High School Applicants

All applicants who have never attended a university or who have not earned at least 24 credit hours at a university and who are applying to Qatar University as either Foundation Program or Undergraduate applicants are classified as First Year applicants. First Year applicants may apply for either Fall or Spring admission. First Year admits are not eligible to receive transfer credit consideration for coursework completed prior to their semester of admission to QU.

High School Requirements

All applicants to Qatar University must complete a minimum of 12 years of formal education and their transcript results must be certified by the appropriate educational agency. The high school grade requirements mentioned in this section are minimum scores, they do not guaranteed admission, and they may change according to the strength of the applicant pool and the available capacity in each college or major. Additionally, high school requirements do vary by college and individual colleges reserve the right to stipulate additional requirements to the admission minimums listed below.

Qatari Secondary School Certificate

1. General Secondary Schools
   The 12th grade final high school percentage is used when considering applicants from General Secondary Schools.
    
2. Independent Schools
   Graduates from Independent Schools in the academic year 2009/2010 onwards are admitted according to Qatar Senior School Certificates (QSSC) on the basis of the final total result for the last year. For students who have obtained the Independent Certificate before the academic year 2009/2010, they will be admitted on the basis of the table of Score Equivalency in each Academic Year. 

Private and International School Certificates

ِِApplicants from the following educational systems must satisfy the admission requirements:

1. Grade Point Average (GPA) System
   • Awarded a High School Diploma in a General Studies Curriculum with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.00 on a 4.00 scale (“C”) and satisfies the minimum high school percentage requirement during the final year of high school.
   • Passed at least six different subjects including at least one science (biology, physics, chemistry), one mathematics (algebra, trigonometry, geometry), and one English Language course during the Junior or Senior year.
      
2. British Secondary School System
   • Earned at least five IGSCE (O Level) subjects with a minimum grade of "D" and a minimum of two subjects at the Advanced (A) or (AS) level or a combination of (A) and (AS) level subjects with a minimum grade of "D".
   • As the official results for this school system will be released after QU has announced admission decisions, applicants may submit predicted grades in addition to official result certificates by the submission deadline. Applicants who submit predicted high school grades (pdf) will be considered for Provisional Admission.
      
3. International Baccalaureate (IB) System
   • Completion of the full IB Diploma with at least 2 subjects at the HL and the other 4 subjects at SL level.
   • The student should have attained a total grade point score of 24 out 42, excluding grades for Theory of Knowledge (TOK) and Extended Essay.
   • As the official results for this school system will be released after QU has announced admission decisions, applicants may submit predicted grades by the submission deadline. Applicants who submit predicted high school grades (pdf) will be considered for Provisional Admission.
4. KSA School System:
     In order to be considered for admission to Qatar University, applicants from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia must complete High School & pass the National Exam for Assessment in Higher Education with the minimum percentage required by their major/program of choice, for male students starting from 1422/1423 (2002/2003), for female students starting from 1430 (2009).

Provisional Admission

As official results for the British Secondary School system (IGCSE, AS, and A-Level results) and the International Baccalaureate (IB) system will be released after QU has announced admission decisions, in-progress applicants from these two school systems will be considered for Provisional Admission based on predicted grades.

The Provisional Admission process allows applicants from the British Secondary School and the International Baccalaureate systems to be considered for admission based on anticipated results of coursework that is currently in progress. For the Fall 2017 admission cycle, Provisional Admission is limited to applicants from the British and International Baccalaureate school systems only.

Provisional Admission Process 

1. Applicants from the British Secondary School and the International Baccalaureate systems must  submit all application requirements by the 4 July 2017  admission application deadline and must submit their predicted grades by the 6 July 2017  submission deadline.
2. Predicted grades must be reported and attested by the applicant’s high school using the appropriate QU provided form:
   • Predicted IGCSE, AS, and A-Level Grades for Provisional Admission form
   • Predicted International Baccalaureate Grades for Provisional Admission form
3. Applicants from the British Secondary School system may satisfy the minimum admission requirements through submission of official results for all completed IGCSE, A/S and A-Level results and anticipated final grades for the examinations. All in-progress International Baccalaureate (IB) applicants will be considered for admission on their anticipated results.
4. Using predicted grades, the Admissions Department will determine whether the applicant has satisfied Qatar University’s minimum admission requirements. Applicants with predicted grades are considered for admission in competition with all other applicants and applicants receiving Provisional Admission are informed at the same time as all other admits.
5. Applicants receiving Provisional Admission will be informed of the conditions of their provisional admission – essentially, their admission is based on anticipated grades, is conditional, and is not final until official results are submitted.
6. Provisional admits are required to submit their final and official transcripts. Provisional admits whose final results qualify them for admission to QU but are not sufficiently strong for admission into their college, will be contacted by the Admissions Department to change their college. Provisional admits whose final results fail to satisfy QU’s minimum high school requirements will have their admission rescinded. Failure to provide official results by the deadline will result in the Provisional Admission being rescinded.
7. Graduates from other high school systems that issue final and official high school results after the 4 July 2017 submission deadline cannot be considered for Fall 2017 admission consideration and will be requested to apply for Spring 2018 admission.

High School Percentage Exception

All applicants who do not satisfy the initial high school percentage requirements listed above may still apply to the college and major of their choice by completing 12 years of formal education and satisfying the minimum competency requirements based on the college they apply to as follows: 

Applicants to the Colleges of Arts, Business and Economics, Education, Law, and Sharia:

Applicants to the Colleges of Engineering, Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Health Sciences:

The Dean of the College will consider such requests against the quality and depth of the applicant pool, the available capacity within the applicant’s intended major, and high school subject grades.

High School Transcripts

All applicants from private high schools located within Qatar must ensure that their high school transcript is:

1. Final, official and certified by an appropriate high school official.
2. Certified by the Supreme Education Council for Private Schools.

All applicants who have graduated from high schools outside of Qatar must ensure that their high school transcript is:

1. Final, official and certified by an appropriate high school official.
2. Certified by either the Ministry of Education or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the country in which the high school is located.
3. Certified by either the Qatar Embassy in that country or the Embassy of that country located in Doha.
4. An Arabic or English translation of the final transcript must accompany the transcript if it is issued in a language other than Arabic or English.

High School Applicants Checklist

All applicants who have never attended a university or who have not earned at least 24 credit hours at a university and who are applying to Qatar University as either Foundation Program or Undergraduate applicants are classified as First Year applicants and are required to submit the following:

1. Complete Online Admissions Application with an e-payment of QR 200
2. Official, final, and certified high school transcript (required from all high school applicants except applicants from independent schools for the academic year 2016-2017)
3. Health Certificate issued inside Qatar (International students please refer to International Students Website)
4. Photocopy of the applicant's Qatar ID card (Non-Qatari applicants must also provide a copy of their passport; international students please refer to International Students website)
5. Two (2) recent identical passport size photographs (size 4 x 6 cm) with white background
6. Official test score reports for applicants to Colleges that require Foundation Program ( if available) to be submitted to the Foundation Program Testing Center in order to be exempted from the Foundation Program.
7. International students who do not hold a valid State of Qatar residence permit (excluding GCC citizens) are not eligible for QU admission consideration. It is crucial that international student who is interested to enroll at QU to have a valid Qatari residence permit. Qatar University International Student Section assists students to get a student visa (Qatar Residence Permit). Those interested students should Apply Online for the student visa and upload the Required Documents during the same timeline of QU admission. Applicants who fail to satisfy the requirements for a student visa will not be considered for Qatar University admission.