Conditions for Admission to the College of Medicine

  • Conditions for acceptance to first year/College of Medicine:
  1. An applicant should be a national of one of the GCC member states who jointly established the AGU, namely the United Arab Emirates, kingdom of Bahrain, Kuwait, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sultanate of Oman and Qatar.
  2. An applicant should be nominated by the Ministry of Education of her/his country. A limited percentage of the applicants accepted may be Arabs from other nationalities who are residents in one of the GCC countries. Those are accepted only on a fee-paying basis and should submit their applications directly or the university.
  3. The applicant should be a recent graduate with a high school certificate from the current or the previous year. She or he must meet the university requirements by obtaining a cumulative average of 90% ( 3.5 out of 4.0 point ) or higher in the high school certificate.
  4. The applicant who graduated from a private school, must submit accreditation from the Ministry of Education of her/his country.
  5. The applicant’s age should not exceed 24 years.
  6. The applicant must sit for a written admission examination in science (Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Mathematics) and in English language.
  7. The applicant must undergo a structured interview conducted by the college faculty.
  8. The applicant must submit a health fitness certificate.
  9. The applicant must submit a good conduct certificate from the school she or he graduated from.
  10. The applicant must pay tuition fees if she or he is accepted on fee-paying basis.
  11. The applicant must submit a completed application form and all required supporting documents.

 

  • Conditions for transfer to second year/College Of Medicine:

The College of Medicine may consider applications to transfer to second year if there are vacancies, taking in to consideration the following conditions:

  1. All the conditions applying to direct-entry to first year applicants are also applicable to transfer applicants with the exception of the condition concerning the year of graduation from secondary school. For transfer applications, applicants can be considered for admission if their secondary school certificate dates from two years previously.
  2. The applicant should have passed all the courses required in the first year/College of Medicine.
  3. The applicant should obtain grade point average not less than B ( very good ) in the courses she or he passed at the previous college.
  4. The applicant should not been dismissed from the previous college for misconduct.