Internal Transfer

Transfer of Study Programme within the College

1 - After completing at least one full regular semester, a student may submit a request to the Student Affairs and Admissions Department expressing their wish to change their major, within the deadline set for registration for the following semester. The Student Affairs and Admissions Department processes the requests, provides its opinion and submits them to the College Council so that appropriate decisions may be taken, no later than the end of the first week of the following semester.

2 - A student in the Department of Sharia may, after completing at least one full semester, apply to the Student Affairs and Admissions Department for transfer to the Department of Sharia and Law, provided that their cumulative GPA in the semester or semesters studied is not less than (2) points, i.e. (70%), and their secondary school average is likewise not less than that.

3 - A student in the Department of Sharia and Law may, after completing at least one full semester, apply to the Student Affairs and Admissions Department for transfer to the Department of Sharia, provided that their cumulative GPA in Sharia courses and common courses is not less than (2) points, i.e. (70%).

4 - A request for transfer or change of major may not be accepted more than once throughout the student's period of study at the College.

5 - Where a student in the Department of Sharia and Law is given an academic warning as a result of their cumulative GPA falling below the required level, they are given an opportunity over two semesters to remove the warning. If they are unable to remove it, they are compulsorily transferred to the Department of Sharia, provided that their cumulative GPA in Sharia courses and common courses is not less than (2) points, i.e. (70%). The Director of the College may grant the student a third semester's opportunity.

6 - Where a student in the Department of Sharia is given an academic warning as a result of their cumulative GPA falling below the required level, they are given an opportunity over two semesters to remove the warning. If they are unable to remove it, they are compulsorily transferred to a remedial programme under the special study system for one or two semesters. If they succeed during this period in removing the academic warning, they are returned to study their major in the Department of Sharia by decision of the College Council, with the Student Affairs and Admissions Department being informed; otherwise, they are dismissed from the College.

7 - Where a student in the Department of Sharia and Law is given an academic warning and is unable to remove it within the specified period, and their cumulative GPA in Sharia courses and common courses is less than (2) points, they are then directly and compulsorily transferred to the remedial programme under the special study system for one or two semesters. If they succeed during this period in removing the academic warning, they are returned to study in the Department of Sharia by decision of the College Council, with the Student Affairs and Admissions Department being informed; otherwise, they are dismissed.

8 - The Student Affairs and Admissions Department calculates the results of the common courses that the student passed before the transfer within the cumulative GPA calculated for the student in their new major after the transfer.