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SRM 75% attendance: the classes you can still miss.

Unofficial student guide. Not affiliated with SRM Institute of Science and Technology. Numbers are estimates from the rules this site's calculators implement. The regulation PDF is the 2021 B.Tech / integrated M.Tech regulation.

At SRMIST, under the 2021 B.Tech and integrated M.Tech regulations, 75% attendance is a per-subject gate. It is not a personality score and it is not an average across the timetable. A student at 90% in five courses and 70% in one course is eligible in the five and in trouble in the one. The end-semester exam for the short course can be closed. Condonation, where the office allows a shortfall down toward 65% on medical grounds, is a formal decision. It is not a number this calculator can grant, and it is not a plan.

The question behind "srm attendance calculator" is usually narrower than the regulation: "I have missed some classes. Can I miss Friday?" The answer is a count, not a vibe. If 32 of 40 classes were attended, the percentage is 80.0%. The 75% line still allows two further absences (32/42 is 76.19%) and does not allow a third (32/43 is 74.42%). Those three sentences are the whole product. The form on this page recomputes them for the counts you type.

Count theory and practical sessions the way the portal counts them. A three-hour lab that the portal stores as one meeting moves the percentage as much as a one-hour lecture, if both are one "class" in that subject's held total. Do not invent a weight the portal does not use. The source note on the attendance calculator points at regulations R 7.2–7.5. Read that PDF if your campus letter uses a different floor.

Six attendance counts, one rule

32 attended out of 40 held is a normal week-10 theory count. The percentage is 100 × 32 ÷ 40 = 80.00%. Against a 75% line you can miss 2 more classes and still be at or above 75% if you attend nothing extra and the held count grows by those misses. The next miss after that, held = 43, would be 32 / 43 = 74.42%.

29 attended out of 40 held is three more absences than the first case. The percentage is 72.50%, which is already under 75. You cannot miss more. Attending the next 4 classes in a row moves the count to 33 / 44 = 75.00%. Missing any of those recovery classes resets the climb, because both the numerator and the denominator move when you are present, and only the denominator moves when you are absent.

33 attended out of 44 held is the recovery path after the 29/40 case, if you attend the next four. The percentage is 100 × 33 ÷ 44 = 75.00%. Against a 75% line you can miss 0 more classes and still be at or above 75% if you attend nothing extra and the held count grows by those misses. The next miss after that, held = 45, would be 33 / 45 = 73.33%.

32 attended out of 43 held is what happens if the 32/40 student misses three further classes. The percentage is 74.42%, which is already under 75. You cannot miss more. Attending the next 1 classes in a row moves the count to 33 / 44 = 75.00%. Missing any of those recovery classes resets the climb, because both the numerator and the denominator move when you are present, and only the denominator moves when you are absent.

14 attended out of 20 held is a lab that meets fewer times and therefore moves faster. The percentage is 70.00%, which is already under 75. You cannot miss more. Attending the next 4 classes in a row moves the count to 18 / 24 = 75.00%. Missing any of those recovery classes resets the climb, because both the numerator and the denominator move when you are present, and only the denominator moves when you are absent.

8 attended out of 12 held is a short cycle-test month where every miss is expensive. The percentage is 66.67%, which is already under 75. You cannot miss more. Attending the next 4 classes in a row moves the count to 12 / 16 = 75.00%. Missing any of those recovery classes resets the climb, because both the numerator and the denominator move when you are present, and only the denominator moves when you are absent.

What the regulation adds to the percentage

The 2021 B.Tech and integrated M.Tech regulation sets the eligibility line at 75% in each registered subject. It does not set a class average, and it does not let a 90% subject donate points to a 70% subject. Condonation, when it exists, is a formal decision by the office named in the regulation. It is not a second calculator target of 65% that you can assume in advance. If a duty leave or a medical leave is going to be counted as present, it has to be present in the portal count you type. A leave that is still "pending" is still an absence in this arithmetic.

Check the portal once a week, subject by subject, while the held count is still small enough to repair. A lab that meets 12 times moves about 8 percentage points per class. A theory that has already met 40 times moves about 2. The attendance calculator is the same form as the box on this page, with the semester workspace around it. Use either one. Do not average them.

Attendance calculator on this page

Use the counts from your academic portal for one subject. Percentage is attended divided by held. The 75% target is the usual SRMIST minimum; change the target if your office has given you a different number.

Run one subject at a time. A lab and a theory of the same course are often separate counts. The full page, with the semester workspace, is the SRM attendance calculator.

Questions this page answers

What attendance percentage does SRM require?

The 2021 B.Tech and integrated M.Tech regulations require at least 75% in each registered subject. Condonation is a separate formal decision, not an automatic 65%.

Is attendance averaged across subjects?

No. Each subject is checked on its own. You can be eligible in one course and debarred in another.

How many classes can I miss at 32 out of 40?

Two further absences stay at or above 75% (32/42 is 76.19%). A third absence falls to 32/43, about 74.42%.