SASTRA univesrsity rules and regulations for B.Tech. & M.Tech.

SASTRA UNIVERSITY

Rules& Regulations

RULES & REGULATIONS FOR B.Tech. & M.Tech.

(Integrated) DEGREE PROGRAMMES

(These Rules and Regulations supersede all earlier Rules

and Regulations for B.Tech. & M.Tech. (Integrated) Degree

programmes and are effective for those admitted in the year

2010 and onwards)

1.0 DEFINITIONS

1.1 In these rules and regulations unless the context

otherwise requires:

i) ‘Programme’ means B.Tech.& M.Tech.

(Integrated) degree programme,

ii) ‘Course’ means theory and/or practical subject

that is normally studied in a semester, like

Mathematics, Engineering Mechanics, Electrical

Machines, C Programming Lab etc.

2.0 ELIGIBILITY FOR ADMISSION

2.1 Candidates for admission to the first semester

of B.Tech. / M.Tech. (Integrated) degree

programmes should have passed the final

examination of +2 Higher Secondary Course in

the academic stream (with Mathematics, Physics

and Chemistry as subjects of study) or vocational

stream (with Mathematics as one of the

subjects of study) conducted by the Board of

Secondary Education, Government of Tamil Nadu

or an Examination of any other authority

accepted by the Board of Management of

SASTRA as equivalent thereto. They shall

also satisfy the conditions regarding the

minimum marks, age and physical fitness as may

be prescribed by the Board of Management of

SASTRA, from time to time.

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2.2 Candidates who have passed the Diploma in

Engineering and Technology Examinations

conducted by the State Board of Technical Education

of Govt. of Tamil Nadu or an examination of any

other authority recognised by the Board of

Management of SASTRA as equivalent thereto,

are eligible to join the third semester (II year) of

B.Tech. programme under Lateral Entry Scheme.

They also shall satisfy the conditions regarding the

minimum marks, age and physical fitness as may

be prescribed by the Board of Management of

SASTRA from time to time.

2.3 Candidates who have passed the B.Sc. Degree

Examinations conducted by the Universities in Tamil

Nadu or an examination of any other authority

recognised by the Board of Management of

SASTRA as equivalent thereto, are also eligible

to join the third semester (II year) of B.Tech.

programme under Lateral Entry Scheme. They also

shall satisfy the conditions regarding the minimum

marks, age and physical fitness as may be

prescribed by the Board of Management of SASTRA

from time to time.

3.0 DURATION OF THE PROGRAMME

3.1 The undergraduate programme leading to the

Degree of Bachelor of Technology shall extend

over a period of 8 semesters (4 academic years).

3.2 The integrated programme leading to the degree of

Master of Technology shall extend over a period of

10 semesters (5 academic years).

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3.3 Each semester shall normally consist of 90

working days followed by practical examination and

end semester theory examinations.

3.4 For those admitted under Lateral Entry Schemes

the duration of the undergraduate B.Tech. degree

programme shall be six semesters (i.e) 3rd to 8th

semester of the regular programme.

3.5 A student admitted to B.Tech. programme is eligible

to get B.Tech. (Hons.) degree, subject to the

conditions specified in para 10.4 of this regulation

4.0 BRANCHES OF STUDY

4.1 SASTRA offers the following B.Tech. / M.Tech.

(Integrated) degree programmes

1. B.Tech. Bioengineering

2. B.Tech. Bioinformatics

3. B.Tech. Industrial Biotechnolgy

4. B.Tech. Chemical Engineering

5. B.Tech. Civil Engineering

6. B.Tech. Computer Science & Engineering

7. B.Tech. Electronics & Communication Engineering

8. B.Tech. Electrical & Electronics Engineering

9. B.Tech. Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering

10. B.Tech. Information & Communication Technology

11. B.Tech. Information Technology

12. B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering

13. B.Tech. Mechatronics

14. M.Tech. Advanced Manufacturing (5 year integrated)

15. M.Tech. Automobile Engineering (5 year integrated)

16. M.Tech. Communication Systems (5 year integrated)

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17. M.Tech. Construction Engineering & Management

(5 year integrated)

18. M.Tech. Industrial Biotechnology (5 year integrated)

19. M.Tech. Instrumentation & Control (5 year integrated)

20. M.Tech. Medical Nanotechnology (5 year integrated)

21. M.Tech. Power Systems (5 year integrated)

22. M.Tech. Structural Engineering (5 year integrated)

4.2 The courses of study and credits for each of the

semesters of the various B.Tech./M.Tech.

(Integrated) degree programmes are given in the

relevant syllabus books.

5.0 THE CREDIT SYSTEM

5.1 To be eligible to receive a B.Tech. / M.Tech.

(Integrated) degree a student should have

successfully completed a minimum of 234 and 288

credits resepectively.

5.2 Each course, has a certain number of credits

assigned to it depending upon its lecture, tutorial

and laboratory contact periods in a week.

5.3 There are mainly two types of courses that a student

has to undergo; lecture courses and practical

courses. The practical courses shall include

laboratories, workshops and drawing classes.

Every course has been assigned a certain number

of credits according to the following pattern :

a) one credit for each lecture period per week

b) one credit for each tutorial period per week

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c) two credits for each practical/drawing session

of 3 periods per week

d) one credit for each practical session of 2

periods per week

e) B.Tech. project work in the final year will be

for 9 credits

f) M.Tech. (Integrated) project work in the final

year will be for 12 credits.

Credits for mini project work, seminar and field

visits are separately given for the various B.Tech.

degree programmes in the syllabus books.

5.4 The courses offered for the various B.Tech./

M.Tech. (Integrated) degree programmes are

categorised as follows:

a) Core courses are compulsory courses

identified by each Department, which give a

broad base in the main field of study in the

academic programme concerned and the

number of credits can vary from 108 to 116

b) Dissertation, project and design courses where

special emphasis is laid on the application

of knowledge to real time problems

c) Departmental elective courses offered by the

concerned Department for a minimum of 36

credits

d) Open elective courses offered by other

Departments of SASTRA for 12 credits

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The number of core courses, Departmental electives

and open elective courses are given in the sylabus

books of the B.Tech. / M.Tech. (Integrated) Degree

programmes.

6.0 COMPLETION OF B.Tech. / M.Tech. (Integrated)

PROGRAMMES

6.1. A student earns credits by passing courses

every semester. A student, who has registered

for B.Tech. degree programme, has to earn a

minimum of 234 credits to be eligible for the

award of the degree.

6.2 A student, who has registered for M.Tech.

(Integrated) degree programme, has to earn a

minimum of 288 credits to be eligible for the

award of the degree.

6.3 The courses will be offered in semester pattern

right from the first year. For each course that

the student is undergoing during a semester,

there is a Continuous Internal Assessment

(CIA) mark, for a maximum of 50 marks,

based on the student’s performance in the three

monthly tests, seminar, quiz, assignment etc.

There will be one examination of 3 hours duration

at the end of the semester for each credited

course. End-semester examination of laboratory

courses will be of 3 hours duration and will be

conducted immediately after completion of the

course work.

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6.4 A letter grade, corresponding to the marks secured

by the student is awarded for each course for

which a student has registered. On obtaining a

pass grade, the student accumulates the course

credits as earned credits. A student’s performance

is measured by the number of credits that the

student has earned and the weighted grade point

average.

6.5 A student admitted as per rule 2.1 should complete

the B.Tech. Programme within a period of seven

years from the date of admission.

6.6 A student admitted as per rule 2.1 should complete

the M.Tech.(Integrated) Programme within a

period of eight years from the date of admission.

6.7 A student admitted as per rule 2.2 or 2.3 should

complete the B.Tech.programme within a period

of six years from the date of admission.

7.0 ACADEMIC SCHEDULE OF B.Tech. / M.Tech.

(Integrated) DEGREE PROGRAMMES:

7.1 Normally odd semester classes will be conducted

from July to November of the year. The regular

examinations for odd semester courses will be

conducted during November - December

(November examination) of the year. Similarly,

even semester classes will be conducted during

December - April. The regular examinations for

even semester courses will be conducted during

May - June (May examination) of the year. The

arrear examinations for odd and even semester

courses will be conducted during the November

& May examinations. Students have to register

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for the regular as well as all the standing arrear

subjects in both the end semester examinations.

The summer term special examination (to be

conducted after the even semester May

examinations results are announced) during June

- July is restricted to the 8th semester subjects for

B.Tech. and 10th semester subjects for M.Tech.

(Integrated) students.

8.0 REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCCESSFUL

COMPLETION OF A COURSE AND EARNING

CREDIT

8.1 Students must attend every lecture, tutorial and

practical class. However, in order to provide for

sickness and such other contingencies, a minimum

attendance percentage has been prescribed for

each course. Percentage of attendance of a student

in a course will be the number of periods attended

in that course divided by the number of periods

actually conducted from the date of his/her

admission and multiplied by 100. A student can

appear for an end-semester examination for a

particular course only when he/she has put-in a

minimum attendance of 75% in that course during

a semester.

8.2 A student should necessarily register for the endsemester

examinations in all the regular and

applicable arrear courses.

8.3 A student who has put -in an attendance less than

75% in a course during odd/even semester, will

not be allowed to appear for the immediate odd/

even semester examination in that course. In

such a case, the candidate should repeat that

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course during the next odd / even semester thereby

losing one year.

8.4 There is no provision for a student to improve

his/her attendance during the same semester.

8.5 Out of a total of 100 marks allotted for each course

50 marks are allotted for continuous internal

assessment and 50 marks for the end semester

examination.

8.6 The break-up for continuous internal assessment

marks for any course is as follows:

MARKS PRACTICAL MARKS

First test 20 Pre-Lab work 10

Second test 20 Experimental work

Third test 20 and observations

Assignment, Seminar, Quiz 10 Viva-Voce 10

(Best two out of the three tests will be considered)

Total 50 Total 50

8.7 From the three monthly tests, the best two performances

will be considered for CIA marks. The third monthly

test will cover the entire syllabus.

8.8 A candidate is declared to have passed in a course if

he/she secures a minimum aggregate of 50% in

the continuous internal assessment marks and the

end-semester examination marks put together.

8.9 A candidate who does not pass a course in the odd/

even semester examination should register and appear

for the subsequent arrear odd/even semester

examination in that course and pass the same.

8.10 There is no provision for a student to improve

his/her continuous internal assessment marks.

However, after completion of the entire B.Tech.

Programme, for all those students whose CIA is less

than 50% of the specified CIA, in any particular

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course, the score of the candidate in that particular

course in the end semester examination alone will

be taken into account by valuing the end semester

examination paper for 100 marks. The candidate will

be declared to have passed in that course if he/she

secures 50% marks (the grade “D”) or more in the

end semester examination alone. However, he/she

is eligible for the award of only second class.

8.11 A candidate can be debarred from writing the

examinations of a semester for unsatisfactory

conduct.

9.0 EVALUATION OF THE ACADEMIC

PERFORMANCE & PROMOTION

9.1 Grades are awarded to the students by

adopting the following procedure:

i) Students securing 50% marks and above

in a course (continuous internal assessment

marks and end-semester exam marks put

together) but below 60% shall be awarded

‘D’ grade.

ii) Students securing 60% and above but below

70% shall be awarded ‘C’grade.

iii) Students securing 70% and above but below

80% shall be awarded ‘B’ grade.

iv) Students securing 80% and above but below

85% shall be awarded ‘A’ grade.

v) Students securing 85% and above but below

90% shall be awarded ‘A+’grade.

vi) Students securing 90% and abvove shall be

awarded ‘S’ grade.

vii) Students securing less than 50% shall be

deemed to have failed and shall be placed

in ‘F’ grade.

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9.2 ‘E’ grade (exposure grade) will be awarded to a

student who has absented himself/herself from

writing the end semester or arrears examination but

is otherwise eligible to write the examination. ‘E’

grade will be included for CGPA computations and

will be counted along with ‘F’grade for counting the

number of arrears.

9.3 ‘R’ grade is given to a student in a course if he/she

has put-in less than 75% of attendance during odd/

even semester in that particular course. A student with

‘R’ grade cannot register for higher semester courses

and will have to repeat that course with ‘R’ grade

during the next odd/even semester thereby losing one

year.

9.4 The academic performance of every student, admitted

to the institution, will be evaluated on a ten point

scale grading system. The following Table

indicates the qualitative assessment and point values

of the grades on a ten point scale grading system:

GRADE QUALITATIVE POINT VALUE

ASSESSMENT OF GRADE

S Exemplary 10

A+ Outstanding 9

A Excellant 8

B Very Good 7

C Good 6

D Pass 5

F Fail 2

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9.5 Cumulative grade point average is calculated as

follows:

Let ‘Ci’ be the credit assigned to ith course

Let ‘Pi ‘ be the grade point secured in the ith course

Let ‘n’ be the number of courses for which the

student has registered for the examinations.

(C1P1+C2P2+....+C i P i+...+CnPn)

CGPA = ——————————————

(C 1+ C 2 +....C i +....+C n)

10.0 CLASSIFICATION OF RESULT

10.1 Students admitted to the B.Tech. programme, securing

a CGPA of 7.5 and above shall be deemed to have

passed in first class with distinction provided all the

courses are passed in the first attempt in the end

semester examinations within the stipulated 8

semesters.

10.2 Students admitted to the M.Tech. (Integrated)

programme, securing a CGPA of 7.5 and above shall

be deemed to have passed in first class with distinction

provided all the courses are passed in the first attempt

in the end semester examinations within the stipulated

10 semesters.

10.3 Students admitted to the B.Tech. programme, who

have passed all the courses securing a CGPA of 6.0

and above will be declared to have passed in first

class provided all the courses are passed within the

stipulated 8 semesters.

10.4 Students admitted to the M.Tech. (Integrated)

programme, who have passed all the courses securing

a CGPA of 6.0 and above will be declared to have

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passed in first class provided all the courses are passed

within the stipulated 10 semesters.

10.5 All other students who have passed all the courses

securing a CGPA of 5.0 and above will be declared

to have passed in second class.

10.6 A student who is eligible to be declared to have passed

in first class with distinction as per para 10.1 shall be

deemed to have passed with Honours provided he/she

satisfies the following conditions.

i) The student should study on his/her own four

additional theory courses offered for the

programme as elective or from any other

B.Tech. programmes of SASTRA, approved

by the Head of the Department and included

in the list of honours courses declared by the

University for the respective semester.

ii) The student should register for the end

semester examinations in these four courses

and obtain atleast a pass grade in the first

attempt within the stipulated 8 semesters.

iii) The student should have obtained a minimum

CGPA of 7.5 at the end of the IV semester

examinations and should enroll for the

honours programme within the stipulated

period from the start of V semester classes.

iv) The student should choose one honours

course in each of the V, VI, VII & VIII

semesters from the list of honours courses

declared by the University for the respective

semester and branches.

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11.0 CERTIFICATE COURSES

11.1 Each and every student is expected to register for

two certificate courses of 2 to 3 weeks duration

conducted by SASTRA during the period of his/her

study. The first certificate course can be had during

the first year summer vacation and the second

certificate course can be had during the second year

summer vacation.

11.2 During the third year summer vacation, the student

is expected to undergo in-plant training in an

industry and prepare for his/her ensuing project

work.

12.0 SAVING CLAUSE / AUTHORITY

12.1 The Academic Council reserves the right to alter or

amend or repeal or annul any or all of the rules

and regulations.