General Conditions of Admission
To be eligible for admission, the student must hold a Secondary School Certificate issued in the U.A.E, or its equivalent, with an average score 60% or more. (Students should refer to Program Admission Requirements)
Admission of holders of Non UAE Secondary School Certificate
Applications of holders of a non UAE secondary school certificate are processed in accordance with Circulars (No. 200 & 312) of His Excellency The Minister of Higher Education & Research as follows:
a. Holders of Foreign Secondary School Certificates other than British system certificates are eligible for admission if:
In general, holders of the National High School Certificate of a foreign country are eligible for admission if:
- The certificate is considered for admissions in public universities of the Country where it was delivered.
- The certificate was obtained after at least 11 years of schooling.
- The certificate includes at least 6 subjects covering the four areas: Mathematics, Sciences, Languages, and Social Sciences & Humanities or Arts.
Holders of High School Certificates from countries having two-levels of High School Certificate must submit the certificate of the higher level.
Examples of foreign certificates:
- Iranian Certificates: The Pre-University Certificate is required
- Indian Board (s) Certificates: Senior Secondary School Certificate ( Part II) is required
- Pakistani Board (s) Certificates: Higher Secondary School Certificate ( Part II) is required
- French Baccalaureate: Obtaining the Baccalaureate
- Lebanese Baccalaureate: Obtaining the Baccalaureate
- International Baccalaureate: Completion of six subjects with three at the higher level is required
- American High School Diploma: High School Diploma (grade 10, 11 & 12) is required
b. Holders of British system certificates (IGCSE and GCSE) are eligible for admission if:
- He/she has passed, as a regular student, 7 subjects at the ordinary level of IGCSE or GCSE with a minimum score of C. The minimum score is D and E for subjects taken at AS level or A level of GCSE respectively
- The 7 subjects should cover the four areas of: Mathematics, Science, Languages, and Social Sciences & Humanities or Arts.
- The applicant must prove that he has attended school of at least 11 years by providing school leaving certificate.
Program Admission Requirements
Certain Majors at CUD require specific type of secondary school certificate.
- Students holding literary certificates:
Can be admitted only to the following:
- Any major offered by the School of Business.
- Any major offered by the School of Environment & Health.
- Bachelor of Computer and Networking Engineering Technology.
- Bachelor of Science in Interior Design (with an overall average of 70% & 70% in the Mathematics subject).
- Student holding science certificates:
Can be admitted to any program. Additional requirements are for the following:
- Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies (with an overall average of 70 %
- Bachelor of Science in Telecommunication Engineering (with an overall average of 70%)
Conditional Admission
- We can provide students with conditional admission without any transcripts by making them sign a document where they commit submitting all the required documents in compliance with the policies of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research by the end of the first semester of enrolment at CUD.
- EAP students not intending to enroll to any of our regular accredited programs are accepted without providing any transcripts.
Dropping and adding courses During the first 10 days of the academic semester students may drop or add courses with no financial penalty subject to the prior approval of the academic advisor. The students must pay the fee of the added course(s) before submitting the Add & Drop form to the Registrar’s Office. |
