The Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF) was established under the Government College University Faisalabad Ordinance by the Government of the Punjab in 2002. The University is offering Undergraduate, Graduate and Postgraduate programs in various disciplines following the semester system. The present document describes Rules and Regulations governing the Semester System, examinations as well as promotion.
All the admissions will be made according to the admission policy given in the prospectus.
There shall be 2 semesters (Fall and Spring) of 18 weeks during each Academic Year; followed by a summer semester of 8 to 12 weeks. The commencement of semesters will be regulated by the Director Academics. (Explanation: Out of 18 weeks of a semester, 16 weeks shall be actual teaching durations; the rest may be utilized for enrollment, the conduct of examinations and declaration of results, etc. and likewise, out of 12 weeks of a Summer semester, 06-08 weeks shall be actual teaching time; the rest of the duration may be utilized for enrollment, the conduct of examinations and declaration of results, etc.).
Course | Duration of Class |
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Theory Course of 03 Credit Hours |
3 classes of 01 hour per week or 2 classes of 1.5 hours per week |
Practical (Lab) Work / Field Work of 01 Credit Hour | 02 to 03 contact hours per week |
The same rules and regulations of the regular semester with certain modifications (fee, age and session etc.) will be followed for Replica/Self-Supporting Programs.
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Credit hours may only be transferred between HEC Recognized Universities (main campuses). This facility will not be provided to any sub-campus of the Public Sector University or any Affiliated College.
In affiliated colleges under Government College University, Faisalabad, migration will be allowed after seeking approval from the migration committee under the rules framed for this purpose.
The student shall have to study the course(s) which is(are) pointed out by the migration committee.
Maximum 50% of total credit hours of a degree are allowed to transfer.
No credit hour of a course will be transferred if the grade is less than “C” for undergraduate and “B” for graduate studies.
Credits are transferred on course to course basis i.e. a person taking course A at University X is allowed to transfer his/her credits to University Y provided that course A or equivalent course is taught at the Y University.
Migration shall be allowed to candidates only after the successful completion of one Academic Year, having CGPA as under:-
The percentage of the students in the courses which were passed from the parent University (X) will be considered at the minimum percentage of the respective grade of this University (Y) in the GPA/ CGPA i.e. ‘A’ grade=80%, ‘B’ grade = 65% and ‘C’ grade= 50% (irrespective of his/ her percentage acquired at parent University while granting migration) and this practice will be continued in future migration cases on the recommendations of Equivalence Committee provided that:
All courses will be designated with an appropriate three-digit course code and will be preceded by the suitable letters of alphabets (three capital letters) indicating the name of the respective department.
The teachers / instructors will be required to hand over detailed course outline to the students within 7 days of the beginning of semester and will provide a copy of course outline and work plan to the Chairperson of the concerned department.
A full time student can enroll credit hours in a semester including regular plus repeat/ resit courses according to the following table. This will be applicable for all programs (Morning and Replica).
* Indicates maximum limit of the Credit Hours which can be enrolled in a regular semester. However, if a student needs to enroll extra credit hours (to repeat or re-sit to improve grade or to pass failed courses), he/she must seek permission/approval of the Competent Authority forwarded through the respective offices (Chairperson, Dean, & respective Directorate). Besides, an additional credit hour (1 Credit Hour) may also be allowed by the respective Dean, if needed following the approval procedure.
For Repeat / Re-sit / Improvement / Re-enrollment of courses within the semester residential period, per credit hour / course fee will be charged.
For Repeat / Re-sit / Improvement / Re-enrollment of courses within the summer semester, a prescribed course fee will be charged.
For Repeat / Re-sit / Improvement / Re-enrollment of courses beyond the minimum residential period, Gap semester fee & prescribed per credit hour fee will be charged.
If the course(s) studied by a candidate in his /her previous degree (on the basis of which admission is requested) does not provide adequate background for the degree program of study, he/she may be required to rectify the deficiency by taking additional course(s) as determined by the respective Departmental Board of Studies.
A student who wants to take “Audit” or “Deficiency” or “Advance course“ and “failed Courses”, he/she may enroll in summer semester.
In Case of the Deficiency courses only two courses will be offered, the teacher will compulsorily complete 48 contact hours in case of 3 course and 64 contact hours in case of 4 credit hour course during 06-08 weeks.
All other student shall only be allowed to register four courses (failed/improvement cases) whereas BS bridging students can enroll 4 courses (two deficiency + two failed/D grades).
A last semester student who wants to improve his/ her “D”grade or lowest grade with CGPA (less than CGPA required for degree for BS, BS bridging (2/4) and less than 2.80 for MPhil and PhD 2nd ) will be allowed.
Other than last semester students who wants to improve his/her “D” grade or lowest grade may be allowed to register in summer irrespective of the CGPA
In the summer semester the course will be offered for minimum one student only for last semester and expected dropped out students whereas minimum 03 students required for enrollment of a course in regular semesters.
Rs. 5000/- fee will be charged for per course per student.
11.7 A teacher shall be allowed to teach not more than three courses in summer and he will be paid as per summer rules (remuneration 40% of the fee paid per student up to maximum of Rs 40000/-). In case of deficiency courses of the bridging semester only after verification from the Head of the concerned departments (remuneration as per university rules). In case of the online classes screenshot of the attendance verified by the Head of the concerned departments are compulsory for remuneration.
The medium of instruction and examination shall be English (except for Faculty of Islamic and Oriental Learning).
Any student consistently found absent from classes during first four weeks; after the commencement of the semester as per announced schedule, his/her admission shall stand cancelled automatically without any notification.
A student may discontinue/freeze his/her enrolled semester before appearing in the final examination with the permission of the Vice Chancellor obtained through the respective Directorates i.e. Directorate of Undergraduate & Directorate of Advanced Studies, on the recommendations of the Dean/Coordinator of respective faculty and Director/Chairperson/Incharge on account of sickness duly certified by the University Medical Officer or due to circumstances beyond his/her control subject to fulfillment of condition that the student has passed the final examination of the previous semester with minimum prescribed GPA/CGPA required for the said degree program.
The facility of freezing will be allowed only once during whole degree program after the completion of first academic year and for maximum two semesters only.
A student permitted to freeze is required to resume his/her studies after two semesters (one freezed semester and other gap with zero credit hour semester) on the recommendations of Director/ Principal/ Chairman concerned and the Dean/Coordinator and notified by respective Directorates. However, the resumption of semester in Undergraduate Degree program will be after one Academic Year with junior batch and in MS/MPhil & PhD programs may be in the next semester.
During the semester freeze, bonafide status of the student shall remain suspended. The student will not be entitled to avail any privilege of a regular student.
A Student has to submit the complete fees/semester dues for a freeze semester plus a prescribed fee for the gap semester for undergraduate and graduate programs respectively.
A student shall not ordinarily be allowed to freeze his/her studies during 1st semester except in case of circumstances beyond his/her control i.e. accident/swear illness so that his/her admission may be retained subject to the approval of the Vice Chancellor.
Application for deferment of the 1st semester within four weeks of the start of semester can be made by the student(s) in special cases to seek approval from the Competent Authority. In case of acceptance of the request, the student will restart semester-I with the next admitted batch.
For the de-freezing of a semester, the student will have to submit the request to the Authority through the Chairperson at least 2 weeks before start of the semester.
The student will have to pay dues at the prevalent rate at rejoining time and shall be required to follow all the Rules & Regulations prescribed for the new session as applicable for Undergraduate & Degree Programs.
The freezing period (time of absence) will be included in the stipulated period for the program.
An application for enrollment in a course/s on the prescribed “Course Registration Form” accompanied by proof of fee paid (bank receipt) shall be presented in the office of the respective directorate duly signed by respective Chairperson and Dean of faculty.
The office of the Dean/Coordinator under special circumstances and on payment of late fee may permit a student to enroll within 2 weeks after the commencement of the classes.
The Vice Chancellor may allow a student to enroll till the last day of the 4th week after the commencement of classes, with double late fee.
Enrollment in absentia is not allowed. Student is required to be present in person with a proof of identification for enrollment.
Enrollment will only be considered complete when Course Registration Form (GS-10/UG-1) is submitted to the office of the Directorate of Advanced Studies/ Undergraduate Studies within 02 weeks.
The students of first semester may be allowed to revise his/her Course Registration Form within 30 days of the last date of enrollment.
A student may be permitted to revise his/her Course Registration Form within 02 weeks from the commencement of classes. After this period he/she may be allowed to revise Course Registration Form up to 03 weeks from the commencement of classes on payment of Rs. 1000/- as Course Registration Form revision fee.
Whenever a student gets ‘F’ grade, he/she must repeat the course, whenever offered. However, “F” grade obtained will also be recorded on the transcript in the relevant semester.
Undergraduate and Master level students may be allowed to repeat course(s) in which she/he has obtained grade below “C”. In such a case both the previous and new grade obtained will be recorded on the transcript. However, only the better grade shall be used in the calculation of CGPA.
In case of CGPA improvement, it shall be mentioned with (repeat) on the transcript.
Two chances will be allowed to repeat the subject in the program (maximum three takes per subject).
A student can change a course within 2 weeks from the commencement of classes and he/she has to submit the revised course registration form (GS-10/UG-1).
A candidate having less than 75% of the attendance in a course shall not be eligible to appear in the final examination.
In exceptional cases / hardship cases the following exemptions may be accorded.
A student may apply for leave. The maximum length of leave with related terms and conditions are as under
Leave for Hajj (One Time in Degree) | 40 days leave (including weekend) with Makeup classes facility |
If the leave is longer than a specified period, then the student may apply to freeze the semester along-with supporting documents. The granted leave period can’t be accounted for the calculation of minimum attendance criteria.
EXAMINATION FEE
University examination fee shall be charged at the time of enrollment of each semester.TESTS AND EXAMINATIONS
There shall be two mandatory examinations in each semester i.e. Mid Term and Final Term. Any student absent in the final examination shall be considered fail. In addition to these examinations the teacher shall give home assignments and quizzes etc. to the students. The teacher will be solely responsible for deciding the mode, conduct as well as evaluation of examination in his/her course. The grade given by the teacher shall be final.
The mid-semester examination shall be held during 9th week of the semester and carry 30 percent of the allocated marks for the course. This examination shall be held by the concerned teacher who shall proceed according to the University rules.
In case of deficiency course, a student is required to obtain at least “C” grade.
The following weightage shall be given to the examinations, home assignments, etc.
Regular and Summer Semester Programs | |
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(a) Mid-semester examination | 30% |
(b) At least 02 Assignments and 02 quizzes/ presentations. | 20% |
(c) Final examination (at least 20% of Final Exams will consist of Mid Term Course) | 50% |
Total | 100% |
The marked answer scripts of each examination shall be discussed with the students.
To qualify a course, it is essential to pass separately the theory and practical (where applicable) examinations with aggregation to be at least 40 percent except for Engineering and Pharmacy Degree programs where aggregation pass marks requirement is 50%.
The duration of examination shall be as under:
Mid-Semester Examination (One hour to 11/2Hours)Question paper for the mid and final term examination shall be set by the respective teacher. However, Chairperson/ Principal/ Director/ Departmental Incharge shall ensure the quality and standard of the question paper set by the teacher.
The teacher shall send the final award list of the course through the respective Chairperson to the office of the Controller of Examinations within 10 days after the conduct of respective examination. (A copy of the award list will be maintained by the respective department along-with the course file).
On receipt of the award lists, the Controller of Examinations shall notify the results and send copies to the office of the Dean/Coordinator, Director/Principal and the Chairman of the concerned Department.
COURSE FILE
DEPARTMENTAL EXAMINATION COMMITTEE
This Committee shall have proper role in supervising and evaluating the conduct of all examinations in the Department. The Committee may comprise the following:
CONDUCT OF EXAMINATION
All tests and examinations shall take place in the premises specified by the Departmental Examination Committee.
The schedule of tests and midterm/final examinations shall be notified by the Departmental Examination Committee at the beginning of the Semester or whenever these are announced by Director Academics.
Students are responsible for checking the date time and location of their examinations from the given schedules.
For all examinations, the students may be required to show their students ID cards or personal ID for verification purpose.
Student must write the program title, subject title, course code and title and his/her registration number, signature clearly on the front page of answer sheets.
The record of question papers/marked scripts/Mid-term Examination/Final Examination etc. shall be preserved by the Controller of Examinations for two years after the completion of the degree program.
Provisional announcement of the result of a program will be made by the Controller of Examinations.
Final Notification of the results shall be made by the Controller of Examinations by displaying on the University Notice Board / Gazette / University Website.
GRADE POINT AVERAGE
Grade point and equivalence between letter grading and numerical grading shall be as follows:
Grade point (GP) shall be determined on the basis of numerical grade in the following table:
*Students who secure 90% or above would be placed in the Deans Honor list.
Note: Fraction in obtained percentage marks of a course will be rounded to the next whole number. i.e. 52.1% and 52.9% rounded to 53%.
After final examination of a semester, a student, who obtains CGPA less than 1.70, he/she will be dropped out from University rolls. And if a student, who obtains CGPA 1.70 but less than 2.00, he/she will be promoted on probation (This para should be read in conjunction with 21.7). However, for undergraduate programs, if a student is dropped out in 6th semester, then two years Associate Degree in the concerned area of study will be awarded to him/her.
A student, who obtains CGPA 2 or more but less than 2.30 upon the completion of course work, may be allowed to repeat maximum two courses of the lowest grades in order to improve the CGPA and to obtain the minimum of 2.50, failing which the student shall cease to be on the rolls. A student who obtains 2.35 CGPA, after the completion of course wok will be allowed to start research.
If a student obtains CGPA 2.70 or more but less than 3.00 at the end of course work, he/she may be allowed once to repeat maximum two courses of the lowest grade / failed courses, or take the additional course(s).
At the end of semester, the student with Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 1.70 or more but less than 2.00 shall be promoted to the next semester on probation.
However, at the end of 5th and 7th and subsequent semesters, a student with a CGPA below 1.7 (after availing the maximum chances of probations and summers), he/she shall cease to be the student of the University. However, such a student may apply for an Associate Degree if eligible as per rules.
There shall be two probations allowed for BS in an academic Program.
A student who has been declared to be dropped out may be re-admitted to the first semester as a fresh candidate.
* Extension for a specific period in cases of M.Phil after 2 years and in PhD after 5 years will be granted on full justification, a progress report by the Supervisor and recommendation by the AS&RB only to those students who maintain their student status and are not absconders. Finally the extension if fully justified should be 5+2 and the 8th year should be for examination, result etc. purpose only. To provide sufficient time for thesis evaluation process, examination and result etc., the thesis should be submitted earlier than 14th semester. Both student and his/her supervisor are responsible to complete every task within 7 years.
Within the framework of General Rules/Regulations for the award of a graduate or a postgraduate degree special/specific rules may be applicable to certain degree programs. These rules may be issued by the University in order to ensure quality standards and performance of the candidates. Candidate will be awarded the relevant degree, provided that he /she has
The CGPA will be reported up to two decimals and in case of a tie merit, position will be determined on the basis of the weighted percentage marks obtained.
Compilation and notification of the results will be issued by the office of the Controller of Examinations.
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