Grading System

KUST has adopted the policy of Absolute Grading System as per following details:

%age Score	Grade Points	Letter Grades
Below 50	0.00	F
50-53	1.00 – 1.25	D
54-57	1.33 – 1.58	D+
58-61	1.67 – 1.92	C-
62-65	2.00 – 2.25	C
66-69	2.33 – 2.58	C+
70-73	2.67 – 2.92	B-
74-77	3.00 – 3.25	B
78-81	3.33 – 3.58	B+
82-85	3.67 – 3.92	A-
86-100	4.00	A

%age Score	Grade Points per CHr.	Letter Grade
Below 50	0.00	F
50	1.00	D
51	1.08	D
52	1.17	D
53	1.25	D
54	1.33	D+
55	1.42	D+
56	1.50	D+
57	1.58	D+
58	1.67	C-
59	1.75	C-
60	1.83	C-
61	1.92	C-
62	2.00	C
63	2.08	C
64	2.17	C
65	2.25	C
66	2.33	C+
67	2.42	C+
68	2.50	C+
69	2.58	C+
70	2.67	B-
71	2.75	B-
72	2.83	B-
73	2.92	B-
74	3.00	B
75	3.08	B
76	3.17	B
77	3.25	B
78	3.33	B+
79	3.42	B+
80	3.50	B+
81	3.58	B+
82	3.67	A-
83	3.75	A-
84	3.83	A-
85	3.92	A-
86-100	4.00	A

The grades indicate the following level of performance.

A: Excellent

B: Good

C: Adequate for undergraduate and minimum acceptable for graduate

D: Minimum acceptable for undergraduate and failure for graduate

F: Failure, implying that the student must repeat the entire course to receive any credit

P: Pass, this is used in case of research thesis/dissertation, credit hours counted

S: Satisfactory completion

U: Unsatisfactory completion

W: Withdrawal from the course

E: Exempted from the course

WF: Force Withdrawal from the course due to the shortage of attendance or disciplinary action

IP: In Progress, if Thesis, Project, Studio work spread over more than one semester than one semester

I: Incomplete, the student has to complete the requirement within the specified time.

Each grade is assigned Grade Points per Credit Hour (GPCH) according to the following table

Grade	GPCH
A	4.00 (Can Not be repeated)
A-	3.67 (Can Not be repeated)
B+	3.33(Can Not be repeated)
B	3.00(Can Not be repeated)
B-	2.67 (can be repeated of Graduate courses only and must be repeated if related to the specialization of the Graduate Student)
C+	2.33(can be repeated in case of Graduate courses only and must be repeated if related to the specialization of the graduate student)
C	2.00(can be repeated in case of Graduate courses only and must be repeated if related to the specialization of the graduate student)
C-	1.67 (can be repeated and must be repeated if related to the speciation of the graduate student)
D+	1.33 (can be repeated and must be repeated if related to the speciation of the graduate student)
D	1.00 (can be repeated and must be repeated if related to the speciation of the graduate student)
F	0.00 (must be repeated if the course is a degree requirement)
W	Nil Credit, not counted in the calculation of GPA
I	Nil Credit, not counted in the calculation of Credit Hours or GPA
S	Not counted in the calculation of Credit Hours or GPA
P	Not counted in the calculation of GPA
U	Not counted in the calculation of GPA
E	Nil Credit, not counted in the calculation of GPA & the student is not required to complete the course part of the graduation requirement
IP	In Progress. Thesis, Projects, Studio work etc spread over more than one semester than one semester may be graded as IP until completion of the thesis, projects etc.
WF	Forced Withdrawal, if a student registered in a subject may not be permitted to continue due to a shortage of attendance or other disciplinary action then WF be awarded. Must be repeated if the course is degree requirement.

At the time of submission of results by the concerned teacher, all relevant record of the students must be handed over to the HoD.