Calicut University BTECH Semester Clearance

Hello sir, I am Raj Pillai. I am from Malappuram. I want you to help me by giving me some information about the Calicut University B.Tech semester clearance rules and regulations. Can you give me some details about it?

As you have asked about the Calicut University B.Tech semester clearance rules and regulations, I am giving you information about it, check below for the details

The course for the B.Tech degree shall extend over a period of four academic years comprising of eight semesters.
The maximum duration permissible for taking the B.Tech. degree course is fixed as 8 years.

Assessment of students for each subject will be done by internal continuous assessment and end semester examinations.

Internal assessment shall be conducted throughout the semester.
It shall be based on internal examinations, assignments (such as home work, problem solving, group discussions, quiz, literature survey, seminar, term-project, software exercises, etc.) as decided by the faculty handling the course, and other measures like regularity in the class.

Internal assessment marks of each theory subject should have a class average limited to 80%.
If the class average is not greater than 80%, absolute marks should be given.
For practical subjects, internal assessment marks and end-semester marks individually should have a class average limited to 75%.

Assessment in theory Subjects
The marks allotted for internal continuous assessment and end-semester university examinations shall be 30 marks and 70 marks respectively with a maximum of 100 marks for each theory subject

Assessment in Practical Subjects
Internal continuous assessment and end-semester practical examinations will have 1:1 weightage in the student’s performance of practical subjects, with 50 marks allotted for internal continuous assessment and 50 marks for end semester examinations

Marks Required to clear the semester:
A candidate who secures not less than 40% marks in a subject at the endsemester examinations and
(b) not less than 50% of the total marks assigned to the subject, shall be declared to have passed the examination in that subject.
OR
(c) A candidate who secures in end-semester examination itself, 40% of the total marks assigned to a subject shall also be declared to have passed the examination in that subject.

The university shall award the letter grade to students based on the marks secured by them in both internal assessment and end-semester examinations taken together in the subjects registered

Total marks scored by the passed candidate Corresponding Grade allotted
Grade Points
86- 100 S 10
76-85 A 8.5
66-75 B 7.5
56-65 C 6.5
46-55 D 5.5
40-45 E 4.5

"The maximum duration permissible for taking the B.Tech. degree course is fixed as 8 years". Is this rule included for 2004-2008 batch too ?