1. Introduction.
a. Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP), which is one of the public universities of Bangladesh, was established on 05 June 2008. The aim of the university was to facilitate professional degrees and to run undergraduate, graduate and post graduate degrees through its faculties, affiliated and embodied colleges, institutes, academy or organizations. BUP, with its own unique features, is set up in a green landscape of Mirpur Cantonment located in Dhaka Metropolitan City. The University provides a tranquil, pollution free and secured campus life and above all, a congenial academic atmosphere.
b. BUP deals with not only the education of the armed forces personnel but also the students of civilian community from home and abroad. It welcomes those students who intend to dedicate their total attention and devotion to serious academic pursuits to build up better tomorrow for the nation. BUP is committed to providing high quality education that delivers real benefits for the students. Thus, BUP is the only unique academic entity in the country, where blending between the civilian and the armed forces students of diverse skills, experience, exposure and attitude is possible. This Academic guideline is effective from 1st January 2019.
2. Student Services.
a. Guidance and Counseling. The guidance and counseling services are available to students on academic and other matters of interest as follows:
(1) To give the student information on matters important to success in academic activities.
(2) To get information about student this will be of help in solving his/her problems.
(3) To establish a feeling of mutual understanding between students and teachers.
(4) To help the student work out a plan for solving his/her difficulties.
(5) To help the student know himself better –his/her interests, abilities, aptitudes, and opportunities.
(6) To encourage and develop special abilities and right attitudes.
(7) To inspire successful endeavor toward attainment.
(8) To assist the student in planning for educational and vocational choices.
(9) A faculty member is assigned as Student Adviser for each section of a batch, who, as a routine matter, meets the students at least once a week and attends them whenever the students feel necessary.
b. Internship/Placement.
(1) There is a committee to provide required assistance to the students for placement in different organizations as part of the internship programme. The committee is comprised of the Dean of the Faculty, Chairman of the Department, respective Student Adviser and Placement Officer. Dean of the Faculty acts as a convener of this committee.
(2) The duration of the internship/placement will not be more than 13 weeks. Maximum 10-11 weeks for industrial visits, 1-2 weeks for report writing and other academic activities. However, the departments may have different internship policy depending upon the requirement of the respective department subject to the approval of the Dean of the Faculty.
c. Extra-Curricular and Club Activities
d. Study Tour/Excursion & Industrial/Organizational Visits. Different departments of BUP organize visits to different organizations/places according to the requirements of their individual programmes. Moreover, a batch trip is a part of the academic curriculum and is supposed to be arranged for the students of the final year. There shall be at least one industrial visit/study tour per year (2 semester) whenever applicable and this should be organized by the department concerned.
e. Guest Lectures/Seminars. Seminars/workshops on important academic/business issues and lectures/presentations by eminent academicians/professionals/experts are organized throughout the academic year for the students. Every year, BUP is organizing at least one International Seminar. The purposes of the seminars/workshops are:
(1) Academic Success and Career Awareness. To provide an opportunity to the students to learn about the scholarly characteristics of an academic setting. To participate in activities that improves the students’ awareness of careers and their individual career goals.
(2) Communication. To create a classroom environment that encourages a communication-across-the-curriculum approach to learning.
(3) Research and Undergraduate Scholarship. To engage students in activities that promotes skills and positive attitudes toward scholarship and seeking knowledge.
(4) Critical Thinking. To create activities that encourages students towards the use of reasoned thinking and the analysis of information including rhetorical strategies.
(5) Community Building and Diversity. To encourage collaborative learning and support students’ efforts to connect with the many varied components and diversity of University setting.
f. Admission Procedure. Every year, the Academic council set detailed and related issues regarding admission test. Faculty/Department usually follows its own procedure as per requirements.
Subject to
approval of the academic council faculty/department normally follow its own
procedure as per requirements.
h. Selection Process.
(1) Written Admission Test. Admission test will be conducted by Faculty/Department on the basis of the syllabus of HSC examinations of all Boards of Secondary and Higher Secondary School Certificates. Admission test will be in MCQ and/or Subjective written test and weightage 65 percentage is counted.
(2) Communication Test (Interview/ Viva-voce). The candidates are selected for communication test based on their written test result. Panels of faculty members will take the communication test/interview (Weightage is 10 marks).
(3) Marks from Past Public Examinations. The results of past public examinations carry 25 marks weightage, where 15% is from HSC and equivalent and 10% from SSC and equivalent. The marks are calculated in a simple linear distribution method from candidates' GPA.
(4) Final Selection. Final selection will be made on the basis of merit. The merit list is prepared according to combined marks obtained by candidates in the written admission test (65 marks), score in communication test (10 marks) and in past public examinations (25 marks) out of 100 marks.
i. Admission in the Program. After final selection, the candidates are asked to go through a medical checkup at BUP Medical Centre to ascertain their medical fitness. The selected candidates must collect Admission Form from Admission Section of the Registrar Office and complete admission and registration formalities within the given time frame with the respective BUP Admission Section and Faculty by paying required fees. The following rules will apply in this regard:
(1) Candidate failing to complete admission formalities within the prescribed date and time, his/her selection will be considered as cancelled.
(2) Student who fails to attend the class within two weeks of the commencement of 1stsemester class, his/her admission will be considered as cancelled.
(3) In case, if the prescribed vacancies are not filled up by the candidates in the first merit list, other merit list(s) will be published from the waiting candidates for admission, who will have to follow the same procedure for admission.
j. Tuition and other Fees.
(1) The semester wise tuition fees are as follows:
Ser
|
Year
|
Semester
|
Amount
(Tk)
|
1.
|
First
|
1st
|
31,000/-
|
2.
|
2nd
|
16,500/-
|
|
3.
|
Second
|
3rd
|
17,500/-
|
4.
|
4th
|
16,500/-
|
|
5.
|
Third
|
5th
|
17,500/-
|
6.
|
6th
|
16,500/-
|
|
7.
|
Fourth
|
7th
|
17,500/-
|
8.
|
8th
|
20,000/-
|
|
Total :
|
1,53,000.00 /-
|
(2) Additional fees as applicable for any department as follows:
Ser
|
Name of Heads
|
Amount (Taka)
|
Remarks
|
1.
|
Re-Admission Fee
|
5,000
|
If Applicable
|
2.
|
Migration Fee
|
500
|
|
3.
|
ID Card Re-Issue Fee
|
200
|
|
4.
|
Original Certificate Fee
|
1,000
|
|
5.
|
Fine/Late Fee
|
500/1000
|
|
6.
|
Study tour
|
300
|
Per tour as applicable
|
7.
|
Field Visit
|
1500
|
Per semester as applicable
|
8.
|
Non-Collegiate Fee
|
5000
|
Per Course
|
9.
|
Supplementary Exam Fee
|
4000
|
Per Course
|
10.
|
Lab Fee
|
2000
|
If Applicable
|
11.
|
Thesis Fee (Including Defense)
|
5500
|
If Applicable
|
12.
|
Internship Fee
|
2500
|
If Applicable
|
(3) At present, tuition fees vary from department to department, the amount of fees may depend on credit hour/lab/other facilities. There is a details policy on Semester and other fees.
k. Review of Fee Structure. All fees mentioned in the above table will be reviewed as and when necessary by the University authority and the students will be liable to pay the fees as per changed/reviewed fees.
l. Deadline for Submission of Fees/Dues. The 1st year students will have to clear all the fees during the admission process after publication of result. For subsequent semesters, the payment of all fees/dues must be maintained semester wise and the following rules will apply in this regard:
(1) The semester fees to be paid within 15
days after commencement of each semester without any penalty.
(2) The students may pay their fees after 1st
15 days within one-month time by paying a penalty of Tk. 500.00 for each 15 day.
(3) If a student fails to pay the semester
fees within one and a half month, his/her name will be dropped, and the student
will have to apply for re-registration, if he/she desires to continue his/her
study. If approved, he/she may take re-admission paying required re-admission
fee.
m. Course Load to Student. The
students must enroll for 5 (6/7/8 in case of Lab Courses) courses-in each
semester. As a general rule, students are not given more than 5 courses in a
semester. However, maximum seven courses (Maximum eight courses for 1st semester only) are allowed, when a
student is repeating course/courses because of obtaining 'F' grade or if they want to improve his/her previous grades. He or
she is allowed to retake a course for twice and improve a course only for once
throughout his or her entire registration period. A student is allowed to sit
for retake/improvement only 2 courses (3 Courses for 1st semester only) in each semester.
He/she must complete all the courses of under graduation within 6 years of his or her registration period.
n. Conduct of Courses. Generally,
an individual course teacher is assigned to design and teach a particular
course in a semester. The following guidelines are followed for conducting
different courses:
(1) At the beginning of the semester, the
course teacher prepares a course outline/Course Kit according to the approved
course curriculum, performance evaluation and grading system (as laid down in
the policy), list of suggested text books/references, and a tentative schedule
of classes, examinations and events. He/she distributes a copy of the same
course outline to each registered student for the course and must submit a copy
to the Department’s Office.
(2) At least 2 (two) classes per week, consisting
of 90 minutes respectively, is allotted for each batch. Out of 90 minutes, 30 minutes
may be catered for individual presentation/consultation as per the course
outline.
(3) The students must appear 1 (one) Mid Term
examinations in a semester as per given schedule. As a rule, ‘Retake’ of Mid
Term Examination is not allowed, except for sickness, hospitalization or other
unavoidable circumstances, provided the student has valid supporting documents and he/she has been
permitted by the course teacher and Chairman of the department before the
examination commences.
(4) The
course teachers are expected to ensure that n+1 quizzes/weekly tests are
conducted in a semester for each course and ‘n’ is counted as n= Credit
Hour. The course teachers are expected to ensure 3-4 quizzes/class tests conducted
in a semester for each course and the best
three (3) will be counted.
(5) Students
must submit individual Term Paper/Project Paper/Assignment (individual and group)assigned
to them which should be followed by a presentation. The presentations must be
short. For that other periods or 15-30 minutes in each day’s class may be
utilized.
(6) One analytical group assignment and individual
presentation is mandatory in a course. As per the requirements of the
course(s), field trips may be organized.
(7) Any fraction in the marks obtained is to
be rounded up to the advantage of student i.e. any fraction is to be rounded up
to the next number.
o. Class Attendance. Attendance in all classes is mandatory. A certain
percentage of the total marks for each course is allotted for class attendance.
If a student is to appear at the final examination, she/he must fulfill the
criteria of being Collegiate (having 75% or more attendance). In case a student
becomes Non-collegiate (having attendance from 65% to below 75%)his/her
guardian must apply to the Chairman of the respective department followed by
the payment of BDT 5000 as fine for each course to be allowed to sit for the
final exam. Students who become Dis-collegiate (having attendance below 65%
attendance) will not be allowed to sit for the final examination. However, the Deans
have the authority to consider 5% attendance on any valid/exceptional reasons
with the recommendation of the respective Chairman of the department. A student
must obtain permission from the Chairman of the department for any kind of
absence due to valid reason and must inform the course teacher and Programme Coordinator.
The marks distribution for attendance is given below:
Attendance |
Marks |
90% and Above |
10.0 |
85% to 89% |
9.0 |
80% to 84% |
8.0 |
75% to 79% |
7.0 |
65% to 74% |
6.0 Non-Collegiate, with payment @
5000/- per course) |
Less than 65% |
Dis-collegiate |
3. Performance Evaluation System.
a. Distribution of Marks for Evaluation to be followed as per the faculty/Department
b. Distribution of Marks for Evaluation (Theory Courses). Letter grades are used to evaluate the performance of a student in a course. The following grading system is currently followed for performance evaluation of the students:
Category |
Marks Distribution |
Final
Exam |
50% |
Midterm
Exam |
20% |
Class
Test |
10% |
Project
paper/Assignments/Term Paper (Individual) including Presentation |
10% |
Class
attendance |
10% |
Total: |
100% |
c. Distribution of Marks for Evaluation (Laboratory Courses). The marks for the Laboratory courses distributed according to the type of the laboratory course based on respective department’s requirement. The distribution of marks for three types of Laboratory is given below:
(1) Marks Distribution for Laboratory.
Category |
Marks Distribution (%) |
Lab test |
|
Quiz |
|
Viva |
|
Attendance |
|
Home Assignment/Report |
|
Class Performance/Observation |
|
Total |
|
(2) Marks Distribution of Project Based Laboratory.
Category |
Marks Distribution % |
Project |
|
Quiz |
|
Viva/Presentation |
|
Attendance |
|
Home assignment/report |
|
Class Performance/Observation |
|
Total |
|
(3) Marks Distribution of Programming Based Laboratory.
Category |
Marks Distribution (%) |
Online Test – 1 |
|
Online Test – 2 |
|
Viva |
|
Attendance |
|
Observation |
|
Class Performance |
|
Total |
|
d. Grading System.
Numerical Grade |
Letter Grade |
Grade Point |
|
80% and above |
A+ |
(A
Plus) |
4.00 |
75% to < 80% |
A |
(A
Regular) |
3.75 |
70% to < 75% |
A- |
(A
Minus) |
3.50 |
65% to < 70% |
B+ |
(B
Plus) |
3.25 |
60% to < 65% |
B |
(B
Regular) |
3.00 |
55% to < 60% |
B- |
(B Minus) |
2.75 |
50% to < 55% |
C+ |
(C
Plus) |
2.50 |
45% to < 50% |
C |
(C
Regular) |
2.25 |
40% to < 45% |
D |
- |
2.00 |
< 40% |
F |
- |
0.00 |
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W |
- |
Withdrawn |
e. Calculation of GPA (Grade Point Average) and CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Average)
(1) Grade Point Average (GPA) is the weighted
average of all the grade points obtained in all the courses passed/completed by
a student. CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Average) will be
computed after each semester to determine the academic standing of the student
in the programme.
(2) The four-step procedure that will be
followed to calculate the CGPA of a student is given below:
(a) Grade points earned in each course will
be computed based on credit hours in that course and the individual grade
earned in that course by multiplying both.
(b) All subject grade points (determined at
step 1) will be added to determine the total grade points earned.
(c) Credits of all registered courses
(excluding the course for which the student applies for ‘Supplementary
Examination’) will be added together to determine the total number of credits.
(d) GPA will be determined by dividing the
results of step 2 by the result of step 3.
(3) For example, if a student passes/ completes five courses in a semester having credits C1, C2, C3, C4, C5 and his/her grade points in these courses are G1, G2, G3, G4, G5 respectively, then:
GPA = Total Grade Point earned in particular Semester/Number of Courses taken in the particular Semester
GPA = ∑ Ci Gi/∑ Ci
(4) A numerical example, Suppose, a student has completed five courses in a term obtained the following grades:
Course |
Credits |
Grade |
Grade Points |
ENG 1101 |
3 |
A+ |
4.00 |
ENG 1102 |
3 |
B |
3.00 |
ENG 1103 |
3 |
A |
3.75 |
ENG 1104 |
2 |
B+ |
3.25 |
ENG 1105 |
1 |
A- |
3.50 |
(5) GPA for the term will be computed as follows:
(GPA) Calculation = (3x4.00+3x3.00+3x3.75+2x3.25+1x3.50)/(3+3+3+2+1) = 3.52
(6) When a course is repeated for improvement, the last result or grade point shall be counted for calculation of GPA and CGPA. If the grade point, obtained in improvement, is lower than the grade point obtained earlier, the earlier one (previous grade point) shall stand.
(7) Performance in all courses including the ‘F’ grade shall be reflected in the transcript.
(8) Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) Calculation is as follows:
= (15x3.75+15x3.5+16x3.6)/(15+15+16)
= 3.61
f. Promotion Policy.
a. To be promoted from one semester to
another, students must obtain a minimum CGPA (with maximum number of F Grade to
be considered in each semester) as mentioned in the table below:
Serial |
Undergraduate Program |
||
Semester (From & to) |
Required Minimum CGPA (During the
mentioned semesters) |
Number of ‘F’ Grade to be
Considered (in each semester) |
|
1. |
1st – 2nd |
- |
Maximum three(03)‘F’ Grade |
2. |
2nd – 3rd |
2.00 |
Maximum two(02)‘F’ Grade |
3. |
3rd – 4th |
- |
Maximum two(02)‘F’ Grade |
4. |
4th – 5th |
2.25 |
Maximum two(02)‘F’ Grade |
5. |
5th – 6th |
- |
Maximum two(02)‘F’ Grade |
6. |
6th – 7th |
2.50 |
Maximum two(02)‘F’ Grade |
7. |
7th – 8th |
- |
Maximum two(02)‘F’ Grade |
b. If a student gets ‘F’ grade in more than three (03) courses in 1st Semester and more than two (02) courses in any one of the other semesters (2nd to 8th) and/or fails to obtain required CGPA in a semester as mentioned above, he/she will automatically be relegated to the next batch and such relegation for more than twice at any time throughout the entire registration period will warrant permanent withdrawal of the student from the programme. However, the relegated student, besides retaking the courses obtaining ‘F’ grade, will also have the option to improve or retake for rest of the courses.
4. Withdrawal Policies.
a. Temporary Withdrawal. Temporary Withdrawal means a student
has voluntarily withdrawn himself/herself from a particular semester. In such case, following rules will be
maintained:
(1) A
student can withdraw himself/herself from a semester without penalty by
applying to the authority within four weeks from the commencement of the
semester.
(2) A
case of withdrawal is subject to the approval of the Academic Council of BUP.
(3) Withdrawal
is not allowed after the Midterm Examination during a semester.
(4) A
student will have to re-register his/her required courses by the next semester
with the next immediate batch.
(5) The student can avail such opportunity only for once within his or her valid registration period.
b. Permanent Withdrawal. The term ‘Permanent Withdrawal’
stands for a permanent, voluntary discontinuation of the student from the programme.
The implication of permanent withdrawal includes cancellation of admission and
expiry of registration.
c. Withdrawal on Poor Performance. Students may be permanently withdrawn from the programme because of their poor performance. A student is always advised to maintain a minimum CGPA of 2.50 in a 4.00 point rating scale of the programme. However, a student may be promoted to the next semester as per the promotion policy of BUP. Any student, failing to obtain the required CGPA, will be relegated to the next batch. However, more than two (02) times relegation or three times failure in a course at any time throughout the entire valid registration period will warrant permanent withdrawal of the student from the programme.
5. Examinations and Assessment System. BUP follows a single examiner system and continuous assessment is done to evaluate a student in a semester. The following rules will apply for all tests and examinations:
a. Records of in-course (Midterm, Class
tests, Attendance, Assignments etc.) will be evaluated by the teacher of the
relevant course in a prescribed form (or online portal) showing the marks
obtained by the students. The course teacher will display one copy of the mark
sheet in the notice board for information of the students, send one copy to the
Chairman of the department, send one copy to the Chairperson of the Examination
Committee and one copy to the Controller of Examinations at least one week
before the commencement of final examination. This timeframe needs to be strictly
maintained.
b. The questions for the semester final
examination will be set by the course teacher and submitted to the Moderation
Committee of the respective faculty. If more than one teacher can take a single
course in different sections of a batch than a combined set of question/s will
have to be prepared through the Moderation Committee.
Note: Students with physical disabilities will get extra
10 minutes per hour in the examination.
6. Examination. As a general rule, supplementary examinations of any kind are discouraged. However, if a student fails to appear in the scheduled Semester Final examination for unavoidable and valid reasons; he/she may be allowed to appear at such examination on the basis of the following guidelines under the grounds described below:
a. In case of a student’s extreme
compassionate ground or any other reason that is approved by the Chairman of
the Department, he/she must appear the supplementary examination within 45 days
from the date on which the particular examination was held.
b. The student should apply to the
concerned Dean (through the respective department) within seven days from the
last examination with the required supporting documents describing the reasons
for his/her inability to appear for the scheduled semester final examination.
The Dean, if convinced, will forward the same to the office of the Controller
of Examinations duly recommending approval and thereby allowing for making
arrangement to conduct the examination on the respective course/subject.
c. The student will have to pay the
required fees as per the University policy for appearing at the supplementary
examination and completing other examination formalities for the course(s) so
appeared.
d. No more than 'B+' (GPA 3.25) grade will be awarded to the student for
supplementary examinations. However, special cases may be considered with prior
approval of the VC.
e. The existing rules of semester final examination will apply to the conduct of supplementary examinations e.g. question setting, moderation, evaluation, and result publication etc.
7. Improvement Policy.
A student, earning lower than ‘B’ Grade (i.e. lower than Grade Point 3.00) in any course(s), may choose to improve the grade by appearing at the improvement examination. In case of improvement examination, following rules will be maintained:
a. A student will get chance to improve
the grade of a course only for once in a valid registration period.
b. The student must sit for only the
Semester-final examination with the immediate next batch.
c. If the grade point obtained by the
student in the improvement examination is lower than the earlier obtained grade
point, the earlier one (previous grade point) will stand.
d. Improvement examination for a course
will not be allowed after the graduation and certification.
e. No improvement examination will be allowed for any practical course, viva voce, internship and thesis/project/dissertation and/or the like.
8. Relegation
Procedure.
a. Relegation stands for
demotion or batch-drop of the student who fails in more than two (more than
three in 1st Semester only) courses and/ or fails to obtain required
CGPA in the semester final examination. In such case, the student is demoted to
the next batch.
b. The Relegation System maintains
following procedures:
(1) Failing
in more than two (more than three in 1st Semester only) courses in the semester final examination, a student will be relegated to the immediate
next batch and will have to appear in the retake examination for the required courses.
(2) More than two (02) times of relegation during the entire valid registration period will warrant permanent withdrawal of the student from the programme/University.
9. Retaking a Course.
a. In case of retaking or improvement of course(s)
of Under Graduate Programme, students must complete the process within 6 years of his or her registration period. A student will be allowed to retake/improve only two (02) courses in a semester. He/she will be allowed to retake a course for twice and improve a course only for once throughout his or her entire registration period. Retaking and
improving a course (or grade) will be guided by the following rules:
b. A student earning an ‘F’
grade or being Dis-collegiate/absent/Expelled from the examination will be required to retake the
course offered in the immediate next batch
or if the situation is considered reasonable/convenient. In this case, a student is allowed to continue with immediate next available batch. Since achieving a passing grade in all
courses individually is mandatory as the degree requirement.
c. The student will have to be allowed by the Dean of the Faculty and Chairman of the respective Department to sit for the examination. In case of retaking course(s), following rules will be maintained:
(1) The student must sit for all In-course and the final examination.
(2) For appearing in the examination for
retaking a course, his/her class attendance is an important factor which should
be checked and ensured by the respective chairman of the department.
10. Special
Examination. After the
publication of last (8th) Semester examination result, if it is
found that a student (for exceptional reasons) has failed to earn required
total Credit Points due to ‘F’ grade in one or more (at best two) courses in
between 1stSemester and the last (8th) Semester, the Special Examination will be executed under the
following guidelines:
a. In such exceptional case,
a Special Examination(applicable only for final examination) will be arranged and completed within Two (02)
Months of the publication of the last Semester examination result for such students.
b. A
student will be allowed to take part in the Special
Examination only once.
c. For taking part in the Special Examination, student(s) will be required to pay the total amount of fees as deemed to be expended in arranging the examination through processes e.g. setting questions, question moderation, invigilation, and evaluation of answer script, tabulation, posting the marks and publishing the result and so on.
d. Special
Examination candidates must apply to the Dean of the respective Faculty through
the Chairman of the Department within 12 working days from the date of
publication of the provisional result of the last (8th) Semester
examination.
e. In case of Special
Examination, the concerned Examination Committee will take the responsibility
to arrange the respective retaking examinations, tabulating and posting the
marks and publishing the result.
11. ‘F’
Grade. ‘F’ Grade stands for an ultimate
failure in a course. A student, having ‘F’ grade in maximum two courses (maximum three in 1st Semester
only), can be promoted to the next
semester as per the condition of retaking the courses. If a student gets ‘F’
grade in more than two courses (more than three in 1st
Semester only) in a semester, he/she
will automatically be relegated to
the next batch. For any reason (except
the reasons of Supplementary examination) such as being dis-collegiate/ absent,
if a student fails to appear in the examination, or if his/ her examination is
cancelled due to expulsion or other reasons, the grade of his/ her respective
course/ courses will be considered ‘F’ or grade point 0.0; whichever is
applicable.
12. Awarding Bachelor (Hons) Degree and Requirements. Students must fulfill all requirements of the degree within six years of
valid registration period for the undergraduate programme. The requirements are
as follows:
a. Students must not have
any ‘F’ grade.
b. Students must have the
minimum CGPA of 2.50.
c. Minimum grade in the
Internship/Thesis/Project/Dissertation/Monograph is ‘C’.
13. Dismissals on Disciplinary Grounds. A student may be dismissed or expelled from the program for
adopting unfair means (Copying in examinations/trying to influence grades); unruly
behavior, or any other breach of discipline. The implication of dismissal may
include cancellation of admission and termination of registration.
14. Discipline
and Code of Conduct. Adherence to strict discipline is considered to be a
core concept of building future leaders. The students must abide by the rules,
regulations and code of conduct of the University. Students are forbidden
either to be a member of or to organize students’ organization, club, society
etc. other than those set up by the University authority. They must maintain a
peaceful and congenial atmosphere in the academic building particularly
adjacent to the classroom, library, faculty rooms etc.
The students will not be
allowed to enter the classroom, if he/she is in contrary to the following
rules:
a. Arriving late in the
class
b. Not wearing appropriate dress/attire as per the dress code
N.B.: For the details, the Students' Discipline Rules and this document is available in BUP website.
15. Other Breaches of Discipline. Academic council may dismiss any student on disciplinary ground if any form of indiscipline or unruly behavior is observed in him/her which may disrupt the academic environment or program or is considered detrimental to BUP’s image. Discipline Committee will process the matter. Zero tolerance to drug, violence, and sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA).
16. Students'
Grievance. If
a student anticipates any biasness or unfair treatment about the evaluation or
grading, s/he can make such apprehension known to the appropriate authority. A
certain amount of fee is required for lodging such an application of grievance.
a. The
application of grievance should be submitted by the student to the Chairman of
the Department within a week after the publication of the result.
b. A
three-member Grievance Committee from the teachers of the Department will be
formed by the Dean of the Faculty on the basis of the recommendation of Chairman
of the Department for this purpose.
c. The
decision of the Grievance Committee would be the final and it should be abided
by all concern.
17. Executive Decision for any arising situation. If this Academic Guideline does not explicitly or satisfactorily address any arising situation relating to the implementation of the Academic Guideline, the matter will be referred to the Vice-Chancellor for a decision. Execution of such a decision will duly be reported to the Academic Council for information only.
18. Amendments. Any of the provisions of this guideline may be changed and/or new provisions added as per rules of the University.
19. Conclusion. BUP academic guideline is for the students and it is
to be followed for the best use of student’s academic interests. It is the
guide for the faculty members too for assessing overall evaluation system of a
student as well as to acquaint themselves BUP’s rules and regulations.