Academic Catalog

9.3.2 Regular Admission

  • A minimum of 500 TOEFL or IELTS – band 5 overall; or TOEFL iBT – 612, computer based TOEFL 173, or 1100 in EMSAT- or any equivalent English test score. English exams that are more than two years old are not accepted.
  • A minimum of 65% average score in High School exams/diploma (Grade 12) for BBA and IT and 80% for Engineering.

Applicants with GCE qualifications are also accepted. A total of 7 O-Level or GCSE/IGCSE subjects are needed or alternatively, a combination of O-Level and AS/A-Levels is acceptable, provided that the subjects passed include at least four of the following fields: Math, Science, Languages, Humanities and Social Sciences and/or Arts and Design. The minimum required grade for the accepted subjects is “C” for the O level, “D” for AS level, and “E” for the A level.

2If the University has reason to believe that a submitted TOEFL or IELTS score may not have been obtained under proper testing conditions. It reserves the right to require students to take the University’s English Placement Test. If there is a significant discrepancy between the submitted TOEFL or IELTS score and the result on the Placement Test, the University will make admission and placement decisions on the basis of the placement test score. This procedure is in accordance with the recommendation of the Commission for Academic Accreditation of the UAE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research dated 26/9/2010.