B. E. / B. Tech. Courses

B.E. COURSE (effective from 8-9-2002)

1. A student seeking an admission into a course for the Degree of Bachelor of Engineering must have passed the H.S.C. examination conducted by the Gujarat Higher Secondary Education Board in science stream or any other examination recognised as equivalent thereto, as per the standard / eligibility criteria laid down by the Institute. A student having passed the Diploma of Engg. examination of Technical Examination Board of Gujarat State, as per the rules & regulations stipulated by the Joint Admission Committee for Diploma to Degree Engineering Admissions of the State will be eligible for the admission to the third semester of B.E. II of the four year degree course in engineering as per the following conditions : For direct admission to B.E. Sem. III in its one of the branches a student must have passed Diploma examination (conducted by TEB, Gujarat) in the respective branch. However, such student will have to be admitted latest by the end of second sessional exam of the current B.E.Sem.III. The student admitted under the category shown by RBE 1(b) will be exempted from appearing in examinations of B.E.Sem.I & II.
2. No admission in the semester I & III will be granted after the end of the first sessional exam.
3. The four-year degree course in Engineering is divided as under: B.E. I – Semester I & II B.E. II – Semester III & IV B.E. III – Semester V & VI B.E. IV – Semester VII & VIII
4. The change of branch is possible before the entry into the third semester, subject to the number of the vacant seats & the merit list based on the External Theory Exam marks obtained by the students having passed the regular examinations of the B.E.semester I & II for the current batch of the Institute, i.e. at the first attempt. The student admitted on the basis of free-seat cannot avail the change in grant-in-aid seat/branch & in the case of payment-seat, no change is possible either in grant-in-aid & free-seat/branch.
5. 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 Sem. V Satisfactorily kept the term in sem.IV & passed the sem.III Sem. VI Satisfactorily kept the term in sem.V & passed the sem.IV Sem. VII Satisfactorily kept the term in sem.VI & passed the sem.V Sem. VIII Satisfactorily kept the term in sem.VII & passed the sem.VI i.e. the student is eligible for the admission into a higher semester provided he/she has satisfactorily kept the term in the preceding semester/s & passed the semester before the yester-semester.
6. To become eligible for the award of a Degree of Bachelor of Engineering, a student shall be required to pass B.E. semester I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII & VIII examinations in respective branch. However, the student directly admitted to the third semester under the above rule, shall be required to pass semester III, IV, V, VI, VII & VIII examination in respective branch.
7. A student shall be deemed to have satisfactorily kept the term for any of the semesters if having
   1. the attendance of at least 75%,
   2. carried out the prescribed laboratory work, term-work & other curricular assignment satisfactorily in every concerned subject, &
   3. 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.
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. 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. The student’s performance in termwork, practical & sessional exams. will be assessed by the teachers of the institute. However the practical examinations in the subject/semester meant for the award of class & the theory examinations in every semester will be conducted & assessed jointly by the panel of internal & external examiners appointed by the institute. To pass each of the B.E. semester I to VIII 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 40% of the maximum marks separately in each head of the passing viz. Theory, Sessional, Practical (including the oral) & Term-work as the case may be, OR minimum 30% of the maximum marks separately in each head of passing provided the total obtained is the minimum 45% of the maximum marks for the subject. 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 Bachelor 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 each of the last three semesters. 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 45 % 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 only in each of the last three semesters 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.
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.