Transfer from Other Institutions
Students enrolled in an accredited higher education institution may apply for transfer to UAEU in accordance with the policies and procedures approved by the University and according to the terms and conditions specified for this category.
Service Procedures
Applications must be submitted online for each of the following groups, through:
- The Ministry of Education’s website for United Arab Emirates National Students and Children of National Mothers, transferring from other (Federal and Private) institutions.
- UAEU’s Official Website for International Students.
Important Dates
All prospective students must submit their application within the application deadlines announced on The Ministry of Education’s website and UAEU’s official website.
Transfer Requirements
Students are considered for transfer based on satisfying the below qualifications:
UAE National students and Children of National Mothers (classified as category one – P1), who graduated in a year previous to the current year, and are currently enrolled in Zayed University or HCT only are eligible to transfer to UAEU; based on achieving the following criteria:
- The student must be currently active in any of the Federal Higher Education Institutions in the UAE (Zayed University and HCT only) or has not been out of school for a period of more than one year or two academic semesters.
- Minimum high school certificate (Grade 12), with a score of 80%, or its equivalent.
- Minimum score of 5.5 in IELTS (Academic), or 525 in TOEFL (ITP), or 70 in TOEFL (iBT), or 194 in TOEFL (CBT), or 1250 in EmSAT English.
- The English Proficiency Score (in any of the above exams) should be valid upon submitting the online application.
- The student must have a good academic standing, with a minimum CGPA of (2.0) in the last semester attended prior to submitting the transfer application.
- The student must have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours or two semesters with a maximum of 60 credit hours.
- The student should not have received any academic warnings or penalties (Academic Dismissal), in the last semester attended prior to submitting the transfer application.
- Achieving the required College Entry Qualifications in EmSAT or its equivalents upon submitting the online application, as shown below.
UAE National students and Children of National Mothers (classified as category two – P2), and international students, who are currently enrolled in any of the accredited Higher Education Institutions (in/out of UAE), are eligible to transfer to UAEU as tuition-paying students; based on achieving the following criteria:
- The student must be currently active in any of the accredited Higher Education Institutions (in/out of UAE) or has not been out of school for a period of more than one year or two academic semesters.
- Minimum high school certificate (Grade 12), with a score of 80%, or its equivalent.
- Minimum score of 5.5 in IELTS (Academic), or 525 in TOEFL (ITP), or 70 in TOEFL (iBT), or 194 in TOEFL (CBT), or 1250 in EmSAT English.
- The English Proficiency Score (in any of the above exams) should be valid upon submitting the online application.
- The student must have a good academic standing, with a minimum CGPA of (2.0) in the last semester attended prior to submitting the transfer application.
- The student must have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours or two semesters with a maximum of 60 credit hours.
- The student should not have received any academic warnings or penalties (Academic Dismissal), in the last semester attended prior to submitting the transfer application.
Colleges’ Entry Qualifications
Students are assigned to the Colleges in accordance with the instructional capacity available in each College, and based on satisfying the following entry qualifications:
Final (Direct) Admission to the College:
- A minimum score of (900) in EmSAT Mathematics, or the equivalent mathematics readiness
tests including:
- For the American system or its equivalent: Advanced Placement (AP) with a minimum score of (3).
- For the British system or its equivalent: General Certificate of Education (GCE) with a minimum score of (C).
- International Baccalaureate (IB-High Level Exam) with a minimum score of (5).
- Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) with a minimum score of (590).
- A minimum score of (900) in EmSAT in one of the three science subjects (Chemistry, or Physics, or Biology), or the equivalent
related science subject’s readiness tests including:
- For the American system or its equivalent: Advanced Placement (AP) with a minimum score of (3).
- For the British system or its equivalent: General Certificate of Education (GCE) with a minimum score of (C).
- International Baccalaureate (IB-High Level Exam) with a minimum score of (5).
Final (Direct) Admission to the College:
- A minimum score of (900) in EmSAT Mathematics, or the equivalent mathematics readiness
tests including:
- For the American system or its equivalent: Advanced Placement (AP) with a minimum score of (3).
- For the British system or its equivalent: General Certificate of Education (GCE) with a minimum score of (C).
- International Baccalaureate (IB-High Level Exam) with a minimum score of (5).
- Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) with a minimum score of (590).
- A minimum score of (800) in EmSAT Physics and Chemistry, or the equivalent science readiness tests including:
- For the American system or its equivalent: Advanced Placement (AP) with a minimum score of (3).
- For the British system or its equivalent: General Certificate of Education (GCE) with a minimum score of (C).
- International Baccalaureate (IB-High Level Exam) with a minimum score of (5).
- A minimum High School (Grade 12) Grade of (80%) in Physics and Chemistry.
- General Track students will be considered under special circumstances provided that a minimum overall average of 90% is achieved along with a minimum high school (Grade 12) grade of 90% in Mathematics.
Final (Direct) Admission to the College:
- A minimum score of (900) in EmSAT Mathematics, or the equivalent mathematics readiness
tests including:
- For the American system or its equivalent: Advanced Placement (AP) with a minimum score of (3).
- For the British system or its equivalent: General Certificate of Education (GCE) with a minimum score of (C).
- International Baccalaureate (IB-High Level Exam) with a minimum score of (5).
- Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) with a minimum score of (590).
- A minimum score of (800) in EmSAT Physics and in one of the two science subjects Chemistry or Biology, or the equivalent science readiness tests including:
- For the American system or its equivalent: Advanced Placement (AP) with a minimum score of (3).
- For the British system or its equivalent: General Certificate of Education (GCE) with a minimum score of (C).
- International Baccalaureate (IB-High Level Exam) with a minimum score of (5).
- A minimum High School (Grade 12) Grade of (80%) in Physics and in one of the two science subjects Chemistry or Biology.
- General Track students will be considered under special circumstances provided that a minimum overall average of 90% is achieved along with a minimum high school (Grade 12) grade of 90% in Mathematics.
Final (Direct) Admission to the College:
- A minimum score of (900) in EmSAT Mathematics, or the equivalent mathematics readiness
tests including:
- For the American system or its equivalent: Advanced Placement (AP) with a minimum score of (3).
- For the British system or its equivalent: General Certificate of Education (GCE) with a minimum score of (C).
- International Baccalaureate (IB-High Level Exam) with a minimum score of (5).
- Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) with a minimum score of (590).
- A minimum score of (800) in EmSAT in one of the three science subjects (Chemistry, or Physics, or Biology), or the equivalent
related science subject’s readiness tests including:
- For the American system or its equivalent: Advanced Placement (AP) with a minimum score of (3).
- For the British system or its equivalent: General Certificate of Education (GCE) with a minimum score of (C).
- International Baccalaureate (IB-High Level Exam) with a minimum score of (5).
- A minimum High School (Grade 12) Grade of (85%) for the General Track and Applied Track students and (80%) for the other Tracks in Biology, Chemistry or Physics.
Final (Direct) Admission to the College:
- Minimum High School (Grade 12) Grade of (80%) in Mathematics, and Biology, and Chemistry, or a minimum score of (800) in EmSAT Mathematics, and Biology, and Chemistry.
- To join the program at the end of year 1 in the college, the student must satisfy
the following:
- A minimum university GPA of 2.5.
- Passing the Mini Multiple Interviews (MMI).
- A minimum score of (900) in EmSAT Arabic, or a score of (6) in the Arabic Competency Exam.
- Passing the bridging (prerequisite) course, Arabic for Law (ARBU150).
- A minimum score of (600) in EmSAT Mathematics, or the equivalent mathematics readiness
tests including:
- Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) with a minimum score of (485).
Final (Direct) Admission to the College:
- A minimum score of (800) in EmSAT Mathematics, or the equivalent mathematics readiness
tests including:
- For the American system or its equivalent: Advanced Placement (AP) with a minimum score of (2).
- For the British system or its equivalent: General Certificate of Education (GCE) with a minimum score of (C).
- International Baccalaureate (IB-High Level Exam) with a minimum score of (4).
- Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) with a minimum score of (555).
- No additional entry qualifications.
- No additional entry qualifications.
- Transfer students and those continuing their studies might be exempted from providing a valid EmSAT score for the qualifications required for admission to the various colleges and majors, in the event that they obtained the required scores in advance during their studies at the previous institution; under the condition that evidence is provided.
Transferred Credits
Approved credit hours from other Higher Education Institutions accredited by the Ministry of Education are considered for credit transfer, based on the following regulations:
- Only courses in which the final grade was (C-), or higher will be considered for degree credit transfer.
- All credits accepted for transfer will be converted to semester credit hours.
- Grades from transferred credits will not be calculated, or included in the CGPA.
- Credits accepted for transfer to UAEU should satisfy specific degree program requirements and are not to exceed 25% of the total credit hours of the degree program.
- A student transferring from another institution must complete at least (75%) of the total credit hours required for the degree, and all senior-level courses in the academic major at UAEU.
- Determination of the applicability of transfer credit to the requirements of a specific undergraduate degree is the exclusive decision of the college.
Required Documents
All applicants must complete the required information and submit the following documents upon submitting the applications:
- A recent color, high-resolution passport photo
- A clear copy of a valid passport, showing the unified number
- A clear copy of a valid Emirates ID (front and back)
- A copy of the National ID – Family Book (Father & Student Page)
- Note: make sure to include the document number at the bottom of all pages before submission.
- A copy of the birth certificate.
- A recent color high-resolution passport photo
- A clear copy of a valid passport, showing the unified number page.
- Note: If a unified number is not recorded in the passport, it should be requested from the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs.
- A clear copy of a valid Emirates ID (both sides)
- A copy of the birth certificate (mandatory)
- Note: the date of issue of the birth certificate must match the student’s date of birth.
- A clear copy of a valid passport of the applicant’s mother
- A clear copy of a valid Emirates ID of the applicant’s mother (both sides)
- The National ID – Family Book provided that the student’s mother has obtained UAE
nationality prior to the student’s birth or in the same year of birth
- Note: make sure to include the document number at the bottom of all pages before submission
- Students must submit all the required documents mentioned in the online application through UAEU’s Official Website.
- Official Academic Transcript from the Current (or previous) institution.
- Courses outline (Syllabus), for all achieved credit hour courses with a minimum score of (C ).
- Attested copy of Final grade reports (certificates) of grades: 10, 11, and 12.
- High School (Grade 12) Equivalency letter from the Ministry of Education, for all students who completed their secondary education in non-UAE governmental systems.
- Students who studied the British curriculum must submit an official statement of results and official grade reports issued by the examination board, not from the school.
- A valid copy of EmSAT - English or its equivalent.
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