ANNA UNIVERSITY TIRUCHRAPPALLI

TIRUCHIRAPPALLI – 620 024

REGULATIONS 2007
These regulations are applicable to all candidates admitted into B.E. / B.Tech.
programmes from the academic session 2007 onwards.

Degree of Bachelor of Engineering / Technology

The following Regulations will be applicable to all Engineering Colleges

affiliated to Anna University, Tiruchirappalli other than Autonomous Colleges.
In case of all autonomous colleges, the regulations, curricula and syllabi of the
respective college shall be approved by the Syndicate of the University.

1. PRELIMINARY DEFINITIONS AND NOMENCLATURE

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

i. "Programme" means Degree Programme, that is B.E. /

B.Tech. Degree Programme.
ii. "Branch" means specialization or discipline of B.E. /
B.Tech. Degree Programme, like Civil Engineering, Textile
Technology, etc.,
iii. "Course" means a theory or practical subject that is
normally studied in a semester, like Mathematics, Physics, etc.,
iv. "University" means ANNA UNIVERSITY
TIRUCHIRAPPALLI.

2. ADMISSION

2.1 Candidates seeking admission to the first semester of the B.E. /

B.Tech. Degree Programme:

Should have passed the Higher Secondary Examination of (10 +2)

Curriculum (Academic Stream) prescribed by the Government of
Tamil Nadu with Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry as three of the
four subjects of study under Part-Ill or any examination of any other
University or authority accepted by the Syndicate of Anna University
Tiruchirappalli as equivalent thereto.
OR
Should have passed the Higher Secondary Examination of Vocational
stream (Vocational groups in Engineering / Technology) as prescribed
by the Government of Tamil Nadu.
OR
Should possess the Diploma in Engineering / Technology awarded by
the State Board of Technical Education, Tamil Nadu or any other
authority accepted by the Syndicate of the University as equivalent
thereto.
2.2 The Candidates who possess the diploma in Engineering / Technology
awarded by the State Board of Technical Education and Training, are
eligible for admission to the third semester of the B.E. / B.Tech. Degree
Programmes in affiliated colleges through lateral entry system.

2.3. The eligibility criteria such as marks, number of attempts and physical
fitness and the mode of admission shall be as prescribed by the
Syndicate of the University from time to time.

3. BRANCHES OF STUDY

A candidate may be offered, in any of the colleges, one of the branches

of study approved by the University and offered by that college.

4. STRUCTURE OF PROGRAMMES

4.1 Every Programme shall have a curriculum comprising of both theory

and practical courses with well defined syllabi. The courses shall cover

a. Languages, Humanities and Social Science subjects

b. Basic Science subjects
c. Basic Engineering subjects
d. Common professional subjects
e. All courses in semester 1 and 2 are core courses and are
common to all branches further, every student shall be made
to involve in any one of the character development
programmes such as N.C.C. / N.S.S. / N.S.O. / Y.R.C.

4.2 The curriculum of each semester shall normally be a blend of theory

courses not exceeding 6 and practical courses not exceeding 3.
However, the total number of courses per semester shall not exceed 9.

4.3 The medium of instruction and examinations shall be in English, except

for courses on language other than English.

5. DURATION OF THE PROGRAMME

A student is ordinarily expected to complete the B.E. / B.Tech.

Programme in 8 semesters (four academic years) but in any case not
more than 14 Semesters / 7 years for HSC candidates and not more
than 12 semesters / 6 years for Lateral Entry Diploma Candidates.
Each Semester shall normally consist of 90 working days or 450 hours
or 540 periods of 50 minutes each. The Principal shall ensure that
every teacher imparts instruction as per the number of periods
specified in the syllabus and that the teacher handles the full content of
the specified syllabus for the course being taught.
6. FACULTY ADVISER

To help the students in planning their courses of study and for general
advice on the academic programme, the Head of the Department of the
students 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 undergone 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.

7. CLASS COMMITTEE

7.1 Every class shall have a class committee consisting of teachers of the
concerned class, student representatives and a chairperson who is not
teaching the class. It is like the 'Quality Circle' (more commonly used in
industries) with the overall goal of improving the teaching-learning
process. The functions of the class committee include

• Solving problems experienced by students in the class room and

in the laboratories.
• Clarifying the regulations of the Degree programme and the
details of rules therein.
• Informing the student representatives, the academic schedule
including assessments and the syllabus coverage for each
assessment.
• Informing the student representatives the details of regulations
regarding weightage used for each assessment. In the case of
practical courses (laboratory / drawing / seminar etc.) the breakup
of marks for each experiment / exercise / module of work should
be clearly discussed in the class committee meeting and informed
to the students.
• Analyzing the performance of the students of the class after
each test and finding the ways and means of solving problems, if
any.
• Identifying the weak students, if any and requesting the teachers
concerned to provide some additional help or guidance or
coaching to such weak students.

7.2 The class committee for a class under a particular branch is normally
constituted by the Head of the Department. However, if the students of
different branches are mixed in a class (like first 2 semesters which is
generally common to all branches), the class committee is to be
constituted by the Principal.

7.3 The class committee shall be constituted on the first working day of
every semester or earlier.
7.4 At least 4 student representatives (usually 2 boys and 2 girls) shall be
included in the class committee.

7.5 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.

7.6 The Principal may participate in any class committee of the institution.

7.7 The chairperson is required to prepare the minutes of every meeting,

submit the same to the Principal 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.

7.8 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 in a semester at suitable intervals. During these meetings the
student members representing the entire class, shall meaningfully
interact and express the opinions and suggestions of the other
students of the class to improve the effectiveness of the teaching-
learning process.

8. COURSE COMMITTEE FOR COMMON COURSES

Each common theory course offered to more than one discipline or

group, shall have a ‘Course Committee’ comprising all the teachers
handling 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 / Principal depending upon whether all
the teachers handling 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. Where it is
feasible, the course committee may also prepare a common question
paper for the test(s).

9. SYSTEM OF EXAMINATION

9.1 Performance in each course of study shall be evaluated based on

(i) continuous internal assessment during the semester and
(ii) an University examination at the end of the semester.

9.2 Each course, both theory and practical shall be evaluated for a
maximum of 100 marks.
 9.2.1 For all theory and practical courses, continuous internal
assessment will carry 20 marks while the University examination
will carry 80 marks.

9.3 The University examination (theory and practical) of 3 hours duration

shall ordinarily be conducted in the month of December during the odd
semesters and in the month of June during the even semesters.

9.4 For the University examination in both theory and practical courses, the
internal and external examiners shall be appointed by the University.

10 PROCEDURE FOR AWARDING MARKS FOR INTERNAL

ASSESSMENT

For all theory and practical courses the continuous assessment shall
be for a maximum of 20 marks (consisting of 15 marks for tests /
experiments and 5 marks for attendance). The above continuous
assessment shall be awarded as per the procedure given below.

10.1 Tests / Experiments

The 15 marks for theory and practical courses shall be awarded as

given below.

i) Theory courses:
Three tests each carrying 100 marks shall be conducted during the
semester by the concerned Department / College. The total marks
obtained in all tests put together out of 300, shall be proportionately
reduced to 15 marks and rounded to nearest integer. This also
implies equal weightage to all the three tests.

(ii) Practical Courses:

Every practical exercise / experiment shall be evaluated based on
conduct of exercise / experiment and records maintained. There
shall be at least one mid-semester test. The criteria for arriving at
the internal assessment marks (15 marks) shall be decided based
on the recommendation of the class committee and shall be
announced at the beginning of every semester by the Principal.

10.2 Attendance

The remaining 5 marks for attendance shall be awarded as

given below.
Theory and Practical courses

76% to 80% of attendance - 1 mark

81% to 85% of attendance - 2 marks
86% to 90% of attendance - 3 marks
 91% to 95% of attendance - 4 marks
96% to 100% of attendance - 5 marks
10.3 Every teacher is required to maintain an 'ATTENDANCE AND
ASSESSMENT RECORD' which consists of attendance marked in
each lecture or practical class, the test marks and the record of class
work (topic covered), separately for each course. This should be
submitted to the Head of the department periodically (at least three
times in a semester) for checking the syllabus coverage and the
records of test marks and attendance. The Head of the department will
put his signature and date after due verification. At the end of the
semester, the record should be verified by the Principal who will keep
this document in safe custody (for five years). The University or any
inspection team appointed by the University may inspect the records of
attendance and assessment both current and previous semesters.

11. REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLETION OF A SEMESTER

A Candidate who has fulfilled the following conditions shall be deemed

to have satisfied the requirements for completion of a semester.

11.1 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 / participation in sports / personal, the student
is expected to attend atleast 75% of the classes during any semester.

11.1.1 Therefore, he / she shall secure not less than 75% of overall

attendance in that semester taking into account the total

number of periods (540 periods) in all courses put together
attended by the candidate as against the total number of
periods in all courses offered during that semester.

However, a candidate who could secure attendance between

65% and 74% only in the current semester due to medical
reasons (hospitalization / accident / specific illness) or due to
participation in the College / University / State / National /
International level Sports events with prior permission from the
Principal shall be given exemption from the prescribed
attendance requirement and he / she shall be permitted to
appear for the current semester examinations.

11.2 Candidates who do not complete the semester (as per clause 11.1),
will not be permitted to write the University examination at the end of
the semester and not permitted to go to next semester. They are
required to repeat the incomplete semester in the next academic year,
as per the norms provided.
12. REQUIREMENTS FOR APPEARING FOR SEMESTER
EXAMINATION

A candidate shall normally be permitted to appear for the University

examination of the current semester if he / she has satisfied the
semester completion requirements (Subject to Clauses 11.1 & 11.2)
and has registered for examination in all courses of that semester.
Registration is mandatory for current semester examinations as
well as arrears examinations failing which the candidate will not
be permitted to move to the higher semester.

13 PASSING REQUIREMENTS

13.1 A candidate who secures not less than 50% of total marks prescribed
for the courses with a minimum of 45% of the marks prescribed for
the end-semester University Examination in both theory and
practical courses shall be declared to have passed the
Examination.

13.2 If a candidate fails to secure a pass in a particular course, it is

mandatory that he / she shall register and reappear for the examination
in that course during the next semester when examination is conducted
in that course; he / she should continue to register and reappear for the
examination till he / she secures a pass. However, the internal
assessment marks obtained by the candidate in the first attempt shall
be retained and considered valid for all subsequent attempts.

14. ISSUE OF MARK SHEETS

Individual mark sheet for each semester will be issued, containing the
following information through the Principal concerned, after the
publication of the results.

i. The college in which the candidate studied.

ii. The marks obtained in each course in internal assessment and
University Examination and the total marks obtained for each
course.
iii. Whether the candidate has passed or failed in the courses
concerned.

15. ELIGIBILITY FOR THE AWARD OF DEGREE

A student shall be declared to be eligible for the award of the

B.E. / B.Tech. Degree provided the student has

i. Successfully completed the course requirements and has

passed all the prescribed examinations in all the 8 semesters
 (6 semesters for lateral entry) within a maximum period of 7 years
(6 years for lateral entry) reckoned from the commencement of
the first semester to which the candidate was admitted.
ii. Obtained a certificate from the Principal of the college for
the participation in NCC / NSS / NSO / YRC.

iii. The award of the Degree must have been approved by

the Syndicate of the University

16. CLASSIFICATION OF THE DEGREE AWARDED

16.1 A candidate who qualifies for the award of the Degree (vide clause 15)
having passed the examination in all the courses of all the eight
semesters (six semesters for lateral entry) in his / her first appearance
within eight consecutive semesters (six for lateral entry) and securing
an aggregate of not less than 75% of total marks (internal assessment
plus semester exam marks) in all the courses in the final six semesters
shall be declared to have passed the examination in First Class with
Distinction. The authorized break of study (vide clause17 (iii)) will not
be counted for the purpose of classification.

16.2 A candidate who qualifies for the award of the Degree (vide clause 15)
having passed the examination in all the courses in the final six
semesters (all the six semesters for lateral entry) within a maximum
period of eight consecutive semesters reckoned from the
commencement of study in the third semester (from first semester for
lateral entry) securing an aggregate of not less than 60% of total marks
(internal assessment plus semester exam 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.

16.3 All other candidates (not covered in clauses 16.1 and 16.2) who qualify
for the award of the degree (vide Clause 15) shall be declared to have
passed the examination in Second Class.

16.4 A candidate who is absent for semester examination in a course after

having registered for the same shall be considered to have appeared
for that examination for the purpose of classification.

16.5 A candidate can apply for revaluation of his / her semester examination
answer paper in a theory course, within 2 weeks from the declaration of
results, on payment of a prescribed fee through proper application to
the Controller of Examinations through the Principal concerned. The
Controller of Examinations will arrange for the revaluation and the
results will be intimated to the candidate concerned through the
Principal. Revaluation is not permitted for practical courses.

17. TEMPORARY BREAK OF STUDY FROM A PROGRAMME

 i. A candidate is not normally permitted to temporarily break
the study. However, if a candidate intends to temporarily
discontinue the programme in the middle for valid reasons (such
as accident or hospitalization due to prolonged ill health) and to
rejoin the programme, he / she shall apply in advance to Registrar
of the University, through the Head of the Department and
Principal stating the reasons therefore, in any case, not later than
the last date for registering for the semester examinations of the
semester in question.
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 duration specified for passing all the courses for the
purpose of classification vide Clause 16.1 and 16.2 shall be
increased by the period of such break of study permitted.
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 5 irrespective of the break of study in order that
he / she may be eligible for the award of the degree (vide clause
15).
v. If any student is detained for want of requisite
attendance, progress and good conduct, the period spent in that
semester shall not be considered as permitted 'Break of Study'
and Clause 17(iii) is not applicable for this case.

18. INDUSTRIAL VISIT

Every student is required to undergo one Industrial visit for every

theory course offered, starting from the third semester of the
Programme. Every teacher shall take the students at least for one
industrial visit in a semester.

19. PERSONALITY AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

All students shall enroll, on admission, in any one of the personality

and character development programmes (the N.C.C. / N.S.S. / N.S.O. /
Y.R.C.) and undergo training for about 80 hours and attend a camp of
about ten days. The training shall include classes on hygiene and
health awareness and also training in first-aid.

National Cadet Corps (N.C.C.) will have about 20 parades.

National Service Scheme (N.S.S.) will have social service

activities in and around the College / Institution.

National Sports Organization (N.S.O.) will have Sports, Games,

Drills and Physical exercises.
 Youth Red Cross (Y.R.C.) will have activities related to social
services in and around college / institutions. However Y.R.C. will
not have special camps of 10 days.

While the training activities will normally be during week ends, the
camp will normally be during vacation period.

Every student shall put in a minimum of 75% attendance in the training

and attend the camp (except Y.R.C.) compulsorily. The training and
camp (except Y.R.C.) shall be complete during the first year of the
programme. However, for valid reasons, the Principal may permit a
student to complete this requirement in the second year.

20. DISCIPLINE

Every student is required to observe disciplined and decorous

behaviour both inside and outside the college and not to indulge in any
activity which will tend to bring down the prestige of the University /
College. The Principal shall constitute a disciplinary committee
consisting of Principal, Two Heads of Departments of which one should
be from the faculty of the student, to enquire into acts of indiscipline
and notify the University about the disciplinary action recommended for
approval.

If a student indulges in malpractice in any of the University / internal

examination he / she shall be liable for punitive action as prescribed by
the University from time to time.

21. REVISION OF REGULATION AND CURRICULUM

The University may from time to time revise, amend or change the
Regulations, scheme of examinations and syllabi if found necessary.