Credit Transfer and Exemption
The application for credit transfer will be submitted by the student on a required form supported by the following document.
The course outline and teaching plan of the course that was completed in a different University/Institution and which is being nominated for credit transfer.
The course contact hours and the name of the faculty who taught the course along with the relevant grades.
Transfer Students
The determination of acceptability of credit for course work completed at another recognized Institution of higher learning is made solely at the discretion of Iqra University. The evaluation of any course work or examination from another Institution for acceptance by the university will be based only on an official transcript from the institution originally offering the course work or exam.
- Credit is not given for grades lower than a B or 75%.
- All prospective transfer student’s must complete Iqra University’s entrance requirements.
- Grades from other institutions are not included in the calculation of Iqra University grade point average.
- Principally the maximum credits for work done before joining Iqra University will be considered only up to 50% of the Bachelor’s and Master’s program to which the application is being made.
- The course work being sought for credit transfer has been completed at an HEC recognized educational institution.
- Credit Transfer cases will not be entertained after a student has started the program of study.
- Remedial, vocational, technical, highly specialized and personal development courses are not accepted for credit.
- All transfer courses taken at Bachelor level from Polytechnic Institutions with degree awarding status and foreign community Institutes that can award degrees will be reviewed individually by the Head of the Department and any transfers must be approved by the Dean.
- Students are advised to check with the Admissions Office and Head of Department to determine the acceptability of credit from other Institutions.
- Acceptability of transfer credits to a student’s academic curriculum is determined by the Head of the Department where theapplication is being made.
Conditions for Course Transfer
- If any student is awarded with exemption in any of his course based on his past academic or work orientation than that course will be replaced by another course. The course exemption will not reduce the total number of required courses or credit hours.
- A lower level degree course is non transferable to higher level degree program such as a course done at Bachelors level is non transferable to Masters Program.
- A course exempted elsewhere is non transferable unless it is pursued as a regular course.
Course Exemption
- If any student is awarded with exemption in any of his course based on his past academic or work orientation than that course will be replaced by another course. The course exemption will not reduce the total number of required courses or credit hours.
- The decision of the Head of the Department in accepting or rejecting a case of course exemption will be final.
- In case of exemption, a course exemption form must be duky filled.