Finished Your IITM BS End Terms? What Happens Next

After your end terms, things move fast. The official academic calendar schedules end term results about 8 to 13 days after the exam, and the next course registration window opens around the same time. So your jobs in the gap are simple: check your grades, finish any pending tasks such as POSH training, decide what to take next term, and register inside the window. If you missed an exam or failed a course, your next step depends on the exact grade you got.

The timeline from the official calendar

Look at the May 2026 column. The September registration window fell inside the results window. So you may have to register while some results are still coming out. Watch your email, WhatsApp and dashboard every day that week.

For DS students close to a checkpoint, the handbook adds one more step. If you can no longer meet your milestone, a notice comes after the end term results and two days before course registration.

Read your grade, then pick your next step

The make-up end term costs Rs 1,000 per Foundation course and Rs 2,000 per Diploma or degree course, and you get only one chance at it. See missed an end term exam and repeating a course.

Your checklist before the next registration

1. POSH training. If you have not finished it, the handbooks say you cannot register next term. Do it from your student email.
2. Medical certificate. Without it, you cannot get letters of support, placement support or a bonafide certificate.
3. Your checkpoint count (DS). Students who joined the Foundation from May 2024 must finish at least 4 courses in 4 terms, 6 in 6 and all 8 in 9. See Foundation checkpoints.
4. Prerequisites. You can take a course only if you have passed its prerequisite, such as Maths 1 before Maths 2.
5. Improvement. From January 2026, you can repeat a passed course to raise the grade only while you are still in that level. It costs twice the normal fee, and your CGPA is frozen once you move up.
6. Level finished? After all 8 Foundation courses, you move to the Diploma level. In DS, entering the degree level also needs a diploma CGPA of at least 6.0 and a project CGPA of at least 7.0.
7. Skipping next term? You go on academic probation. Pay the Rs 1,000 RKA fee, or pay it later with 10% extra. Three terms in a row with no courses gets you struck off.
8. Leaving with a certificate? Fill the exit form in its window. See exit and the original certificate.

If you think a mark is wrong

The handbooks and FAQ pages do not describe an answer key or re-evaluation process for quizzes or end terms. Raise a support ticket with your roll number, the course, the mark shown and the mark you expected. Follow the escalation steps if you get no answer. More in results and re-evaluation.

Use the break well

Our suggestions for the few weeks between terms:

• Watch week 1 of next term's courses in advance. The official lectures are on our lectures page, sorted by course and week.
• Save your grade card and note your CGPA.
• Set up your study plan before week 1, since graded assignments start right away.

After you register

• Drop window. You can drop a course within 4 weeks of the term start. For the September 2026 term, the calendar lists the drop form from 23 to 25 October 2026. The refund, minus an admin charge, goes to your student wallet.
• Profile update. After registration, the handbook gives a window to correct your name, date of birth and photograph.

Common questions

How long do IITM BS end term results take?

In the official calendar, end term results are published between 8 and 13 days after the end term. For the September 2026 term, that is 18 to 23 January 2027.

Can I register before all my results are out?

In September 2026 the registration window fell inside the results window, so some students had to. If a result you need for registration is missing, raise a support ticket at once and mention the window's closing date.

I passed my last Foundation course. When do I start the Diploma?

In the next term. Once all 8 Foundation courses are done, you can register for Diploma courses in the next registration window.

Will a failed attempt show on my records?

Yes, on the term-wise progress card, which lists every attempt and grade. The grade card lists each course once, with your best score.