Asian University for Women Grading System 2026: GPA & CGPA Guide

Quick answer: The Asian University for Women (AUW) grades on a US-style 4.00 scale, not the Bangladesh UGC scale. An A+ and an A are both worth 4.00, an A- is 3.70, a B+ is 3.30, a B is 3.00, and the scale runs down through D at 1.00 for 60 to 66 percent. Anything at 59 percent or below is an F, worth 0.00. Your trimester GPA is the credit-weighted average of your grade points for that term, and your CGPA is the same calculation run over every course you have taken at AUW. You need a CGPA of at least 2.00 to stay in good standing, and a trimester GPA below 2.00 starts the warning and probation ladder. That is the whole system in one paragraph. The rest of this guide shows you how to calculate it by hand, where students most often go wrong, and what to do about an F, a retake, or a CGPA target that is further away than it looks.

This guide is about one university only: the Asian University for Women in Chittagong, Bangladesh, whose official website is asian-university.org. It is an independent, international, women-only liberal arts university, chartered by an Act of the Parliament of Bangladesh in 2006, and it began operations in March 2008. It is not the Asian University of Bangladesh (AUB), a different university in Dhaka, and it is not any other institution with “Asian” in its name. If you are an AUB student, this guide does not apply to you: AUB follows the Bangladesh UGC pattern, while AUW follows its own US-style scale. Mixing the two up is the single most common grading mistake AUW students make, and this guide shows you exactly how much it costs.

Every rule in this guide comes from AUW’s own published Academic Bulletins, mainly the Academic Bulletin 2025-2026, cross-checked against the Academic Bulletin 2021-2022. Where a rule could not be verified in a document reviewed for this guide, it is marked UNVERIFIED, with a note on who to ask. Your transcript and the Academic Registry outrank any calculator, including ours.

Check Your AUW GPA With the Calculator

Before you work through the formulas, get a fast answer. Open the CGPA calculator and enter each course with its credit hours and its letter grade. AUW courses are typically worth 4 credits each, so enter 4 for a standard course unless your course outline says otherwise.

One warning belongs right here, before you trust any calculator output. Most generic GPA calculators default to either the plain US scale or the Bangladesh UGC scale. AUW’s scale matches the US plus/minus pattern for most grades, but it has two quirks that generic tools get wrong. First, AUW’s A+ and A are both worth 4.00, so there is no bonus for an A+ over an A. Some US calculators give A+ a value of 4.30, which would inflate your result. Second, AUW’s D band is unusually wide, covering 60 to 66 percent at 1.00, and there is no D- grade in the current scale. If your calculator offers a D- option, do not use it for AUW. The worked examples below use AUW’s exact points, so you can check any calculator result against them by hand. When in doubt, calculate it by hand once, then trust the calculator only if it matches.

There is no dedicated AUW calculator page on this site, so the homepage calculator is the tool to use. Enter your AUW letter grades and credits there, and use the AUW grade points from the table below, not the calculator’s default scale, if the two differ.

What AUW Is (and Which University This Guide Means)

The Asian University for Women is a women-only university in Chittagong, Bangladesh. It was founded to educate women from across Asia, many of them the first in their families to attend university, and its student body is deliberately international, drawn mainly from South, Southeast and West Asia and the Middle East. Undergraduate teaching is in English, and the degree is a liberal arts and sciences degree: students complete a core general-education program plus a major, and graduate with a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science.

The name confusion is real and worth a full paragraph, because it changes your GPA. The Asian University of Bangladesh (AUB) is a separate private university based in Dhaka, and it follows the UGC uniform grading pattern used by most Bangladeshi private universities: A+ 4.00, A 3.75, A- 3.50, B+ 3.25, B 3.00, and so on down to D at 2.00 for 40 to 44 percent. AUW does not use that pattern at all. AUW is governed by its own Charter, not by the UGC uniform scale, and its grade points come from its own Academic Bulletin. So if a search result, a friend, or a generic calculator hands you the UGC table for an “Asian University,” check the full name and the city first. AUW means Chittagong, women-only, and the US-style table in this guide. AUB means Dhaka, co-educational, and the UGC table. Getting this wrong does not just change a decimal: it changes every grade point in your calculation, and the error grows with every course you enter.

AUW’s academic year is now organised in trimesters, not semesters. The 2025-2026 Bulletin speaks of trimesters throughout, while older bulletins used semesters. The grading rules are the same either way, but if your older documents say “semester GPA,” read that as “trimester GPA” for current purposes. Students are expected to complete 40 credits (10 courses) per academic year, and no student may enrol in fewer than 12 credits (3 courses) per trimester.

The Official AUW Grading Table

The table below is AUW’s grading policy in force from the Fall 2019 trimester onward, confirmed unchanged in the Academic Bulletin 2025-2026. Percentages are guidelines: the Bulletin states that curves may be used to adjust actual percentages so that they match the descriptions set for a particular class. In practice, that means your instructor’s class curve can move a percentage boundary, but the grade points attached to each letter do not change.

Three features of this table deserve emphasis. First, A+ and A are worth exactly the same: 4.00. There is no extra credit for scoring 97 percent instead of 93 percent, so chasing an A+ over an A buys you nothing on your GPA, even though it looks better on a transcript. Second, the pass mark is 60 percent. A D at 60 to 66 percent still passes and still earns its credits, although at only 1.00 point it drags a GPA down hard. Third, there is no D- in the current scale. Students who studied at AUW before Fall 2019 will remember a different table: the pre-Fall 2019 scale gave A+ 4.30, split D into D+ 1.30, D 1.00 and D- 0.70, and used finer percentage bands. That old scale no longer applies, but it explains why alumni sometimes quote an A+ of 4.30. If you enrolled from Fall 2019 onward, use the table above and ignore the old one.

Some grades do not carry points at all. S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) is used for some pass/fail courses, such as certain internships and summer programs, and does not affect GPA. INC (Incomplete) is awarded only by faculty when a student has substantial equity in a course but cannot finish for reasons beyond her control; it is excluded from GPA calculation until it is resolved, and if the work is not completed within a maximum of six weeks, a grade is assigned based on work completed, which can become an F. W (Withdrew, with advisor permission beyond midterm) is excluded from GPA calculation. WF (withdrew or stopped attending without permission) is counted as an F, worth 0.00, and it does drag your GPA down. NA (Not attending) is a midterm-only marker and does not appear on transcripts. Only grades for courses taken at AUW are factored into an AUW GPA; transfer credits are a separate matter, covered below.

How AUW Calculates GPA and CGPA

AUW’s own Bulletin states the method in one sentence: to calculate a GPA, multiply the value of the grade received by the credit hours for the course, add up the total points, and divide by the total credits. The same formula, run over all your courses instead of one term’s courses, gives your CGPA. Written out:

GPA = (sum of grade points x credit hours for each course) / (total credit hours)

CGPA = (sum of grade points x credit hours for all courses taken at AUW) / (total credit hours taken at AUW)

AUW’s Bulletin even gives its own worked example, and it is worth repeating because it shows the rounding: four 4-credit courses graded A, B, C+ and F give quality points of 16, 12, 9.2 and 0, a total of 37.2 points over 16 credits, and 37.2 divided by 16 equals 2.325, reported as 2.33. Note two things in that example. The F course contributes its full 4 credits to the denominator while adding zero points, which is why a single F hurts so much. And the result is rounded to two decimal places, with 2.325 rounding up to 2.33. AUW reports GPAs to two decimal places on the transcript.

Credits matter as much as grades. A 4-credit course counts four times as much as a 1-credit course, and most AUW undergraduate courses carry 4 credits. That means one bad grade in a 4-credit course cannot be cancelled by a good grade in a 1-credit lab or activity course. When you plan a term, weight your effort by credits, not by the number of courses.

Worked Example 1: A Normal Trimester

Take a student, call her Farah, in a standard trimester with four 4-credit courses. Her grades are A in Economics, B+ in Statistics, B in Writing, and C+ in Environmental Science. Step by step:

• Economics: A = 4.00 points x 4 credits = 16.0 quality points
• Statistics: B+ = 3.30 points x 4 credits = 13.2 quality points
• Writing: B = 3.00 points x 4 credits = 12.0 quality points
• Environmental Science: C+ = 2.30 points x 4 credits = 9.2 quality points
• Total quality points: 16.0 + 13.2 + 12.0 + 9.2 = 50.4
• Total credits: 16
• Trimester GPA: 50.4 / 16 = 3.15

Farah’s trimester GPA is 3.15. That clears the 2.00 good-standing floor comfortably, but it is below the 3.50 needed for the Honor Roll, so no Honor Roll notation for this term. Notice how the C+ does most of the damage: swapping it for a B would have added 2.8 points and lifted the GPA to 3.33. When students ask why their GPA is lower than their “average grade” feels, the answer is almost always one low grade in a full-weight course, not a calculation error.

Worked Example 2: The F and Retake Trap

Now take a harder case, because this is where AUW’s rules genuinely surprise students. Another student, Nadia, takes four 4-credit courses and earns A, B, F and C.

• A = 4.00 x 4 = 16.0
• B = 3.00 x 4 = 12.0
• F = 0.00 x 4 = 0.0
• C = 2.00 x 4 = 8.0
• Total: 36.0 quality points over 16 credits = 2.25

Nadia’s trimester GPA is 2.25. She is above the 2.00 floor, but only just, and she has not earned the credits for the failed course. Now she retakes the failed course the next time it is offered and earns a B. AUW’s retake rule is strict and generous at the same time: for credit and GPA purposes, students may only retake courses in which they received an F (with an exception for major-related or major-required courses), all grades earned remain permanently on the academic record, but only the grade and credit recorded for the last time the course is repeated are used in the CGPA calculation. So Nadia’s corrected calculation replaces the F with the new B:

• A = 16.0, B = 12.0, retaken course B = 12.0, C = 8.0
• Total: 48.0 quality points over 16 credits = 3.00

Her CGPA contribution from those four courses jumps from 2.25 to 3.00. Here is the trap: many generic calculators do not replace the old grade. They average both attempts, counting the course twice, which gives (16.0 + 12.0 + 0.0 + 12.0 + 8.0) / 20 = 48.0 / 20 = 2.40. That is wrong for AUW, and it understates Nadia’s result by 0.60. If your calculator shows a number well below your transcript after a retake, this double-counting is the first thing to check.

The retake privilege is limited, so do not plan around it casually. A student who fails a required course must retake it when it is offered again, may take the required course a maximum of twice, and must pay for the course on a third attempt as well as consider revising her major selection. In general, a student cannot take more than 2 retake courses during her time as an undergraduate at AUW, regardless of the grade received, and exceptions need pre-approval from the Program Director and the Academic Registry with good reason. There is one more retake rule that catches strong students off guard: students who receive less than a C plain grade in Writing Intensive courses in both Core and Major must retake a course of similar category as soon as it is offered. A C- in a Writing Intensive course is therefore not just a low grade, it is a retake obligation. Confirm the current Writing Intensive list with your Program Director, because course categories change.

Worked Example 3: Target Planning, Including an Impossible Target

Target planning is where most CGPA arithmetic goes wrong, because students average GPAs instead of weighting them by credits. Suppose a student has completed 40 credits with a CGPA of 2.85. Her total quality points so far are 2.85 x 40 = 114.0. She has one 16-credit trimester left before an application deadline and wants to reach a CGPA of 3.50. Is it possible?

• Target total quality points: 3.50 x 56 credits = 196.0
• Points still needed: 196.0 – 114.0 = 82.0 over 16 credits
• Maximum possible in 16 credits: 16 x 4.00 = 64.0
• 82.0 is greater than 64.0, so the target is mathematically impossible, even with straight As.

This is not a motivational point, it is arithmetic. No amount of effort in one trimester can close a gap that is larger than the maximum points available. The honest next step is to check what straight As actually give: (114.0 + 64.0) / 56 = 178.0 / 56 = 3.18. So even a perfect trimester only lifts her to 3.18. That reframes the plan entirely: she should either extend the timeline, or aim for a reachable target and say so in her application.

Now check a reachable target for the same student: a CGPA of 3.00. She needs 3.00 x 56 = 168.0 total points, which means 168.0 – 114.0 = 54.0 points over 16 credits, an average of 3.375 per credit. That is achievable. One combination that gets there: A, A, B+ and C+ across four 4-credit courses, giving 16.0 + 16.0 + 13.2 + 9.2 = 54.4 points, a trimester GPA of 54.4 / 16 = 3.40, and a new CGPA of (114.0 + 54.4) / 56 = 168.4 / 56 = 3.01. The method is always the same: convert your current CGPA back into total quality points, work out the total points your target needs, subtract, and check whether the remainder fits inside the maximum your remaining credits allow. Never average two GPAs directly. Averaging 2.85 and a hoped-for 3.40 would give 3.13, which is wrong, because the two figures cover different numbers of credits.

The UGC Scale Trap: Why AUW Numbers Differ From Other Bangladeshi Universities

Because AUW sits in Bangladesh, students constantly find the UGC uniform scale online and assume it applies to them. It does not, and the difference is not trivial. Compare the two scales side by side for the grades where they diverge:

The UGC scale also has no C- or D+ grades, and its pass mark is 40 percent, not 60 percent. Take a concrete set of four 4-credit grades, A-, A-, B+ and B+, to see the size of the error. Under AUW points: (14.8 + 14.8 + 13.2 + 13.2) / 16 = 56.0 / 16 = 3.50. Under UGC points: (14.0 + 14.0 + 13.0 + 13.0) / 16 = 54.0 / 16 = 3.375, reported as 3.38. The same transcript reads 3.50 at AUW and 3.38 under the wrong scale, a gap of 0.12, and the gap runs the other way for C and D grades, where the UGC scale is more generous. An AUW student who reports a UGC-calculated CGPA on a scholarship or transfer application is reporting a number her transcript does not support, in either direction. If you are comparing AUW results with friends at other Bangladeshi universities, compare letter grades and credits, not CGPAs, because the two scales are not interchangeable. Guides for UGC-scale universities on this site, such as the CUST grading guide, the KKBAU grading guide, the NBIU grading guide, the Pundra grading guide, and the Brahmanbaria grading guide, use the UGC pattern and must not be used as the scale reference for AUW.

GPA vs CGPA: The Difference That Matters for Applications

Trimester GPA covers one term only. CGPA covers everything you have taken at AUW, weighted by credits. Employers, graduate schools and scholarship bodies almost always ask for the CGPA, because it is the whole record. The practical consequence is inertia: the more credits you have banked, the less any single trimester can move your CGPA. A first-trimester student can swing her CGPA dramatically with one strong or weak term, because 16 credits are the whole record. A final-year student with 100 credits banked will barely move her CGPA with one 16-credit term, however good it is. That is why the target-planning arithmetic in the previous section matters most in the final year, when students discover too late that the gap is unclosable in the time left.

There is one more distinction worth making. AUW’s transcript shows the letter grade for each course as well as trimester and cumulative GPAs. A CGPA of 3.20 built on steady Bs reads differently to a reader than the same 3.20 built on As mixed with Fs and retakes, even though the number is identical. Retaken courses stay visible on the record even though only the last grade counts in the CGPA, so a retake fixes the number but does not erase the history. For graduate applications, that is an argument for explaining a retake briefly rather than hoping nobody notices it.

Probation, Warning, and the 2.00 Floor

AUW requires a minimum GPA of 2.00 each trimester and a minimum CGPA of 2.00 to remain in good academic standing and to progress to the next term and year. Falling below 2.00 does not mean instant dismissal. It starts a ladder, and each rung is defined in the Bulletin:

• Early Warning: issued in any trimester in which a student’s GPA falls below 2.50, regardless of her CGPA. This is a nudge, not a punishment: the student is expected to contact her Academic Advisor and discuss what to do.
• Academic Alert: issued during a trimester for inadequate performance, excessive absences, or trouble with subject matter. It is recorded in the Student Information System but does not appear on the transcript.
• Academic Warning: issued when CGPA or trimester GPA falls below 2.00 after the trimester ends, or when GPA credits fall below 40 per academic year. The student must meet her Academic Advisor to plan a recovery.
• Academic Probation (Contract): applies when trimester GPA is below 2.00 for two consecutive trimesters, or CGPA is below 2.00, or the student has two or more Academic Warnings. The student signs a formal contract with the Chair of the Academic Actions Committee, her progress is monitored by her Academic Advisor, and her guardians are notified in writing or by phone. Probation is lifted only when both term GPA and CGPA meet the minimum standards within two trimesters.
• Exit: a student who does not fulfil her Probation Contract, or whose CGPA stays below 2.00 for two consecutive trimesters or more, may be exited from the University permanently, with an appeal to the Vice Chancellor possible only within the timeframe given in the expulsion notice.

Two points in that ladder are easy to miss. First, the Academic Actions Committee can place a student on probation without a prior Alert or Warning, and can act out of sequence depending on gravity, so a single very bad trimester is not automatically safe. Second, taking leave does not reset standing: a student who takes leave while on alert, probation or failing standing returns on the same status, and return after leave needs written approval from the Program Director, the Academic Advisor and the Dean of Students. Students below a 2.00 CGPA are not entitled to automatic readmission or automatic return from leave.

Honours: Honor Roll and Latin Honours

AUW recognises strong performance twice, once per term and once at graduation. Each trimester, a student makes the Honor Roll with a GPA of 3.50 or higher, provided she carried a full course load of at least 3 courses or 12 credits. The honour is noted on the official transcript. At graduation, Latin honours are inscribed on B.A. and B.Sc. diplomas based on CGPA, and CGPAs are not rounded for this purpose:

• Summa cum laude (highest honours): CGPA 3.90 or higher
• Magna cum laude (high honours): CGPA 3.75
• Cum laude (honours): CGPA 3.50

The no-rounding rule is the part students miss. A CGPA of 3.895 does not round up to 3.90 for summa cum laude, and a CGPA of 3.49 does not become 3.50 for cum laude. If you are sitting just below a honours threshold in your final year, that is exactly when the target-planning arithmetic from the worked example earns its keep: check how many quality points the threshold needs, and whether your remaining credits can supply them, before assuming one strong term will do it.

Attendance and the 25 Percent Rule

AUW’s attendance rule is blunt, and it can produce an F regardless of exam marks. Combined absences that exceed 25 percent of the total number of classes result in failing the course, whether the absences are excused or unexcused. This is a mandatory requirement for all courses, and the Add/Drop period is not counted in the timeframe. Excused absences include death in the immediate family for up to one week, hospitalisation for serious illness for up to two weeks, and AUW-sponsored events for up to one week. Weddings, family events outside the immediate family, and unauthorised conferences are unexcused. But the key point is that even excused absences count toward the 25 percent cap: an excused absence is forgiven in the sense that it is authorised, not in the sense that it is free. A student who misses more than a quarter of classes for an exceptional reason needs an absence recovery plan agreed with her faculty advisor and instructor, and the Academic Actions Committee reviews exceptional cases. Attendance is therefore a GPA issue, not just a discipline issue: a course failed on attendance contributes 0.00 points over its full credits, exactly like an academic F, and it consumes one of the two lifetime retakes if it has to be repeated.

Common Mistakes AUW Students Make

First, using the UGC scale. Covered above, and still the most common error, because UGC tables dominate Bangladeshi search results. Second, averaging GPAs instead of weighting by credits. A 3.00 over 16 credits and a 4.00 over 4 credits do not average to 3.50; the correct CGPA is (48.0 + 16.0) / 20 = 3.20. Third, counting both attempts of a retaken course. AUW counts only the last grade, so double-counting understates the CGPA. Fourth, treating W and WF as the same. A W is excluded from GPA calculation; a WF counts as an F. Withdrawing properly, with advisor permission, protects the GPA; simply stopping attendance does not. Fifth, assuming an A+ beats an A. At AUW both are 4.00, so effort spent pushing a 94 to a 98 is effort taken away from a course where a C could become a B, which is worth far more. Sixth, ignoring the 25 percent attendance cap until it is too late. Seventh, assuming percentages convert directly to grade points. AUW’s percentages are guidelines and classes may be curved, so a raw 88 percent does not automatically mean a B+; the letter grade on the transcript is what counts, and the grade point follows the letter.

Tips to Raise Your AUW CGPA

Weight your effort by credits and by distance from the next grade boundary. A course sitting at a B- where a small improvement reaches B+ gains 0.60 points per credit; a course sitting safely mid-B gains nothing for the same effort. Protect the 2.00 floor before chasing honours: one F costs far more than one A repays, because the F adds zero while consuming full credits in the denominator. Use the Honor Roll threshold of 3.50 as a term target rather than a vague “do better”: it is a concrete number with a transcript notation attached. If you are below 2.50 in a term, treat the Early Warning as the useful signal it is and see your Academic Advisor immediately, while there is still a term left to fix it, rather than after a Warning or Probation contract narrows your options. For transfer and graduate applications, remember that only AUW grades count in the AUW CGPA, and that transfer students need a minimum CGPA of 2.85 from their previous institution to be eligible for admission to AUW, with only courses graded C or higher considered for transfer credit, up to a maximum of 16 credits. Finally, keep your own spreadsheet of grades, credits and quality points, and reconcile it against your transcript every term. AUW’s own Bulletin advises students to check their transcripts regularly for discrepancies in grades, course names and credits earned, and a student who spots an error early has a far better chance of correcting it than one who finds it in the final year.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the AUW grading scale in 2026?

AUW uses a US-style 4.00 scale: A+ and A are both 4.00, A- 3.70, B+ 3.30, B 3.00, B- 2.70, C+ 2.30, C 2.00, C- 1.70, D+ 1.30, D 1.00, and F 0.00. The pass mark is 60 percent. The scale in force from Fall 2019 onward is confirmed unchanged in the Academic Bulletin 2025-2026.

Is AUW’s grading system the same as other Bangladeshi universities?

No. Most Bangladeshi public and private universities follow the UGC uniform scale, where A is 3.75, A- is 3.50, and D is 2.00 for 40 to 44 percent. AUW is chartered independently and uses its own US-style scale, where A is 4.00, A- is 3.70, and D is 1.00 for 60 to 66 percent. Do not use a UGC calculator or table for AUW grades.

How do I calculate my AUW CGPA?

Multiply each course’s grade points by its credit hours, add all the quality points, and divide by your total credit hours taken at AUW. For one term only, use just that term’s courses for a trimester GPA. Exclude W, INC and S/U grades from both the points and the credits. Count a WF as an F.

What happens if I fail a course at AUW?

The F contributes 0.00 points over its full credits, so it pulls your GPA down sharply. You may retake an F course, and only the last grade counts in your CGPA, although all grades stay on your record. You are limited to 2 retake courses in total as an undergraduate, a required course may be taken at most twice before a third attempt must be paid for, and failing a required course means retaking it when it is next offered.

What CGPA do I need to stay at AUW?

You need a trimester GPA of at least 2.00 and a CGPA of at least 2.00 to remain in good standing. Below 2.50 in a term triggers an Early Warning. Below 2.00 triggers an Academic Warning, then Probation under contract if it continues for two consecutive terms or the CGPA stays below 2.00, and continued failure to meet the contract can lead to exit from the University.

What CGPA do I need for honours at AUW?

For the trimester Honor Roll, a GPA of 3.50 or higher on a full load of at least 3 courses or 12 credits. For graduation Latin honours, a CGPA of 3.50 for cum laude, 3.75 for magna cum laude, and 3.90 or higher for summa cum laude. CGPAs are not rounded for Latin honours, so 3.89 does not qualify for summa cum laude.

Is AUW the same university as the Asian University of Bangladesh (AUB)?

No. The Asian University for Women (AUW) is a women-only international liberal arts university in Chittagong, chartered by Parliament in 2006. The Asian University of Bangladesh (AUB) is a separate co-educational private university in Dhaka. They have similar names, different cities, different charters, and different grading scales. This guide covers AUW only.

Conclusion

AUW’s grading system rewards students who understand it early. The scale itself is simple: a US-style plus/minus table capped at 4.00, with A+ and A worth the same, a 60 percent pass mark, and a wide D band. The complexity lives in the rules around the table: the 2.00 floor and its warning ladder, the retake limit of two courses with last-grade-counts, the WF trap, the 25 percent attendance cap, and the honours thresholds that do not round. Get those right, weight every calculation by credits, and check every result against your transcript, and your CGPA will never surprise you. If any rule in this guide differs from your current Academic Bulletin or your transcript, your Bulletin and transcript win, and the Academic Registry is the office to ask. Use the CGPA calculator for fast answers, but keep the hand calculation in this guide as your check.

Sources

• Asian University for Women, Academic Bulletin 2025-2026, asian-university.org – current grading policy table (A+ 4.00 through F 0.00), CGPA calculation method and worked example, symbols used in lieu of grades, retake and retake-limit rules, Writing Intensive retake rule, minimum 2.00 GPA and CGPA standards, Early Warning below 2.50, Academic Alert, Warning, Probation (Contract) and Exit ladder, 25 percent absence cap, Honor Roll at 3.50, Latin honours thresholds, transfer admission minimum CGPA 2.85 and 16-credit transfer maximum.
• Asian University for Women, Academic Bulletin 2021-2022, asian-university.org – pre-Fall 2019 grading scale (A+ 4.30, D- 0.70) for historical comparison, minimum 120 credits for degree completion, three semesters of physical education requirement, and the semester-era wording of the probation and attendance rules.
• Asian University for Women, Who Can Apply (admissions page), asian-university.org – women-only admissions, 10+2 requirement, 60 percent in English and Maths, transfer CGPA minimum of 2.85.
• University Grants Commission of Bangladesh, Uniform Recommended Grading System – the UGC scale (A+ 4.00, A 3.75, A- 3.50, B+ 3.25, B 3.00, B- 2.75, C+ 2.50, C 2.25, D 2.00, F 0.00) used only as the contrast scale in the UGC trap section; it does not apply to AUW.
• UNVERIFIED items, to confirm with the AUW Academic Registry before relying on them: the total credit requirement for current programs in the 2025-2026 Bulletin (the 120-credit figure above comes from the 2021-2022 Bulletin and the restructured current Bulletin states program credit structures per major rather than a single total); whether the three-semester physical education requirement still applies to current entrants; the current list of Writing Intensive courses; and any post-2025-2026 changes to grade bands or the probation ladder. If your handbook differs from this guide, your handbook wins.