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. 

• 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 :

• 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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