1. Applications and registration of personal data on the admission e-portal starts at the end of the academic year according to the timetable that will be announced on the university website. There is no admission between the two semesters.
2. Priority for the available places depends on the weighted ratio of the applicant. The duration since getting the high school degree should not exceed five years and it should not exceed two years for the medical stream.
3. The validity time for the general aptitude test (GAT) and the summative assessment is five years from the date of taking the test.
4. You can view the available majors and download the admissions guide on the Deanship of Admission and Registration page on the university website.
6. The Certificate of the General Secondary Education (Shari`ah sciences, administrative sciences, administrative sciences courses system, natural sciences, natural sciences courses system, literary section, scientific section, the Scientific Institute, Commercial Secondary Schools, Holy Qur'an Memorization, Dar Al-Hadith, Al-Haram Institute).
7. The Certificate of the General Secondary Education (Shari`ah sciences, administrative sciences, administrative sciences courses system, natural sciences, natural sciences courses system, literary section, scientific section, the Scientific Institute, Commercial Secondary Schools, Holy Qur'an Memorization, Dar Al-Hadith, Al-Haram Instutute).
8. The non-Saudi male and female students born of Saudi mothers are dealt as the Saudi students.
9: Yes, there is (an internal scholarship) for the non-Saudi students who have a regular residence. The following steps should be followed: * Registration of the personal data and submission of the applications through the unified admission e-portal. Then, preference is made according to the weighted percentages. * The names are presented to the Ministry of Education. * The names of the accepted male and female students are published on the website of the Deanship of Admission and Registration to complete the measures of their admission.
10. If a student is denied admission to a certain specialization after attending the interview, he will be granted admission according to the priority.
11. Withdrawing the file during admission period (one month) and before approving the classroom schedule is regarded as withdrawal from admission. As a result, you will have the right to submit to the university, when it is announced that admission is open, as a new student according to the admission requirements stated at the time. Withdrawing your file one month after being admitted to the university, it will be regarded as a complete withdrawal from the university. You do not have the right to apply to the university again except after the passage of four semesters from withdrawal date. Students of the Preparatory Year, Evening Preparatory Year, affiliation, and diploma who withdrew completely from the university have the right to apply again through the e-portal (access registration).
12. Keep your secondary certificate as you will not need to send or submit to the university at all. Required documents that should be uploaded to the website are the identity card, the certificate, and student's photo. They should be scanned and uploaded to your page.
13. You should open a file from the admission portal at the university website as a new user. You should fill in the required data. Then, you have to download the admission guide from the Deanship of Admission and Registration site and abide by the deadlines for each stage. Applications are electronic and you do not have to visit the university.
14. You should use the scanner only to get clear documents. You can save your files in PDF or JPG form. The size of each file should not exceed 200 kilobytes. Avoid photocopying your documents by using your cell.
Internal scholarship students cannot transfer to Umm Al-Qura University.
The transfer of students from another university to the UQU in Makkah or any of its branches (Jamoum, Al-Leith, Adham, Al-Qunfudhah) is made according to the following requirements: 1- The student must be a Saudi national or have a Saudi mother. 2- The student must be registered in an accredited college or university. 3. The student must complete at least one semester at their original university. 4. The student must not complete more than six semesters at their original university, so they can study a minimum of 60% of their course at the UQU. 5- The student must not have been dismissed from their original university for disciplinary reasons. 6- The student’s measured rate must be equivalent to or greater than the rate of the lowest student admitted in the same major.