Registration Procedure

Within the due date and before the commencement of each term, a student has to fill up a course registration form in consultation with and under the guidance of his/her advisor. The date, time and venue of registration are announced in advance by the Registrar's Office. Much counselling and advising are accomplished at this time. It is absolutely essential that all the students be present for registration at the specified time.

• Each student must complete his/her registration according to the dates mentioned in the academic calendar.


• If a student fails to complete the course registration procedure during the stipulated time, then he/she may complete his/her course registration within the next 7 working days with a fine of Tk. 1000/-. This is not applicable for newly admitted students, and they may complete their course registration with admission procedure on due time.


• Under no circumstances, Course Registration will be allowed once midterm has started.


• If a student fails to perform the Course Registration in due time for any trimester without the permission of the Registrar; he/she will need to pay the full trimester fee.


• Studentship will be cancelled automatically if a student does not complete Registration in consecutive two trimesters.

Incomplete (I) course registration policy

• An Incomplete (I) grade is assigned only when a student fails to attend either midterm exam or final exam for an unavoidable reason/accidental circumstances.


• Students of all program will complete their incomplete (I) course registration during the registration period or within first week of class.


• If a course with an ‘I’ grade is not completed by the next two trimesters, the grade of the course will automatically be converted to ‘F’ and he/she will have to repeat the course and must pay the full course fees.


• Incomplete course registration fees TK. 1,000/- per course.


• Fine will be applicable after first week of class as per registration policy.

Trimester Drop policy

• Before Registration, if a student wants to drop his/her studentship for one or two trimesters, he/she must apply to the Dean/Head of department before the start of the trimesters and before completion of his course registration with exhibition of acceptable reasons and necessary documents. In such cases, no fine or trimester fee will be applicable if the application is accepted by the honourable Vice Chancellor.
• A Student may be allowed to drop a trimester within 7 (seven) working days from the day of class starting by the approval of honourable Vice Chancellor. For this, he/she has to pay the trimester fee only.


• After 7 working days, a student may be allowed to drop a trimester with the approval of honourable Vice Chancellor. For this, he/she will be charged trimester fee along with the dropping fees of all courses under his/her registration. If the student did not complete registration process for the trimester, he/she has to pay a fine of Tk. 5,000/- along with the trimester fee. Trimester drop is not allowed after the expiry of course dropping period.


• Under no circumstances, a student will be allowed to drop a trimester once the mid-term exam is started.


• A student shall be allowed to drop a maximum of 2 (Two) trimester throughout his/her whole studentship. Please note that if a student did not attend exams without confirming the dropping of a trimester, his/her registered courses will be graded automatically as per the grading policy and he/she has to pay the full amount of tuition fees.

Course Add/Drop Policy

• The expiry period for adding/dropping one or more courses shall be maintained according to the academic calendar.


• After expiry of course adding/dropping period, if a student wants to drop any course or all the courses under his/her registration or wants to add one or more new courses he/she must pay Tk. 500/- per course. The fine will be double (Tk. 1,000/-) if the student wants to do so after 14 working days from the date of class starts.


• Under no circumstances, a student will be allowed to add/drop any course once the mid-term exam is started.

Course offer policy

The Head of the Department (HoD) will offer courses each of which will fall either of the following 3 (three) Categories: (1) Regular Course Offer: the course(s) is offered for all students under the regular teaching and examination categories; (2) Self-study Course Offer: the course(s) is offered for a few number of students who are graduating students and need to complete the course(s) on urgent basis, but the course(s) has not been offered as regular and the students are willing to study the course(s) by themselves under the guidance of a faculty member; and (3) Special Course Offer: the course(s) is offered for the students who are intended to appear only either midterm or final examination for upgrading their incomplete (“I”)grades.the course(s) by themselves under the guidance of a faculty member; and (3) Special Course Offer: the course(s) is offered for the students who are intended to appear only either midterm or final examination for upgrading their incomplete (“I”) grades.
A student shall not be able perform registration of a course, if it is not offered. The HoD is responsible for preparing midterm and final examination routine for all of 3 (three) types of courses.

Graduation Policy

A student will be allowed to complete his/her graduation requirements within the time of his/her course duration informal two academic years.
A student should not be absent from quizzes, tests, etc. during the term. Such absence will naturally lead to reduction in points/marks, which is counted with the final grade. Absence in both mid-term and term final examinations will result in an “F” grade in the corresponding course. However, absence in either mid-term or final examination eventually gives the student an “I” grade and the student must registrar the course (named incomplete registration) in the next or following term, paying predefined fees to sit for that examination with other students. A student who has been absent for short periods, up to a maximum of three weeks due to illness, should approach the course teacher(s) or the course coordinator(s) with appropriate reasons for makeup class tests. Such request has to be supported by medical certificate. Under no circumstances, a student will get any marks for his/her attendance in case of being absence from the classes, whatever the period or reason is.
If a student is absent for two consecutive terms without any permission, then his admission will be cancelled automatically. Later on if he/she wants to continue, he/she must apply to the academic council and if academic council permits, he/she has to take re-admission into the program paying full admission fees.

Academic Advising

The courses to be offered in a particular term are announced and published in the course Catalogue with the tentative term schedule in the middle of the previous term. A course teacher is to conduct a course and is responsible for maintaining the expected standard for the course. In case, a course is conducted by more than one teacher, then one of them will act as the course adviser and shall be responsible for maintaining expected standard.

Course Load and Sequence

A student must be enrolled for at least a minimum of 9 credit hours and the allocated credit hours offered for that term and a maximum of 18 credit hours. A student must enrol for the sessional courses prescribed in a particular term within the allowable credit hour limits. In special cases where it is not possible to allot the minimum required 9 credit hours to a student, he/she may be approved a lesser number of credit hours to suit individual requirements.

Transfer Students

Credit transfer shall be allowed only from the approved universities. A student transferring credit from another approved university or based on equivalence given by UGC to CUB may be exempted or waived maximum 50% credit hours if he/she meets all of the following conditions: (1) CGPA 3.00 or above in the completed courses; (2) exemption in any course requires that the student scored GPA 3.00 or above in that course; (3) The course he/she studied had 80% similarity in course detail with respect to the syllabus of all Department of CUB; and (4) the evidences must be supported by the official documents from the previous university. Upon completion of the required courses by the transferee student for the degree, GPA shall be computed only from the courses completed at CUB. The transcript shall also include only the courses that the student completed at CUB. It is student’s responsibility to bring the documents regarding his completed courses from the previous university for his/her safeguard and shall be submitted separately when needed.

Course Waiver/ Exemption for Graduate Students

A student who completed 3 or 4 years Diploma Engineering may be exempted courses aggregated up to 12 credit hours if he/she meets all of the following conditions: (1) CGPA 3.00 or above in the Diploma Engineering; (2) exemption in any course requires that the student scored GPA 3.00 or above in that course; and (3) The course he/she studied had 80% similarity in course detail with respect to the syllabus of CSE Department of CUB.

Change of Degree Programs

Students seeking to change their program must submit a written request to the respective Dean/ Advisor. Upon recommendation from the Dean/ Advisor of the faculty to which the student intends to transfer, the Registrar office of the university shall make the necessary changes in the student’s record. To complete the program transfer student must complete all dues to the old program and a program transfer fee Tk. 2000 (Two thousand) will be charged at the old program.

Trimester

Duration of Terms:
The duration of each term will be 15 weeks which will be used as follows:
Classes                                                                                           13 weeks
Mid-Term and Final Examination (approximately)                2 weeks
Total                                                                                               15 weeks