20. Withdrawal from a semester and re-admission

20.1. If a student owing to serious illness or an acceptable ground fails to sit for final exam in all courses of a semester, he/she may apply to the Dean of the Faculty through the Controller of Examination with supporting evidence within one week after the end of the semester final exam for total withdrawal from the semester with provision of re-admission/re-enrollment in it in the next semester.

20.2. A student who has been granted withdrawal from a semester, as spelled in clause 19.1, shall not be eligible for course registration in the next upper semester (of the same or different level); however, he/she can take repeat exam or enroll for course repetition to clear F grade(s), if any, of earlier semester(s).

20.3. If a student gets F grade in all courses of the first semester of level-1, he/she may apply to the Dean within one week of the publication of the results, for re-admission (in the level-1, semester-I) in the next academic year.

20.4. The student re-admitted on any ground will not get extra time beyond the maximum limit of 7 years, counted from the date of his/her first admission, to complete the study (clause 6.3).

21. Boycotting of exam and adoption of unfair means in the exam

21.1. Students who, in any pretext, either individually or jointly, boycott the exam or leave the exam hall unlawfully will be marked absent and put to disciplinary action under the University ordinance for that purpose.

21.2. If a student is found to be adopting unfair means in the exam (class test/final exam), he/she shall be liable to disciplinary actions leading to (1) cancellation of the said exam; or (2) cancellation of the results of the concerned semester he/she has been studying plus expulsion from his/her study programme for the next semester; or (3) expulsion from the University as a whole, as recommended by the PSTU ‘Examination Disciplinary Committee” depending on the nature of the offence.

21.3. A student, expelled for adopting unfair means, shall not get extra time beyond the limit of 7 years to complete his/her study, if allowed re-admission.

21.4. A student twice expelled, shall be permanently debarred from readmission to this University.

22. Final results, degree and certificate

22.1. At the end of level-4 (Semester 8), the results of successful regular students of that semester and that of overall final results for graduation shall be published separately. The overall final results covering all semester results of regular successful students will be declared in order of merit based on CGPA, the transcript shall show the course number, course title, credits, contact hours, grade and grade point of individual courses, and GPA of each semester.

22.2. The final results of the repeater or irregular students after level-4 semester-2 will be published on clearance of the courses with F grade(s) and fulfillment of necessary course-credit requirement, without assigning any merit order.

22.3. The course number, course title, credits, contact hours, and letter grade obtained by the student in optional course(s), if any, will be shown on the transcript. However, the results of optional course(s) shall not be considered in calculation of the GPA and CGPA.

22.4. The registrar may issue the provisional certificate to a successful candidate on demand. The original certificate of the degree shall normally be issued during convocation of the University.

23. Dean’s merit list and award

Names of students obtaining a GPA of more than 3.75 in both semesters of the same level (academic year), shall be included in the Dean’s list published every year in recognition of their outstanding performances, with provisions of free studentships and special merit scholarships tenable for twelve months. Academic awards may be given for superior performance based on overall final results. A student with record of “repeat” results will not be considered for any merit award.

24. Anything not covered by this ordinance and that may arise in course of time in the implementation of the ordinance, shall be referred to the Academic Council for resolution and disposal.