1. Only candidates who are registered for the course and not disqualified from the examination or any part thereof are allowed to enter the examination hall/room.
2. No candidate is allowed to present himself or herself for any examination later than thirty minutes (30) after the commencement of the examination.
3. Candidates are not allowed to bring into the examination hall/room reference books (unless specified), booklets, diagrams or pieces of paper or any written material.
4. Candidates shall not bring out of the examination hall/room any answer books (used or unused) or question papers in cases where answers are written on the question paper itself.
5. Candidates are not allowed to communicate with one another in any manner while the examination is in progress. Candidates who wish to communicate with invigilators shall raise their hands.
6. Candidates are not allowed to leave the examination hall/room within half an hour after the examination has commenced, or within the last fifteen minutes before the end of the examination.
7. In ordinary circumstances candidates are not allowed to be given any additional time except if allowed by the Chief Invigilator.
8. Candidates must observe and obey all instructions given by the Chief Invigilator or invigilators in the conduct of examination.
9. Candidates are advised to go through the examination time-table carefully. Any additional instructions or change to the time-table will be notified to students.
10. Only candidates with valid Matriculation Cards will be allowed into the examination hall/room. Candidates without Matriculation Cards will not be allowed into the hall/room unless some proof of identification is produced.
11. Candidates are required to bring the registration confirmation slip as a proof of eligibility to sit for the examination.
12. Once candidates have taken their seats, they must:

1. Fill in the attendance slips and leave them on the right-hand corner of the table.
2. Place their Matriculation Cards and registration confirmation slips on top of the attendance lip for Invigilator’s inspection.

The attendance slips shall be collected by the Invigilators. Candidates are reminded to take back their respective Matriculation Cards and registration confirmation slip after they have been checked.

1. Candidates must fill in every information required (eg. matric no, section no, course code, course title, examiner’s name, etc) on the cover page of every answer book used. Candidates are not permitted to write their names on the answer books.
2. Candidates must follow all instructions printed on answer book. All rough work must be done on the answer book only. Candidates are warned not to tear off pages from the answer books or write on pieces of papers. All answer books, whether used or unused, must be left behind in the examination halls. Candidates must never take out any answer books/question paper where answers are written in it.
3. Writing pads, booklets, pieces of papers, pictures, purses or handbags or any article on which writing is possible cannot be brought into the examination halls except for stationery that is permitted by the Chief Invigilator. While in the examination hall/room, candidates must never receive books, papers, booklets or pictures of any kind from anyone, but they may receive these items from Invigilators authorised to do so by the Chief Invigilator.
4. The Chief Invigilator/Invigilator in-attendance will announce the end of an examination. After the announcement, all candidates must stop writing.
5. Candidates are responsible for placing all examination scripts on the table or as specified by the Chief Invigilator, at the end of the examination to be collected by the Invigilators. Any misplaced script will not be accepted for marking.

2. ELIGIBILITY FOR ENTRY TO EXAMINATION

1. No students shall be eligible to be admitted to any end-of-semester examination unless:

1. he or she is officially registered in such a course; and
2. he or she has fulfilled the required 80% of attendance and other requirements.

3. BARRING FROM EXAMINATION

1. Any student may be barred from taking the examination if:

1. he has failed to meet any of the above requirements for the eligibility for entry to an Examination.
2. He has committed a breach of any of the University Regulations.

1. Students barred from examination for a course will have to repeat the course immediately when it is offered.

4. ABSENCE FROM END-OF-SEMESTER EXAMINATION

1. A student who is absent without valid reasons acceptable by the University authorities will be deemed to have failed the course irrespective of the coursework marks. An "X" grade which is equivalent to an "F" will be recorded.

5.FAILURE IN A COURSE

1. A student who fails in a course, subject to the specific requirements of the Faculty and the curriculum of his or her programme of studies, may do either of the following.

1. Repeat the same course if the course is classified as "CORE" or "REQUIRED" course; or
2. Replace the course with another course if it is classified as "ELECTIVE" as determined by the Faculty.
3. Notwithstanding any provisions of these Regulations, a graduating student who obtains the minimum cumulative grade point average for graduation but fails in any course may be allowed to resit for that course subject to the following conditions:

1. the maximum number of courses is equivalent to 18 credit hours subject to the approval of the Dean of Faculty and beyond which the approval of the Deputy President (Academic) is required.
2. the student has registered for the course and obtained any of the following grades:

F-failed

X-absent without permission

CO-carried over

6. REPEAT OF FAILED COURSES

1. The number of times a student is allowed to repeat a required course is twice. The number of times a student can repeat an elective or optional course is only once and henceforth may only be allowed to replace such a course with another course.
2. A student has to repeat the course immediately when the course is offered. The monitoring is done by the Faculty. Such repeating may be full attendance at lectures or by independent study of or in any other way approved by the Dean of Faculty.
3. A student who repeats a course that he/she failed previously, the better grade will be used to compute the student's CGPA. If he/she fails in the same course for the second time or subsequent time, the 'F' grade will be used once to compute his/her CGPA.
4. Notwithstanding any other provisions of these Regulations, special permission can be given to final year students to repeat or resit a course which they have failed three times provided the CGPA is above 2.00

7. APPEAL AGAINST A GRADE

1. An appeal to recheck the marks (grade) of a course must be made in writing not later than four (4) weeks after the examination result is released. Any appeal after that may not be considered.
2. An appeal should state clearly the course code(s) and the course title(s) for which

the appeal is being made.

7.3 The student shall pay non-refundable administrative fee of RM100.00 for each course that he or she appealing against.

7.4 Upon receipt of the letter of appeal the Dean may then form a panel of examiners to re-mark the examination answer script.

7.5 The panel members shall consist of Head/Coordinator of the respective area, the course instructor, and at least one other course instructor in similar or related area.

7.6 The grade awarded by the panel, after being endorsed by the University’s Senate, shall be conveyed to the student and recorded in the student’s record/transcript.

7.7 The decision made by the University’s Senate is considered final and further appeal may not be entertained.

8.1 Special examination may be allowed for students absent from end-of-semester examination on medical/psychological grounds and have been duly certified by medical officer authorised by Universiti Tun Abdul Razak or in case of serious emergencies. If such illness or emergencies are not verified by relevant authorities within seven (7) days of the scheduled examination, the Academic Affairs Department will record an examination grade of "X" is equivalent to an "F" grade. Where a student whose absence from final examination is excused, the Faculty Board of Examination may authorise special examination in the third week of the following semester unless studies leave is granted.

9.1 Answer scripts for all examinations in courses required for the award of Certificates, Diploma, Bachelor or Postgraduate Degree shall be deposited at the Study Centre for safekeeping.

9.2 The Study Centre shall keep the answer scripts for at least three months after the announcement of the examination results.

9.3 All answer scripts shall be destroyed after the period of safekeeping as stipulated in 9.2

9.4 If a student appeals against a result of an examination, the answer script of the said examination shall not be destroyed except after the Senate has endorsed the result of the appeal.

12 October 1998