Quick answer: Cox’s Bazar International University (CBIU) grades on a 4.00 scale. Your marks in each course convert to a letter grade and a grade point — A+ is 4.00 (80% and above), A is 3.75, A- is 3.50, down through D at 2.00, and F is 0.00 below 40%. Your semester GPA is the credit-weighted average of those grade points, and your CGPA is the credit-weighted average across every semester you have completed. One fact to keep in mind before you trust any number on this page: CBIU publishes its marks split (attendance 10, class tests 10, assignment 10, mid-term 20, final 50) but it does not publish its own letter-grade table on its website. The table below is the UGC Bangladesh uniform 4.00 scale — the national reference every UGC-approved private university in Bangladesh follows — and this guide labels every rule CBIU has not published so you know exactly what is verified and what you should confirm with your department. If you are still fuzzy on the terms themselves, start with the free CGPAPro GPA calculator and come back here for the numbers that apply to CBIU.
Which “CBIU” is this guide about?
Several institutions in Cox’s Bazar get mixed up in search results, so read this first. This guide is ONLY about Cox’s Bazar International University (CBIU) — the private university at Kolatoli Circle, Cox’s Bazar, established in 2013, approved by the Ministry of Education and the University Grants Commission (UGC), website cbiu.ac.bd. It is NOT about Cox’s Bazar Govt. College, the government college (established 1962) affiliated with National University — that college follows the National University grading system, which is different from CBIU’s. It is NOT about Cox’s Bazar City College, Cox’s Bazar Govt. Mahila College or Cox’s Bazar Commerce College, and it is NOT about Cox’s Bazar Medical College, which follows MBBS grading. If any of those is your institution, stop here — the tables below are for CBIU only.
Check Your CBIU GPA With the Calculator
Reading a grade table is one thing; trusting your own arithmetic under exam-season stress is another. The fastest way to verify your semester GPA is to punch your courses into a calculator that already uses the UGC Bangladesh scale CBIU’s grading follows.
Here is the exact workflow, using the same five courses as Worked Example 1 below so you can check every number twice:
- Open the CGPAPro GPA calculator and make sure the grade scale is set to UGC Bangladesh (A+ = 4.00, A = 3.75, and so on — the scale used below). There is no separate CBIU calculator on the site, because CBIU follows the same UGC scale, so the homepage calculator is the right tool.
- Click + Add Course once per course. Type the course code and its credit hours — most CBIU theory courses are 3 credits, and CSE lab courses can be 1 credit, so read each row of your registration card carefully.
- Pick the letter grade you earned (or expect) in each row from the dropdown.
- Read Semester GPA. For the five courses in Worked Example 1 it is 3.50.
The calculator ignores blank rows, so add exactly as many rows as you have graded courses. If a course shows I (Incomplete) or W (Withdrawn), leave it out of the calculation — and note that CBIU has not published its own rules for I and W grades, so confirm how your department treats them before you trust any number that includes them.
What CBIU Is, in One Paragraph
Cox’s Bazar International University was established in 2013 and is the first private university in Cox’s Bazar District. Academic activities began in January 2014 after approval from the Ministry of Education and the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh. The university was founded by Lion Mohammed Muzibur Rahman, and its campus sits at Kolatoli Circle in Cox’s Bazar city, beside the world’s longest natural sea beach. The current Vice-Chancellor is Golam Kibrea Bhuiyan. CBIU runs undergraduate and postgraduate programmes through its faculties of Arts and Social Sciences, Business Administration, Law, and Science, Engineering and Technology — BBA, LL.B., B.Sc. in CSE, BA (Hon’s) in English, BA (Hon’s) in Islamic Studies, Bachelor of Hospitality and Tourism Management (BHTM), MBA, MA in English and MA in Islamic Studies. Its motto is “Enlightening Tomorrow”. You can verify all of this on the university’s own About page at cbiu.ac.bd/about. CBIU is also the southernmost university in Bangladesh, and for many students in the Cox’s Bazar region it is the only private university within reach — which is exactly why a clear grading guide matters: there is no other local source to ask.
How CBIU Marks Each Course: the 100-Mark Split
Before any letter grade exists, CBIU scores every course out of 100 marks. This part is published on the university’s own programme pages — the same split appears on the pages for Islamic Studies, Law, Hospitality and Tourism Management, MBA and CSE — so it is verified, not assumed. Half of your marks come from continuous assessment during the semester and half from the final examination.
| Component | Marks | Share of the course |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance and Behavior | 10 | 10% |
| Class Tests | 10 | 10% |
| Assignment | 10 | 10% |
| Mid-Term Exam | 20 | 20% |
| Final Examination | 50 | 50% |
| Total | 100 | 100% |
Two things about this split change how you should study. First, 30 of your 100 marks — attendance, class tests and assignment — are decided before the mid-term even happens. A student who treats the first half of the semester casually has already given away nearly a third of the course. Second, the final examination is worth 50 marks, exactly as much as everything else combined, so a strong final can rescue a weak mid-term but cannot rescue a semester of missed classes and skipped assignments. Here is what the split looks like on a real course, worked out mark by mark:
A BBA student scores 9 out of 10 for attendance, 8 out of 10 for class tests, 9 out of 10 for assignment, 16 out of 20 in the mid-term and 42 out of 50 in the final. Add them up: 9 + 8 = 17, plus 9 = 26, plus 16 = 42, plus 42 = 84. The course total is 84 out of 100, which falls in the 80-100 band, so the letter grade is A+ and the grade point is 4.00. Notice how the final exam did the heavy lifting here — 42 of the 84 marks came from it — but the 26 marks banked before the mid-term are what pushed the total over the 80 line. Drop the assignment to 4 out of 10 and the same final-exam performance gives 79, which is an A at 3.75 instead of an A+ at 4.00. That is the real cost of a skipped assignment: one grade step, every semester, in every course where it happens.
The CBIU Grading Table: UGC Bangladesh 4.00 Scale
Here is the table that turns your 100-mark course total into a letter grade and a grade point. CBIU does not publish a letter-grade table on its website, so this is the UGC Bangladesh uniform 4.00 scale — the national reference scale used by UGC-approved universities in Bangladesh, and the same scale built into the CGPAPro homepage calculator. Use it, but confirm the exact bands against your department handbook or your transcript, because CBIU’s own grade bands are not publicly posted.
| Marks (%) | Letter grade | Grade point | Standing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80 – 100 | A+ | 4.00 | Excellent |
| 75 – 79 | A | 3.75 | Excellent |
| 70 – 74 | A- | 3.50 | Excellent |
| 65 – 69 | B+ | 3.25 | Good |
| 60 – 64 | B | 3.00 | Good |
| 55 – 59 | B- | 2.75 | Good |
| 50 – 54 | C+ | 2.50 | Fair |
| 45 – 49 | C | 2.25 | Fair |
| 40 – 44 | D | 2.00 | Pass |
| Below 40 | F | 0.00 | Fail |
Three things about this table trip students up every semester. First, the bands are five marks wide, not ten: the difference between an A and an A+ is 80 versus 79, a single mark. Second, the grade points are not evenly spaced the way the North American scale is. On the UGC scale, A- is 3.50 and B+ is 3.25 — not 3.67 and 3.33 the way UIU, NSU and BRAC grade. If you borrow a calculator built for one of those universities, every A- and B+ in your transcript will be wrong. Third, the pass line is 40 marks: a D at 2.00 still passes and still earns credit, while anything below 40 is an F at 0.00 and earns no credit. One naming note: some secondary sources label the 40-44 band “C-” instead of “D”. The grade point is 2.00 either way, so your GPA is unaffected — but if your transcript says C-, do not panic, it is the same band.
How do these letter grades translate into degree classes? Bangladesh uses the long-standing convention of First Class for CGPA 3.00 to 4.00, Second Class for 2.25 to 2.99, and Third Class for 2.00 to 2.24. CBIU publishes no class bands of its own, so treat these as the national convention rather than a CBIU rule — but they are the bands employers and scholarship committees in Bangladesh actually use when they read your CGPA, so they are worth knowing. A 3.00 is not just a number; it is the line between First Class and Second Class, and it matters for government jobs, for higher-study applications and for many scholarships.
How to Calculate Your CBIU GPA, Step by Step
The calculation has four steps and no shortcuts. Do it once by hand so you understand it, then use the calculator for speed.
Step 1: Convert each course’s marks to a letter grade. Take your 100-mark total for a course and find its band in the table above. 84 marks is A+, 72 marks is A-, 58 marks is B-. Write the letter grade next to the course.
Step 2: Convert each letter grade to a grade point. A+ is 4.00, A is 3.75, A- is 3.50, B+ is 3.25, B is 3.00, B- is 2.75, C+ is 2.50, C is 2.25, D is 2.00, F is 0.00. This is the only step where a wrong scale ruins everything — double-check that you are using the UGC values, not the 3.67 / 3.33 values from the North American scale.
Step 3: Multiply grade point by credit hours for each course. A 3-credit course with an A (3.75) earns 3 x 3.75 = 11.25 grade points. A 1-credit lab with an A+ earns 1 x 4.00 = 4.00 grade points. This multiplication is why credits matter: a 3-credit A+ pulls your GPA three times as hard as a 1-credit A+.
Step 4: Add up all the grade points, add up all the credits, and divide. Semester GPA = total grade points divided by total credits attempted. That is the whole formula, and the worked examples below show it with real numbers.
The GPA and CGPA Formulas
Semester GPA = (sum of grade point x credits for each course) / (total credits in the semester)
CGPA = (sum of grade point x credits for ALL courses completed so far) / (total credits completed so far)
The two formulas look almost identical, and the difference is the only thing that matters: GPA covers one semester, CGPA covers everything. A CGPA is not the average of your semester GPAs — it is the average of all your courses weighted by credits. If one semester had 15 credits and the next had 18, the 18-credit semester counts more. Students who average their two semester GPAs (3.50 + 3.60) / 2 = 3.55 get lucky when both semesters have equal credits, and get the wrong answer whenever they do not. Worked Example 2 below shows the correct way.
Worked Example 1: Semester GPA of Exactly 3.50
Take a first-semester BBA student with five 3-credit courses. Here are the courses, the grades, and every multiplication:
| Course | Credits | Grade | Grade point | Points (credits x point) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENG 101 – English | 3 | A+ | 4.00 | 3 x 4.00 = 12.00 |
| MGT 101 – Principles of Management | 3 | A | 3.75 | 3 x 3.75 = 11.25 |
| ACC 101 – Financial Accounting | 3 | B+ | 3.25 | 3 x 3.25 = 9.75 |
| MKT 201 – Principles of Marketing | 3 | B | 3.00 | 3 x 3.00 = 9.00 |
| ECO 101 – Microeconomics | 3 | A- | 3.50 | 3 x 3.50 = 10.50 |
| Total | 15 | 52.50 |
Add the points column: 12.00 + 11.25 = 23.25, plus 9.75 = 33.00, plus 9.00 = 42.00, plus 10.50 = 52.50. Total credits: 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 15. Semester GPA = 52.50 / 15 = 3.50. Check it backwards: 15 x 3.50 = 52.50, so the division is exact. This is a strong first semester — comfortably First Class — and it is the same set of five courses the calculator workflow at the top of this guide uses, so type them into the CGPAPro calculator and confirm that it also shows 3.50.
Worked Example 2: CGPA After Two Semesters (3.55)
Now the same student finishes a second semester with 15 more credits and a semester GPA of 3.60. How is that 3.60 built? Five more 3-credit courses: two A+ grades (3 x 4.00 = 12.00 each), one A (3 x 3.75 = 11.25), one B+ (3 x 3.25 = 9.75) and one B (3 x 3.00 = 9.00). Add them: 12.00 + 12.00 = 24.00, plus 11.25 = 35.25, plus 9.75 = 45.00, plus 9.00 = 54.00. Semester 2 GPA = 54.00 / 15 = 3.60. Check: 15 x 3.60 = 54.00.
Now combine both semesters for the CGPA. Do not average 3.50 and 3.60 — weight by credits:
- Semester 1: 15 credits x 3.50 = 52.50 grade points.
- Semester 2: 15 credits x 3.60 = 54.00 grade points.
- Total grade points: 52.50 + 54.00 = 106.50.
- Total credits: 15 + 15 = 30.
- CGPA = 106.50 / 30 = 3.55.
Check: 30 x 3.55 = 106.50, exact. In this case the simple average (3.50 + 3.60) / 2 = 3.55 gives the same answer, but only because both semesters had the same 15 credits. If semester 2 had 18 credits, the simple average would be wrong and the credit-weighted calculation would be the only correct one.
Worked Example 3: What One F Grade Costs
This is the example that changes how students think about failing a course. Take the same five courses from Worked Example 1, but this time ECO 101 is an F instead of an A-:
| Course | Credits | Grade | Grade point | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENG 101 – English | 3 | A+ | 4.00 | 12.00 |
| MGT 101 – Principles of Management | 3 | A | 3.75 | 11.25 |
| ACC 101 – Financial Accounting | 3 | B+ | 3.25 | 9.75 |
| MKT 201 – Principles of Marketing | 3 | B | 3.00 | 9.00 |
| ECO 101 – Microeconomics | 3 | F | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Total | 15 | 42.00 |
Semester GPA = 42.00 / 15 = 2.80. Check: 15 x 2.80 = 42.00. The same four good grades that produced a 3.50 now produce a 2.80 — a drop of 0.70 in a single course. The F contributes zero points but its 3 credits stay in the divisor, which is what makes it so expensive. This is the standard UGC treatment: an F earns 0.00 grade points and its credits count in the GPA divisor. CBIU itself has not published an F-grade rule, so confirm this with your department — some universities exclude F credits from the divisor, which would give a very different number — but if CBIU follows the standard treatment, this is the damage. The lesson is practical: one failed course does not just cost you the retake fee and the extra semester, it drags a First Class semester down to Second Class in one move.
Worked Example 4: Planning a CGPA Comeback
Suppose you have finished 60 credits with a CGPA of 3.40 and you want to reach 3.50 by the end of next semester, when you will have 75 credits. Is it possible, and what semester GPA do you need?
- Points earned so far: 60 credits x 3.40 = 204.00.
- Points needed for a 3.50 CGPA at 75 credits: 75 x 3.50 = 262.50.
- Points needed next semester: 262.50 – 204.00 = 58.50.
- Required semester GPA over 15 credits: 58.50 / 15 = 3.90.
Check: 204.00 + 58.50 = 262.50, and 262.50 / 75 = 3.50. A 3.90 semester GPA is hard but not impossible — four A+ grades and one A in five 3-credit courses gives 12.00 + 12.00 + 12.00 + 12.00 + 11.25 = 59.25 points, which is more than the 58.50 needed. The point of this example is the opposite direction: the earlier you are in your degree, the easier a CGPA target is to reach, because each new semester is a bigger share of your total credits. After 100 credits, the same 0.10 lift needs a near-perfect semester. Do this calculation before you set a target, not after the semester ends.
GPA vs CGPA: the Difference That Confuses Everyone
GPA is one semester. CGPA is everything so far. That is the whole difference, but three confusions follow from it. First, your CGPA moves slowly: after 60 credits, one brilliant 15-credit semester moves it by only a fraction, which is why Worked Example 4 needed a 3.90 to lift a 3.40 by just 0.10. Second, your GPA can be perfect while your CGPA is ordinary, and employers and scholarship committees look at the CGPA, not your best semester. Third, the two numbers are calculated the same way — total points divided by total credits — so if you can do one, you can do the other; the only change is which courses you include. A useful habit: after every semester, write down three numbers — that semester’s GPA, your total credits so far, and your CGPA. If you only track the GPA, you will be surprised by the CGPA at graduation.
How Many Credits Does a CBIU Degree Need?
Your CGPA denominator is your total credits, so you need to know the target. These totals come from CBIU’s own programme pages, verified in October 2026:
| Programme | Total credits | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| BBA | 132 | 4 years, 8 semesters |
| B.Sc. in CSE | 145 | 4 years, 8 semesters |
| LL.B. (Honours) | 132 | 4 years, 8 semesters |
| BA (Hon’s) in English | 132 | 4 years, 8 semesters |
| BA (Hon’s) in Islamic Studies | 132 | 4 years, 8 semesters |
| BHTM | 130 | 4 years, 8 semesters |
| MBA (2-year track) | 71 | 2 years |
| MBA (1.5-year track) | 55 | 1.5 years |
| MBA (1-year track) | 40 | 1 year |
A few details worth knowing. The LL.B., English and Islamic Studies degrees are built the same way: 33 core subjects worth 99 credits plus 11 general education subjects worth 33 credits, 44 subjects in total. CSE is the heaviest undergraduate degree at 145 credits, with 104 core credits (77 theory plus 27 lab) and a 4-credit thesis or project. BHTM includes a viva-voce and an internship alongside its 130 credits. The MBA scales with your background: 71 credits over two years if you are coming from a non-business bachelor’s, 55 over 18 months, or 40 over one year if you already hold a BBA — in every track the major courses are 30 credits plus a viva, a thesis and a defense. Two intakes a year, January and July, and English is the medium of instruction (Islamic Studies uses Arabic and English). If you want to compare how another private university structures the same calculation, the BAIUST grading guide and the Asian University of Bangladesh grading guide use the same UGC scale with their own credit totals, which makes the comparison clean.
Admission GPA Rules You Should Know Before You Enrol
Your university GPA starts at zero, but your SSC and HSC GPA decide whether you get in at all. CBIU’s published entry requirements are: minimum GPA 2.50 in both SSC and HSC (or 2nd Division), or a combined GPA of 6.00 with at least GPA 2.00 in each examination. Children of freedom fighters need a combined GPA of 5.00. O-level applicants need at least 5 subjects with no grade E, A-level applicants need at least 2 subjects with no grade E, and at least four C grades across O and A levels combined. One programme is stricter than the rest: LL.B. requires a minimum combined GPA of 5.00 with at least GPA 2.50 in each of SSC and HSC. If you are applying to Law with a combined 6.00 built from a 2.00 and a 4.00, you do not meet the Law requirement even though you meet the general one. Check the programme page for your subject, not just the general admission page. The BBA programme page lists the 132-credit structure and the same entry rules, and it is a good model for how every CBIU programme page is laid out.
What CBIU Has Not Published (Read This Before You Trust Any Other Source)
This section is the most important one in the guide, because it is where other websites go wrong. As of October 2026, CBIU does not publish any of the following on its website, and no reliable secondary source states them either:
- Retake and improvement rules. There is no published rule on how many times you can retake a course, whether the better grade or the latest grade counts, or whether there is a cap on the improved grade. Other private universities in Bangladesh handle this very differently — some count the better grade, some cap improvement at B or B+, some allow only one retake — so do not assume any of them applies to CBIU.
- Probation and dismissal rules. No published CGPA threshold for academic probation, and no published rule on how many semesters you get to recover.
- Graduation CGPA floor. The standard floor at UGC-approved universities is a CGPA of 2.00, and it is very likely CBIU uses it, but CBIU has not published it, so treat 2.00 as the expected floor, not a confirmed one.
- Dean’s List or Vice-Chancellor’s List. No published thresholds. Do not trust any website that quotes a CBIU Dean’s List CGPA — it is guessing.
- Attendance percentage rule. Attendance is worth 10 marks per course, which is published, but no minimum attendance percentage to sit for the final exam is published.
- F-grade treatment. As explained in Worked Example 3, this guide uses the standard UGC treatment (F = 0.00, credits stay in the divisor). CBIU has not confirmed it.
If any of these rules affects a decision you are about to make — retaking a course, carrying a failed course into next semester, or planning around probation — ask the Registrar’s office or the Controller of Examinations directly. The university’s published contact is +8801762686275 and [email protected]. A five-minute phone call beats a semester of acting on a rule that does not exist. For comparison, universities that do publish these rules in full include BAIUST and Gono Bishwabidyalay — the Gono grading guide shows what a fully published rulebook looks like, including an F-exclusion rule and a retake cap, which is a useful reminder that every university’s rules are genuinely different.
Common Mistakes CBIU Students Make
Mistake 1: Using the wrong grade scale. The North American scale (A- = 3.67, B+ = 3.33) and the UIU/NSU scale look similar to the UGC scale but give different GPAs. On the UGC scale your A- is 3.50, not 3.67. Over a full semester, the wrong scale can inflate or deflate your GPA by 0.10 or more. Always check which scale your calculator uses.
Mistake 2: Averaging semester GPAs instead of weighting by credits. (3.50 + 3.60) / 2 works only when both semesters have equal credits. With 15 credits in one semester and 18 in the next, the simple average is wrong. Use total points divided by total credits, every time.
Mistake 3: Forgetting that the 30 pre-mid-term marks are real marks. Attendance, class tests and assignment are 30% of every course. Students who skip them and then “study hard for the final” have capped themselves at 70 before the final even starts — and 70 total marks is an A-, not an A+.
Mistake 4: Treating a D as a failure. A D at 2.00 (40-44 marks) passes and earns credit. It is a weak grade and it drags your GPA, but it is not an F, and you do not need to retake the course to graduate unless your department requires a higher grade in that specific course. Check before you pay a retake fee for a course you have already passed.
Mistake 5: Ignoring credit weight when choosing effort. A 3-credit course moves your GPA three times as much as a 1-credit lab. When two deadlines collide, the 3-credit course deserves the extra hour.
Mistake 6: Trusting a CBIU rule you read on a random website. CBIU has not published retake, probation or Dean’s List rules. Any site that quotes them for CBIU is inventing them. The BUFT grading guide and the University of Development Alternative grading guide both flag their own unverified rules the same way — it is a habit worth copying, because the cost of a wrong rule is a wasted semester.
Tips to Raise Your CBIU CGPA
First, bank the 30 continuous-assessment marks. Attendance and assignments are the cheapest grade points in the whole system: they reward showing up and submitting on time, not brilliance. Second, protect the 80-mark line. The jump from 79 to 80 is worth 0.25 grade points (A at 3.75 to A+ at 4.00), while the jump from 75 to 79 is worth nothing at all — both are an A at 3.75. Third, fix one course at a time. Raising a single 3-credit B to an A adds 2.25 points to your semester total (3 credits x 0.75 grade points), which on 15 credits is 0.15 GPA — small on its own, but do it in five courses in one semester and your semester GPA rises by 0.75. Fourth, run the comeback calculation from Worked Example 4 before every semester, so you know the exact semester GPA your target requires instead of hoping. Fifth, keep a simple spreadsheet: course, credits, marks, letter grade, points. Ten minutes after results day saves hours of confusion at graduation.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the grading system of Cox’s Bazar International University?
CBIU grades on a 4.00 scale following the UGC Bangladesh uniform grading system. Marks from 80-100 earn A+ (4.00), 75-79 earn A (3.75), 70-74 earn A- (3.50), 65-69 earn B+ (3.25), 60-64 earn B (3.00), 55-59 earn B- (2.75), 50-54 earn C+ (2.50), 45-49 earn C (2.25), 40-44 earn D (2.00), and below 40 is F (0.00). Each course is marked out of 100: attendance 10, class tests 10, assignment 10, mid-term 20, final 50. CBIU itself publishes the marks split but not the letter-grade table, so the table is the UGC national reference scale — confirm it against your department handbook.
How is GPA calculated at CBIU?
Multiply each course’s grade point by its credit hours, add up all the results, and divide by the total credits in the semester. For example, five 3-credit courses with grades A+, A, B+, B and A- give (12.00 + 11.25 + 9.75 + 9.00 + 10.50) = 52.50 points over 15 credits, which is a GPA of 3.50. Your CGPA uses the same formula across all semesters completed so far.
What CGPA do I need to graduate from CBIU?
CBIU has not published a graduation CGPA floor. The standard floor at UGC-approved universities in Bangladesh is a CGPA of 2.00, and CBIU is very likely to use it, but you should confirm it with the Registrar’s office before planning around it. You also need to complete your programme’s full credit requirement — 132 credits for BBA, LL.B., English and Islamic Studies, 145 for CSE, 130 for BHTM, and 40 to 71 for MBA depending on the track.
What happens if I get an F in a course at CBIU?
An F means 0.00 grade points and no credit earned for that course, so you will need to retake it. Under the standard UGC treatment used in this guide, the F’s credits stay in the GPA divisor, so one F in a five-course semester drops a 3.50 to a 2.80. CBIU has not published its own F-grade or retake rule, so confirm both the divisor treatment and the retake procedure with your department before you register for the retake.
Can I retake a course to improve my grade at CBIU?
There is no published CBIU retake or improvement rule. Most private universities in Bangladesh allow retakes, but they differ on whether the better grade or the latest grade counts and whether the improved grade is capped. Do not assume any particular rule applies to CBIU — ask your department office, in writing if possible, before you pay the retake fee.
How many credits is a BBA at CBIU?
132 credits over 4 years and 8 semesters. The other undergraduate totals are: B.Sc. in CSE 145 credits, LL.B. (Honours) 132, BA (Hon’s) in English 132, BA (Hon’s) in Islamic Studies 132, and BHTM 130. MBA is 71 credits on the 2-year track, 55 on the 1.5-year track, and 40 on the 1-year track.
Is a 3.50 CGPA good at CBIU?
Yes. A 3.50 is comfortably First Class (the First Class line is 3.00) and it sits in the A- grade-point band. It is competitive for most private-sector jobs in Bangladesh, for government job applications that ask for First Class, and for many scholarships. A 3.75 or above is stronger for fully funded scholarships and for admission to competitive master’s programmes abroad, but a 3.50 with a solid final-year project and an internship is a strong profile.
Conclusion
Cox’s Bazar International University grades on the UGC Bangladesh 4.00 scale: A+ at 4.00 down to D at 2.00, with F at 0.00 below 40 marks. Every course is scored out of 100 — attendance 10, class tests 10, assignment 10, mid-term 20, final 50 — and your GPA is the credit-weighted average of the grade points those marks produce. The worked examples in this guide give you the numbers to check your own arithmetic: five 3-credit courses at A+, A, B+, B and A- make a 3.50 semester; two such semesters make a 3.55 CGPA; one F in that same set of courses costs 0.70 GPA points; and lifting a 3.40 CGPA to 3.50 in one semester takes a 3.90. Keep the honest limits in mind: CBIU publishes its marks split and its credit totals, but it has not published a letter-grade table, a retake rule, a probation rule or a graduation floor, so the table and the F-grade treatment here are the national UGC reference, not CBIU’s own posted rules. Use the CGPAPro calculator to check your numbers, keep your own spreadsheet of courses and points, and ask the Registrar’s office about anything this guide flags as unpublished. That is how you stay in control of your CGPA instead of discovering it at graduation.
Sources
- Cox’s Bazar International University, About CBIU — cbiu.ac.bd/about (established 2013, UGC approved, founder, campus, motto; accessed 28 October 2026).
- Cox’s Bazar International University, programme pages — BBA, CSE, Law, BHTM, MBA, Islamic Studies (100-mark assessment split, credit totals, admission requirements; accessed 28 October 2026).
- University Grants Commission of Bangladesh uniform grading system, as reproduced in “Variations and Barriers of GPA and CGPA in the Education System of Bangladesh”, ICRRD Quality Index Research Journal (2021), and on Wikipedia, “Academic grading in Bangladesh” (grade bands and points; accessed 28 October 2026).
- Cox’s Bazar International University, Wikipedia — en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cox’s_Bazar_International_University (founding history, vice-chancellor, campus; accessed 28 October 2026).