Credit Transfer Policy
(1) Transfer from
other universities
Ø A student may apply
for transferring credits of similar
course/degree earned from another recognized approved
university/institution only after having gained admission at the new
university.
Admission Requirements:
Ø Transferred
students are expected to have at
least 2.50 CGPA for undergraduate and graduate programs on a 4-point
scale in all university level courses. Admission decisions are made by the
Office of Admissions, recommended by the respective Department.
Ø Concerned Dean will
decide the program of the university from which credit transfer will be
accepted. Department decides which courses will be transferred/waived.
Admission office will provide auxiliary services to the department.
Ø Original
transcripts and prospectus of the university/program showing academic system,
grading system and course descriptions etc. should be submitted with the credit
transfer form, available at Controller’s office and at our webpage, to the
concerned department.
Ø Students who have
transferred credits from other universities will not be eligible for Dean’s
Award, Chancellor’s Gold Medal and Vice Chancellor’s Excellency Award.
Ø The details of
courses transferred from other universities will not be mentioned in the
Transcript of the newly admitted University, only the number of credits will be
mentioned.
(2) Credits Acception and Residency
requirement
Ø A student may
transfer up to maximum of 50%
credits required for the completion of the degree at Current
University.
(3) Waived/Exemption of
Courses
Ø Similarity of Courses: The
course he/she studied had 80%
similarity in course detail with respect to the syllabus of particular
department of the university. Courses that are similar in content or that have
equivalence may be considered for transfer. However courses that are not
directly equivalent or similar may be transferred as elective courses based on
approval of the credit transfer committee of respective Department.
Ø Students have to apply to waive courses by
completing a ‘Request for Course Waiver’ form. This form should be submitted to the Coordinator of the
Program/ Head of the Dept./Dean of the Faculty with the relevant academic
transcripts or evidence of an appropriate certification.
Ø Students having
completed any Bachelor’s degree course from another recognized university are
eligible for waiver provided that they obtained at least a ‘B’ grade or over 50 percent marks in that specific
course. However, the letter grade ‘C’ can also be considered for course waiver
if the highest letter grade ‘A’ or ‘A+’ of the institution is based on 90% or
more marks.
Ø A course waiver
requires approval from the Equivalence Committee of the respective Department.
(4) Equivalence of Courses or Grades
Some
Universities (e.g. AIUB, Brac University) follow different Grading Systems than
us. In those cases, we will employ the following rules for the equivalence of
Courses/Grades -
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In case of Course equivalence,
we will consider the respective
Grade of a particular subject, not marks.
>>If
there exist some different Grades from us like 3.15, 3.35... (not included in
our grading system). In those cases, we will accept the Nearest
Grade e.g. in the case of 3.15, between 3.00 and 3.25; nearest grade is 3.25.
N.B.:
In exceptional cases, the credit transfer committee of respective department
will take further decisions. University Authority reserves the right to accept
or refuse the student’s appeal for course
waivering.