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The policy of admission at the University depends on several basic principles, the most important of which are the absorptive capacity of the University in terms of physical capacity, the available financial and human resources, the job market needs of certain specializations more than others, and finally selecting the best students from various school systems in the secondary stage. Consequently, the basic rules for admission at the University are based on the following four principles:
- Absorptive capacity of the University:
The University Administration determines the number of seats available for admission every year in collaboration with Faculties in the light of statistics of graduates and currently registered students.
- Job market needs of various specializations:
To encourage specializations in science required by job market and development plans and to reduce the number of students in Arts specializations, given the large surplus of graduates in some of them, the University sets the minimum percent required for admission from high school graduates in the Science section less than the minimum percent required from graduates in the Arts section. Some colleges also reported that the job market requires more graduates who are less likely to leak out of the job market, such as female graduates who leave their jobs for social reasons. This is taken into consideration when setting the male and female admissions in some colleges.
- Selecting the best-performing students:
Because there are different study systems in secondary school, the University set several controls to choose students who perform best to enroll in certain colleges. Therefore, additional rules for admission are adopted, such as Academic Aptitude Tests, calculation of equivalent grade average which includes the results of Academic Aptitude Tests, and the application of a central admissions system, which determine admission at college level or aggregate majors. Choice of major occurs after the student passes the freshman year, according to the students’ grade average, in, for example, Colleges of the Center for Medical Sciences, College of Engineering and Petroleum, College in Business Administration, College of Women, College of Allied Health Science. Some of these Colleges requires, building on accumulated experience, minimum percent of admission to ensure that students do not flounder in their studies.
4) Kuwait University responsibility to provide academic education opportunities:
Being the only government university, Kuwait University undertakes the provision of academic education opportunities for Kuwaiti youth who are willing and able to pursue university education, according to the established academic standards. Hence, Kuwait University, believing in its role in contributing to the service of Kuwait, is careful that the basic admissions rules always reflect its readiness to accept a number of students and scientifically rehabilitate them to meet the needs of the job market.
1) Admission at the University occurs twice every academic year according to general rules of admission at dates announced by the Deanship of Administration and Registration.
2) Students accepted in the second semester may compete for a seat with students applying for admission in the following first semester in a College which does not have admission in the second semester. The criterion of competition is the percent in secondary school degree or equivalent grade average, and this competition is not considered among times of transfers within the university. When the student is accepted at a College, he/she keeps his/her original University Number along with the study log.
3) Students are accepted at College level or Colleges of the Center of Medical Sciences, except the following Colleges in which admission is based on aggregate majors:
| College |
Majors and Minors |
| Science |
Biological Sciences
Mathematical and Natural Sciences
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| Engineering |
Architecture
Other engineering majors
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| Education |
Scientific majors
Arts majors
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4) Deanship of Administration and Registration determines the sub-majors for students once they meet the major conditions certified by the university committees concerned.
5) Admission to scientific Colleges (Colleges of the Center for Medical Sciences, College of Science, College of Engineering and Petroleum, College of Allied Health Science, College of Education/science majors, College of Women) is limited to high school graduates in the Science section.
6) Admission in Arts Colleges is available to high school graduates in the Arts section, and graduates in the Science section provided they have at least the minimum percent required from Arts section graduates, except College of Education in which admission in its Arts majors requires that the student be a graduate from the Arts section or its equivalent in secondary school.
7) In colleges which distribute its seats between Science and Arts sections, graduates of each section compete for seats according to their percent in secondary school or their equivalent average grades, following the general rules of admission.
8) The term “Kuwaiti students” in all conditions of admission and transfer includes children of Kuwaiti women of undetermined nationality only who hold a Kuwaiti Civil ID, whereas the term non-Kuwaitis includes students from other nationalities who are allowed to join the University in accordance with the rules set.
9) The student submits an official application form, within the period for submission of applications, on which he/she orders academic preferences which satisfy the percent required. Uncompleted applications will not be accepted, nor will be any alterations to the application form after the expiry of the period for submission of applications.
10) The applicant is required to include the following documents with the application form:
- The original certificate of secondary education.
- A valid Civil ID (or Police Card for undetermined nationality) and a copy of it.
- A passport copy and the original passport.
- Other documents to prove the category of admission of the applicant (for non-Kuwaitis).
- A letter of salary transfer from any local bank (for Kuwaiti students).
- Two recent, colored photos of the applicant.
- Payment of 10 KD non-refundable as an application fee.
11) Students whose percent score or average grade is equal to or higher than those announced by Deanship of Administration and Registration, upon receipt of the application form, are accepted immediately in the College or the group of majors they put as a first choice in the application form.
12) Students who do not meet the minimum percent for immediate admission will be considered for admission after the end of the application period, by allocating them the free seats in various specializations according to their choices in the application forms and their percent or equivalent grade average.
13) Acceptance is announced via SMS on mobile phones, the Internet, or local newspapers, and each accepted student is given a “Registration Card” stating the basic data according to which he/she was accepted at the University, and the courses he/she will register in.
14) The University Council sets the minimum percent and general conditions for admission at the University, the rules of accepting non-Kuwaiti students, and the number of Kuwaiti secondary school graduates that will accepted each year, in addition to non-Kuwaitis and children of Kuwaiti women of undetermined nationality.
15) The Deans Committee sets the specific rules for admission in Colleges based on the offered justifications in collaboration between the Deanship of Administration and Registration and the College in question, provided that Colleges send their suggestions to the Deanship of Administration and Registration before the end of the first semester of the academic year previous to the year of application of rules.
16) Transfer applications are submitted to the Deanship of Administration and Registration when registration starts in the dates announced by the University. Receipt of student’s application does not necessarily mean admission at the University.
17) The Deanship of Administration and Registration studies the transfer applications, in accordance with the general rules for transfer and the conditions of Colleges, and students are accepted at the College level or the group of majors they chose. After students are accepted at the University, the College in question, in coordination with Deanship of Administration and Registration, determines the sub-majors of the transferred students, in accordance with the approved rules of determination of sub-majors that apply to students accepted from secondary school.
18) Applications of transfer to the University should include the following documents:
- A certified copy of the transcript.
- A certified copy of high school certificate.
- A valid Civil ID and a copy.
- A passport copy.
- A letter of salary transfer from any local bank (for Kuwaiti students).
- Other documents to prove the category of admission of the applicant (for non-Kuwaitis).
- Two recent, colored photos of the applicant.
- Payment of 10 KD non-refundable as an application fee.
1) Admission at the University is limited to secondary school graduates, according to the set categories, who graduated from secondary school for a maximum of four semesters or two academic years.
2) The student is admitted on the condition that he/she studies in the semester in which he/she is admitted, and admission is canceled if the student does not study in that semester. An admitted student (other than those who have University staff grants, the Rector of the University grants, top students grants) can postpone the acceptance once for the following semester by applying for postponement within the period set for considering postponement applications, in accordance with the rules set by Student’s Affairs Committee at the University.
3) Because some students withdraw from study after the announcement of admission results at the University, and in order to offer the chance for other students who wish to study to occupy the free seats because of withdrawals, a system of waiting lists is applied in The Center for Medical Sciences, College of Allied health Science, College of Law, and the Department of Architecture in the College of Engineering, where a 5% of seats is set aside as a waiting list of students admitted in other Colleges at the University but they prefer to join one of these Colleges. In case students in one of these Colleges withdraw, students on the waiting lists are admitted, in accordance with the usual admission rules. The waiting lists system is also applied on students accepted in the Center for Medical Sciences in the previous year when allocated to Colleges at the end of the second semester. However, in all cases, waiting lists are canceled in the first week of start of study in the College in question.
4) When a secondary school graduate is accepted, he/she is exempted from any courses he/she may have studied before joining Kuwait University, in accordance with the system of unregistered students at the University on the condition that he/she gets a (C) at least, or (P) in remedial courses, or in case the student has taken the courses in another university which satisfies all the conditions of universities whose applications of transfer to Kuwait University are accepted. In this case, the student is exempted from these courses after they are equalized at Kuwait University, according to the applied rules on transferred students from other universities. The grades the students earn in the studied courses, according to the system of unregistered students at Kuwait University, or another university, do not count toward their GPA at the University (general or major).
5) It is possible to substitute results of TOEFL or (IBT) for Academic Aptitude Tests. The Academic Affairs Committee decides on the choice between the two.
6) When a new student decides to withdraw from the University – after registering for courses – within the first six weeks of the start of study, the Deanship of Administration and Registration withdraws him/her from the registered courses. But if a student withdraws from University after that period, he/she should withdraw from courses through the Committee of Students’ Affairs – except students of College of Law. A new student who withdraws from University may reapply to the University, in accordance with the admissions rules at the time.
7) A student at The Center for Medical Sciences may withdraw from University within the freshman year (the first and second semesters), and the Deanship of Administration and Registration cancels his/her log and University Number and all the courses which the student passed are dropped. However, the student may reapply to the University – except The Center for Medical Sciences – in accordance with the admissions conditions at the time.
8) A graduate from Kuwait University, a student who discontinued his study at the University, a student who withdrew after studying several courses, or a student who was expelled from the University may not apply as a new student, with the exception of graduates from Kuwait University who wish to join one of the Colleges of The Center for Medical Sciences (Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry) to study under the program of transferring University graduates to one of these Colleges, in accordance with the set rules.
First: College of Administrative Sciences:
1) Priority of admission in this College is for students who have the highest equivalent average calculated by the percent of secondary school and the results of the two Aptitude Tests according to the following:
70% for secondary school percent
15% for the result English Language Test
15% for the result of Mathematics Test
2) Secondary school graduates from the Arts section can compete for their allocated seats in a College, provided they have an equivalent average of no less than 72%.
Second: Center for Medical Sciences (Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy):
1) The secondary school percent required to apply should be no less than 85% (Science section) or its equivalent.
2) Priority of admission in this College is for students who have the highest equivalent average calculated by the percent of secondary school and the results of the Aptitude Tests according to the following:
65% for high school percent
15% for the result English Language Test
10% for the result of Mathematics Test
10% for the result of Chemistry Test
3) Students of The Center for Medical Sciences are distributed to the Colleges of the Center depending on the specified numbers after the end of the second semester of the freshman year, in accordance with the set rules of the Colleges in question. In case there are vacancies in the College of Pharmacy, students who have GPA less than 2.50 may be accepted to occupy those seats, provided that their GPA is no less than 2.25.
Third: College of Engineering and Petroleum:
1) The applicant’s secondary school percent (Science section) should be no less than 80% or its equivalent.
2) Priority of admission at this College is for students who have the highest equivalent average calculated by the percent of secondary school and the results of the two Aptitude Tests according to the following:
70% for secondary school percent
15% for the result English Language Test
15% for the result of Mathematics Test
Fourth: College of Allied Health Sciences:
1) The applicant’s secondary school percent (Science section) should be no less than 75%.
2) Priority of admission in this College is for students who have the highest equivalent average calculated by the percent of secondary school and the results of the Aptitude Tests according to the following:
70% for high school percent
15% for the result English Language Test
7.5% for the result of Mathematics Test
7.5% for the result of Chemistry Test
Fifth: College of Women:
1) Admission in this College is restricted to female student graduates of secondary school Science section only – for now*.
2) Priority of admission in this College is for female students who have the highest equivalent average calculated by the percent of secondary school and the results of the two Aptitude Tests according to the following:
70% for secondary school percent
15% for the result English Language Test
15% for the result of Mathematics Test
*Since it is not possible to accept female secondary school graduates from the Arts Section for the time being.
Sixth: College of Law:
1) The College should be the applicant’s first or second choice at most.
2) The student should pass the personal interview conducted by the College at the beginning of the academic year.
Seventh: College of Education:
1) The student should pass the personal interview conducted by the College of Education at the beginning of the academic year.
Kuwait University accepts the following Secondary School Certificates, in accordance with the set conditions for each:
1) General Secondary School Certificate (two-semester system), Science and Arts sections.
2) General Secondary School Certificate (credit system), Science and Arts courses. The equivalent percent for its graduates is calculated as follows:
Percent = (aggregate average + 1) x 20.
3) General Secondary School Certificate (unified system), Science and Arts sections.
4) Secondary School Certificate of the Institute of Religion, which equals General Secondary School Certificate in its specialization. The Institute of Religion graduates are accepted in accordance with the conditions of accepting Arts section graduates at the following Colleges only: College of Law, College Of Arts, College of Education, College of Sharia and Islamic Studies, and College of Social Sciences. Admitted students may not transfer to any College other than the Colleges mentioned above.
5) General Secondary School Certificate from abroad: The Certificate should be a recognized degree, and it should be equalized by the Ministry of Education in Kuwait as equivalent to the Kuwaiti General Secondary School Certificate in the Arts and Science sections. The nonacademic subjects are excluded when calculating the percent. To accept the certificate, it is stipulated that Kuwaiti students should have studied all years of secondary school in one country, but students whose parents are delegated on an official mission or are on a government study grant are exempted from this condition. Also exempted are students who started their credit study system at Kuwait schools then continued their study abroad. In this case, the aggregate average for all years is calculated.
6) English Secondary School GCE, GCSE, IGSE: Notwithstanding the first condition of the general rules for admission, applicants with the above certificates are accepted according to the following:
- Passing eight subjects at least, two of which or more from A/S-Level, or A-level, and the rest are IGCSE, allowing one to be grade D. But the applicant’s percent should not be less than the minimum required for admission at the University. The certificate should be equalized by the Ministry of Education before applying to the University.
- To be admitted at the University, the student should have passed all subjects in the last 36 months at most; otherwise, the student is required to study and pass courses which are older than that.
- To qualify as a graduate of the secondary school Science section, a student should have passed the following subjects: mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology, and another A/S-Level, preferably mathematical subject; otherwise, the student does not qualify as a graduate of the science section.
- The A-Level course included in the eight required subjects will not be considered equivalent to University courses.
- To include Arabic Language and Islamic Education with the required courses, a student should pass the exams offered by the Ministry of Education in these courses.
- Courses with a degree other than A, B, C, D will not count toward the courses required to join the University.
- Non-academic courses (such as music, athletics, drama, etc.), or Arabic for non-native speakers, will not count toward the required courses.
- The University will, in accordance with the system of unregistered students, conditionally accept the application of an English secondary school graduate who meets all the conditions except one subject, needed to qualify as Science section graduate, until he/she passes the subject required within one academic semester from the date of application. Only then, the rules of admission will apply in retrospect from the date of application in the previous semester. It is possible to exempt the student from studying this course if he/she passes it with a grade “C” or higher. In all cases, the course does not count toward the required percent for admission, nor in the GPA at the University.
- A student may submit an application to equalize the A-Level courses which he/she passed with the equivalent 100-Level offered by the University if his/her grade was “C” or higher, for three courses at most. Those courses will not count toward the courses required by the University, nor will they count toward the University GPA.
- The percent of the English certificate is calculated as follows
A) The student’s Grades A+, A, B, C, D in the IGCSE courses are given the following percents:
A+ = 100%, A = 95%, B = 85%, C = 75%, D = 65%.
B) Ten points are added to the student’s evaluation scales in the A-Level or A/S-Level courses more than the evaluation scales for IGCSE courses.
C) The percents for the highest eight grades are added up, taking into consideration to calculate among them the five required subjects from the Science section graduate, and the total is divided by eight (eight courses) in order to calculate student’s percent. But the final percent should not exceed 100%.
7) American Secondary School:
Holders of American Secondary School Certificate are treated like holders of General Secondary School Certificate (credit system). Their applications will be accepted, provided that the students studied all secondary school years in an American school. For students who transferred from other schools or systems, the Deanship of Administration and Registration will calculate their average grades of the four years prior to graduation. They will be considered as American Secondary School Certificate holders, which will be the basis for determining their compulsory and optional courses and their academic process in terms of the categories “Science” or “Arts”. The student should have studied the following courses, for two regular semesters (not one intensive semester), and successfully passed them to be considered Science section graduate, then he/she can apply for admission in the science Colleges:
Biology secondary school grade 9 at least
Chemistry secondary school grade 10 at least
Algebra II secondary school grade 10 at least
Physics secondary school grade 11 at least
Calculus or Pre-Calculus secondary school grade 11 at least
- The University will, in accordance with the system of unregistered students, conditionally accept the application of an American secondary school graduate who meets all the conditions except one subject, needed to qualify as Science section graduate, until he/she passes the subject required within one academic semester from the date of application. Only then, the rules of admission will apply in retrospect from the date of application in the previous semester. It is possible to exempt the student from studying this course if he/she passes it with a grade “C” or higher. In all cases, the course does not count toward the required percent for admission, nor in the GPA at the University.
- An American secondary school graduate may submit an application to equalize the AP courses which he/she passed with the equivalent 100-Level offered by the University if he/she got “3 Points” on the “1-5 Scale” approved by American College Board, provided he/she submits a certified degree from them, for three courses at most. Those courses will not count toward the student’s aggregate average in secondary school, nor his/her University GPA after he/she is accepted.
- An American secondary school graduate may submit an application to equalize the DP/IB courses which he/she passed with the equivalent 100-Level offered by the University if he/she got “6 Points” or more in the Standard Level courses, or “5 Points” or more in the Higher Level courses, according to the “1 – 7 Scale” approved by International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), provided he/she submits a certified degree from them, for three courses at most in both levels. Those courses will not count toward the student’s aggregate average in secondary school certificate, nor his/her University GPA after he/she is accepted.
- When any of the above mentioned courses is equalized for an equivalent course at Kuwait University, the student’s grade in that course will not count toward the student’s GPA at the University. Also, the student’s grade will be excluded when calculating the student’s aggregate average in the American Secondary School Certificate.
- In case the course is not equalized, the student’s grade for that course in the American Secondary School Certificate will be taken.
- In all cases, the highest aggregate average that will be accredited for American Secondary School graduates is “4 Points” in the Points System, or 100% in the percent system. An average more than one 100% will be counted as 100 only.
Admission at Kuwait University is available for the following categories, in accordance with conditions of admission for each category. Non-Kuwaiti categories of students compete as one group for the seats allocated for non-Kuwaitis, unless it is clearly stated that a certain category has priority over others. It should be noted that accepting students’ applications does not automatically mean admitting them at the University. These categories are:
All applications that meet the set admission conditions are accepted.
They compete for admission in all Colleges for the allocated seats, in accordance with admission conditions for non-Kuwaiti students.
Every year, the University Council allocates a number of seats for Kuwaiti women’s children (of undetermined nationality) who meet the set admission conditions and have a Kuwaiti Secondary School Certificate with 80% for Science section and 85% for Arts section. Applicants are distributed to University Colleges according to the allocation of every College of the admitted numbers of applicants. Those students compete for admission in all University Colleges.
GCC citizens residing in Kuwait are accepted in all University Colleges, provided the students passed all years of secondary school at Kuwaiti schools, pending the availability of seats with the maximum number of 5% of the total number of students to be admitted, with 1% is assigned for the citizens of every country.
Children and spouses of non-Kuwaiti Faculty Members and Language Teachers are admitted in all University Colleges, provided they submit a letter from the Department of Faculty Members and Language Teachers to that effect.
Diplomats’ children are admitted in all University Colleges, provided that the applicants are children of members of the Diplomatic missions accredited in the State of Kuwait and with which Kuwait has bilateral diplomatic representation, according to a letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to that effect.
Children of non-Kuwaitis and undetermined nationality martyrs are admitted in University Colleges, provided the applicants have studied all secondary school years at Kuwaiti schools; the applicants have to submit a letter from the Martyrs’ Office certifying that they are martyrs’ children.
Spouses and children of University staff members are admitted in all Colleges according to the allocated number by the University Council. The applicant should have studied all secondary school years at Kuwaiti schools with a minimum percent of the Secondary School Certificate of 75% (for the Science section) and 80% (for the Arts section). The applicant should submit a letter from the Department of Administrative Affairs certifying that his/her parent works at the University. Priority of a seat depends on the years of the parent’s service at the University. The applicants will be distributed around the University Colleges according to their Secondary School Certificate percent or its equivalent. The admitted student should register and study the first semester he/she is accepted in, otherwise, his/her admission will be canceled.
The University Supreme President’s grants are allocated for secondary school graduates according the number specified by the University Council. The applicant should have finished secondary school at Kuwaiti schools with a minimum percent of 75% (for the Science section) and 80% (for the Arts section). The admitted student should register and study the first semester he/she is accepted in, otherwise, his/her admission will be canceled.
The University allocates 15 seats for non-Kuwaiti top secondary school graduates (Two-Semester System and Unified System; ten of these seats go for Science section top students and five for Arts section top students. Only the top ten Science section graduates and only the top five Arts section graduates from both systems compete for these seats, according to their secondary school percent. The admitted student should register and study the first semester he/she is accepted in, otherwise, his/her admission will be canceled.
The Deanship of Students’ Affairs presents to the Deanship of Administration and Registration a list of the number of cultural grants offered by Kuwait University for brotherly and friendly states, provided that the applicants’ secondary school certificate percent is no less than 75% (for the Science section) and 80% (for the Arts section). The admitted student should register and study the first semester he/she is accepted in; otherwise, his/her admission will be canceled, unless the student, or the nominating party, submits an application to postpone admission to the following semester during the set period in the University calendar. Otherwise, the grant will be repealed for the nominating party or State, in which case it may not nominate another student for the grant in the following semester, unless it applies to withdraw the application of that student within the first six weeks of the start of study.
In addition to the following general conditions, accepting applications of transfer are subject to the capacity of the University, taking into consideration that accepting an application does not necessarily mean admission at the University.
1) A student who already studied at Kuwait University may transfer to the University, provided he/she did not graduate from it, or received a warning for his/her low GPA in the last semester of his study, or expelled from the University for disciplinary or academic reasons. The major sheet in place when transfer takes place will apply to the student, and all courses he/she previously studied at the University will not be considered. But University graduates who desire to join any College of the Center for Medical Sciences are exempted from that condition.
2) Transfer of non-Kuwaiti students is restricted to the following categories: Kuwaiti citizens’ spouses, children and spouses of Faculty members and Language Teachers, children of University staff, and children of diplomats. The number of transferred students among these categories should be within the ratio of admission of non-Kuwaitis set for every College.
3) To consider any course the student studied abroad, the course should be equalized by the Department concerned during the first semester the student is accepted in, provided the student passed the course with a minimum C, two Points of the Four-Point System, or their equivalents in other systems, unless the College stipulates a higher grade to equalize the courses. If the College decides that a course which is equalized has no equivalent at the College, the course should not be equalized by the College a second time.
4) A student desiring to transfer to a science College should have a Secondary School Certificate, Science section or its equivalent.
5) Kuwait University awards undergraduate degree for transferred students from other universities or colleges, provided they pass at Kuwait University, after being admitted as registered students, 30 credits at least, 15 of these credits, at least, are major’s courses, with a minimum GPA and Major no less than 2 Points, in addition to satisfying the other graduation requirements.
6) A transferred student should finish equalizing the courses he/she studied outside the University in the first semester he/she is accepted in. After that time, no equalization is allowed, unless he/she transfers to another College and has courses that the new College can consider, provided equalization takes place during the first semester of transfer.
Students should meet the following conditions to transfer to the University:
A) General conditions:
1) When applying, the student should be registered and a regular at a university or college which follows the four-year system, accredited from the relevant authorities according to the education system. The study system should be similar to the system at Kuwait University, especially in relation to the condition of regular attendance all through the years of study. The University accepts an application of a student who stopped attending for a period of no more than one academic year prior to the submission of the application.
2) The student should have passed at least 45 credits in the two-semester system (or 65 credits in the four-semester system), or two academic years in an accredited university with a four-year system.
3) The student should have an aggregate average of no less than B- (that is, 2.67 Points in the Four-Point system), or 80% in the percent system, or Very Good in the term system.
4) When the transcript of the original university and the transcript of Kuwait University differ, the general average for the student is calculated as follows:
a) In the 5-Point system: The average is calculated according to the following formula: The student’s average x 4 ÷ 5.
b) In the 4.5-Point system: A+ grade is given four points (A) according to Kuwait University system.
5) Passing 15 credits can be equalized for the courses offered by the College transferred to, except the College of Engineering and Petroleum and College of Allied Health Sciences which accept courses from the original College of Science.
6) To transfer a student who studied in more than one university, the student should have passed 30 credits in the last university he/she was registered at, with a GPA no less than B- (that is, 2.67 in the Four-Point system), or 80% in the percent system, or Very Good in the term system.
7) It is possible to transfer a student who studied less than 45 credits in the two-semester system in another accredited university, in accordance with the general conditions of transfer, with a minimum of 30 credits, if his/her GPA in the university upon transfer is no less than the minimum average required in the conditions of transfer from other universities, and he/she has not stopped attending for more than one academic year. The student should complete the required credits in Kuwait University, according to the system of unregistered students, with no less than 15 credits and pass them with a GPA no less than the GPA required in the conditions of transfer from other universities. When the student is admitted, he/she can equalize the courses he/she passed in his/her university with their equivalent at Kuwait University, in accordance with the conditions, by calculating the credits of the corresponding courses and the credits of the successfully passed courses, according to the system of unregistered students at Kuwait University, with an average no less than C, including the transferred credits.
8) As exceptions to the previous clause, it is possible to transfer Kuwaiti children of diplomats and delegates of the State on official missions who accompany their parents after the end of the mission of the parent, and the children of Kuwaiti women delegated by the State on official missions or diplomatic missions who accompany their mothers after the end of the mission of the mother, provided they passed one academic semester at least in an accredited university with Four-Year system with an average no less than the average required in the conditions of transfer from other universities. The student should complete the required number of credits at Kuwait University, in accordance with the system of unregistered students, and pass them with an average of no less than the average required in the conditions of transfer from other universities. When the student is admitted, he/she may equalize the courses he/she passed in his/her original university with their equivalents at Kuwait University, according to the rules, by calculating the credits of the corresponding courses and the credits of the successfully passed courses, according to the system of unregistered students at Kuwait University, with an average no less than C, including the transferred courses. The student should submit documents that verify that he/she accompanied his parent during the study period abroad.
9) If the student transfers from a university that applies the Four-Year system (without course credits), and successfully passed one academic year, he/she may, abiding by all the general conditions of transfer, study 30 credits at Kuwait University, in accordance with the system of unregistered students and the set rules, to complete the required two academic years.
B) Conditions specific to Colleges:
In addition to the general conditions of transfer, there are additional conditions specific to each College that should be met by the student when applying to the University. They are:
- College of Administrative Sciences:
1) The student should have successfully passed at the university he/she transfers from two courses at least equivalent to the courses studied at the College, with the average in each of these two courses no less than B- (2.67 Points, or 80%).
2) To successfully pass the Academic Aptitude Tests in English (80% or higher) and Mathematics (50% or higher).
3) The transferred student may be exempted from passing the Aptitude Tests if he/she passed an English Language course equal or higher than Introductory English 106, and a mathematics course equal or higher than Introductory Mathematics.
4) In case a student does not pass the required tests, and the courses he/she studied at his/her original university are not equalized for the two courses mentioned in clause 3, he/she may be admitted if he/she passes the introductory English and mathematics courses or higher courses, in accordance with the system of unregistered students at Kuwait University.
- College of Engineering and Petroleum:
1) The student should have finished 15 credits at least in science courses in the Two-Semester system or 23 credits in the Four-Semester system, with an average no less than B- (2.67) in the Four-Point system. The courses should be in the College of Engineering and Petroleum or College of Science and required in the major sheet of the College of Engineering and Petroleum.
2) To transfer to the Department of Architecture, the student should have passed two courses at least in architectural design in the Two-Semester system, or three courses in architectural design in the Four-Semester system, with an average no less than B- (2.67 Points, or 80%). The courses should be required in the major sheet of the College of Engineering and Petroleum. These courses are counted among the 15 credits mentioned in the fifth condition of the conditions of transfer from other universities.
3) The student should successfully pass the Academic Aptitude Tests in English (80% or higher) and Mathematics (75% or higher).
4) It is possible to exempt a student from the Aptitude Tests if he/she successfully passed an English course equal or higher than Introductory English or a mathematics course equal or higher than Introductory Mathematics.
5) If the student does not successfully pass the required Aptitude Tests, and the courses he /she studied at the original university are not equalized for the two courses mentioned in clause 4 above, he/she may be admitted if he/she successfully passes the introductory English and mathematics courses or higher courses, in accordance with the system of unregistered students at Kuwait University.
- College of Law:
1) The student should have finished at least 45 credits in the Two-Semester system, or 65 credits in the Four-Semester system at an accredited Four-Year study university.
2) The student should successfully pass the personal interview conducted by the College at the beginning of the academic year.
- College of Women:
1) Transfer is restricted to female student graduates from the Science section only.
2) The student should have passed at the original university at least two courses equal to two courses given by the University, with a minimum average in each course B- (2.67 Points) or 80%.
3) The student should successfully pass the Academic Aptitude Tests in English (80% or higher) and mathematics (50% or higher).
4) It is possible to exempt a student from the Aptitude Tests if she has passed an English Language course equal or higher than Introductory English 106, or a course equal or higher than Introductory Mathematics 98.
5) If the student does not successfully pass the required Aptitude Tests, and the courses she studied at the original university are not equalized for the two courses mentioned in clause 4 above, she may be admitted if she successfully passes the introductory English and mathematics courses, in accordance with the system of unregistered students at Kuwait University.
-College of Education:
1) The credits mentioned above in clause 5 of the general conditions should be courses in the professional college or the major which the student selects.
2) The transferred student should successfully pass the personal interview conducted by the College.
-College of Allied Health Sciences:
The student should have passed 15 credits that can be equalized by courses offered by College of Allied Health Sciences or courses offered by College of Science included in the major sheet.
Abiding by the general conditions of transfer, it is possible to transfer graduates of science Colleges at Kuwait University or other universities to one of the three Colleges of the Center for Medical Sciences to occupy the free seats left after distributing undergraduate students, according to the following conditions:
1)Transfer is restricted to Kuwaiti students.
2) The graduate should have passed 34 credits of the science courses required for transfer.
3) The graduate should have an undergraduate degree from one of the science Colleges with a GPA no less than Three Points of the Four-Point system.
4) No more than two academic years should have passed since graduation.
5) The required documents should be submitted to the Deanship of Administration and Registration in August.
6) The transferred student starts studying in the third semester of the program of the College he/she transfers to.
7) The applicant should sit the English aptitude test conducted by the Center before beginning of study.
Police officers graduates from Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Academy for Security Sciences, who meet the conditions of transfer to the University, are allocated 25 seats a year in the College of Law. There applications are accepted according to a nomination letter from the Ministry of Interior, according to the following conditions:
1) The student’s average should be no less than Very Good upon graduation from the Academy.
- Getting a study leave.
3) The Deanship of Administration and Registration will include the courses offered by the Departments which the students passed with a grade no less than Good.
1) The candidate should be a Kuwaiti citizen graduate from the Military Academy, in accordance with the Cooperation Agreement between the Army Chief of Staff and Kuwait University on 10/4/1995.
2) Application to the University is by a nomination by the Ministry of Defense in a letter from the Chairman of the Board of Military Education.
3) The candidate should not have been expelled from the University for disciplinary or academic reasons, or received a warning for a low general average during a previous study at Kuwait University.
4) All conditions of transfer from other universities, in addition to the conditions specific to Colleges in the basic rules of admission and transfer, apply to the candidates after they study according to the system of unregistered students.
5) The student may not transfer from the College in which he is accepted to another College except by an official letter from the Ministry of Defense.
6) The student who satisfies all requirements of graduation will be awarded a University Degree in the major he graduated from.
7) Number of candidates each academic year should not exceed 40 candidates.
8) The student will be exempted from the courses he successfully passed with a grade C or higher, according to the system of unregistered students at Kuwait University, but these grades do not count toward his GPA at the University.
9) Any course the student may have passed before nomination to study at the University does not count.
The general conditions of transfer from the Colleges of the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training:
1) Transfer of graduates from the Colleges of the Authority to the Colleges at the University is restricted to Kuwaiti students and children of Kuwaiti women (of the undetermined nationality), with priority to Kuwaiti students.
2) The student’s graduation grade average should not be less than 3.50 Points.
3) The student’s major’s average should not be less than 3.50 Points. But graduates of Business Studies who wish to transfer to the College of Administrative Sciences are exempted from that condition.
4) The Colleges in question at Kuwait University will abide by the number of seats allocated to the graduates of the Authority’s Colleges.
5) No more than three academic years should have passed since graduation.
6) The student may not transfer from the College in which he is accepted to any other College.
7) The Deanship of Administration and Registration will include the courses approved by the College of transfer which the student passed with a grade no less than B (Very Good). The Colleges should provide the Deanship of Administration and Registration with the equalized courses for the students previously transferred, except the students transferred to the College of Allied Health Sciences, where the student will be registered in the first academic year as a freshman, and no courses previously studied by the student will be counted.
8) The student should have a Secondary School Certificate (Science section) or its equivalent, except graduates from the College of Business Studies who wish to transfer to the College of Administrative Sciences who can have a Secondary School Certificate (Arts section).
Abiding by the general conditions of transfer from the Colleges of the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training:
- College of Business Studies:
1) Graduates of the College of Business Studies with equivalent majors to the College of Administrative Sciences, with a maximum of ten students a year.
2) The student should pass the Academic Aptitude Tests in English (80% or higher) and mathematics (50% or higher).
3) It is possible to exempt the transferred student from the condition of passing either of the Academic Aptitude Tests or both if he/she has passed English Language 106 and Mathematics 98 or higher courses, according to the system of unregistered students at Kuwait University.
(It is possible to accept graduates of the Computer specialization, who meet the general conditions of transfer, in the group of mathematical and biological majors at the College of Science, with a maximum of five students a year, with priority to Kuwaiti students.)
-College of Technological Studies:
1) Some graduates of the College of Technological Studies may be accepted at the College of Engineering and Petroleum (except Architecture), or any of the two groups of majors at the College of Science (according to the student’s specialization).
2) Transfer to the College of Engineering and Petroleum is limited to at most ten students a year (7 students in the first semester and 3 students in the second semester).
3) In order to transfer to the College of Engineering and Petroleum, the student should pass the Academic Aptitude Tests in English (80% or higher) and mathematics (75% or higher). This condition applies starting from academic year 2010-2011.
4) A transferred student may be exempted from the condition of passing either of the Academic Aptitude Tests or both if he/she has successfully passed Introductory English or a higher course, and Introductory Mathematics or a higher course, according to the system of unregistered students at Kuwait University.
-College of Health Science:
Graduates of the College of Health Science may be accepted at the College of Allied Health Sciences or College of Women, under the following conditions:
A) College of Allied Health Sciences:
Transfer is limited to two specializations at the College: Health Information Management (for graduates of the specialization of Medical Records), and Clinical Laboratory Sciences (for graduates of other specializations). A transferred student may not change his/her specialization within the College.
B) College of Women:
Transfer is limited to female graduates specialized in Nutrition only, with a maximum number of ten students a year, under the following conditions:
1) The student should pass the Academic Aptitude Tests in English (80% or higher) and mathematics (50% or higher).
2) ) It is possible to exempt the transferred student from the condition of passing the Academic Aptitude Tests if she has passed a course equal to or higher than English Language 106 and a course equal to or higher than Mathematics 98.
3) If the student does not successfully pass the required Aptitude Tests, and the courses she studied at the College of Health Science are not equalized for the two courses mentioned in clause 2 above, she may be admitted if she successfully passes the introductory English and mathematics courses, in accordance with the system of unregistered students at Kuwait University.
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