Kathmandu University curriculum

How Kathmandu University structures a degree

Kathmandu University runs a semester system across its schools, with engineering and computing programs delivered as a sequence of credit-weighted semesters, each producing its own SGPA. KU is known for a comparatively heavy practical and project component, which shows up in the tables below as lab and project rows carrying their own credit hours.

That structure has a direct consequence for your GPA. When a meaningful share of a semester's credits sits in practical work, your semester average is genuinely sensitive to how those components are graded — they are not rounding error. Entering them accurately is the difference between a calculated SGPA that matches your transcript and one that does not.

The KU grading scale

Kathmandu University uses an A+ to F scale with A+ at 4.0 grade points. The intermediate steps differ from Pokhara University's, which is the most common source of wrong numbers when a KU student uses a calculator built for a different university. gpaNepal applies the KU scale automatically once you select Kathmandu University, so the only thing you need to get right is the initial selection.

What the tables show

Each semester lists subject codes, names and credit hours. The codes are worth paying attention to when you are cross-checking against your own registration or exam routine, since KU subject names are often abbreviated differently in day-to-day use than in the syllabus. Where a subject has a separate practical component with its own credits, it appears as its own row rather than being folded into the theory paper.

Using these lists with the calculator

You do not have to type any of this in by hand. In the calculator, choose Kathmandu University and then your faculty, and gpaNepal generates every semester on this page with the right subjects and credit hours already filled in. All that is left is entering your grades. Subjects can still be renamed, added or removed afterwards, so an elective that differs from the template is a two-second fix rather than a reason to start over.

Grades are stored in your own browser, never on our servers, so you can keep a running record across your whole degree and export it to CSV or PDF whenever you want a backup. The KU SGPA and CGPA calculator page explains the grading scale in more detail.

A word on accuracy

Curricula get revised. Subject codes change, credit weightings are adjusted, and faculties introduce new electives between batches. The lists here reflect the syllabus versions gpaNepal was built against, and they are a reference rather than an official publication — your college's own syllabus and your marksheet are always the authority. If you spot a subject or credit value that no longer matches yours, tell us at info@kibu.space and we will correct it.

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