Grading Policy
 

GRADING POLICY
Numerical Grade	Letter Grade	Grade Point
85 to100	A+	4.00
80 to 84	A	3.70
75 to 79	B+	3.40
70 to 74	B	3.00
65 to 69	C+	2.50
60 to 64	C	2.00
55 to 59	D+	1.50
50 to 54	D	1.00
Below 50	F	0.00

Degree Awarding Criteria

(a) The degree (at Bachelor’s level) shall be awarded at a minimum of 2.00 CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Average).

(b) All the ‘Core’ courses, as defined in the respective prospectus, must be passed.

(c) The total number of Credit-Hours requirement for the respective degree programme must be fulfilled.

Students Probation / Promotion Policy

(a) Any student who fails to maintain an SGPA of 1.5 shall be placed on probation.

(b) With an SGPA of 1.5 or less, the student shall be required to repeat the full semester except the courses in which he/she has obtained 'A' or 'B' grade. This concession will be allowed only once, and if he/she fails to achieve the required SGPA after probation, shall be removed from the university roll.

Minimum Attendance Requirements

(c) A student shall not be allowed to appear in the final examination of any subject, if he/she fails to maintain at least 75% attendance in that subject. However, the minimum limit up to 60% can be considered on strong medical grounds with the permission of the concerned teacher, countersigned by the head of the institute.

Admit-Card Policy

(d) The Admit cards, bearing the current photograph & other particulars of the students, are issued.

(e) No fee shall be charged for the dropped courses.


Financial Assistance

Hamdard University is one of the few universities in the private sector that offers scholarships not only on merit but also on h a rdship basis for continuing student career- building activities. The facility is offered from the second semester onwards.

Internship

In collaboration with Pakistan Software Export Board and other renowned public and private organizations, FEST arranges internships for its final year students.

Career Opportunities

To maintain a competitive edge with the industry, the FEST believes in keeping pace with the scientific and engineering advances being made the world over. More than ever, there is a demand for a skilled workforce with the scientific and technical training necessary to perform effectively on the job. Current steps taken by The Ministry of Science and Technology to produce re s e a rchers, technologists and scientists have opened new vistas for the industrial development in the country. This is further supplemented by our Government through different policies that have allowed greater flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into Pakistan. Under the steps taken by our Government to improve the socio-economic conditions of the people and the implementation of free trade regime, the employers are being pushed to implement high standard on research and development creating a huge job pool which is to be filled up by new crops of engineers and scientists. The FEST is contributing its share to meet the demand for engineers, scientists and IT experts. Job fairs are arranged regularly.

Transfer of Students From Other Institutions

(a) The other institutions from where a student wants to transfer to HIIT must be a well-known and recognized institution and it must be running the similar (or equivalent) degree programme.

(b) If the student has not completed 50% of his/her course work at the other institution according to their curriculum and applies for the transfer, then he/she will be required to appear in our entrance examination, which we normally conduct for the new intake. A special examination or a detailed interview can also be arranged in lieu-of, if the date of entrance examination is far away.

(c) Courses, secured with other than ‘A’ or ‘B’ grades, are not transferable. This reflects on a ‘Numerical Grade’ as minimum 70%.

(d) If the student has already completed more than 50% of his/her course work then he/she can be given the waiver to appear in the entrance examination. The courses completed by the student at other institution will be compared with all similar courses being offered at HIIT. Any deficiency of course, shall have to be removed by the student.

(e) Not more than 2/3 of the courses can be transferred. This limit can be waived in case of the institutions, affiliated or are a part of the Hamdard University.

(f) The final authority shall be the head/director of the institute who can waive fully or partially any of the above requirements with regard to the transfer of the candidate.