Chandigarh University GPA Calculator

CU uses a relative grading system: marks are not converted to grades on a fixed, university-wide scale. Total Internal and External marks are submitted to the Controller of Examination Office for conversion into grades "based on relative grading system," with grades awarded "using Normal Distribution, without any subjectivity" — a class-relative curve, not an absolute percentage band.

Each paper mixes Internal and External marks out of 100. Theory papers weigh Internal 40 / External 60; Practical papers weigh Internal 60 / External 40. Internal marks draw on hourly tests, surprise tests, quizzes, tutorials, and assignments; the External component is the end-of-semester final exam.

The only grade boundary CU states in numeric terms is curve-relative, not fixed: a student scoring less than 35% of the highest marks obtained in the class is awarded an F; a student scoring more than 50% of the class's highest marks cannot be awarded F; scores between 35% and 50% of the class topper's marks may or may not be graded F, "depending upon the mean and variance for the subject." No separate marks boundary is stated for any other letter grade — see the Grade Scale Reference above for the full letter-to-grade-point mapping, from A+ (Outstanding) down through D (Marginal).

10% of answer books are randomly re-evaluated by outside experts, and a student who disagrees with an evaluation can request a review from the university's Evaluation Review Board (on payment of a fee, refunded if the Board's mark increase exceeds 10% of the paper's maximum marks); the Board's decision is final.

Grade points earned in each paper feed three grade-point averages CU names on its evaluation page: SGPA (Semester Grade Point Average), AGPA, and CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Average). Only the CGPA computation is spelled out: CGPA is "the weighted average of all the grades awarded to the student since his/her entry into the university up to and including latest semester," using each paper's credit hours (Ci) and the grade point earned in that paper (Gi) — a credit-hour-weighted average, so a higher-credit paper moves the average further than a lower-credit one.

Final grades for a semester are displayed together with that semester's SGPA at the time results are declared.

Promotion to the next year. Undergraduates may continue in the program only if, by the end of first year, they have a CGPA of 3.5 or above, or have earned 40% of that year's credits; the same test applies at the end of second year, except the CGPA bar rises to 4.50 or above (again with a 40%-credits alternative, counted across both years). Lateral-entry students are treated as second-year students for this purpose. A student who meets neither test "shall lose one year." Postgraduate students must reach a CGPA of 4.50 by the end of first year, or earn 40% of that year's credits, or they likewise lose one year.

Repeating a paper. An F grade (a completed, evaluated attempt that scored too low) requires the student to sit the exam again in a later semester, paying the examination fee only. An I grade — awarded when a student falls short of the 75% attendance requirement for a subject — requires re-registering for the whole course when it is next offered, paying the paper-wise fee; no exam attempt was ever evaluated. An E grade — awarded when a student meets the 75% attendance requirement but misses the End Semester Exam — is resolved either by sitting that exam in a later semester (examination fee only) or, at the student's choice, by being graded from internal marks alone. In rare cases (four or more students needing the same paper), a pending paper may be offered in a Summer Semester, capped at two theory papers and one practical paper per student.

To be awarded an undergraduate degree, a CU student must have earned a CGPA of 4.50 or above. For all postgraduate degrees, the minimum CGPA required for award of the degree is 5.0.