Degree Completion Deadline

• An Undergraduate degree program except Architecture must be completed within six 6 years time from the date of enrolment.
• An Undergraduate degree program in Architecture must be completed within seven 7 years time from the date of enrolment.
• A Graduate degree must be completed within four 4Years time from the date of enrolment.
• Any exception to the above must be approved by the Academic Council of the university.

Code of Conduct Students

Expectations from students:

• Every student is responsible for upholding the image of the university.
• Every student shall wear his/her Identity Card issued by the university during their stay at the campus.
• Students will refrain from engaging in any sort of political activity within the campus.
• Every student should be dressed in a manner befitting the academic environment of the campus. Improper and indecent attire is not allowed on campus.
• Students should take part in all programs organized by the departments and the university.
• Students will abide by the rules and regulations as well as the instructions issued from time to time by the authority of the university.

Violations of the Code of Conduct and Penalties:

Violation of any part of this rule may result in the commission of a major or minor offense, and student violators will be immediately referred to the Disciplinary Committee for the appropriate sanctions. A minor offense will result in a reprimand/censure including a permanent note in the students file, or to a suspension of one to three days. A major offense will result in suspension, dismissal or expulsion.

Classification of Offences

A. Minor Offences

• Entering the campus without an ID card and using someone else’s ID card, registration card, receipts, etc.
• Lending and/or tampering by altering such as changing original photos of ID cards, registration cards, and other university forms.
• Behavior unbecoming of a student.
• Infraction of the university procedures and policies on admission, registration, and fee payments.
• Tampering, altering, or destroying bulletin board notices, posters, announcements, and directions.
• Littering, writing graffiti, or posting unauthorized content on the walls of the building, classroom, or campus.
• Spitting on the floors, corridors, or stairways resulting in an unsanitary, dirty, or disorderly environment.
• Smoking within the university campus.
• Unauthorized movement of chairs, tables, equipment, audio-visual equipment, etc.
• Writing on the walls, chairs, tables, furniture, etc., and pressing shoes against the walls of the classrooms.

B. Major Offences

Acts of Academic Dishonesty

• Plagiarism: Representing the work of another as ones own work.
• Preparing work for another that is to be used as the others own work.
• Cheating.
• Knowingly and willfully falsifying or manufacturing scientific or educational data and representing the work as ones own research and experimentation.
• Knowingly furnishing false information to a university official about academic matters.
• Any conduct, expression, or language considered improper in interacting with faculty members, university officials, and staff.
• Disorderly actions or committing any lewd act, including indecent or uncalled-for remarks or exposure that demonstrates obscene conduct or indecency.
• Disobedience, interference, resistance, or failure to comply with the directive of an identified university official on duty.
• Behavior, inside or outside the campus, which damages the universitys image.

Acts of Deception

• Furnishing false information to the university with the intent to deceive.
• Forgery, alteration, or misuse of university documents, records, and identification cards.
• Forgery or issuing a bad check with intent to defraud.

Prohibited Possessions

• Possession, sale, and/or use of alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs in any form within the campus.
• Possession, distribution, or perusal of pornographic materials.
• Possession and/or use of weapons, including:
  • Firearms.
  • Explosives or explosive materials such as bombs, cocktails, chemicals, or anything of a similar nature.
  • Fireworks.
  • Knives, clubs, sticks, or any item that is used with the intention to cause harm, injury, or threat.

Causing Fear and Coercion

• Using misrepresentation, misinformation, force, or coercion to solicit support, signatures, or participation in activities of a subversive nature or detrimental to the normal functioning of the university.

Property Damage

• Arson.
• Willful or malicious damage or destruction of property.
• Reckless behavior causing damage to property.

Theft

• Misappropriation or conversion of university funds, supplies, equipment, labor, materials, space, or facilities.
• Possession, storing, or transport of stolen university property.
• Aiding or abetting theft of university property.

Unauthorized Actions

• Tampering with elevators, security devices such as doors and locks, university equipment such as computers and electronics, and/or other university equipment.
• Vandalism or destruction of university property belonging to any member of the faculty, administration, or non-teaching staff.

Legal and Disciplinary Violations

• Having been convicted of a criminal offense by a court of law.
• Eve-teasing, molestation, or sexual harassment.
• Membership in subversive organization(s).
• Membership (active or inactive) in illegal organization(s).
• Committing any act punishable under the existing law of the land within and outside the campus, and violation of the laws of the Ministry of Education and the University Grants Commission.

Unauthorized Use of University Name and Seal

• Using the names and seals of the university on printed materials such as progress reports, invitations, announcements, tickets, certificates, etc., without the permission of the university or an authorized representative.
• Representing the university, whether individually or in groups, in and off-campus conferences, seminars, congresses, rallies, assemblies, congregations, etc., without authorization from university officials.