Dear Students,

I am writing to inform you about some very important changes that have taken place in your academic
environment. The Higher Education Commission has recently circulated a Semester Guidelines
document that has been adopted completely by Virtual University of Pakistan. Two major changes, that
will be beneficial for our students are:
1. Grading on the curve for courses having a large number of students. This means that instead of
absolute grades, you will now be competing with one another. All students will benefit from this
while maintaining relative positions in their respective courses.
2. The CGPA requirements for graduating from all programs equivalent to 14 or 16 years of
education will now be 2.0 while the CGPA requirement for MS level programs, equivalent to 18
years of education, will henceforth be 2.5.
Overall, we are very confident that Virtual University graduates attain a higher level of understanding in
their respective disciplines as compared to students from many conventional universities. The adoption
of above measures will also ensure that their grades and CGPA become commensurate with their
academic achievements. You will be able to see the effect in the result announcement of the Fall 2013
semester.
If you have any questions, please feel free to write to us at GradingOnCurve@vu.edu.pk. As always, our
students welfare comes first and we will try to answer all your queries.
With best regards,
Dr. Naveed A. Malik
Rector