M. E. / M. Tech. Courses

ACADEMIC RULES & REGULATIONS

M.E. COURSE (effective from 26-2-2003)

  1. A student will be eligible for admission to the course if he/she has obtained a UGC-recognised degree of B.E./B.Tech. or a AICTE/UGC recognised Diploma equivalent thereto, with minimum 55% marks or equivalent GPA.
  2. The two-year degree course in Engineering is divided as under:
    M.E. I – Semester I & II
    M.E. II – Semester III & IV
  3. To become eligible for the award of a Degree of Master of Engineering, a student shall be required to pass M.E. semester I, II, III, & IV examinations in respective branch.
  4. A student shall be deemed to have satisfactorily kept the term for any of the semesters if having
    (i) the attendance of at least 75%,
    (ii) carried out the prescribed laboratory work, term-work & other
    curricular assignment satisfactorily in every concerned subject, &
    (iii) shown good conduct & character ;
    otherwise he/she
    (a) shall have to repeat the semester
    (b) shall not be eligible to enter into the next semester; &
    (c) shall not be permitted to appear in the examination concerned, & in the event of his/her appearance, his name shall be deemed to be cancelled from the list of the students for the examination.
  5. In every concerned subject of a semester, there shall be three compulsory sessional exams, the average marks of them plus the maximum 10% of the total sessional marks for the attendance in theory classes will be considered as the total SESSIONAL marks. If a student does not appear in any one of the three sessional exams of a subject on account of illness, he/she may be permitted to appear for the Block sessional exam., which is conducted at the end of the third sessional exam., & it will cover the entire syllabus of the subject.
  6. The student’s performance in sessional exams. will be assessed by the teachers of the institute. The student’s performance in practical, theory & termwork examinations in a concerned subject will be assessed jointly by the panel of internal & external examiners appointed by the institute.
  7. Admission to various semesters will be governed by the following conditions :Admission to Condition

    Sem. II Satisfactorily kept the term in sem.I
    Sem. III Satisfactorily kept the term in sem.II & passed the
    sem.I
    Sem. IV Satisfactorily kept the term in sem.III & passed the
    sem.II & III as well.

  8. If a student fails to pass first two semesters within first four consecutive years, he/she will have to discontinue his / her study at this University and his / her admission will be treated as cancelled.
  9. To pass each of the M.E. semester I to IV examinations, a student must have passed all the subjects in the respective semester.A subject may contain upto four heads of passing i.e. theory, sessional, practical (including oral) & term work.

    To pass a subject-examination a student is required to obtain minimum 45% of the maximum marks in the Theory & minimum 50% of the maximum marks separately in every remaining head of the passing.

    A student has to apply with the payment of the requisite fees for the rechecking of result within seven working days from the date of declaration of the result.

  10. A class will be awarded only after passing the final-semester examination.
  11. The student will be declared to have passed the final examination leading to the award of Master of Engineering in First Class with Distinction OR First Class OR Second Class as the case may be, provided he/she passes all the theory & practical exams of all the concerned subjects together in every semester & submits duly certified dissertation within four academic years. This period can be extended for one more year with the prior approval from the vice-chancellor under the valid reason. The academic year will be from the 1st July to 30th June of an year.Also a class will be awarded according to the following table based on the percentage of the marks obtained by the student, calculated on the basis of the last three semesters taken together :Required % Corresponding class for award of Degree

    66 % or more First class with Distinction
    60 % or more but less than 66 % First class
    50 % or more but less than 60 % Second class
    In all the other cases the student will be declared to have passed the examination in PASS class.

  12. The student will be permitted to reappear in theory & practical examinations of all the subjects in every semester to become eligible for securing the class, provided he/she has failed in theory & / OR practical examination of one or more subjects in the concerned semester, in which case the passing marks of sessional & term-work will be carried forward.A student fail in sem.III or IV exam, will be offered only one remedial exam for it.
  13. A student will be deemed to have appeared in the WHOLE examination if he/she appears at a time in all the THEORY & PRACTICAL exams without availing of exemptions from any subject or subjects or a part thereof.
  14. In any case where the result of an examination has been ascertained & published & it is found that such result has been affected by any malpractice, fraud or any other improper conduct whereby a student has been benefitted, and that such student has, in the opinion of the vigilance committee been party or privy to, or connived at such malpractice, fraud or improper conduct, the vice-chancellor shall have power at any time, not withstanding the issue of a certificate or the award or prize or scholarship, to amend or cancel the result of such student or punish such conduct by exclusion of such student from the university/college examination of any other constituent centre or from any convocation for the purpose of conferring degree/diplomas either permanently or for specified period, or by the deprivation of any university scholarship held
    by him/her, or by the cancellation of the award of any university prize or medal to him/her or any two or more of the aforesaid ways and to make such declaration as the vice-chancellor may consider necessary in that behalf.