Transfer from Outside the College
Transfer from Outside the College
1 - The College Council sets the policies governing the acceptance of students transferring to the College from outside it, and it approves and endorses their applications submitted in this regard.
2 - By a decision of the College Council, upon the proposal of the Student Affairs and Admissions Department and the recommendation of the Department Council, transfers may be accepted from recognized universities, university colleges or higher institutes to one of the College's academic departments, subject to the following conditions:
The student's previous study must be in the same discipline adopted by the department to which the student wishes to transfer.
The student must have successfully completed two academic semesters or one full academic year at a recognized university, university college or higher institute, with a cumulative grade point average of no less than (2) points, i.e., (70%).
The student must meet the College's admission requirements.
Vacant places must be available in accordance with the approved admission policies.
The university, college or higher institute must be one of the higher education institutions that apply an attendance and regular participation system.
The student must not have been expelled from any of them for disciplinary reasons.
The student's secondary school average must not be lower than the minimum required by regulation for the Sharia or Law Department (Sharia and Law Program).
3 - The College Council approves the crediting of courses previously studied by the student at the institution transferred from, based on the recommendation of the relevant academic department, using a form prepared for this purpose by the Student Affairs and Admissions Department. The form is filed in the student's file and recorded in the student's profile within the computer system. For a course to be credited, the student must have obtained a grade of at least (2) points, i.e., (70%), in each such course.
4 - The maximum number of credit hours that may be transferred and credited for a transfer student is (50%), i.e., fifty percent, of the total number of credit hours in the Bachelor's degree program of study.
5 - The grades, marks or averages the student obtained in credited courses under the transfer system are not included in calculating the student's cumulative grade point average at the College. The term "(Equivalent)" is recorded in the student's academic record alongside these credited courses, based on previous study.
6 - A transferred student is referred to his academic advisor after the form for calculating transferred courses has been properly approved and the student has received a copy of it, to proceed with registration under the study plans set out above.