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Summa Cum laude (with highest honors) – 3 years residence with general
average of 97% and above with no grades lower than 90% in any subject.

The Deans of the respective College/Department shall initiate the giving of

awards to students.
Candidates for honors must have no record of any subject failed and or dropped.

Grades in any of the components of NSTP shall be excluded from the

computation of the average.
In the computation of average grade for academic honors, the following system

shall be used:
Average grade shall be computed in four (4) significant figures, which shall finally

be rounded off to two (2) decimal places (three significant figures).
In rounding off numbers, the following shall be observed:

✓ If the fourth significant figure (third decimal number) is less than five (5), the three

significant figures shall be retained.
✓ If the fourth significant figure is five (5) or more, the third (the decimal number)

significant figure shall be increased by one (1).
✓ This shall be followed in the computation of grades for purposes of scholarship,

University scholarships and applications for grants-in-aid privileges.
✓ In no case shall the student under this section obtain any rating lower than “75%’

in any subject.

Special Citations
Graduate achievers could be given the following awards:

Outstanding Student of the Year (1 per college/department)

Athlete of the Year
ROTC Cadet/tte Officer of the Year

Leadership Awardee & etc.
Awards to other student achievers shall also be given by the respective

College/Institute as selected by the selection committee within the College/Institute.
The graduate who shall take the highest rating based on specific criteria is the

one to be awarded. The College Dean and the core faculty members in the College shall

compose the selection committee.
The Vice President for Academic Affairs shall approve all recommended

awardees by the College/department Committee headed by the Dean/department
chairman whereas for the other campuses, it shall be the Campus Director

(Lifted from the IFSU Code Part V Student Manual, Chapter 5 General Academic
Regulations and Retention Procedures Section 5.35-5.38.5)