ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Education System
General Requirements
General Requirements
• A secondary or high school graduation certificate. Education should normally consist of a minimum of 12 years of study
• Transcripts from your senior high school along with your graduation diploma or certificate, and any graduation exam results
• Applicants should indicate their order of preference of specifications on the application form
• Applicants are assigned their majors according to the following: The student’ s preference, the student’ s grade average and the capacity of each college
High School Certificate or its Equivalent( in Science or Literature)
• A minimum average of 60 % for admissions to the Colleges of Sharia and Islamic Studies, Business Administration, Law, Fine Arts & Design, Communication, College of Arts Humanities and Social Science. The Colleges of Fine Arts & Design and Communication also require the candidates to present themselves for an interview
High School Certificate or its Equivalent( in Science)
• A minimum average of 70 % for admissions to the Colleges of Engineering, Health Sciences and the College of Sciences. Also students admitted to the College of Engineering and the College of Sciences must take a proficiency tests for Mathematics and Physics
• A minimum average of 85 % is required for admission to the College of Medicine & a minimum average of 80 % is required for admission to the Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy
• Applicants to the Colleges of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy must undergo a personal interview Those who pass these steps may join the College of their choice
American Based System
• High School Diploma or its Equivalent( The International Bachelor Degree)
• Completion of 12 years of school upon obtaining the High School Certificate and able to demonstrate proof
• A certified certification for secondary grades 10, 11, and 12
• The High School Certificate must be accepted by the government universities in the country from which the certificate was obtained and proof of this must be presented( for student who studied outside the UAE)
• The student’ s track( i. e. Literature or Science) shall be determined by what the student studied in the 12th grade
• Students should have completed at least( 6) courses successfully, within at least four of the following study areas: Mathematics, Science, Social Sciences, Languages( with English as the language of instruction)
British Based System
• British Secondary Certificate( IGCSE, GCSE, GCE)
• Completion of 12 years of school upon obtaining the High School Certificate and able to demonstrate proof
• Students should have completed at least( 7) courses successfully in the( O-Level) with IGCSE / GCSE certificate and in the A-level / AS Level) with a GCE certificate in at least four of the following areas of study: mathematics, languages, social studies and sciences, art and design
• The student’ s grade on the( O Level) test with a IGCSE / GCSE certificate should be a minimum of( C), the student’ s grade on the( AS Level) with a GCE certificate should be a minimum of( D) and the student’ s grade on the( A Level) with a GCE certificate should be a minimum of( E)
• The( 7) courses should be calculated into the British High School certificate
Note: Since most programs have a limited capacity, having these minimum requirements does not guarantee admission
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