Introduction                                                                                          

The regulations governing the award of Bachelor’s Degrees, Certificates, and Diplomas Associate Degrees are issued by the Deans’ Council. They encompass all aspects of students’ academic life. What follows is a summary of the important regulations.

Admission

Students are admitted to all colleges on the basis of their grades in the General Secondary School Certificate Examination or its equivalent. Applicants from overseas must send official documents of their high/secondary education indicating subjects taken and grades obtained.  Notarized English translations are necessary if the documents are not in English.  Photocopies are not accepted. Applicants whose native language is not English must take the following English Proficiency Tests: Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with minimum required TOEFL score of 550. All Students are required to take Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) with at least the following scores:

Student tuition fees are US$180 per semester for Management Sciences, US$190 per semester for Computer Sciences, and US$200 per semester for Engineering. Tuition fees should be paid before the start of each semester. Students are required to deposit fees at Tawakal Money Transfer Borama Branch. If you are applying outside of Borama, please deposit fees at Tawakal Money Transfer Branch of your location and download the application form from this pages. After that, students will submit application forms, application fees of US$5 and tuition fees deposit slip to the admissions office no later than November 30, 2007.

Admission is highly competitive. Each   course carries three credit hours and the courses involving lab, and sessions, which may carry up to five credit hours. On the other hand, seminar & research courses carry one & two credit hours, respectively.

 
Regulations

·  The duration of study for the Bachelor’s Degree with a normal course load is eight semesters or four academic years. The duration of study for the Certificate is one semester, for the Diploma's is two semesters, and for Associate Degree's is 4 semesters or two academic years.

·  The minimum duration for the first University degree shall be no less than three academic years in the colleges.

·  The duration of the semester is (16) weeks; the summer session is (8) weeks.

·  The minimum credit-hour load for regular (full-time students is 9 per semester, and the maximum is 18. In the case of graduation or obtaining a cumulative average of B and above in the preceding semester, a student is allowed to register for (22) hours.

·  Students are classified by year: first, second, third, and fourth, in terms of accumulated credit hours, this is equivalent the successful completion of (30, 60, 90, 120) credit hours respectively..

Attendance

·  Attendance by all university students is compulsory in all lectures, seminars, and practical sessions in accordance with the credit hours determined for each course in the study plan.

·  A student shall not be permitted to absent him/ herself from more the (15%) of the total number of meetings prescribed for each course.

·  A student who accumulates class absences that exceed (15%) of the total number of meetings required for a course without submitting a medical report or justification acceptable to the Dean shall be disqualified from taking the final examination, and his grade for that course shall be zero (F). The student will have to repeat that course if it is obligatory.

·  A student who exceeds the (15%) limit by an excused absence shall not be permitted to accumulate class absences more that (20%) of the total meeting hours for any course. In the case of the approved absences exceeding (20%) of the total meeting hours, the student shall be considered to have withdrawn from the course and shall be subject to the provisions governing withdrawal.
 

Grades

The University has adopted the following grading system:
 

In all cases the minimum passing grade in any course is (D).
 

The (GPA) obtained by the student in all the courses he/she studies in a particular semester is translated into a Merit System of evaluation illustrated as follows:

A student with a (GPA) of less than (2.00) shall be given a warning and will be placed under probation.

Graduation diplomas are awarded when they are due at the end of every semester, the graduation ceremony shall be held only once a year, at the end of the second semester.

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