The decision was taken at an ‘emergency session’ of the Academic Council on Sunday.
Following the decision RUET Vice Chancellor Prof Rafiqul Alam Beg was let go by students after a 24 hour siege of his office.
Celebrations erupted on the RUET campus after the VC accepted the students’ demands at the emergency session.
Students objected that no other engineering institution in the country had such strict requirements and that students would be inconvenienced if they had to miss classes due to illness or some other problem.
They also complained that additional logistical arrangements for classes and labs would need to be made for those students who failed to meet the requirements.
Amid the protests the university administration suspended all academic activity for students from two academic years on Tuesday. On Wednesday they announced closing down hostel dormitories.
Accordingly the students barred the administrative building and besieged the VC at his office.
In addition to lifting the 33 credit requirement, the decision by the Academic Council has also resumed academic activity for the two batches of students.