Rules and Regulations

1. Final examinations are held during the final week of each semester and in coordination with the Registration Office.

2. Students' attendance must be at a minimum of 80% in any course. Otherwise, students are not allowed to take the relevant final course examination. After being issued with 2 attendance warnings successively; a grade of "WF" is given.

3. Students may register in courses from other departments, faculties, and/or universities as long as they are part of the curriculum and are approved by the Academic Advisor and the Faculty Dean. Such courses will be included in the CGPA.

4. A grade "D" on non-specialized and elective courses and university mandatory and elective courses is a passing grade.

5. The minimum requirement for success in the specialized subjects as approved by the faculty is " C- ".

6. Students should not register in any course before finishing its prerequisites. Students with grade "D" in the prerequisites may be allowed to register in specialized courses but will not be considered successful in these courses unless they repeat the prerequisite and get a grade of " C- " on each course.

7. Students who were not able to attend the relevant final course examination or fulfill some of the course requirements because of conditions beyond their control can apply to receive an Incomplete grade "I" no later than a week from the date of the course final exam. This is only feasible if they have attended and completed at least 80% of the course requirements and after the approval of the course instructor .The course requirement (examination, etc…) must be met by the end of the second week of the following semester. Otherwise, a grade of “WF” will appear for that course on the student transcript.

8. Students who have obtained an SGPA grade of less than 2.00 are allowed to register only 12 credit hours in the following semester upon the approval of the academic advisor.

9. Students who have obtained a CGPA grade of at least 3.33 and have completed a minimum of 34 credit hours can register up to 21 credit hours during the Fall and Spring semesters if approved by the academic advisor.

10. Graduating students, who are not on the warning list, can register 21 credit hours in their final semester whether Fall or Spring if approved by the academic advisor and the Faculty Dean.

11. Except for students expected to graduate, registration is considered canceled for those with a total number of credit hours less than 12 at the end of the second week of the semester in the Scientific faculties, and less than 9 in the Humanities faculties.

12. Students may attend a number of courses as listeners only without completing any of the course requirements. This is reported on the student transcript as "AUD" (AUDIT) and does not contribute to the credit hour count and total GPA.

13. Students from other recognized universities may register in some courses as "Special Students".

14. The Faculty Dean can issue a Misconduct Citation to students proven of unacceptable behavior. If three misconduct citations are issued throughout the enrollment period, students may be suspended by the university council.