Umm Al-Qura University

Umm Al-Qura University

Academic Guidance


- 2019/03/27

Academic Guide:

An academic staff member shall be appointed as a guide for each student in the college during his study in this program. The academic staff members help students to plan the progress of their academic program throughout the academic year, whenever students need any consultation in relation to academic matters.

Registration Procedures:

All students are automatically enrolled through the university computerized registration system, according to the model study plan set out by the department. The system allows the student to make changes and adjustments to the academic schedule, provided that they do not violate the schedule adjustment policy.

The student has the right to withdraw from a course in the period specified by the Deanship of Admissions and Registration, according to the following conditions: Students are not allowed to withdraw from more than two courses in one semester. The number of credit hours for students must not be less than the minimum allowed credit hours, after the withdrawal. The withdrawn course must be of a higher level than the student's current level. The withdrawn course does not appear in the student's transcript.

A student can withdraw from the entire semester in the period set out by the Deanship of Admissions and Registration, and the withdrawn semester does not appear in the student's transcript.

Schedule Adjustment Instructions:

All requests to amend schedules should be submitted only online. In the event that the request cannot be submitted online, the study plan must be printed (colored) and sent to the specified academic guide. If the request should be submitted in writing, a completed amendment form will be handed out to the academic guide.

First: Procedures for Additions of Courses

Courses must be added so that the number of hours registered is not less than 12, and does not exceed the prescribed course load or maximum of 21 hours. The academic load is calculated according to the following rates:

Rate

Less than 1.5

1.5 to less than 1.75

1.75 to less than 2.75

2.75 or more

Load

12 hours

15 hours

18 hours

15 % of the study plan

21 hours maximum

Second: Procedures for Deletion of Courses

Courses should not be deleted in the following cases:

The student is committed to the plan. The number of hours recorded in the schedule is less than 12 hours, after the deletion.

Third: Division Amendment Procedures

No amendment shall be made to the closed division. Notes should be written, if any, in the 'Remarks' section, indicating if the division amendment process is related to any other request.

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