ACADEMIC POLICIESAcademic Year: Trimester System
University follows trimester system and in this system an academic year will be of 3 (three) trimesters. The schedule of an academic year will be as follows:
| TRIMESTER | TITLE | DURATION |
|---|---|---|
| Trimester I | Spring | January – April |
| Trimester II | Summer | May – August |
| Trimester III | Fall | September – December |
Graduation/Degree Requirements
To obtain the degree, a student must complete the minimum required credit hours of his/her respective program, which is preset and declared for each program. Although the passing grade point in a course of every program with major/concentration as per Our grading system is 2.20 on the scale of 4.00, a student must acquire a minimum CGPA of 2.20 or higher CGPA to obtain the Degree. Students must also complete the thesis requirement and a mandatory orientation course in 3 parts with a minimum grade of 3.0 in each individual 3 parts to achieve academic and total excellence in the program and to ‘Bring Out The Best in a Student.
Registration
Students are required to complete their registration formalities for enrollment in the coming trimester. Without registration no student will be allowed to attend the classes and it will be considered that the student is absent from the trimester. Every student must register in-person.
Registration Procedures
- Registration form will be given from the Accounts Office on payment of required course fees.
- Registration form duly filled in must be submitted at the office with the payment receipt as a proof that 100% of the registered course fee incurred by registration has already been paid to the university.
- No registration form will be received without payment receipt.
- No registration will be completed until previous dues are cleared.
- Registration must be completed within the specified date.
- In extreme cases late registration may be allowed up to 7 days from the last date of registration with a late fee of Tk.300/- only.
- To add course(s) to registration a student must submit a subsidiary registration within 7 days of the start of class(s).
- Students will be allowed to withdraw any of their registered course(s) without fee within 7 days of commencement of trimester/semester.
- Students may be allowed to withdraw regular/retake course(s) for valid reasons with withdrawal fee of Tk.500/- per credit hours with maximum of Tk. 1,000/- per course by the day before beginning of the midterm examination. After the midterm examination, no student will be allowed to withdraw any of the registered courses even if the student does not appear in the examination. Courses once registered for incomplete/improvement cannot be withdrawn.
- To take a double major in a program a student has to complete the first major and apply to the Registrar for the second major.
- Students will not be allowed to change their sections as decided by the authority. Exception may be made only in case of spouses and siblings.
Evaluation & Grading System
The performance of a student in any course will be evaluated on the basis of class attendance, in course/class test/class assessment, assignments/term papers/case, mid-term and trimester final examinations. The whole course will be divided into two parts and the course evaluation would be as follows:
| 1st Part | 2nd Part | |||
| Case/Assignment | 5% | Case/Assignment | 5% | |
| Incourse/Class test | 10% | Incourse/Class test | 10% | |
| Midterm ** | 30% | Trimester Final | 30% | |
| Attendance | 10% |
Grading System
The performance of a student in a given course is made through continuous evaluation that comprises quizzes/ in-course, class participation, attendance, home work/assignment, case study, mid-term and trimester final examinations. Letter grades and grade points are used to evaluate the performance of a student in a given course. A+, A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C and D are the passing grades while F is the failing grade. Grade ‘I’ is incomplete and grade ‘W’ is for withdraw. The numerical grades used in calculating the GPA/CGPA (Cumulative grade point average) are as follows:
| MARKS RANGE | LETTER GRADE | GP | GRADE POINT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80% and above | A+ | (A Plus) | 4.00 |
| 75% to less than 80% | A | (A regular) | 3.75 |
| 70% to less than 75% | A- | (A minus) | 3.50 |
| 65% to less than 70% | B+ | (B Plus) | 3.25 |
| 60% to less than 65% | B | (B regular) | 3.00 |
| 55% to less than 60% | B- | (B minus) | 2.75 |
| 50% to less than 55% | C+ | (C Plus) | 2.50 |
| 45% to less than 50% | C | (C regular) | 2.25 |
| 40% to less than 45% | D | 2.20 | |
| Less than 40% | F | Fail | 0.00 |
| I | Incomplete | ||
| W | Withdraw |