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required to provide certification of English language approved by CAA, such as TOEFL score of 450 (133 CBT,
proficiency; 45 iBT), or 4.5 IELTS academic, or as identified in below
“table for equivalent score on test of English Language”:
2. Students who have completed undergraduate Approved Tests of English Language Proficiency; and a
education in an English-medium institution might be minimum score of 1100 for the Arabic language portion of
allowed admission into a graduate program without EmSAT examination.
demonstrating a TOEFL score of 550 (or equivalent).
This exemption can be applied only to those students Case III:
who undertook all their schooling (K-12) plus a
Bachelor’s degree in English in a reference English • Applicants may be required to complete some or all
speaking country (e.g., UK, USA, Australia, New program pre-core courses (when the first degree
Zealand); is not directly related to the program), before being
granted regular admission to the program. Students
3. Academic advisor needs to make sure that the are allowed to take these pre-core courses even if the
conditional admission requirement met during the language condition is not met.
first semester.
• Students may be required to sit for a challenge exam
Once admitted and enrolled, the student must complete set by the college. If students pass the exam, they will
the program requirements within a maximum period of be exempted from the pre-core course(s).
three calendar years and the Cumulative GPA must be at
least 3.00 to graduate unless given an extension in writing • Students (who meet the language condition) under
by the Dean and Department Chair. this category may be allowed to register in regular
graduate-level courses before completing the pre-
Students have to meet the program specific admission core courses upon the recommendation of the Dean
requirements of the program they are applying to. and/or Program Director. If the above conditions are
met. However, they will be allowed to take intensive
Conditional Admission: English course(s) and/or pre-core courses even if their
Applicants may be granted conditional admission in the language is not met.
following cases:
Case I Case IV:
* Students with a recognized baccalaureate degree and an • May conditionally admit students to a QFEmirates level
EmSAT score range of 1250 or its equivalent on another 8 or 9 graduate program with a recognized Bachelor’s
standardized test approved by the Commission such as degree and a minimum cumulative grade point
TOEFL scores of 197 CBT, 71 iBT, 530 PBT, or 5.5 IELTS average (CGPA) of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale or its established
Academic to a Emirates level 8 or 9 graduate program. Such equivalent. Such a student must take a maximum of
students must meet the following requirements during the nine credit hours of courses studied for the graduate
period of conditional admission or be subject to dismissal: program during the period of conditional admission
and must achieve a minimum CGPA of 3.0 on a 4.0
• Must achieve an EmSAT score range of 1400 or scale, or its established equivalent, in these nine
equivalent, by the end of the student’s first semester credits of courses studied for the graduate program
of study; or be subject to dismissal.
• May take a maximum of six credit hours in the first
semester of study, not including intensive English Case V:
courses;
• Applicants who graduated from universities outside
• Must achieve a minimum CGPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, or the UAE are required to submit an Equivalency letter
its established equivalent, in the first six credit hours from the Ministry of Education by the end of the
of credit-bearing courses studied for the graduate first semester.If the conditionally admitted students
program. fail to submit their Equivalency Letters during the
first semester, their accounts will be deactivated and
CASE II: they will not be allowed to register for the following
semester. However, students should approach the
For Emirates Level 8 and 9 graduate programs taught in Office of Student Recruitment and Admission in
Arabic a minimum score of 950 on the English language writing in case they are not able to submit their
portion of the EmSAT examination, or its equivalent on equivalency Letters by the end of their first semester
other national or internationally-recognized tests that are at ADU. A committee with decide on each case based

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