The Credit Hour System at IIUC:

To bring the academic system to international standard, IIUC follows Open Credit Hour System (OCHS) based on a quantified curriculum, whereby a certain number of credit hours are assigned to each course. Students are required to complete successfully the total number of credit hours stipulated in the program requirements in order to graduate. The number of credit hours assigned to each course denotes the academic load that a student carries while registering for that course. Therefore, a course that carries three credit hours normally has three contact hours per week. However, there are courses, which do not tally with the contact hours or for which no credit hours have been assigned. Such courses are normally not a part of the main curriculum of the department, but of the University Requirement Courses (URC) such as language courses etc.

Grading System:

IIUC follows the Grading System for evaluating the Academic Performance of the students as given below:

The above uniform Grading System introduced by UGC is being followed from new intake of Autumn-2006.

The Grade Point Average (GPA) is computed by dividing the total grade points earned by the number of credit hours attempted in a given semester. The Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) is computed by dividing the total grade points earned by the total number of credit hours attempted at the University up to a particular semester.

Grades obtained do not just reflect their performance in the semester final examination but are also based on a number of assignments, quizzes, class tests, case study and mid term examination etc that are conducted throughout the semester.