Faculty Student Ratio
1. Ratio of total number of students to that of instructors
STEM: 10 scaled down to 30; Non-STEM: 25 scaled down to 50; Mixed: 20 scaled down to 40.
Teaching student satisfaction
1. Proportion of students satisfied with teaching in the institution, 90% scaled down to 60%
Overall student satisfaction
1. Proportion of students satisfied with the institution, 90% scaled down to 60%
Completion rate
1. 90% of students scheduled to graduate or do so, scaled down to 50%
Contact hours per week
1. For fulltime students only STEM: 30 hours scaled down to 20 Non-STEM and MIXED: 25 hours scaled down to 15
Self-study hours per day
1. Additional learning hours per day for students STEM: 2 hours scaled down to 5 hours Non-STEM: 3 hours scaled down 6 hours Mixed: 2.5 hours scaled down to 5.5 hours
Interactive teaching/Best practices in learning
1. The share of interactive sessions (non-classical lectures) should be at least 20%, scaled up to 50% Or Best practices in learning 10 points each for
(i) Mentor-Mentee Programme
(ii) Peer group learning support or Remedial/Additional support for learning
Learning Management System
1. Availability and use of online management and e-learning resources such as class schedules, academic calendar, exam registration, course syllabus, reading materials, lecture notes, class bulletin boards etc
Further studies
1. Proportion of students going for further studies.
25% scaled down to 5% within 12 months of graduation
Note: To avail overall badge of Platinum+, at least 1% student should have joined top 500 QS Ranked institutions