Anna University Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli - 620 024: Regulations 2007
Anna University Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli - 620 024: Regulations 2007
Effective from the academic year 2007-2008 and applicable to the students
admitted to Anna University, Tiruchirappalli and all Engineering Colleges
affiliated to Anna University, Tiruchirappalli
P.G.PROGRAMMES
M.E.
M.Tech.
M.Pharm.
M.C.A.
M.B.A
M.Sc (2 years / 5 years programme)
The various P.G. Programmes offered in the affiliated engineering
colleges of Anna University, Tiruchirappalli are listed in Table I.
2.2.4 Conversion from one mode of study to the other is not permitted.
2.3.1 Candidates for admission to the first semester of the Masters Degree
Programme shall be required to have passed an appropriate Degree
Examination of Anna University as specified under qualification for
admission in Table - I or any other examination of any recognized
University or authority accepted by the Syndicate of Anna University as
equivalent thereto.
2.3.2 However, the Syndicate of the University may decide to restrict admission
in any particular year to candidates having a subset of qualifications
prescribed in Table-I.
2.3.3 Not withstanding the qualifying examination the candidate might have
passed, he/she shall have a minimum level of proficiency in the
appropriate Programme / courses as prescribed by the Syndicate of the
Anna University, Tiruchirappalli from Time to Time.
3.1 The minimum and maximum period for completion of the Post Graduate
Degree Programmes are given below:
3.2 Each semester shall normally consist of 90 working days or 450 hours or
540 periods of 50 minutes duration for full-time mode of study or 270
hours for part-time mode of study. The Head of the Institution shall ensure
that every teacher imparts instruction as per the number of periods
specified in the syllabus and that the teacher teaches the full content of
the specified syllabus for the course being taught. End semester
University Examination will ordinarily follow immediately after the last
working day of the semester.
4.1 The Post Graduate Degree Programmes will have a curriculum and syllabi
consisting of
• core courses
• elective courses
• project work.
4.1.1 The electives from the curriculum are to be chosen with the approval of
the Head of the Department.
Each of the theory and practical courses (excluding project work) shall
carry maximum of 100 marks of which 20 marks will be through internal
assessment.
4.3.2 The Practical Training or Industrial attachment shall carry 100 marks and
shall be evaluated through internal assessment.
4.4.1 Project work shall be carried out under the supervision of a qualified
teacher in the concerned Department.
4.4.3 The project report of M.E. / M.Tech. Programme shall, during Phase I, be
evaluated only through continuous assessment. There will be no terminal
examination at the end of Phase I.
4.4.4 The project work of M.E. / M.Tech. Programme shall carry a maximum of
600 marks which includes internal assessments of 40 marks of Phase I
and 80 marks of Phase II.
4.4.5 The Project work (Phase-II in the case of M.E. / M.Tech.) shall be pursued
for a minimum of 16 weeks during the final semester.
4.4.6 The project work of M.C.A. shall carry a maximum of 400 marks of which
80 marks will be through internal assessment.
4.4.7 The project work of M.B.A .shall carry 400 marks of which 80 marks will be
through internal assessment.
4.4.8 The project work of M.Pharm shall be pursued for a maximum of 1 year
during the second year.
4.4.9 The project work of M.Pharm shall carry 800 (Phase I & phase II) marks of
which 100 marks will be through internal assessment in each Phase.
4.4.10 The project work of M.Pharm. shall be evaluated through continuous
assessment in both the phases and there will be a terminal
examination at the end of Phase I.
4.4.11 The Project Report prepared according to approved guidelines and duly
signed by the guide(s) and the Head of the Department shall be submitted
to the Head of the Institution (see also clauses 4.4.12 and 4.4.14)
4.4.12 The deadline for submission of final Project Report for M.E. / M.Tech.
M.C.A / M.B.A and M.Pharm. Programmes is 60 calendar days from the
last working day of the semester in which project / thesis / dissertation is
done. However, the phase-I of the project work in the case of M.E /
M.Tech / M.Pharm shall be submitted on or before the last working day of
the previous Semester.
4.4.13 If a candidate fails to submit the project report on or before the specified
deadline, he/she is deemed to have failed in the Project Work and shall re-
register for the same in a subsequent semester. This applies to phase-I
and phase-II in the case of M.E / M.Tech. / M.C.A / M.B.A and M.Pharm.
4.4.14 Every candidate doing M.E. / M.Tech. shall, based on his/her project work,
send a paper for publication in a journal or a conference in which full
papers are published after usual review. An acknowledgement for having
communicated to the journal or conference shall be attached to the report
of the project work. An acknowledgement for having communicated to the
Journal or conference shall be attached to the report of the Project work.
Such acknowledgements shall be sent to the University along with the
evaluation marks by the team of examiners without which the marks shall
not be accepted.
4.4.15 A copy of the approved project report shall be kept in the library of the
college / Institution
4.5 A student who has passed all the courses prescribed in the curriculum for
the award of the degree shall not be permitted to re-enroll to improve
his/her marks in a course or the aggregate marks.
5. FACULTY ADVISER
To help the students in planning their courses of study and for general
advice on the academic programmes, the Head of the Department will
attach a certain number of students to a teacher of the Department who
shall function as Faculty Adviser for those students throughout their period
of study. Such Faculty Adviser shall advise the students and monitor the
courses taken by the students, check the attendance and progress of the
students attached to him/her and counsel them periodically. If necessary,
the faculty adviser may also discuss with or inform the parents about the
progress of the students.
6. CLASS COMMITTEE
• Analyzing the performance of the students of the class after each test
and finding the ways and means of solving problems, if any
6.2 The class committee for a class under a particular programme is normally
constituted by the Head of the Department. However, if the students of
different programmes are mixed in a class, the class committee is to be
constituted by the Head of the Institution
6.3 The class committee shall be constituted on the first working day of any
semester or earlier.
6.5 The chairperson of the class committee may invite the Faculty adviser(s)
and the Head of the department to the meeting of the class committee.
6.6 The Head of the Institution may participate in any class committee of the
institution.
6.7 The chairperson is required to prepare the minutes of every meeting,
submit the same to the Head of the Institution within two days of the
meeting and arrange to circulate among the concerned students and
teachers. If there are some points in the minutes requiring action by the
management, the same shall be brought to the notice of the management
by the head of the institution.
6.8 The first meeting of the class committee shall be held within one week
from the date of commencement of the semester in order to inform the
students about the nature and weightage of assessments within the
framework of the Regulations. Two or three subsequent meetings may be
held at suitable intervals. During these meetings the student members,
representing the entire class, shall meaningfully interact and express the
opinions and suggestions of the class students to improve the
effectiveness of the teaching-learning process.
Each common theory course offered to more than one group of students
shall have a “Course Committee” comprising all the teachers teaching the
common course with one of them nominated as Course Coordinator. The
nomination of the course Coordinator shall be made by the Head of the
Department / Head of the Institution depending upon whether all the
teachers teaching the common course belong to a single department or to
several departments. The ‘Course committee’ shall meet as often as
possible and ensure uniform evaluation of the tests and arrive at a
common scheme of evaluation for the tests. Wherever it is feasible, the
course committee may also prepare a common question paper for the
test(s).
Two or three tests each carrying 100 marks shall be conducted by the
Department / Institution. The total marks obtained in all the tests put
together shall be reduced to 20 marks and rounded to the nearest integer.
9.1 Ideally every student is expected to attend all classes and secure 100%
attendance. However, in order to allow for certain unavoidable reasons
such as Medical / personal / participation in sports, the student is expected
to attend at least 75% of the classes.
Therefore, he/she shall secure not less than 75% of overall attendance in
that semester taking into account the total number of periods in all courses
put together attended by the candidate as against the total number of
periods in all courses offered during that semester.
Internal Assessment - 20 %
University Semester Examination - 80 %
Internal Assessment - 20 %
University Semester Examination - 80 %
Viva-Voce Examination - 50 %
11.2 The evaluation of the Project work will be based on the project report and
a Viva-Voce Examination by a team consisting of the supervisor, a
common internal examiner and a common external examiner for each
programme. The internal examiner and the external examiner shall be
appointed by the University.
11.3 The evaluation of the Project work will be based on the project report and a
Viva-Voce Examination by a team consisting of the supervisor (as one of
the internal examiner), a common internal examiner and a common
External Examiner for each Programme. The internal examiner and the
external examiner shall be appointed by the University.
11.4 At the end of practical training or industrial attachment, the candidate shall
submit a certificate from the organization where he/she has undergone
training and also a brief report. The evaluation will be made based on this
report and a Viva-Voce Examination, conducted internally by a
Departmental Committee constituted by the Head of the Institution.
Certificates submitted by the students shall be attached to the mark list
sent by the Head of the Institution.
12.1 A candidate who secures not less than 50% of total marks prescribed for
the courses with a minimum of 50% of the marks prescribed for the end-
semester University Examination in both theory and practical courses shall
be declared to have passed in the Examination.
Individual mark sheet for each semester will be issued, containing the
following information through the Head of the Institution concerned, after
the publication of the results.
14.1 A student shall be declared eligible for the award of the degree if he/she
has
14.2 The award of the degree must have been approved by the Syndicate.
15.1 A candidate who qualifies for the award of the Degree (vide clause 14)
having passed the examination in all the courses in his/her first
appearance within the specified minimum number of semesters (clause
3.1) securing an aggregate of not less than 75% of total marks (Internal
assessment plus semester examination marks) shall be declared to have
passed the examination in First Class with Distinction. For this purpose
the withdrawal from examination (vide clause 16) will not be construed as
an appearance. Further, the authorized break of study (vide clause 17 (iii))
will not be counted for the purpose of classification.
15.2 A candidate who qualifies for the award of the Degree (vide clause 14)
having passed the examination in all the courses within the specified
minimum number of semesters (clause 3.1), reckoned from his/her
commencement of study plus one year, securing an aggregate of not less
than 60% of total marks (internal assessment plus semester examination
marks) shall be declared to have passed the examination in First Class.
For this purpose the authorized break of study (vide clause 17(iii)) will not
be counted for the purpose of classification.
15.3 All other candidates (not covered in clauses 15.1 and 15.2) who qualify for
the award of the degree (vide Clause 14) shall be declared to have
passed the examination in Second Class.
15.7 Revaluation is not permitted for practical courses and for project work.
ii) The candidate permitted to rejoin the Programme after the break
shall be governed by the rules and regulations in force at the time
of rejoining.
iii) The authorized break of study will not be counted for the duration
specified for passing all the courses for the purpose of classification
vide Clause 15.1 and 15.2.
iv) The total period for completion of the programme reckoned from,
the commencement of the first semester to which the candidate
was admitted, shall not exceed the maximum period specified in
clause 3 irrespective of the period of break of study in order that
he/she may be eligible for the award of the degree (vide clause 14).
19. DISCIPLINE
The University may from time to time revise, amend or change the
Regulations, scheme of examinations and syllabi if found necessary.
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Table – I
P.G. PROGRAMMES OFFERED AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR ADMISSION
(or)
M.Sc. (Polymer Science / Chemistry with polymer
specialization)
5 M.Tech. Apparel Technology B.E./B.Tech. (Textile Technology / Textile Engg./ Textile
Management Chemistry/ Fashion Technology)
6 M.Tech. Renewable Energy B.E./B.Tech.Chemical/Biotech/Electrochemical &
Chemical Engineering