Grading System

Students are given letter grade in each course equivalent to a certain number of grade points.
Pharmacy Department follows the letter grades and grade points similar to those introduced by
the University Grants Commission (UGC) in the uniform grading system for all the public and
private universities of Bangladesh. The Letter grades and their corresponding grade points are as
follows:

Numerical Grade Letter Grade Grade Point

80% and above A+ (A Plus) 4.00

75% to less than 80% A (A Regular) 3.75

70% to less than 75% A- (A Minus) 3.50

65% to less than 70% B+ (B Plus) 3.25

60% to less than 65% B (B Regular) 3.00

55% to less than 60% B- (B Minus) 2.75

50% to less than 55% C+ (C Plus) 2.50

45% to less than 50% C (C Regular) 2.25

40% to less than 45% D 2.00

Less than 40% F 0.00

Incomplete I --

Satisfactory S --

Not Satisfactory NS --

Grade ‘I’: Grade ‘I’ means incomplete work. Grade ‘I’ may be given to a candidate when
s/he fails to appear at the semester final examinations only for reasons beyond his/her control.
Grade `I' shall be converted to the actual grade obtained by the students when available by the
following semester. Otherwise grade ‘I’ shall be converted to an ‘F’ grade and the student has to
register for the particular course with payment of usual fees.

Grade ‘S’: Grade ‘S’ means satisfactory. According to the curriculum there are two types of ‘S’
grades. Type A- ‘S’ is given when a course is extended to two consecutive semesters and grade
‘S’ is given in the first semester to mean satisfactory progression. Type B- ‘S’ is given after
satisfactory completion of a non-credit course.

Grade ‘NS’: Grade ‘NS’ means unsatisfactory performance of non-credit course.

Calculation of Grade Point Average (cGPA):

A student’s performance is evaluated by the number of credits that s/he has completed
satisfactorily and the weighted average of the grade points that s/he has achieved. The Grade
Point Average (GPA) is computed in the following manner:

GPA =

The grade points are points against letter grades A+, A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C and D. Credits are
for those courses attempted at this university only.

If a student fails to achieve at least 40% mark in a course S/he will get ‘F’ grade in that course.
Absence in the final examination held at the end of each academic semester will also result in ‘F’
grade.

Academic Transcript:

Academic Transcript contains the courses studied, Credit(s), grade(s), GPA’s and CGPA’s
earned or obtained by the student at this University. The credits earned at an institution other
than the UAP shall be shown separately.

Repeat Examinations:

A student of an undergraduate program will be allowed to appear for the repeat examination in
case s/he fails in three theory courses or less but not exceeding 10 credit hours (including credit
hours of expelled course/s). The respective departments will arrange such repeat examinations.
There is no provision of repeat examinations for students of graduate programs.
Candidates willing to appear for such repeat examinations must apply to the respective Heads of
the Departments through the advisors stating their willingness to appear for the said examination
with the receipt of payment @ TK 3000.00 per course.

Repeat examination on theory courses will be held on 50 percent of marks for each course and
the marks for class assessment and mid semester examination will be carried over. There shall be
no repeat examinations for sessional/laboratory courses. The maximum grade to be awarded to a
candidate in repeat examination will be ‘B’ (equivalent to 60%).

The following grading system would be followed in the repeat examinations:

60% and above : B (B Regular)

55% to less than 60% : B- (B Minus)

50% to less than 55% : C+ (C Plus)

45% to less than 50% : C- (C Regular)

40% to less than 45% : D

Less than 40% : F

Re-take courses:

A student of an undergraduate program will be allowed to re-take course(s) in case s/he fails or is
expelled from the course/s in the next or following semester. Candidates willing to re-take
courses must apply to the respective Heads of the Departments through the Advisors with the
receipt of payment @ TK 1500.00 per credit. The payment will be extra with the regular
semester fees.

There is also provision for re-taking of course(s) for students of graduate programs with regular
fee based on credits.

Re-Evaluate of Answer Scripts:

Re-Evaluate of final examination answer scripts may be permissible. A candidate can apply for
re-evaluate of any answer script of final examination to the Controller of Examinations through
their advisor and the Head of the Department on payment of TK. 2000 /= (two thousand) only
per script within 7 (Seven) working days from the publication of final results. No such
application shall be entertained after that time.
No such re-evaluation is allowed for sessional/laboratory courses. While re-evaluation such
answer scripts, the examiner shall re-evaluation the scripts thoroughly and shall award a grade,
which shall be treated as final.

Improvement of Grades:

1. The provision for improvement of grades applies to those only who obtained a grade B+ or
lower in any course. Such candidates may be allowed to improve their grades by
surrendering the earlier grades obtained by them.

2. For grade improvement purpose of undergraduate programs, a student will be allowed to

3. For all graduate programs, a student will be allowed to improve a maximum of two courses.

4. For the final semester’s student who has got a minimum CGPA for graduation may improve
grade within the next semester.

5. For availing such provision of grade improvement, a candidate shall apply to the Office of
the Controller of Examination through the Head of the Department with a fee of Tk. 4,000/-
(four thousand) only per credit. This payment will be extra with the regular semester fees. A
student may apply for such provision any time during his/her study period in the university
but not beyond two weeks after the publication of his/her last semester results.