To be eligible for admission to a graduate program, a student must hold a Bachelor’s degree issued in the UAE or an international equivalent as approved by the UAE Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research.
Admission
Full admission to a Master’s degree program requires the following qualifications:
- A Bachelor’s degree in the same course of study.
- A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a scale of 4.0, or its equivalent. Applicants with at least five years of professional experience could have the GPA requirement waived.
- At least 550 scores in TOEFL or its equivalent (if the desired program is taught in English).
Conditional admission may be granted with following qualifications:
- A Bachelor’s degree in the same course of study.
- A cumulative GPA between 2.0 and 2.99. Students admitted under the conditional category must attain a GPA of 3.0 (for 9 credit hours of study) during their first semester in the graduate program.
- At least 530 scores in TOEFL or its equivalent (if the desired program is taught in English). Students admitted under this conditional category are required to complete six credit hours in AU’s English program.
Applicants may be exempted from the English proficiency requirement in the following situations:
- The medium of instruction for the Bachelor’s degree was English.
- The applicant was admitted to his/her undergraduate program with a TOEFL score of 500, or its equivalent.
- The applicant is seeking graduate degree within two years of receiving Bachelor’s degree.
- English is applicant’s native language.
- The desired Master’s degree program is taught in Arabic.
Conditions for admission into the program for a Professional Graduate Diploma in Teaching:
1. A four-year Bachelor’s degree in one of the following fields:
- Arabic Language Literature
- Islamic studies
- English Language & Translation or English Literature
- Mathematics
- Biology, Physics, or Chemistry
- Information Technology
2. Bachelor’s degree was issued from a university accredited by the UAE MOHER.