Excerpts from the IITK UG manual 

8.5 Permission to Proceed to other Institutions

In order to help a student to broaden his/her horizon and gain course/work experience, he/she may be permitted to proceed to other academic institutions in India or abroad as a non-degree student. The following guidelines and procedures apply for this purpose: A student who satisfies the minimum eligibility conditions given below may spend up to two semesters and/or two summer terms in any academic institution of repute in India or abroad with prior permission of SUGC. 

a) Eligibility -

i) Completion of 200 credits of course work,

ii) CPI of at least 7.0, 

b) Procedure –

The student shall make an application to SUGC through the concerned DUGC, giving details of the proposed programme and shall submit a statement of purpose with sufficient information about the institution where he/she has chosen to spend time as a non-degree student. 

The DUGC shall examine the student’s proposal to determine whether the proposed programme is of a nature that the student will benefit from the exposure. Any application for waiver of credits at IIT Kanpur or transfer of credits from the other institution shall be decided in accordance with the procedure given below. On the recommendation of the DUGC, SUGC may approve the proposal and grant permission, with leave of absence, to the student to proceed as a non-degree student to the selected institution 

c) Transfer of Credits and Waiver in-lieu thereof –

Permission to proceed to another institution as a nondegree student does not imply that the student will automatically get waiver from the academic and other requirements of his/her ongoing undergraduate programme at the Institute. 

However, on return, he/she may apply for waiver with an official transcript of the grades obtained by him/her at the selected institution as a non-degree student and other documents/material that the concerned DUGC may require for evaluation. The DUGC will determine, by whatever means it deems fit, the equivalent courses (credits) and/or requirements for which the student may be given a waiver in his/her undergraduate programme at the Institute. 

On the recommendation of the DUGC, SUGC may allow a student waiver for a maximum of 100 credits in-lieu of his/her successful completion of the programme elsewhere as a non-degree student. 

Against each course or requirement for which a waiver is granted, the grade ‘W’ would appear on the Grade Report with an explanatory note that it stands for waiver granted due to courses taken and/or work done at the  elected institution elsewhere. All such courses and/or requirements will be deemed to carry zero credits for SPI/CPI calculations. 

Under no conditions, the grades earned at any other institution shall appear on the Grade Report. 

Those students who are selected by the Institute, using prescribed rules and procedures, to proceed on any Institutional Exchange Programme will also be governed by this clause for the transfer of academic credits, waiver, etc.  

d) The semester(s) spent as a non-degree student will be counted for the purpose of evaluating academic performance (Clause 7 of the UG manual).