The Registrar Office looks after the affairs of admission, registration and students attendance. It is responsible for the proper execution of academic policies of the University. It prepares the academic calendar and arranges course registration before the start of each semester. It also maintains the student record and co-ordinates with the external bodies for academic and administrative purposes.
 

There will be two regular semesters i.e. Fall and Spring in an academic year of the University. Each Semester shall have 16 teaching weeks followed by one week for preparation and one week for examination.
Summer session will be of 9 weeks duration i.e. 8 weeks for course work and one week for preparation and exam. The Summer session will be organized during summer at the discretion of the University. Only a limited number of courses may be offered in this session.
 

All students are required to register for courses for the semester as per schedule announced by the University. Registration is accomplished through a meeting with an academic adviser.
The academic adviser will help the student to select courses in proper sequence i.e. keeping in view the pre-requisites and the roadmap of the program. However, the ultimate responsibility to select courses in proper sequence to economize on time and cost shall be of the student concerned and not that of the Adviser.
 

A student may add or drop a course within the first week of the semester by submitting a Course Add / Drop Form duly signed by the student and Head of Department. A course dropped will be deemed as if it was never registered.
 

If a student decides not to continue in a course after the date of add / drop has expired, he / she may withdraw from the course within the period of ten weeks of the semester with the approval of Head of Department.
A course withdrawn will be reported on the transcript with a “W’ status. It will not be counted towards the calculation of GPA & CGPA. However, it will be treated as a registered course for all other purposes e.g. calculation of tuition fee etc.
 

The tuition fee charges are assessed on the basis of the courses for which a student has registered. The tuition fee for the registered courses must be paid within the designated time period to validate the registration. In case the fee is not paid within the prescribed time the registration of the course/ courses shall stand cancelled. The cancelled course/courses shall be deemed as if never registered for all practical purposes.
 

(i) Full load is defined as 15 semester credit hours for undergraduate programs, and 9 semester credit hours for graduate programs.

(ii) The maximum academic load, in Spring or Fall semesters, for an undergraduate student in a semester shall be 21 credit hours and for graduate student 12 credit hours. Maximum semester load during summer semester shall be 6 credit hours.

(iii) The semester load for an individual student shall be determined by the department on the basis of his / her GPA & CGPA.

(iv) Final Project or Thesis can be registered by the student after the completion of minimum course work prescribed by the department.

(v) A student cannot register for a course while doing internship.

(vi) Fulltime student is required to register for regular degree program offered by the university for a minimum of 9 credit hours for undergraduate student and 6 credit hours for graduate student.

(vii) A student not registering for minimum semester load shall not be treated as a fulltime student.

(viii) In certain cases, Dean / HoD may permit a person to register, as a part time student, for one or more courses without enrolling for a full degree program.
 

A student, under special circumstance, may apply for a semester break to the concerned HoD. However, to maintain his / her registrations the student has to pay a sum of Rs. 5000/-. The amount deposited shall be adjusted in subsequent tuition fee of the student.

A student who is not registered in a semester shall lose his registration if he / she is not on semester break.
 

Transfer credits may be accepted at different levels for work completed at a recognized Pakistani or foreign university / institution, provided:

(i) The course for which transfer credit is sought is part of, or can be a substitute for a course that is part of the student’s degree plan at Jinnah. An original transcript (marks sheet) issued by the institution which administered the examination, is submitted.

(ii) The student has earned at least the letter grade B, or its equivalent in the course for which transfer credit is sought.

(iii) Any other condition as decided by the concerned department. The department has exclusive right to accept or reject any request of transfer of course /courses.

(iv) Each case will be examined on its merit by the Registrar in cooperation with the curriculum committee or HoD of the relevant discipline.

(v) The total number of credit hours of accepted work will be entered on the student's permanent academic record; however the transfer credit hours will not be included in the cumulative grade point average reflected on the transcript of academic record.

(vi) The maximum credits transferred shall not exceed 60% of the total credit hours required to earn that degree from M.A.J.U.
 

A teacher may award “I” (incomplete) grade to a student who fails to meet all course requirements for reasons beyond his/her control. “I” grade can be awarded only with the prior approval of the HoD concerned. The “I” grade must be changed into an earned grade within the following semester otherwise it will automatically be converted to “F” grade.
 

A student’s Grade Point Average (GAP) is computed by multiplying the number of credit hours of each course by the grade points assigned to grade earned, then dividing the sum of these products by the total number of credit hours in which the student was registered.
 

Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) is calculated by summing all the earned grade points divided by the total number of registered credit hours.
 

An undergraduate student will need a minimum of 2.0 CGPA on the scale of 4.0 to graduate from the University, whereas, a graduate student will need a minimum of 3.0 CGPA on the scale 4.0 for graduation.
 

A student may file a petition with Registrar’s office for review of final grade if he /she has genuine reasons to believe that there has been some omissions in recording or calculating the grades. The petition must be filed within a week after the official declaration of the final results after which no petition shall be entertained. The review of grade is strictly limited to omissions and calculation errors and re-evaluation of answers is not permitted.
 

Although the students of the University are expected to attend all the lectures and lab works pertaining to their courses of study but are required to attend at least 80 % of the total lectures / lab works for each course to qualify for appearance in the final examination. There will be no relaxation in this limit under any circumstances.
 

A student may apply for the change of program to the Registrar Office before the start of registration process of the semester in which the student is intending to change his / her degree program. The student can only take the transfer if Heads of both the Departments do not have any objection. Student shall be issued new Registration No. and only those courses shall be transferred which fits into the degree program of the new discipline.
 

An academic warning at the close of any semester shall be issued to a student when his / her GPA or CGPA falls below 2.00 or 3.00 for undergraduate and graduate program respectively.

A student on warning status shall register reduced load in the subsequent semester as per following details:

GPA 1.5 to 2 allowed load 9-12 SCH
GPA less than 1.5 shall only register for repeat courses