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Admission Criteria and Requirements for Visiting Audit Special Students

Admission Criteria and Requirements for Visiting/Audit/Special Students

 

Visiting Students

 

  1. A visiting student is a student enrolled at another institution who wishes to take courses at UD for transfer back to his/her home university. 

  2. A visiting student must present an approval from his/her university regarding the transferability of UD credits to his/her program at his/her home university.

  3. A visiting student must submit the relevant application form and register during the scheduled admission/registration periods.  The application for admission must include a copy of his/her passport and four recent photos (JPEG format file) and a copy of his/her latest University Transcript.

  4. The visiting student must meet UD’s English language requirements (if the student’s current language of instruction at his original university is not in English). 

  5. A visiting student must fully adhere to UD regulations and rules, including attendance. 

  6. The cumulative number of credit hours allowed for the registration by the visiting student should not exceed 36 credit hours, and such student cannot register for more than 2 consecutive regular semesters or 4 non-consecutive semesters (Short semesters are not considered as long as the number of credits is not exceeded). Exchange students (i.e. from universities which UD has an MOU are subject to the terms of such agreements).

  7. A visiting student may apply for a regular student status after complying with the UD admission requirements of the intended program. Courses studied at UD during the visiting period will be counted if they are associated with the selected program of study.

 

Audit Students

 

  1. UD allows individuals interested to attend one or more courses as audit students. No limit is set.

  2. The candidate must show some evidence of prerequisite knowledge required for auditing the course.  This can be done through a meeting with the course instructor/Program Director/Dean for clarifying this point and the purpose of auditing the course. 

  3. Following a positive meeting, the course instructor, Program Director and Dean shall sign the related Application Form, which must be submitted to the Admission Department along with other required documents. The latter usually includes a passport copy and four recent photographs (JPEG format file), among others. 

  4. The applicant must pay the regular course and other applicable fees for visiting/short course students before attending any classes.

  5. Attendance  is not mandatory, so the applicant will not be issued an attendance certificate.

  6. Since homework assignments/examinations are not mandatory, the applicant won’t be issued a transcript. 

  7. The course(s) taken as an audit cannot be counted toward a degree offered at UD.

 

Special/Non-Degree Students  

 

  1. Special students are students who have obtained their undergraduate degrees from UAE-accredited universities and who are interested in taking courses of similar or higher levels at UD for credit but not toward a degree. The students must normally have the necessary academic background or experience to match the level or requirements of the requested course through submitting the latest academic qualification.

  2. Special students must meet UD's English language requirements.

  3. The maximum number of credits taken shall not exceed 30 UG credits.

  4. Special students must comply with attendance and course assessment policies, same as UD students.  

  5. The transcript of a special student must clearly show the status of a special student.

  6. A special student must submit the application form along with the required documents before the beginning of the semester/term.

  7. A special student may apply for a regular student status after complying with UD admission requirements of the intended program. If accepted, the courses taken can be counted toward that degree.

Readmission/Reinstatement for Interrupted UD Students

 

  1. A student who has withdrawn or has canceled his/her registration at UD, may be considered for readmission upon submitting a formal request to the Registration Department.

  2. A student dismissed from UD on academic grounds may be re-admitted into a different program in a field different from the one from which the student is transferring.

  3. A student dismissed from UD on disciplinary grounds will not be re-admitted into the university, even as a new student. 

  4. Applications for undergraduate readmission may be considered if the period of study interruption does not exceed 7 years (14 regular semesters) from the last registered semester. In such a case, the same ID number will be used  and courses taken at UD will be considered. Courses taken outside UD must have a minimum grade of “C”  will be transferred. (See the Transfer Admissions and Courses Policy S6.3 for full details).

  5. Applicants for undergraduate readmission will need to meet the current program enrollment requirements as well as ensure exams such as the IELTS and English EmSAT tests are still valid. (EmSAT validity lasts 18 months and IETLS and TOEFL in 2 years). 

  6. Applications for re-admission after longer study interruption periods (i.e. >7 years) will be treated as new students (with new ID’s) provided that dismissal from previous study was not based on disciplinary grounds. Restrictions on study programs also apply. 

  7. In the case outlined in item G, l only UG courses that were taken at UD may be considered if it aligns with the current curriculum, and will be marked as Transferred as long as the previous grade was at least “C”. Other non-general courses may be considered subject to a challenge exam where the student must score at least 65%. Grades will be reported as “transfer” in the transcript. Graduate courses are not eligible for consideration.

 

Admission for Interrupted non-UD students  

See Policy S6.3 on Transfer Admissions and Courses.