All applicants who are applying for the first time to Qatar University, or who have not earned at least 24 credit hours at a university and who are applying to Qatar University as either Foundation Program or Undergraduate applicants are classified as First Year applicants. First-year applicants may apply for either Fall or Spring admission. First-year admits are not eligible to receive transfer credit consideration for coursework completed prior to their semester of admission to QU.
High School Requirements
All applicants to Qatar University must complete a minimum of 12 years of formal education and their
transcript results must be certified by the appropriate educational agency. The high school grade requirements mentioned in this section are minimum scores, they do not guarantee admission, and they may change according to the strength of the applicant pool and the available capacity in each college or major. Additionally, high school requirements do vary by college and individual colleges reserve the right to stipulate additional requirements to the admission requirements listed below.
Qatari Secondary School Certificate
The 12th grade final high school percentage is used when considering applicants from General Secondary Schools wherein a minimum of 70% is required to be taken into consideration when applying to QU. For more information, please visit
College Requirements.
Graduates from Independent Schools from the academic year 2009/2010 onwards are considered according to Qatar Senior School Certificates (QSSC) based on the final total result for their last year. For students who have obtained the Independent Certificate before the academic year 2009/2010, they will be considered based on the table of Score Equivalency in each Academic Year.
Private and International School Certificates
Applicants from the following educational systems must satisfy the minimum admission requirements to be considered:
- Awarded a High School Diploma in a General Studies Curriculum with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.00 on a 4.00 scale (“C”) and satisfies the minimum high school percentage requirement during the final year of high school.
- Passed at least six different subjects including at least one science (biology, physics, chemistry), one mathematics (algebra, trigonometry, geometry), and one English Language course during the Junior or Senior year.
- For the Scientific Track certification, 2 Science subjects (Biology, Physics, Chemistry) and 1 Mathematics subject with minimum grade of 2.00 (or C equivalent) are required.
- British Secondary School System
- Earned at least five IGCSE (O Level) subjects with a minimum grade of "D or 3" and a minimum of two subjects at the Advanced (A) or (AS) level or a combination of (A) and (AS) level subjects with a minimum grade of "D".
- As the official results for this school system will be released after QU has announced admission decisions, applicants may submit predicted grades in addition to official result certificates by the submission deadline. Applicants who submit
predicted high school grades (pdf) will be considered for Provisional Admission.
- For the Scientific Track certification, 2 Science subjects (Biology, Physics, Chemistry) and 1 Mathematics subject with minimum grade of "C or 4" are required.
- International Baccalaureate (IB) System
- Completion of the full IB Diploma with at least 2 subjects at the HL and the other 4 subjects at SL level.
- The student should have attained a total grade point score of 24 out 42, excluding grades for Theory of Knowledge (TOK) and Extended Essay.
- As the official results for this school system will be released after QU has announced admission decisions, applicants may submit predicted grades by the submission deadline. Applicants who submit
predicted high school grades (pdf) will be considered for Provisional Admission.
- For Science Track certification, 2 Science courses (Biology, Physics, Chemistry) and one Mathematics course with minimum grade of 4 (2 of these 3 subjects must be at the HL) and a minimum grade of 3 in the other three subjects.
Provisional Admission
As official results for the British Secondary School system (IGCSE, AS, and A-Level results) and the International Baccalaureate (IB) system will be released after QU has announced admission decisions, in-progress applicants from these two school systems will be considered for Provisional Admission based on predicted grades.
For more details please check
Stages of Provisional Admission for Applicants from the British Secondary School System and International Baccalaureate (IB) System.
Provisional Admission Process
- Applicants from the British Secondary School and the International Baccalaureate systems must submit all application requirements by the
admission application deadline admission application deadline and must submit their predicted grades by the
admission application deadline submission deadline.
- Predicted grades must be reported and attested by the applicant’s high school using the appropriate QU provided form:
- Applicants from the British Secondary School system may complete the minimum admission requirements to be considered through submission of official results for all completed IGCSE, A/S and A-Level results and anticipated final grades for the examinations. All in-progress International Baccalaureate (IB) applicants will be considered for admission on their anticipated results.
- Using predicted grades, the Admissions Department will determine whether the applicant has satisfied Qatar University’s minimum admission requirements. Applicants with predicted grades are considered for admission in competition with all other applicants and applicants receiving Provisional Admission will be informed at the same time as all other admits.
- Upon receiving Provisional Admission, Applicants will be informed of the conditions of their provisional admission – essentially, their admission is based on anticipated grades, is conditional, and not final until official results are submitted.
- Graduates from other high school systems that issue final and official high school results after the submission deadline cannot be considered for admission and will be requested to apply for the coming semester admission instead.
In order to be considered for admission to Qatar University, applicants from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia must complete High School & pass the National Exam for Assessment in Higher Education with the minimum percentage required by their major/program of choice, for male students starting from the year 1422/1423 (2002/2003), for female students starting from year 1430 (2009).
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Submission of Transcripts: Students from other educational systems must submit their original, final, official, and certified high school transcripts to Qatar University prior to the admission deadline.
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Track Certification: The Admission Section will review and evaluate each certificate to determine the appropriate academic track for the student:
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Indicated Track: If the high school transcript specifies an academic track (Arts or Science), that track will be considered for admission.
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Unspecified Track: If the transcript does not specify an academic track, applicants must have completed a minimum of two Science courses (Biology, Physics, Chemistry) and one Mathematics course to qualify for the Science track.
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Additional Documentation: If the final high school transcript for Grade 12 lacks specific details on scientific subjects taken and passed by the student in previous grades, students may submit supplementary evidence via transcripts from Grade 10 or Grade 11.
High School required documents
All applicants who had never applied to Qatar University or who has not earned at least 24 credit hours at a university and who are applying to QU as either Foundation Program or Undergraduate applicants are classified as First Year applicants and are required to submit the following:
- Complete the
Online Admissions Application with an e-payment of QR 200 (non-refundable)
- Students have to upload a passport-size photograph and a photocopy of the applicant's valid Qatar ID card (Non-Qatari applicants must upload a copy of their passport) through the
online admission application by the
admission deadline.
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High School Transcript:
- Students from Qatari Government and independent schools graduated starting from 2016 onwards, do not have to submit their high school transcript; QU will receive their results from the Ministry of Education and Higher Education.
- Students from Private and International high schools, as well as students from Qatari Government and independent schools who graduated in 2015 or earlier, have to submit their original, final, official, and certified
high school transcript
along with copies to check if it matches the original documents, and attend in person to Qatar University before the deadline by the following timing and locations:
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Male: Student Affairs Building (I11) -
First Floor, hall number
C204, from Sunday to Thursday, 9 am to 12 pm
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Female: Student Affairs Building (I11) -
First Floor, hall number
C250, from Sunday to Thursday, 9 am to 12 pm.
- Applicants with a Qatari parent must upload a copy of their parent’s Qatar ID card and a copy of their Birth certificate. Non-Qatari female students married to Qatari Nationals must also upload a copy of the marriage contract and a copy of the ID card of the husband.
(An electronic link will be sent to applicants with Qatari parents and to those married to Qatari nationals for uploading the required documents)
- For Qatari male students who have achieved a percentage less than 75%, it is mandatory to upload a certificate proving completion of national service or a letter of exemption from national service.
(A link will be sent to applicants to upload the required documents)
Note: The document verifying completion of national service or the letter of exemption from national service is mandatory for Qatari male students with a percentage less than 75%. Applications will not be considered if these required documents are not submitted, and admission to Qatar University will be denied.
- Students have to submit a Health Certificate issued inside Qatar (with a validity period that must not exceed six months from the date of examination)
- Students who have undergone a medical examination in any of the health centers operated by the Primary Health Care Corporation or the Medical Commission are not required to submit their medical examination results. QU will receive these results from the Ministry of Public Health directly.
- Students who have undergone a medical examination in any private health care center located in Qatar, kindly contact the Admission Section.
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For International students please refer to International Students Website.
- Official test score reports for applicants to Colleges that
require the Foundation Program (if available) to be submitted to the Qatar University Testing Center in order to be exempted from the Foundation Program.
- An international student who is planning to join Qatar University and apply for a Bachelor’s degree must follow the following steps: must follow the following steps:
- Send the original high school transcript and other required documents to Qatar University during the
application period for international students to the following address:
Admission Department
Qatar University
P.O. Box 2713
Doha, Qatar
- If the international student (excluding GCC citizens) is applying to study at his/her own expense, he/she must apply online for a
student visa under Qatar University sponsorship and upload the
required documents during the same
admission timeline for international students.
- If the international student is planning to study at Qatar University only when he/she obtains a scholarship provided by Qatar University, he/she does not need to fill out and complete the visa application; the Scholarships and International Admissions Section will conduct the necessary procedures to issue a student visa for international students who receive a scholarship from QU.
Note:The admission application from an international student will not be considered if he/she does not submit the original high school transcript and visa application
OR select the scholarship request application while applying to QU.
Contact Us
If you have any inquiries, or questions, or need more information about transferring to Qatar University, please contact us at:
Phone: (+974) 4403-4444
Email:
adm.inquiry@qu.edu.qa