AKTU Syllabus for B.Tech First Year and Beyond

Who the AKTU syllabus applies to

AKTU affiliates a large number of engineering, pharmacy, management and computer application colleges in Uttar Pradesh. The university publishes an evaluation scheme and syllabus for each programme and year: B.Tech, B.Pharm, MBA, MCA, M.Tech and others. Every affiliated college teaches from the same document, and the end semester papers are set centrally, so a student in one city sits the same exam as one in another.

The first year scheme gets the most searches because it is common across many branches. From the second year on, each branch has its own document with core subjects, electives and labs.

Syllabus AKTU first semester courses

The "or" pairs swap between the two semesters: if you take physics in semester I you take chemistry in semester II, and so on, depending on the group your college puts you in.

Second semester changes

Semester II keeps the same shape and the same 21 credits. Two courses change: Numerical Methods (4 credits) takes the place of Calculus and Linear Algebra, and Essentials of Data Structures (3 credits) follows Programming Languages. You also take the other half of each pair you did not take in semester I. A three week induction programme runs at the start of the first year.

Marks, credits and passing rules

• Theory course: 30 marks internal (class tests, assignments, attendance and similar parts) and 70 marks in the end semester exam.
• Lab course: 50 internal marks and 50 in the practical exam.
• General proficiency: 50 internal marks, no credit, but compulsory.
• Activity points: regular four year students must collect 100 AICTE activity points for the degree; lateral entry students need fewer.

To pass a theory subject, AKTU has generally required at least 30 percent of the end semester marks (21 out of 70) and 40 percent overall once internal marks are added. A limited number of grace marks may be given each year. These rules sit in the university's ordinance, so read the current version or ask your college's exam cell.

Unit wise topics: Calculus and Linear Algebra

The four credit maths course is the heaviest theory paper of semester I, and it shows how AKTU arranges every subject into five units.

1. Multivariable calculus: limits and continuity in two variables, partial derivatives, Euler's theorem, Jacobians, maxima and minima, Lagrange multipliers.
2. Multiple integrals: double and triple integrals, change of order and of variables, Beta and Gamma functions, Dirichlet's integral, area and volume.
3. Vector calculus: gradient, divergence and curl, directional derivatives, vector integration, Stokes' and Gauss divergence theorems.
4. Matrices: Hermitian and unitary matrices, rank by echelon form, Gauss elimination and Gauss Seidel, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagonalisation.
5. Vector spaces: subspaces, linear dependence, basis and dimension.

End semester papers usually cover all five units, so skipping one is risky even if it looks hard.

How to study for AKTU end semester exams

Because the papers are set centrally, old question papers show you better than anything else how each unit gets examined. Collect the last few years from your college library or the university's own releases and see our AKTU previous papers guide, which explains a good way to work through them.

1. Print the scheme for your batch and tick each unit topic once you can solve questions on it.
2. Secure the 30 internal marks with regular class tests and assignments; they decide whether you are relaxed or stressed in the final exam.
3. For maths and physics, practise derivations and standard numericals from the unit list rather than reading theory alone.
4. For programming, write and run code in the lab every week. Theory questions often ask you to trace or write short programs.

Beyond first year and other programmes

Second, third and fourth year schemes list branch subjects, open electives and project work. B.Pharm, MBA and MCA have their own evaluation schemes, also on the university website under its syllabus section. If you are thinking about postgraduate study after B.Tech, compare your branch subjects with the GATE syllabus, which covers much of the same engineering core. For engineering entrance routes into AKTU colleges, see the entrance exams hub and the JEE Main syllabus.