Essential academic rules and regulations that students must follow throughout their academic journey at IIUC.
Comprehensive rules and regulations governing registration, examination, and academic procedures at IIUC. These rules ensure academic integrity and quality education.
The academic rules relating to admission, admission cancellation, re-admission, withdrawal of studentship, credit transfer, registration, workload policy, restriction on registration, adding and dropping courses, withdrawal from registered courses, dropping semester/leave of absence, Examination, examination committee of the departments, functions of the examination committee, exam time table, examinations routine, students' responsibilities during examination, disciplinary action due to examination related offence, leaving the examination hall, question setters and scripts examiners, duties and responsibilities of the question setters, responsibilities of scripts examiners, format of question papers, questions moderation, duties and responsibilities of the chief invigilator, duties and responsibilities of invigilator, marking the examination scripts and submission of marks, evaluation of the examination scripts, announcement of Mid-Term marks, aggregate of 50 marks, result tabulation, marks correction, policy for special examination, scope for special final examination, policy for special course arrangement, policy for improvement of a grade, appeal for re-evaluation of examination result, grading system, question moderation, disciplinary actions and other related rules on registration & examination are given in Part A and Part B as under (Approved in the 192nd Syndicate dated 05.04.2016).
These "Rules & Regulations" will help to develop a sustainable academic culture for quality education at IIUC. The Faculties shall also follow these as part of Ordinances.
An Examination is an assessment intended to measure the knowledge, skill and aptitude of a student. The International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC) is not merely an examining body. It is rather basically a "nursery to create good citizens". We therefore emphasize the diffusion of scientific, technical and professional knowledge on the one hand, and building up of character in youth by making religion and ethics an integral part of education on the other.
One of the essential characteristics of an Integrated Education System is the Continuous Evaluation Process. In this process a student is evaluated in a multidimensional manner, such as:
Apart from these, there is a Viva-Voce Board (Oral Examination) at IIUC for all Undergraduate programs. Viva-Voce helps a graduate to gain confidence in their own ability, and provides a final wake up call to take learning seriously. It is also valuable to take early preparation for professional oral Examinations and is useful to enhance employment interview skills.
In each Semester there are Mid-Term and Final Examinations, which will be conducted by the concerned Examinations Committee(s) of the Departments. After conducting 6 weeks' classes, Mid-Term Examination will be held centrally. After Mid-Term Examination and conducting 8 weeks' classes and 1 (one) week preparatory period Final Examination is to be held. At least one Class Test & one Assignment with presentation before each of Mid-Term and Final Examination must be taken.
The Evaluation system will be as follows:
No student shall be eligible to take part in any Examination unless:
Course wise registered students' list and Admit-card shall be ensured by the Controller of Examination to each Department before the commencement of Mid-Term/Final Examinations. Students shall not get Admit-card and will not be allowed to sit for Mid-Term as well as Final Examination without registration. Such a compulsion will influence the students to complete their Registration on time, and allow academic and Examination work to proceed smoothly.
Mentionable that Registration must be completed through online as soon as possible after students have been notified. Registration enables a student to attend his/her course and access to University facilities, such as the Library, IT Services and Applying for waiver and financial assistance etc.
For online registration course offering list, class-routine and other information of the respective Department must be entered into the system in due time. ITD shall cooperate to ensure this.
Course registration will be on the basis of the immediate past semester GPA of the student and the workload policy should be followed as given below:
| Range of GPA | Maximum Load Allowed | FSE |
|---|---|---|
| 3.75 or above | 24 Credit Hours (CH) | 28 Credit Hours (CH) |
| 3.50 to less than 3.75 | 20 to 22 CH | 26 CH |
| 2.75 to less than 3.50 | 18 to 20 CH | 24 CH |
| 2.25 to less than 2.75 | 15 to 18 CH | 22 CH |
| 2.00 to less than 2.25 | 12 to 15 CH | 20 CH |
| 1.70 to less than 2.00 | 12 CH | 15 CH |
| Below 1.70 | 9 to 12 CH | 12 CH |
N.B. Registration of improvement course/courses or internship/project/Viva-Voce will not be counted with the total work load.
Students who will not clear all prescribed courses of 1st & 2nd Semester within the 4th Semester will not be allowed to get registered in the 5th Semester courses. Students who will not clear all prescribed courses of 3rd & 4th Semester within the 6th Semester would not be allowed to get registered in the 7th Semester courses.
If any student fails to complete the course registration within the deadline, he/she shall be considered as unregistered student for that particular Semester and consequently, he/she shall be barred from attending any class or Examination.
Students may add course/s to, or drop course/s from that they have already registered. To add and drop course/s, prescribed Add & Drop Form [available from the Controller of Examination (CoE) office] must be filled up and submitted to the respective Departmental office within first week of the current semester. These applications will be recommended by the academic advisor and approved by the Head of the Department. Departmental Head shall forward the Add/Drop applications to the concerned CoE office for necessary action. The total numbers of credit hours after add and drop exercise must be in adherence to the academic workload policy. (article 3.3).
Students may apply for the withdrawal of courses that they have already registered for. The withdrawal exercise shall be done immediately after Mid-Term (i.e.9th to 10th week of the relevant Semester). The total number of credit hours after withdrawal must not fall below 12 credit hours, as specified above (article 3.3). A grade "W" is assigned to the courses that have been withdrawn. "W" is deleted from Final Transcript. Procedure of submission of application for Course-Withdrawal is same as 3.7.
A student may apply in a Prescribed Form (available at CoE) for Semester Drop or a leave of absence stating valid ground. The student must apply for Dropping the semester during the registration period. No fees will be imposed during such leave. A student who is suffering from a prolonged illness may request for a further period of leave of absence on medical ground by writing to CoE through Head of the Department. Drop duration will be calculated with the total duration of the Program as shown in Table- 8.1.5.(i.e. For undergraduate program maximum 12 Semesters including drop period).
If any student is found absent or unregistered without having permission for a whole semester, he/she has to bear the Semester fee for the respective Semester to continue his/her study. However, if any student is found absent or unregistered without permission as shown in Table 8.1.5, he/she will be considered as discontinued student. If such student wishes to continue the study, an appeal may be made to the authority through proper channel for re-admission.
Mid-Term and Final Examination routine are shown in Table-1 and Table-2 respectively. Heads of the Departments, Directors of CENURC and MDP are requested to arrange their Exam Schedule as per routine shown in the Table 4.1 and 4.2 as given below:
| Day/Time | 9:30 am – 11:00 Am | 11:30 Am – 1:00 pm | 2:30 pm –4:00 pm |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | URC/REC/RAL Semester I & V | URC/REC/RAL, Semester III & VII | URC/REC/RAL, Semester II & VI |
| Day 2 | URC/REC/RAL IV & VIII | URC/REC/RAL, Semester I & V | URC/REC/RAL, Semester III & VII |
| Day 3 | Semester I & V | Semester III & VII | Semester II & VI |
| Day 4 | Semester IV & VIII | Semester I & V | Semester III & VII |
| Day 5 | Semester II & VI | Semester IV & VIII | Semester I & V |
| Day/Time | 10:00 am – 12:30 pm | 02:00 pm – 4:30 pm |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | MDP-II | MDP-V |
| Day 2 | MDP III | MDPVI |
| Day 3 | URC/REC/RAL | URC/REC/RAL |
| Day 4 | URC/REC/RAL | URC/REC/RAL |
| Day 5 | URC/REC/RAL | URC/REC/RAL |
| Day 6 | Semester I & V | Semester III & VII |
| Day 7 | Semester II & VI | Semester IV & VIII |
If any Examination not being held within the schedule date due to unavoidable circumstances, it will be held on the following Friday/Holiday/at the end of the schedule date. This will be announced by the CoE with the approval of the competent authority.
There are policies for (i) Special Final Examination, (ii) Completion of course under Special Arrangement / Independent study for the Graduating student and (iii) for repeating a course for Improvement of previous Grade.
Question papers of these Examinations shall be moderated by the respective Examination Committee and the concerned Department will be responsible for conducting the Examination. The Examination date for Special Examinations will be announced during Final Examination by the CoE with the approval from the competent authority.
Following are the scopes for Special Final Examination (Ref: 23rd Meeting of Academic Council held on December 4, 2007 duly approved in 117th EC Meeting held on December 12,2007 and admission Handbook-2012& 2015, page 16):
If the awarding of Grade is in order but the student wants his/her Answer Script to be re-evaluated, then a prescribed Application Form shall have to be filled in, and submitted within 15 (fifteen) days of publication of results, by the student to the University, addressed to the Board of Appeals through the Office of the CoE with a fee of Tk.500/- (non-refundable) per paper (or as determined by the University Board of Examination from time to time) must be deposited along with the Application Form.
After necessary permission, CoE will forward this application to the concerned Chairman of the respective Departmental Examination Committee regarding the matter. In this regard, the Chairman of the Examination Committee will send the resolution of Examination Committee with a forwarding to CoE for decision from the Honorable Pro Vice–Chancellor. Accordingly CoE will take necessary steps for correction of results after final approval and will issue a letter to the concerned student about the outcome of his/her appeal.
An appeal may be made on any or all of the following grounds: