AKTU B.Tech Honors Degree – Statement of Procedure for Honors Degree (PDF)

Purpose

1. To expand the domain knowledge of the students laterally and vertically.
2. To gain in-depth skills in specific sub domain of the core-discipline to pursue research and increase the employability quotient.
3. To make students more prepared in terms of skills and analytical approach to pursue their higher studies in wider range of specializations

Honors degree

1. An Honors degree can be acquired by pursuing any one of the many Honors Tracks offered by the University
2. An Honors Track is a defined as an ORDERED SEQUENCE of Five (5) courses constituting 18-20 credits aimed to give a reasonable depth to the student in certain sub-domain of the major discipline.
3. Honors Track courses will be spread from 4th to 8th semester of the B.Tech. Program.
4. Credits earned through Honors Track will be in addition to the essential Credits (>=160 Credits) to be earned for the regular B. Tech. Program.

Status of AICTE Approval

University may offer AICTE suggested Honors tracks or may design their own Honors Tracks. No separate approval is required from AICTE for Honors degree.

Eligibility for Registration

1. Registration to the Honors Track will be done in 4th Semester provided interested students possess a YGPA of 7.5 or above upto FIRST YEAR with all courses passed in one attempt without grace. In case of Lateral Entry, he/she would be required to have minimum CGPA of 7.5 or 75 percent marks, as the case may be, in his/her entry level qualifying degree.
2. One may opt to register for maximum ONLY ONE Track (out of all Minor Tracks and Honors Tracks) or None.

Example Honors Degree Name

B.Tech. (Hons) in Computer Science and Engineering with specialization in Cyber Security

Award of Honors Degree [ B.Tech. (Hons) ]

1. One will be eligible for award of Honors Degree, if he completes all the courses of chosen Honors Track.
2. There will be no transfer of credit from Honors track to regular B.Tech degree Course of major discipline or vice-versa.
3. All the courses of Honors Track have to be completed in one attempt.
4. One can graduate with Honors degree only if he/she fulfills the requirement for award of the his/her regular B.Tech. degree.
5. The Honors degree must be simultaneously completed along with major degree. A student can not earn Honors degree later, if he/she has already completed and earned his regular B.Tech. degree.
6. Registration to the Honors degree will be valid only if registration to Regular B.Tech. degree exists. If one drops the registration to regular B.Tech. degree Program or completes the regular B.Tech. program, he/she will not be allowed to pursue his/her Honors degree.
7. If a student, who have registered for Honors Track, fails in any of the course of Honors Track, his registration for Honors track will cease to be active. Such a students will no more be eligible for award of the Honors degree. However, he/she will continue to be eligible for award of his/her regular B.Tech. degree.
8. Moreover, in such cases where one is not able to complete the Honors Track, the credits earned by the students through the Honors Track would be recorded as Extra Credit on the mark sheet.
9. CGPA of the Honors degree and regular B.Tech. degree would be calculated separately and mentioned on the Mark Sheet separately. The CGPA obtained in the major degree would be treated as CGPA of the program without including accumulated grades from Honors Track.
10. Honors degree will be awarded only if student obtains cumulative CGPA of 7.5 or above AND passes all the subjects in ONE attempt without Grace in both the Honors Track as well as his/her regular B.Tech. Degree separately. The division will be awarded based upon the performance in the regular B. Tech. program only.

Registration Fee

No additional Tuition Fee will be charged from the students registering for Honors Degree. Although, only a nominal token fee (non-refundable) of Rs 100=00 per semester must be charged to confirm the active registration in each of the semester having Honors course.

Record Keeping

The institute and the University shall maintain the detailed record (Honors program wise as well as parent branch wise) of the students enrolled for the Honors degree.