STUDENTS

Deanship of Admission and Registration
First Semester
Academic Year 2023/2024
Sun, 3 Sep 2023 – Faculty Attendance
Sun, 3 Sep – Tue, 5 Sep – Admission interviews for Postgraduate students
Sun, 3 Sep – Thu, 7 Sep – Admission tests and interviews for academic programs that require it (First Program Undergraduate: First period, external transfer requests and transfer students)
Sun, 3 Sep – Thu, 14 Sep – Period of submitting applications of Minor Specialization selection for First Program Undergraduate: First and Second Period

Article (20)
The student must register the next semester courses early in the middle of the current semester, and he/she may make an amendment to his/her academic schedule within the limits of vacant seats in the academic sections during the period of deletion and addition specified in the academic calendar, and after consulting his/her academic advisor.
The following rules shall be considered, when deleting and adding:

  1. The procedure shall not result in a violation of Article (19) of this Law.
  2. The procedure should not result in the student being unable to be registered in one of the course sections to be added.
  3. There should be no conflict between the courses registered in the academic schedule or between the dates of the final exam, and only the student expected to graduate in the same semester is allowed to register two conflicting courses in the final exam, or two courses, one of which is a mandatory requirement for the other, after obtaining the academic department head’s approval and considering the specific procedures for doing so.

Also, the student is allowed to register in the laboratory section that fits his/her academic schedule, if he/she is unable to register in the same theoretical section of the course, provided that they obtain the department head’s approval and consider the specific procedures for doing so.

Article (5)
The University Council determines the number of students accepted to study within the University’s general policy framework. The University Council may raise the maximum number of students accepted, based on the Dean’s recommendation in light of the official requests it receives for scholarships from official institutions in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The University Council also sets admission criteria for each major.
Sun, 3 Sep – Mon, 4 Sep – Confirmation of admission for First Program Undergraduate (Second period)
Sun, 3 Sep – Wed, 6 Sep – Admission tests and interviews for academic programs that require it (First Program Undergraduate: Second period)
Wed, 6 Sep – English language test for Postgraduate students who do not have a TOEFL or IELTS certificates
Mon, 11 Sep – Announcement of admission results for Postgraduate students
Thu, 14 Sep – Induction for new students (First Program Undergraduate: First and Second period)
Wed, 13 Sep – Induction for new Postgraduate students

Article (13)
The academic year is divided into two semesters, with (16) weeks for each semester.
Upon the University Council’s decision, a “summer semester” may be offered, which consists of (8) weeks.
The department, in coordination with the Dean, determines the courses offered in the semesters, considering the text of Article (24).

* Upon sighting of the Moon.