Students in the Joint First Year and the Evening Preparatory Year may be exempted from studying the General English Language Course offered by the English Language Center at Umm Al-Qura University in the first academic semester. This will be the case if an (IELTS or TOEFL) certificate is submitted proving that the student obtained the score required by the center for the exemption from studying the course, as delineated below.

Conditions:

1.  Obtaining an IELTS score of 4.5 (with a minimum score of 4 in every skill).

Or obtaining a score of 32 in the computerized TOEFL test.

Or obtaining a score of 400 in the TOEFL paper-based test.

2.  A valid certificate (taken within the last two years)

Exemption Request Mechanism:

• Apply for an e-ticket via the following link: click here, or the code at the bottom of the page.
• Fill out the form accurately and attach the documents (test certificate).
• Follow the application via the e-ticket to follow up on the status of registration in the course or the exemption of the student.
• The student is required to attend all lectures and submit all assignments until his exemption from the general course in the first academic semester is confirmed.

Exemption Results:

• The student will be exempted from studying the General English Language Course in the first semester, and the course will not be calculated in the student's GPA.
• If a student wishes to have the scores of this course calculated in the GPA, there will be an opportunity to study the whole course in the first semester and the student is required to undertake and pass the midterm and final exams.

Students of the Evening Preparatory Year Program are entitled to request an exemption if the conditions are met, and there will be no change in the fees, even if the student is exempted from studying the General English Language Course.

Duration for Submitting the Exemption Request:

20/12/1441 A.H. to the end of the sixth week of the academic year (15/2/1442 A.H.).