Preface BUITEMS stands for quality and excellence in education and carries out business in a manner consistent with standards and quality parameters set by its statutory bodies. Documentation of academic rules for graduate programs is an important step in this direction. These rules are designed for students of graduate programs offered at BUITEMS after careful process of refinement and scrutiny by seasoned academicians in the light of academic practices in vogue at reputed institutions of the world and guidelines provided by Higher Education Commission Islamabad. Rules given in this document are approved by higher authorities on recommendation by boards of studies of various departments. These rules cover all aspects of academic life of students of graduate programs and are presented in this booklet for ready reference of students, teachers and other stakeholders. Students of MS, MS leading to PhD and students admitted in direct PhD programs of BUITEMS are encouraged to go through these rules carefully and plan their studies according