Program
The Department of Civil Engineering opened in 1995. The total enrolment in the 4-year B.Sc. program is currently over 1000. A class size of about 50 students is maintained for effective teaching.
There are thirty-nine (39) full-time faculty members in civil department including five (5) Professors. In addition, fourteenth (14) faculty members are on higher study leave. In addition, there are three (3) part-time faculty members from reputed institutions (academic and professional).
The Department of Civil Engineering has established eight (8) laboratories with sophisticated equipment on the university campus.
The main aim and objective of this department is to offer program covering all important branches and disciplines of Civil Engineering. The department covers a wide range of course curriculum and well-equipped laboratory facilities. The B.Sc. degree offered by the Department of Civil Engineering at AUST has recognized by the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) and has been accredited by Board of Accreditation for Engineering and Technical Education (BAETE), Bangladesh. Since the inception of the Civil Engineering Department, more than thirty-five (35) batches have graduated with Bachelor's Degree. A number of graduates of this department are pursuing higher studies in Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) as well as in different countries of the world. Some of them are working in the reputed consulting and construction firms of the country. Several graduates have already got Ph.D. and M. Sc. degrees from universities of different countries and are working abroad.
The department is actively involved in the activities of the national and international engineering professional bodies. Apart from the academic programs, the department organizes the comprehensive training on computer aided design, drawing and project management through Centre for Extension Service of the university. Moreover, the department is planning to offer materials testing and consulting services by using its laboratories equipped with highly sophisticated and modern equipment and highly qualified and experienced faculty members. The department arranges field visit, study tour, seminars, and programs on extracurricular activities.
Academic Information
Entry Qualification: Minimum requirement for admission to any of the Architecture and Engineering degree programs is a Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC), or A-Level or equivalent, in Science with Physics, Chemistry and Math. Students with high performance in HSC/A-Level or equivalent can apply for admission.
Medium of Instruction: All lectures are delivered in English and as such proficiency in English is a pre-requisite for the candidates to get admission in the degree programs.
Number of Students: The current total enrollment is about 3500 of which 2800 are is in the engineering faculty.
Number of Semesters in a Year: There are two semesters in a year. The duration of each semester is 20 working weeks, which are used as follows:
Classes |
13 - 15 weeks |
Preparatory leave and semester final examination |
5 weeks |
Total: |
20 weeks |
Short-term courses may be arranged in between the semesters as and when required.
Attendance: In all degree programs the students are required to attend at least 60% of the classes held in each subject in a semester, failing may bar them to sit for the semester Final and Clearance Examinations.
Examinations, Grading System and GPA Requirements:
(i) Class participation (i.e. class attendance, class performance, etc.) |
10% |
(ii) Quizzes and/or assignments |
20% |
(iii) Semester final/clearance /carry-over/improvement examination |
70% |
Total: |
100/% |
Carryover examination [for back log course(s)] (Marks on class attendance, performance and class test/quiz will not be counted) |
100/% |
Numerical Grade |
Letter Grade |
Grade Point |
80% or above |
A+ |
4.00 |
75% to less than 79% |
A |
3.75 |
70% to less than 74% |
A- |
3.50 |
65% to less than 69% |
B+ |
3.25 |
60% to less than 64% |
B |
3.00 |
55% to less than 59% |
B- |
2.75 |
50% to less than 54% |
C+ |
2.50 |
45% to less than 49% |
C |
2.25 |
40% to less than 44% |
D |
2.00 |
Less than 40% |
F |
0.00 |
Apart from the letter grades listed above, the students may be awarded some other letter grades for their different status in a course. The letter grade ‘W’ will be given for the withheld result of a student in a course. Subject to the recommendation of the concerned Head of the Department and the approval of the Vice Chancellor of the University, a student may be awarded the letter grade ‘E’ for exemption or waiver of a course. The letter grade ‘P’ will be awarded for the course(s) the students passed in previous semester(s).
Course Status |
Letter Grade |
Withheld |
W |
Exempted |
E |
Passed |
P |
Grade Point Average (GPA) of a student will be computed without the grades mentioned above.
I. GPA Computation: Every course has a certain number of credit hour which describes its weightage. The credit hour of a theoretical course and the credit hour of a practical/sessional course refer to contact hour per week and half of the contact hour per week of the courses respectively. The number of credit hours a student has completed satisfactorily and the weighted average of the grade points he/she has maintained measure the performance of the student. Calculation of Grade Point Average (GPA) can be explained as follows:
Suppose, a student has completed five courses in a semester and obtained the following grades:
Courses |
Credits |
Grades |
Grade Points |
Course 1 |
3 |
A+ |
4.00 |
Course 2 |
3 |
B |
3.00 |
Course 3 |
3 |
A |
3.75 |
Course 4 |
2 |
B+ |
3.25 |
Course 5 |
1 |
A- |
3.50 |
Then his/her GPA for the semester will be computed as follows:
II. Marks in Courses and Duration of Examination: The total marks assigned to a theoretical/practical course of study is 100 and the duration of Semester Final/Improvement/Clearance/Carryover Examination of a theoretical course is 3 hours. The total marks allotted to continuous assessment (obtained through class participation, quizzes, and/or assignments, among other things) and the Semester Final/Clearance/Carryover/Improvement Examination are 30 and 70, respectively. A student who remains absent in the Semester Final/ Clearance/ Improvement/ Carryover Examination of a course of study will be given the grade ‘F’ for the course. The total mark and the corresponding grade of the students who are absent in the examinations of a course will be entered in the mark sheet of the course considering the mark of the examinations as zero.
Numerical Grade |
Letter Grade |
Grade Point |
45% or above |
C |
2.25 |
40% to less than 45% |
D |
2.00 |
Less than 40% |
F |
0.00 |
Numerical Grade |
Letter Grade |
Grade Point |
60% or above |
B |
3.00 |
55% to less than 60% |
B- |
2.75 |
50% to less than 55% |
C+ |
2.50 |
45% to less than 50% |
C |
2.25 |
40% to less than 45% |
D |
2.00 |
Less than 40% |
F |
0.00 |
The Improvement Examination of a course will carry 70% of the total mark assigned to the course and like the Semester Final/ Clearance Examinations, the rest of the mark will be entered in the mark sheet of the course from the record of the continuous assessment secured earlier by the student when he/she attended the classes of the semester. For appearing in the Improvement Examination of a course, the students are required to apply for enrollment in the prescribed application form available in the office of the Controller of Examinations at least four (4) days before the examination date of the course.
A student of a 4-year degree program can appear in the Improvement Examination in a maximum of 4 (four) courses while a student of a 5-year degree program can do the same in a maximum of 5 (five) courses in his/her student career at AUST.
Repeating Semester: A student failing in any sessional/practical course will have to repeat the semester. But a student failing in the course Surveying Practical may be promoted to the next higher class, if eligible. A student who remains absent in the classes of the course Surveying Practical due to reason acceptable to the authority of the University, will get another chance to attend the classes & pass the course along with the students of other batch in the next relevant semester. A student of a semester who fails to submit the report/thesis of the course Project/Thesis during the semester will have to enroll for the course in the subsequent semester of his/her submission of the report/thesis.
Financial Benefit for Students from Quota Students of Bachelor degree programs from Freedom Fighter (FF) and Remote and Underdeveloped Area (RA) Quota will have to pay the requisite fees to the University at the time of admission. But the students from FF quota will get refund the fees after verification of their FF certificates by the concerned Committee; and the students from RA Quota will get refund the fees after starting of classes. They will continue to get the benefit of full tuition fee free in the subsequent semesters through written application along with the grade sheet of their previous semesters.
However, students of FF and RA quota must have greater than 80% attendance in both theoretical and practical classes to avail the financial benefits. If a student from Quota fails to get promotion to the next higher semester or class attendance is less than 80%, he/she will not get the benefit of quota from the University.
GPA Requirements for Bachelor Undergraduate Programs
Financial Assistances for Undergraduate Programs
Foreign/International Students Foreign students willing to get admission in any undergraduate program of this university should fulfill the following requirements:
The total number of seats for foreign students in the Undergraduate program in each Semester is 25 which will be distributed among the departments proportional to their allocated seats.
Interested foreign candidate fulfilling the above requirements may download the Application Form from the university website (www.aust.edu). The scanned copy of the filled in Application Form then should be sent through e-mail to the Registrar of the university (regr@aust.edu) within the last date of application as mentioned in the advertisement for admission notice, available in the university website. The scanned copy of all the academic transcripts & certificates and 1 (one) recent colored photograph should be attached with the application. The candidates will be selected for admission strictly on merit basis from among the foreign applicants.
Candidates will be informed through email about their selection for admission and then they will have to arrange themselves their visa from the Embassy/High Commission of Bangladesh in their countries.
1st Semester at the time of admission: For Architecture/Engineering: $ 1500 and for BBA $ 1200. Each remaining Semester at the rate of $ 1200 for Architecture/ Engineering and for BBA $ 1000. The payment shall be made before the start of each Semester.
AUST does not have any residential facility in its own command for the students. However, the foreign students will be assisted in getting an accommodation at reasonable cost in the proximity of AUST campus.
The foreign students will have to abide by all other relevant rules and regulations of AUST.
A number of memoranda of understanding (MOU) have been signed between AUST and some foreign universities, viz.
The above MOUs would help the students of AUST avail the opportunity of admission in graduate and/or undergraduate studies in these universities.
For further query and information the intending foreign students may write to the Registrar of the University (email:regr@aust.edu).