 The Office of the Registrar will announce the academic schedule for each Semester, ordinarily before the start of
the class subject to the approval of the Academic Council.
5.5 Academic schedule may be prepared according to the following guidelines based on each Semester:

Spring Semester Summer Semester Fall Semester

January to April May to August September to December

6. Duration and Credit of Courses

6.1 The courses of The B. Sc. Eng., B.A. (Hons.) and other programs as mentioned in Art. 3.1 shall be extended
over a period of four academic years and that for B.Arch. shall be five academic years, each with a normal
duration of one calendar year. Each academic year will be divided into three Semesters for the purpose of
academic programs and conducting of examinations.
6.2 The curricula of the B. Sc. Eng., B. Arch., B.A. (Hons.) and other degrees in the different departments/programs
shall be as proposed by the concerned ACUG through the Executive Committee of the concerned Faculty and
recommended by the Academic Council. Finally it will be approved by the UGC, Bangladesh.
6.3 The ACUG may review the curricula once in every academic year and put forward suggestions to the Academic
Council through the Executive Committee of the concerned Faculty.

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6.4 Teaching for the courses is reckoned in credits and the credits allotted to various courses will be determined by
the ACUG with the following guidelines:
Type of Course Contact Hour (in a Semester) No. of Credit

i) Theory/Lecture : 1 hour/week 1.00

ii) Tutorial : 1 hour/week 1.00
iii) Independent Lab/Sessional/Design/ : 3/2 hours/week 0.75
Seminar/Special Study/Studio/Project & Thesis
iv) Field Work : 2 weeks of field work 1.00

6.5 The minimum number of credits that a student has to complete successfully for the award of different
Undergraduate degrees as shown in Table 1. In total credits a maximum of 180 credits for B. Arch., maximum
145 credits for engineering degrees and maximum 120 credits for non-engineering degrees, are to be assigned as
core courses.
6.6 The total contact hours for students including lecture, tutorial and laboratory/sessional should be around 30
periods per week, each period being of 50 minutes duration.
6.7 Outcome basis course plan for each course proposed by the course teacher with the consultation of the Head of
the Department showing details of lectures is to be announced through ERP at the start of each Semester and a
hard copy will be forwarded to Course Coordinator with the signed of Head.
6.8 Project & Thesis should preferably be of 1.5 to 3.0 credits in each Semester. Credit in any theory course should
not exceed 4.0 and that in sessional/laboratory course should not exceed 3.0 and for studio should not exceed 12.
6.9 The university hopes that every student should submit a project & thesis works of outstanding quality. However,
minimum requirements of a project & thesis works should be of above average quality (min. B grade)) but must
be of above poor quality (min. C+). Below this quality the supervisor will assign more works to upgrade the
project works to minimum average quality. For this, in the preliminary works of first semester, review works on
journal, conference paper (from online) and recommendations of previous undergraduate thesis works in SU or
other universities will be collected by printing/photocopy/scanning to select some titles for the proposed works
in consultation with supervisor. Finally introduction, future scope and objectives of the study will be finalized on
the selected topic/title in the first semester. Then methodology, laboratory investigation/analytical analysis,
results & discussions, conclusions & recommendations and other works will be performed in the second
semester.

7. Course Designation and Numbering Systems

7.1 Each course is designated by a two to four letter code (e.g. CE, ME, EEE, CSE, Arch., Math, Phy, Chem, Tex,
etc.) identifying the course offering department followed by three digit number with the following criteria:
(i) The first digit corresponds to the Year in which the course is normally taken by the students.
(ii) The second digit is reserved for departmental use. It usually identifies a specific area/group of study within
the department.
(iii) The last digit is an odd number for theory course and an even number for sessional/design course.
(iv) There is a blank space between departmental code (such as CE, EEE, ME) and first digit.

7.2 Project/thesis courses shall be designated by the departmental identification code followed by 400 (Example: CE
400) applicable for both the Semesters.

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8. Classification of Courses
The courses included in undergraduate curricula are classified as follows:
8.1 Core Courses
In each department a number of courses will be identified as core courses which form the nucleus of the
respective Bachelor of Eng., B. Arch., Bachelor (Hons) and other undergraduate programs as mentioned in Art.
3.1. A student has to complete all the designated core courses for his/her degree.
8.2 Pre-requisite Courses
Some of the core courses are identified as pre-requisite courses. A pre-requisite course is one which is required
to be completed/appeared at the examination before some other course(s) can be taken. Any such course, on
which one or more subsequent courses built up, may be offered in each of the three regular semesters (if
possible). However, in special cases where his/her class attendance in a pre-requisite course is satisfactory, then
s/he may be permitted to take the next course.
8.3 Optional Courses
Apart from the core courses, a student will have to take a number of courses which he/she can choose from a
specified group/number of courses to complete the credit requirements.
8.4 Non Credit Courses
Non credit course(s) may be offered to a student to improve his/her knowledge in some specific fields. The
credits in these courses will not be counted for GPA and CGPA calculation but will be reflected in the transcript
as Satisfactory (S)/Unsatisfactory (U). Non-credit course(s) may be offered under the following circumstances:
If a student's Thesis/Project Supervisor feels that the study/design is highly related to course(s) offered by any
department for their students, he/she (Supervisor) can recommend to the concerned Head of the Department for
participation of the student(s) in the course(s). Such registration of course(s) will not affect the normal course
registration of the student.
8.5 Grade Improvement (IM)
If a student wishes to re-register a course of earned grade below B+ (B plus) to improve the grade then the course
is defined as “Improvement Course” and is abbreviated by “IM”. See Art. 19.5 for Improvement Examination of
improvement course.
8.6 Repeat Courses (Rt)
(i) If a student obtains “F” grade (failed) in any course in any regular semester, then the course is defined as
Repeat Course. He/She can register this course to appear in the subsequent Supplementary Examination.
(ii) If a student registered a course in a regular semester and appeared in Mid-Semester Examination, but not
appeared in Semester Final Examination due to any reason, this course is defined as Repeat Course though
he/she obtained pass or fail marks in total. He/She can register this course to appear in the subsequent
Supplementary Examination.
(iii) If a student registered a course in a regular semester and not appeared in Mid-Semester Examination, but
appeared in Semester Final Examination, this course is defined as Repeat Course if total marks are < 40%
(i.e. Grade F). In this case he/she can register this course to appear in the subsequent Supplementary
Examination.

8.7 Incomplete Courses (I)

If a student does not register any offered course of a regular semester, then this course is defined as “incomplete
course” and he/she can register this course when offered by the department in the subsequent semesters. For
incomplete courses see also Art. 10.8.

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8.8 Retake Courses (R)
(i) If a student fails in either Supplementary Examination or he/she does not attend in Supplementary
Examination on a course, then he/she can register this course with the regular offered courses of a semester
as a Retake course.
(ii) If any student does not appear both in Mid-Semester Examination and Semester Final Examination on any
course, then he/she cannot register the course for supplementary examination; but he/she can register this
course with the regular offered courses of a semester as a Retake course.
(iii) If any student does not attend in classes without withdrawal within the time limit (normally up to the time of
drop of a course from any semester) will be given the grade “F” in the course and can register as Retake
courses.
(iv) All the Retake courses are of grade “F” and are denoted by “R”. It has been explained in Art. 19.4.

8.9 Withdrawal Courses (W)

The courses, which are withdrawn by a student due to some reasons as mentioned in Article 10.8. It is defined by
‘W’. The grade W (Withdrawal) is also assigned when a student officially drops/withdraw course(s) within the
date mentioned in the academic calendar for the semester.
8.10 Results of Withheld Courses (Wh)
(i) If a student cannot attend in Vava Board on project/thesis, then the result of this student may be published
keeping “Withheld” on Project/Thesis course. The grade of his/her project/thesis will be defined as “Wh” until
grade of thesis will be declared by the department after completion of defense.
(ii) If one or all courses of a semester of a student is/are cancelled due to unfair means or misconduct or other
reasons during examination or any time, the result of the semester for that student will be withheld until no
decision will be declared (to publish the result of the student) from the Exam. Disciplinary Committee of the
University.

9. Departmental Functional Bodies

9.1 Departmental Monitoring Committee
Each degree-awarding department will form a Departmental Monitoring Committee (DMC) with Head of the
Department as Chairman and 3 (three) senior most teachers of the department as members. The Committee may
propose any change and modifications time to time needed for upgrading/changing the Undergraduate Course
Curriculum to ACUG. The Committee will also nominate Advisers for the student.

9.2 Student Adviser

An Adviser (normally not below the rank of Assistant Professor) will be nominated by the Departmental
Monitoring Committee (DMC) for a group of students for the entire period of study. S/he will advise each
student on the courses to be taken in a Semester. However, it is the student’s responsibility to keep contact with
the Adviser who will review and eventually approve the student’s specific plan of study and monitor on
subsequent progress of the student.

For a student of second and subsequent Semesters, the type of courses for which he/she can register will be
decided on the basis of his/her academic performance during the previous Semester. The Adviser will advise the
students to register the courses during the next Semester within the framework of the guidelines in respect of
minimum/maximum credit hours limit. S/he may advise the student to drop/add one or more courses among the
offered courses based on student’s academic performance.

9.3 Course Coordinator, Assistant Coordinator(s) and Examination Coordinator(s)

In each degree-awarding department, Departmental Monitoring Committee will propose the names of one
teacher as Course Coordinator and 2 teachers as Assistant Coordinator (normally not below the rank of Assistant
Professor) for usually three Semesters (one year) to Vice-Chancellor for approval. This time may be extended
one semester more if needed. The number of Assistant Coordinator for each department depends on number of

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 students. The Course Coordinator will act as Member Secretary to the ACUG. The DMC will also propose the
name(s) of Exam Coordinator to Vice-Chancellor for Approval.
9.4 Scrutinizing
After examining there shall be arrange to scrutinize all the answer scripts by Head of the respective department.
Departmental teachers will work as scrutinizer and they will be selected by the concerned Head. They will only
check whether there is any unmarked answer and/or mistake of adding of all marks.
9.5 Medium of Instruction
Mainly English is the medium of instruction and examinations. In some cases, such as Honours in Islamic Study
and Bangla, Arabic and Bangla are also the medium of Instructions and Examinations in addition to English.

10. Course Registration for Regular/Withdrawal Course(s)

10.1 Pre-condition for Registration

A student will be allowed to register courses, depending upon his/her performance. If a student fails in a pre-
requisite course in any Semester, he/she can register for a course which builds on the pre-requisite course
provided his/her attendance does not fall below 60%.

10.2 A regular student can register a maximum of 4 (four) theoretical courses in addition to sessional/ project &
thesis/field work/seminar/sessional related courses in a Semester those offered in that Semester in any Year. No
student will be allowed to register courses from different Semesters in any Semester (For example: In case of
registration for 1st Year 1st Semester, a student can register maximum four theoretical courses in addition to
sessional courses/ sessional related courses among the offered courses for 1st Year 1st Semester only). Normally
no student will be permitted to take extra regular courses out of offered courses by the respective department for
the Semester. The total number of credit hours shall generally be between 12 to 18 credits in a Semester.
However, a student may be allowed to register less than 12 (twelve) credits in a Semester if__
i) the number of credits required for graduation is less than 12 (twelve) in that Semester, or
ii) he/she cannot find appropriate courses for registration.
The courses are known as regular courses those did never registered before by the student. For registration up to
18 credits, see also Art. 20.
10.3 Attendance: The students have to be present in the class room and ensure an attendance of at least 75% in each
registered course. Attendance below 75% will make the student non-collegiate. However, the student having
less attendance than required for genuine reasons may apply reconsideration paying a fine (as per SU-rule) and
get permission from Vice-Chancellor. No student will be allowed to sit the Semester Final Examination if
he/she fails to attend minimum 60% of the classes of any registered course in a Semester whatever be the
reasons, then the registration will be cancelled for that course and the course be treated as Incomplete course.

10.4 Registration Procedure

The date and time for registration will be announced in advance by the Registrar’s office. Students will register
his/her courses in a Semester according to following guidelines:
i) The student must pay the course registration and other fees as per rule.
ii) The student will finalize courses to be taken in consultation with his/her Adviser/Course Coordinator and
Head from the courses offered by the respective Department/ ERP of University.
iii) The student will complete the registration and respective Adviser, Course Coordinator and Head of the
Department will confirm it.
The Registrar’s office will distribute course-wise list of registered students to the concerned department and
Controller of Examinations.

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10.5 Registration Deadline
Normally a student will register for the courses to be taken before the class started. For regular registration and
late registration with fine, office of the Registrar will announce before the starting of class of each Semester.

10.6 Penalty for Late Registration

Students who fail to register within the specified dates for registration will be charged a late registration fee (an
amount as will be decided by the authority).
10.7 Course Adjustment Procedure (Add/Drop of courses)
A student would have some limited options to add or delete courses from his/her registration list. Addition of
course is allowed within 7(seven) days of class from the beginning of the Semester. Dropping of a course is
allowed within 10(ten) days of class from the beginning of the Semester. Adjustment of initially registered
courses in any Semester can be done only by duly completing the Course Adjustment Form.
Any student willing to add or drop courses will have to fill up a Course Adjustment Form in consultation with
his/her Adviser and Course Coordinator. The original copy of the Course Adjustment Form will be submitted to
the Registrar’s office/Students Welfare Adviser through respective Head of the Department.

10.8 Withdrawal from a Semester (Incomplete Courses)

If a student is unable to complete the Semester Final Examination due to illness, accident or any other valid
reason, etc. he/she may apply in prescribed form to the Registrar through his/her Adviser and Head of the
Department for total withdrawal from the Semester within 5 days after the end of the Semester final
examination. However, he/she may choose not to withdraw any laboratory/sessional/design course if the grade
obtained in such a course is ‘D’ or better and that he/she has to indicate clearly in his/her withdrawal application.
In case of illness the withdrawal application must be supported by a medical certificate from Registered Expert
Medical Officer. The Academic Council will take final decision about such an application. To continue study at
SU they will be required to take readmission within two succeeding semesters by paying all dues (as per SU-
rule) in addition to the regular semester fees. This facility in case of withdrawal and readmission can be availed
once during the study period.
11. Striking off the Names and Readmission

11.1 The names of the students shall be struck off and removed from the list of registered students on the following
grounds:
i) Non-payment of University fees and dues within the prescribed period.
ii) Forced to discontinue his/her studies under disciplinary rules.
iii) Withdrawal of names from the list of registered students of the University on grounds acceptable to the
Vice-Chancellor of the University after having cleared all dues.
iv) Could not earn required credits for graduation as outlined in the respective curriculum and/or fulfill
CGPA requirement within the maximum allowed time of 6 (Six) consecutive academic years.

11.2 Every student whose name has been struck off from the list of registered students by exercise of the clause (ii) of
Article 11.1 seeking readmission after expiry of the period for which he/she was forced to discontinue
his/her studies shall submit an application to the Head of the Department in the prescribed form before the
commencement of the session to which he/she seeks readmission. The Head of the Department shall forward the
application to the Vice-Chancellor of the University with his remarks. In case the readmission is allowed, the
student will be required to get him/her-self admitted on payment of all dues not later than one week from the
date of permission given by the Vice-Chancellor. All re-admission should preferably be completed before the
Semester starts.

11.3 No student who has withdrawn his/her name under clause (iii) of Article 11.1 shall be given readmission.

11.4 A student, whose name has been struck off from the list of registered students by exercise of clause (iv) of
Article 11.1, is not eligible to seek readmission.

11.5 In case a student whose name has been struck off from the list of registered students under clause (i) of Article
11.1 seeks readmission before the start of the next Semester he/she shall be readmitted on payment of all arrear
fees and dues. But if he/she seeks readmission in any subsequent year the procedure for his/her readmission will
be the same as described in Article 11.2.
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11.6 Readmission for discontinuance of studies

A student will be considered to discontinue his studies under the following conditions:
i) Non-payment of University fees and other dues for Semester concerned.
ii) Withdrawal from a Semester/absent in the Semester final examination.
iii) Forced to discontinue under disciplinary rules.

The maximum allowable period of discontinuance is 2 (two) regular Semesters during his/her whole studentship
whatever may be the reason as specified above. A student seeking readmission within the allowable period of
discontinuance may be readmitted after payment of all arrear fees and dues.

11.7 In case any application for readmission is rejected, the student may appeal to the Academic Council for re-
consideration. The decision of the Academic Council shall be final.

12. Grading System and Calculation of GPA and CGPA

12.1 Grading System

The letter grade system shall be used to assess the performance of the student and shall be as follows:

Numerical grade Letter Grade Grade point Assessment

80% or above A+ (A plus) 4.00 Outstanding
75% to less than 80% A 3.75 Excellent
70% to less than 75% A- (A minus) 3.50 Very Good
65% to less than 70% B+ (B plus) 3.25 Good
60% to less than 65% B 3.00 Above Average
55% to less than 60% B- (B minus) 2.75 Average
50% to less than 55% C+ (C plus) 2.50 Below Average
45% to less than 50% C 2.25 Poor
40% to less than 45 % D 2.00 Very.Poor/Pass
Less than 40% F 0.00 Fail
Continuous assessment Cont
(“Cont” is used for a course extended over two regular Semesters, such as project/thesis/design, etc.)
Withdrawal W
Withheld Wh
Incomplete I
Self-Study SS
Repeat Rt
Supplementary Sp
Improvement IM
Retake R (X in result will denote absent in both Mid-Semester and Semester Final Exam.)
Non Credit Course S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)

12.2 Calculation of GPA and CGPA

Grade point average (GPA) is the weighted average of the grade points obtained in all the courses
passed/completed by a student in a Semester. ‘F’ grades will not be counted for GPA calculation. GPA of a
Semester will be calculated as follows:

where n is the total number of courses passed by the student, C i is the number of credits allotted to a particular
course i and Gi is the grade point corresponding to the grade awarded for i-th course.

Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) gives the cumulative performance of the student from first Semester
up to any other Semester to which it refers and is computed by dividing the total weighted grade points ( )
accumulated up to the date by the total credit hours ( )

Both GPA and CGPA will be rounded off to the second place of decimal for reporting.
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13. Distribution of Marks

13.1 The distribution of marks for a given course will be as follows:

i) Theory courses:
Class participation and attendance 10%
Assignments/Spot tests 10%
Class tests, Quizzes 10%
Mid-Semester Examination 30%
Semester Final Examination 40%
Total: 100%

ii) Independent laboratory/design/field work courses:

Class participation and attendance 10%
Quizzes, Viva-Voce conducted in lab classes 20%
Final Quiz 20%
Sessional reports and Performance 50%
Total: 100%

iii) Project/Thesis: (Continued for two Semesters)

At the end of last Year 3rd Semester 100% of the total marks to be evaluated as follows:
Presentation and viva-voce (conducted by some selected teachers) 20%
Supervisor (Performance and Report writing) 40%
External examiner (One Senior teacher of the department
or outside the University) during presentation and viva-voce 40%
Total 100%

13.2 Attendance

i) Eligibility for Scholarship/stipend/grant

The students whose percentage of attendance will fall short of 75% in any of the theory, lab/sessional
courses for which he/she has registered in any Semester of an academic year shall not be eligible for the
award of any type of scholarship/stipend/grant for the following academic year.

ii) Basis for awarding marks for attendance will be as follows:

Attendance Marks (%)

90% and above 100%
85% to less than 90% 90%
80% to less than 85% 80%
75% to less than 80% 70%
70% to less than 75% 60%
65% to less than 70% 50%
60% to less than 65% 40%

13.3 Rounding Up Marks

The course teacher is responsible for summing up the marks in different categories (viz, Attendance, Class Tests,
Assignments, etc.) on a particular course. He/She will round up only the total marks. Under no circumstances he/she
can round up the mark in any other category.

14. Class Tests, Quiz and Spot Test

14.1 Normally No. of Class tests for a course will be equal to number of Credits for each theory course. If any teacher
thinks that one more class test will be needed, then the best three class tests among four class tests (for 3 credit
course) will be counted on any course.

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14.2 The class teacher should assign problems to the students and take spot test and quiz examination for assessment.
14.3 Duration of class tests should be 20-30 minutes and quizzes and spot tests should be 10-20 minutes.
14.4 All class tests shall ordinarily carry equal marks. The result of each individual class test shall be posted for
information of the students preferably before the next class test is held.

15. Earned Credits and Retake

The courses in which a student has obtained ‘D’ or a higher grade will be counted as credits earned by him/her.
Any course in which a student has obtained ‘F’ grade will not be counted towards his/her earned credits
calculation. A student who obtains an ‘F’ grade in any core course in any Semester, he/she will have to repeat
the course, while if a student obtains an ‘F’ in an optional course he/she may choose to repeat the course or take
a substitute course, if available. F grades will not be counted for GPA calculation.

16. Performance Evaluation

The minimum CGPA requirement for obtaining a Bachelor degree is 2.00. The performance of a student will be
evaluated in terms of two indices, viz. GPA and CGPA. Students will be considered to be making normal
progress toward a degree if their CGPA for all courses passed is 2.00 or more.

17. Honors, Dean's List, Vice-Chancellor List and University Gold Medal

17.1 Honors
Candidates for Bachelor’s degree will be awarded the degree with Honors if their CGPA is 3.75 or better.
17.2 Dean's List
In recognition of excellent performance, the names of students who maintains an average GPA of 3.75 or above
in three regular Semesters of an academic year may be published in the Dean's List in each Faculty and each of
them will get a certificate from respective Dean as recognition. Students who have received an 'F'
grade/Retake/Improvement grades in any course during any of the three consecutive regular Semesters will not
be considered for Dean's List in that year.

17.3 Vice-Chancellor Gold Medal List

University Gold Medal for excellent performance will be presented to the students who secure the 1st position in
each Department and whose CGPA is not less than 3.80. The student must have completed his/her undergraduate
course work within four or five consecutive academic years of 4-year or 5-year degree programs with no 'F'
grades/Retake/Improvement grades in any course and have a satisfactory attendance to his credit. Honorable
Vice-Chancellor will hand over the Gold Medals to the students at the time of Convocation if possible, otherwise
any time after convocation. However, if any student gets Chancellor Gold Medal, he/she will not be eligible for
getting Vice-Chancellor Gold Medal.

17.4 Honorable Chancellor Gold Medal List

University Gold Medal for outstanding graduates will be presented to the students who secure the 1st position in
each Department and whose CGPA is above or equal to 3.90. The student must have completed his/her
undergraduate course work within four or five consecutive academic years of 4-year or 5-year degree programs
with no 'F' grades/Retake/Improvement grades in any course and have a satisfactory attendance to his credit.
Honorable Chancellor will hand over the Gold Medals to the students at the time of Convocation.

18. Probation and Suspension

Students who fail to maintain minimum GPA of 2.00 and could not complete the minimum credit requirements
may be placed on academic probation.

The status of academic probation is a reminder/warning to the student that satisfactory progress towards
graduation is not being made. A student may be placed on academic probation when either of the following
conditions exists:
i) The GPA falls below 2.00, or
ii)The CGPA falls below 2.00
Students on probation are subjected to such restrictions with respect to courses and extracurricular activities as
may be imposed by the respective Head of the Department. The minimum period of probation is one Semester,

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 but the usual period is one academic year. A student must improve himself during this period and will be
required to pass the Retake courses. Any student who doesn't improve himself/herself during probation period
may be suspended on receiving report from the Head of the Department.

A student on academic probation who fails to maintain a GPA of at least 2.00 during two consecutive semesters
may be suspended from the University. A student who has been suspended may apply for consideration to the
Vice-Chancellor.

Petitions for reinstatement must indicate clearly the reasons for the previous unsatisfactory academic record. It
must describe the improved conditions that have been created to prevent the recurrence of such work. Each such
petition will be considered individually on its own merits.

After consideration of the petition and after consultation with the student Adviser and the respective Head of the
Department, the Vice-Chancellor in some cases may reinstate the student if this is the first suspension. However,
a second suspension case will be placed before the Academic Council for final decision.

19. Types of Examinations

19.1 Mid-Semester Examination and Semester Final Examination

Mid-Semester Examination will be held according to the academic calendar published by the University at the
beginning of a semester and Semester Final Examination will be held at the end of regular classes for a semester.
A student is required to attend at least 60% of the classes held for each course in order to sit for the Semester
Final Examination after fulfilling the criteria of Art.10.3.

19.2 Self-Study (under a teacher) and its Examination

A student may be registered one or two regular course(s) in his/her graduating semester as self-study under a
teacher if it is not offered by the department and if it helps to graduate in that semester. The examination will be
held with the regular semester final examination on separate questions. In this case a student can earn a grade up
to A+ (A plus) in a course.

For self-study under a teacher, the student will submit an application with the prescribed Registration Form to
the Head of the respective department at least 7 days before the commencement of the class of the following
semester and Head will forward the application (mentioning name of the teacher for each course) with the
recommendation to Vice-Chancellor for approval. After approval the registration procedure will be completed
according to the notice of department/Register’s office. For self-study course he/she will mention “SS” in
remarks column of prescribed Registration Form. The Head will inform it to the Controller of Examinations and
Course Coordinator. Here marks of continuous assessments will be earned from class teacher. The class teacher
will prepare the questions of Mid-Semester and Semester Final Examinations at due time and will submit to the
concerned Head. Mid-Semester Examination and Semester Final Examination on self-study will be arranged by
the respective Head of the department at the time of regular examinations. After marking and scrutinizing of the
answer scripts, marks will be input in ERP after consulting with the Controller of Examinations.

19.3 Supplementary Examination on Repeat Courses

The Supplementary Examination of a course will be held only for students obtaining grade “F” (failed in a
course) in the regular examination of the course. A student will be allowed to appear at the Supplementary
Examination on Repeat Course, in case he/she fails in maximum three theory courses but not exceeding 10
credit hours in a regular semester final examination. The Supplementary Examination will be held within 2
weeks after the publication of Semester Final results. The respective Head/Controller of examinations will
arrange such Supplementary Examination according to schedule. No Supplementary Examination will be held
on sessional/design/ sessional related courses. This Supplementary Examination is defined by Sp. See also the
Art. 8.6 for Repeat Course.

The Supplementary Examination on a repeat course will carry 70% of the total marks assigned to the course on
the full syllabus of the course and the rest 30% marks being brought forward from the record of continuous
assessments. Whatever might be the total marks obtained by the student, the highest attainable grade in case of
the Repeat Course is A- (A minus). The student willing to appear at such examination must apply to the
respective Head of the department with prescribed registration form through the Advisor/Coordinator stating
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 his/her willingness to appear at the said examination with the payment of all dues (as per SU-rule) within five
days after the publication of Semester Final results.

19.4 Examination on Retake Courses

If a student did not appear or failed in the Supplementary Examination on a Repeat course, the course will be
defined as Retake Course and normally he/she will have to register the Retake course(s) with the regular courses
of any semester within three consecutive semesters after publishing the result of the course(s), provided there is
opportunity to attend the classes regularly. The Retake Course is defined as “R”. The student will earn the marks
of continuous assessments in classes and other marks will earn from Mid-Semester Examination and Semester
Final Examination. Whatever might be the total marks obtained by the student, the highest attainable grade in
case of the Retake course is A- (A minus). See also the Art. 8.8 for Retake Courses.

The student willing to appear at such examinations must apply to the respective Head of the department through
the Advisor/Coordinator stating his/her willingness to appear at the said examinations with the payment of all
dues (as per SU-rule) within five days after the publication of Semester Final results.

19.5 Improvement Examination for Grade Improvement

For Grade Improvement we expect students to do well in their regular examinations. It is considered as a
privilege, not the right. That is why the improvement fee has been kept at regular rate. The reason for charging
such fee is not to consider it as a revenue generation source but to discourage any abuse. However, if a student
wishes to improve the grade of any theory course, he/she must register the required course with regular offered
courses of any semester within two consecutive semesters after publishing result of the course, provided there is
opportunity to attend the classes regularly but no improvement courses can be registered after 4 th year 3rd
semester or 5th year 3rd semester for 4-year and 5-year degree programs. It will be remembered that a student
can register only one improvement course with the offered courses in a regular semester. However, for 4-year
and 5-year degree programs, a student may appear in the Improvement Examination on improvement courses
(whose grade is below B+) in maximum 7 (seven) and 8 (eight) courses respectively in his/her study period.

For improvement courses the student will earn the marks of continuous assessments in classes and other marks
will earn from Mid-Semester and Semester Final Examinations. In this case the transcript of the student will
show the higher grade between previous and present grades. For the improvement of any grade of a course up to
A- (A minus), the incumbent student may be allowed to repeat only one time for a particular course, which must
be registered within next two consecutive semesters after the publication of the results of the course.

If any student wishes to take this privilege, he/she has to take written permission from the Head of the
department through coordinator within five days from the date of publication of results and a copy of permission
must be attached with the prescribed registration form. Then a student will register the course with regular
courses following the rules of SU. It is mentioned that a student cannot register the course(s) for grade
improvement which he/she registered any time as repeat/retake/self-study course(s).

19.6 Special Backlog Examination

The Special Backlog Examination on only Retake (theory courses only) courses may be conducted for the
students who have participated in their 4/5-year degree programs (i.e., 4th year 3rd semester or 5th year 3rd
semester) and have a shortage of maximum 12 (twelve) credits to obtain Bachelor degree. The special backlog
examination will be arranged in a convenient time by the Head of the Department after 8 to 9 days of
publication of results of the Supplementary Examination of regular last year last semester. The evaluation
system will be the same as Supplementary Examination. The students willing to appear at the Special Backlog
Examination have to apply with filling prescribed Registration Form to the Head of the Department for
recommendation and thereafter they must register the courses paying all dues of the university (as per SU-rule)
within 3 (three) days of publication of results of the Supplementary Examination of regular last year last
semester. Before permission, the Head will be confirmed from Controller of Examinations that the student has
no excess course(s)/credits above 12 credits registered courses. A student who has failed in the Special
Backlog Examination will register the course(s) in the following regular semester. Regular last year last
semester means 4th year 3rd Semester for Engineering and similar programs, and 5th year 3rd Semester for
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 Architecture. After Special Backlog Examination, even after the publication of results, if it is observed that
there exists more than 12 credits of a student, then his/her results of Special Backlog Examination will be
cancelled. For this he/she will not get refund any dues for previous registration of Special Backlog
Examination.
The Special Backlog Examination on a Retake course will carry 70% of the total marks assigned to the course
on the full syllabus of that course, and the rest 30% marks being brought forward from the record of continuous
assessments. Whatever might be the total marks obtained by the student, the highest attainable grade in case of
the Retake course is A- (A minus). This examination will be defined by “SB”.

Table 2: Summary of Examinations which are discussed in Art. 19.2 to Art.19.6

Courses Type of Time of Marks of Examinations

Exam. Examination
Continuous Mid-Semester Semester Final Max.
Attainable
Assessment (30%) (40%)
Grade
(30%)

Self-Study Regular With Regular To be earned To be earned To be earned A+ (A plus)

(SS) Exam
(Art.19.2)

Repeat # Supple- After Semester Retained To be earned 70% A- (A minus)

Final Exam 30%
(Art. 19.3) (Sp)

Retake + Regular With Regular To be earned To be earned To be earned A- (A minus)

(R) Exam 30%
(Art. 19.4) 40%

Improve- Regular With Regular To be earned To be earned To be earned A- (A minus)

ment * (IM) Exam 30%
40%

Retake** Special After Supple Retained To be earned 70% A- (A minus)

Exam 30%
(Art.19.6) Backlog

# Repeat: For the students who appeared in Mid-Semester Exam but did not appear in Semester Final Exam (In
this case he/she obtained grade “F” whether he/she obtained marks of fail or pass in total)
(OR) For the students who did not appeared in Mid-Semester Exam but appeared in Semester Final Exam (if
he/she obtained marks of fail in total)
(OR) For the students who appeared both in Mid-Semester and Semester Final Exam but obtained marks of fail
in total.

+ Retake: For the students who did not appear both in Mid-Semester and Semester Final Examinations. Normally
the students should register the retake courses (Grade F) with the regular offered courses of any semester within
3 consecutive semesters after publishing the result.

* Grade Improvement: (i) A student can register only one improvement course in a regular semester. However,
for 4-year and 5-year degree programs a student will appear in Improvement Examinations for grade
improvement (whose grade is below B+) in maximum 7 and 8 courses respectively in his/her study period and
every course will be repeated one time only. (ii) No improvement examination can be allowed for sessional or
sessional related courses. (iii) A student cannot register the course(s) for grade improvement that he/she
registered any time as repeat/retake/self-study course(s). (iv) For grade improvement of any course the student
must register the course with regular offered courses of any semester within two consecutive semesters after
publishing result of the course, but no improvement courses can be registered after 4/5-year 3rd semester for 4/5-
year degree programs. (See Art. 19.5)

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 ** The Special Backlog Exam. on only Retake (theory) courses of grade F may be conducted for the students
who have participated in their regular last year last semester (4th /5th year 3rd semester for 4/5-year degree
programs) and have a shortage of max. 12 credits to obtain Bachelor degree.

20. Maximum number of Courses for registration in Each Regular Semester

Normally no student will be permitted to take extra courses (specially courses of subsequent semesters) out of
offered courses by the respective department for any Semester. Then he/she will follow the normal registration
procedure.
If it is required to register self-study course (under a teacher) with regular offered courses then it will be allowed
for graduated semester only with the approval of Vice-Chancellor. For this s/he will apply to the respective Head
through his Advisor and Course Coordinator. After recommendation of Head it will be forwarded to Vice-
Chancellor for approval. Then s/he can register these courses with regular offered courses in the following
semester and will have to submit the Registration form with application to Registrar/Controller of Examinations
for registration. See Art. 19.2 for the rules of self-study examinations.

However, in case of registrations of Improvement course/Retake course/Self-Study course with the regular
offered courses in any semester, total credits cannot exceed 18 credit hours. In case of minor excess than 18
credits it may be allowed at the graduated semester with the approval of Vice-Chancellor if there is valid reason.

21. Minimum Earned Credits and GPA Requirements for Obtaining Degree

The credit requirements for the award of Bachelor degree will be decided by the respective ACUG following
Art. 3.1 (Table 1) and Art. 6.5. The minimum CGPA requirement for obtaining a Bachelor degree is 2.00.

22. Academic Transcript:

Academic Transcript contains the courses studied, grades of each course, GPA of each semester and CGPA
earned of all courses completed in four/five years for 4-year and 5-year degree programs which is obtained by
the student at this University including transferred equivalent courses (if required). For transferred courses the
year/session and semester will be written in the transcript as those at the transferred university at top of the SU-
transcript. See the Art. 4.1(a) for details.

23. Time Limits for Completion of the Degrees

A student must complete his studies within a maximum period of 6 and 7 consecutive academic years (Eighteen
and Twenty one regular Semesters) for completion of the 4-year and 5-year degree programs respectively. Any
exception to the above must be approved by the Academic Council.

24. Industrial/Professional Training Requirements

Depending on each Department’s requirement a student may have to complete a prescribed number of days of
industrial/professional training in addition to minimum credit and other requirements, to the satisfaction of the
concerned Department.

25. Absence during Semester

A student should not be absent from quizzes, class tests, and spot tests etc. during the Semester. Such absence
will naturally lead to reduction in points/marks that count towards the final grade. Absence in Semester final
examination without valid reason will result in ‘F’ grades.
A student who has been absent for short periods, up to a maximum of 2 (two) weeks due to illness or
participating in extra-curricular activities outside of the University (sent by the University authority) should
approach to the course teacher(s) on the recommendation of his Adviser and Head of the Department for a make-
up class tests, quizzes, spot tests, sessional classes or assignments immediately on returning to the classes. Such
request should be supported by medical certificate from University Medical Officer or the relevant office order.
The medical certificate issued by a registered medical practitioner and endorsed by University Medical Officer

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 (if available) will also be acceptable only in those cases where the student has valid reason for his/her absence
from the University. The course teacher will take necessary measures.

26. Application for Graduation and Award of Degree

A student who has fulfilled all the academic requirements for the degree will have to apply to the Controller of
Examinations through his/her Adviser and Head of the Department for graduation. Degree will be awarded on
completion of the minimum Credit and CGPA requirements subject to the approval of the Academic Council.

27. (a) Application for Re-Scrutinizing by the Students

If any student is not satisfied on his/her marks in any theory course, s/he will submit an application for Re-
scrutinizing the answer script(s) within 5 days from the publication of the semester final results to the Head of
the Department. Re-scrutinizing will not be allowed for sessional/design courses. No such application shall be
entertained after the expiry of the due time. Respective Head will arrange the scrutinizing by a teacher of his
department other than the Examiner of the particular course. The re-scrutinizer will only check whether there is
any unmarked answer and/or mistake of adding of all marks. After checking, the scrutinizer will submit the
report to the concerned Head on the verifications done by him/her for such action as he/she considers necessary.
Then the Head will forward the report to the student and Controller of Examinations.

(b) Re-Examination of Answer Scripts

No answer script of any candidate shall be re-examined, once the results of the examination in which he
appeared, has been published. An answer script may only be re-scrutinized according to the Art. 27(a).

28. Maximum Duration to Preserve the Answer Scripts

The answer scripts shall be preserved by the Examination Section of the university for maximum three semesters
after the date of publication of the results of the examination.

29. Grade Conversion

CGPA of any student may be converted into percentage of marks using following rules:

% of Marks = 79 + 80 × (CGPA – 3.75) for 3.75 ≤ CGPA ≤ 4.00

and % of Marks = 44 + 20 × (CGPA - 2.00) for 2.00 ≤ CGPA < 3.75

Registrar Vice-Chancellor
Sonargaon University Sonargaon University
Dhaka, Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh

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