1. A student has to attend 75% of the lectures delivered and 75% of the practical held separately for each course in each semester.
2. The duration of Industrial attachment/ dissertation/thesis works / study tour have to be accounted separately for 75% attendance.
3. The attendance of a student shall be counted from the date of his/her admission, while in the case of promoted student, attendance shall be counted from the date on which respective classes begin.
4. The Dean/Director may condone shortage of percentage in attendance not exceeding 5% in each subject for cogent reasons. This rule applies only if the student had attended 70% of the lectures in the aggregate for the semester examinations.
5. The Academic Council shall have power to condone any deficiency of attendance on cogent reasons. This does not apply to individual cases.
6. FRI (D) U shall notify on the notice board the final attendance position of each of its students within three days of the dispersal of the classes in the last session of the semester. Not later than five days, thereafter, a student may, by an application to the Dean/ Director, claim benefit of exclusion of lectures under sub-clause (4) above on grounds to be specified and accompanied by the relevant documents. All such applications submitted within time shall be considered and disposed of by the Dean/ Director, at least 3 days prior to the commencement of the examination, in which the student is intending to appear.
7. The Dean (A) may consider, on the basis of the Medical Certificates produced, exceptionally hard cases of students who had fallen seriously ill or had met with an accident during the year disabling them from attending classes for a certain period, with a view to determining whether the lectures etc. delivered during the said period, or a part thereof, could be excluded for purposes of calculation of attendance of the semester and decide each case on its own merits. However, the student/ parents will have to inform to Dean (A) as soon as student fell ill or had met with an accident.                                     
8. Leaves (to attend sports meet outside university and other extracurricular activities) without sanction from Dean (A) will not be considered for attendance.
9. Medical certificates shall be excluded, while calculating marks to be awarded for regularity, though such certificates shall continue to be taken into account for the purpose of calculating eligibility to appear for examinations as per the existing provisions of Ordinance.
10. There shall be weightage of 5 marks (taken from Internal Assessment marks) for regularity in attending lectures and practicals. The marks for regularity in each course (Theory and practical combined), based on attendance, shall be as follows:

11.Course repeat criteria in case of shortage in attendance

 As per new Attendance policy, a student has to attend 75% of the lectures delivered and 75% of the practical held separately for each course in each semester to appear in semester examination. The Dean (Academics)  may condone shortage of percentage in attendance not exceeding 5% in each course for cogent reasons. Details of Examination policy with respect to new attendance policy is given below:

Condition 1: Student is detained to appear in examination due to shortage of attendance in two courses:

1. He/she may be provisionally promoted in next higher semester provided that he/she has to clear the examination in such courses in next year or when opportunity is available. He/she has to re-register in such courses with re-registration fee of Rs. 2500 per course and complete the programme within maximum permissible period of 4 years as per university policy. The university enrolment number of such student remains same.

Condition 2: Student is detained to appear in examination due to shortage of attendance in more than two courses:

2. Student will not be promoted to next higher semester and he/she will be required to re-register and repeat all the courses of the said semester as regular student with the next batch of students within a maximum permissible period of 4 years. The university enrolment number of such student remains same.

General Remarks:

1. Medical certificates issued by FRI and other government hospitals are considered only. Some students submitted the medical certificates issued by local doctors in Dehradun inspite of medical facilities availed by FRI hospital. Such kinds of certificates are not entertained.
2. Students who have attended Marriages, Interview and Personal Affairs can’t be entertained beyond 25% limit as per University rule.