KTU B.tech Students Handbook

Handbook for Be.Tech Students 2015-16

(Student Helper)

Kerala Technological University (KTU) welcomesyou to its fold where you plan to do your B.Tech degree in the branch of specialization to which you have been admitted. As a new University KTU has initiated major changes in the academic regulations and curriculum for the B.Tech degree. Full details of these are available at the KTU Website. In order to appreciate these changes and to make them simple enough to understand, all the important issues related to your study at KTU are listed in this booklet.

B.Tech Programme is a creditbased programme having a normal durationof four academic years, spanning eight semesters. The maximum durationfor a student to complete the programme is six academic years spanning twelve semesters.On meeting specific conditions, a student can get a B.Tech (Honours) Degree

B. Tech Programme Structure

i) B. Tech. programmein all branches of study is structured on a credit based system following the semester patternwith continuous evaluation allowing flexibility for studentsto decide on the durationof programme completion.

ii) Each semestershall have 72 instructional days, followed by end semester examinations.

iii) There is the provision for a studentto opt for B.Tech (Honours) at the end of the fourth semester, under specificconditions that are given later.

iv) The curriculum of any branch of the B. Tech programmeis designed to have a minimumof 180 academic credits and 2 additional pass/fail credits, for the award ofthe degree.

Credits are assigned to courses based on the following generalpattern.

One credit for each lecture hour per week for one semester

One credit for each tutorialhour per week for one semester

One credit for each laboratory/ practical session of 2 or 3 hrs, per week for one semester

Lectures, Tutorials and Practical are indicated in the curriculum as L - T - P

followed by the Credits for them.

If L - T - P is 3 - 1- 0 the credit is 4; Likewise for 2 - 0-2 the credit is 3 and for O -0-

3 the credit is 1

v) In a semesternormally up to six lecture based courses and three laboratory/practical courses,carrying a maximumcredit of 26, could be offered.

vi) University may allow studentsto transfer creditsthey have earned at other

Universities and Academic Institutions with its approval. vii) Student Activities Points:

In additionto academics, studentshave to actively engage in co-curricular and extra-curricular activities.

Points are allotted for such activities. On getting a minimum of 100 activity points thestudent passes the course and earns 2 credits.

The 2 credits earned as mentioned above are not counted for the CGPA, but is mandatory for the award of the degree.

Listing of these activities and the maximum points that could be earned by engaging in them are given in section 28 (2) of this document.

Kerala Technological University (a state govt university) has come into existence on may 21,2014 with an aim It also emphasizes to improve the academic standards of the graduate,post graduate and research programmes in engineering science,technology and management and regulate the academic standards of all colleges affliated to the university.The main thrust areas of the university are research,Development and Innovation.

In this post we are giving you Handbook for Btech Semester 1 & 2 batches of Kerala Technological University(First batch under the university .You can download the pdf file of Handbook by clicking the below icon.