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RULES AND REGULATIONS

 1.Definitions

 

In these regulations, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, the following expressions shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them: 

  •  Credit Course means a course of study required for completion of degree programme. It is counted in the computation of Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA). 

  •  Non-Credit Course means a course attended with liability of taking and passing its examinations. However, it is not counted towards the computation of CGPA. 

  • Credit Hour means a course requiring one hour of instruction in theory or three hours in practical / laboratory work per week for the duration of a semester.

  • Semester means a period of 16-18 weeks in which 16 weeks shall be the actual teaching time and the rest may be used for admission / registration, conduct of  examination, compilation and declaration of results, etc.

  • Trimester means three terms in an academic year, each term comprises of 14-16 weeks.

  • Core Course means a course which is directly related to a specific degree programme and can not be substituted with any other course.

  • Supporting Course means a course which is not directly related to a specific degree programme but will improve its quality and is compulsory to complete a degree programme.

  • Pre-Requisite Course means a course which must be passed before registering for an advance level course.  

  • Deficiency Course means a course in which a student has been declared deficient by a competent authority of the university at the time of admission into a degree programme.

  • Elective is an optional course which a student has to select from a number of choices to go for a specific specialization.

  • University Elective Course is a compulsory course prescribed by the University to improve english, communication skills, computer literacy etc .

  • Compulsory Course is a course which must be passed for award of degree.

  • Maximum Course Load is the number of courses required to be registered by a student per semester in order to complete the degree programme in the minimum laid down duration.

  • Specialization  means taking courses in order to focus on a specific area of study of a degree programme. 

All other expressions shall have the same meanings as assigned to them in the Ordinance 2001, Statutes, Regulations and Rules of the City University of Science & Information Technology, Peshawar.

 
 

2. Degree Programmes & Durations

 

  • The University shall offer courses leading to Bachelor/Master/M.S/M. Phil/Ph. D degrees in various specializations such as Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Management Sciences, Mathematics, English, Education etc, under the Semester/Trimester System.

  • The duration and credit hours requirement of various degree programmes is tabulated as under :

   Programme    Programme

Years of Education

Duration

Total Semesters

Credit Hours

Minimum

Maximum

Bachelor

16

4 years

5 Years

8

130+

Master

16

2 years

3 years

4

72+

B.Ed / M.Ed.

15/16

1 year

2 years

3 (Trimester)

30+

PGD – BA / B&F

-

1 year

2 years

3 (Trimester)

30+

M.S. – C.S.

18

2 years

3 years

4

30+

M.S. – S.E.

18

2 years

3 years

4

30+

M.S. – BA

18

2 years

3 years

4

36+

M. Phil (Edu)

18

2 years

3 years

4

35+

Ph. D. (Edu)

21

3 years

6 years

9 (Trimester)

30+

  • All degree programmes must be completed within the time period laid down above.  

  • The curricula for various degree programmes shall be notified each year and revised, if necessary, with the approval of Academic Council.

  • Islamic Studies shall be compulsory for Muslims at Bachelor level with option of Ethics for non-Muslim students. Pakistan Studies shall be compulsory for all students. 

  • If a candidate does not have adequate background, for the degree programme he/she intends to take up, he/she may be asked to take some deficiency course(s) as determined by the authorities concerned. These courses will be mandatory but will not be counted in calculating SGPA/CGPA.

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