Course work shall continue up to the final week of each term. Final examination of courses will be given during the last week of the term in accordance with the final examination schedule. The duration of final examination shall be at least two hours for 2 or 3 credit hours courses and it shall be at least one hour for one credit hour courses.

All examinations will be prepared, administrated and evaluated by the instructor(s) of the respective courses. The course instructor(s) shall also evaluate report and other assignments. If a final examination is not to be given in a course, this action must be approved by the Dean of Graduate Studies. 

The course instructor(s) shall submit the grades of the students to the Dean of Graduate Studies within the 4th day after the last day of final examination week in a particular term. the course instructor(s) shall also submit answer scripts, question paper, reports etc. along with mark sheets and grade to the respective department Head. The Head shall preserve all such recorded for a minimum period of four years.

All instructor has the privilege of considering class participation in arriving at the students grade. However, regular attendance in all classes shall normally be a factor in awarding not more than 10% of a students academic accomplishment in a course. 

The grading system shall consist of five basic grades: 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', and 'F'. A grade of 'A' denotes superior accomplishment; 'B' average; 'C' below average; 'D' inferior and 'F' failure. Other grades are 'E' final examination not taken; 'I' incomplete; 'W' withdrawal; 'R' thesis research in progress; 'T'' course exempted; 'X' for audit; 'R' satisfactory progress of thesis research and 'U' unsatisfactory progress of thesis research.

A student who has done acceptable work to the time of the final examination but who does not take the final examination will receive an 'E' grade. The student must file a petition to the Dean of Graduate Studies for permission to remove an 'E' grade. The student must file a petition to the Dean of Graduate Studies for permission to remove an 'E' grade and must present an acceptable reason for having been missed the examination. If the petition to this end is denied by the Dean of Graduate Studies, the student will be assigned an 'W' for the course or the Dean of Graduate Studies may direct the instructor(s) to submit a grade for the course on the basis of a 'W' for the final examination.

If an 'E', grade is not removed within the following term after the student's receiving the 'E' it will be changed to a 'W' for the course.

When the quality of the work is satisfactory and the scheduled final examination has been taken but some essential minor requirement of the course has not been completed for reasons acceptable to the instructor, a report of 'I' may be made and additional time may be granted. The instructor shall state the deficiency and the additional time for completing the deficiency on the grade report. To remove an 'I' a student must complete the deficiency within allotted time and the teacher will submit the appropriate grade. If the deficiency is not removed within the subsequent term, the instructor shall submit a grade other than 'I', based on the work that has been completed.

If an 'I', grade is not removed within following term after the student's receiving  the 'I' it will be automatically changed to a 'W'.    

The course credit system involves course work with regular class assignments, and the use of tests and examinations during and at the end of each 12 week term. The term " course system" is used to differentiate the teaching approach followed at BSMRAU from one generally referred to as the "traditional system." In the course system, subject matter is taught in modules (courses) of reasonably homogeneous subject matter. Students receive "credit" for successful completion of each course taken during each academic terms. They also receive "grades" or "marks" for each of the courses taken to indicate the extent of their mastery of the subject matter taught in each respective course.

If a student does not sit for the classroom examination(s), for reasons acceptable to the course instructor(s), the course instructor(s) may give him/her another chance for such examination(s) during the term. But it must be held before 'Dead week'.

Note 2. The "dead week" means the week proceeding the final week of each term.

No final, mid term, or comprehensive examinations shall be given during "Dead Week". There shall be at least two classroom  examinations and one final examination for each course in a term. The classroom examinations will carry 50 percent and final examination shall carry 30 percent of the total marks carried by a particular course. The remaining  20 percent of the total marks shall be assigned to report writing, home work and other assignments given by the course instructor(s).

Students will be allowed to repeat a course with a 'C' grade  try to improve the grade. A course with a grade of 'D' or 'F' must be repeated before final examination. If a course is repeated, all grades received in that course (except for E, I, W, T) shall be used to compute the cumulative GPA. Although more than one grade will appear on the transcript for a repeated course, credits will be counted only once towards graduation requirements. All courses with 'W' and 'U' grades must be repeated before taking the final examination. Any course with 'W' grade can not be excluded from the student's programme of study.

Note 3. To compute the CGPA mean value of grade points of the previous grade and the grade received after repetition will be used.

Grade points are computed on the basis of 4 points for each credit of 'A', 3 for each credit of 'B', 2 for each credit of 'C', 1 for each credit of 'D' and 0 for each credit of 'F'. Grades of 'E', 'I', 'R', 'S','T' and 'X' are disregarded in the computation of points.

The grade point average (GPA) shall be quotient of total points divided by total credits; total credits will be the number of term credits in which grades 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', and 'F' will be received. Each student must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00.

The equivalent class standing of grading system is:

GPA 3.50 to 4.00 First Class

GPA 3.00 to 3.49 Second Class

Students achieving a cumulative GPA below 3.00 will be placed or continue on probation. If a student fails to raise his/her cumulative GPA to 3.00 or above within the following two terms after receiving such lower GPA his/her admission will stand automatically terminated.

Students who have been suspended or expelled because of academic deficiencies or serious breach of discipline are denied of all the privileges of the University and readmission.

The instructor may impose any academic penalty including giving an 'F' grade after informing the student of the action taken. Additional penalties may be assessed subsequent to a review at the department level or above. The instructor must report the incident and the action taken to his/her department Head who, in turn, shall forward the report to the Dean of Graduate Studies with intimation to the Vice-Chancellor. Grade penalties imposed as a result of academic dishonesty may be appealed by the student in accordance with the procedures of the University.