Academic Warning and Academic Probation
Students Enrolled in Undergraduate Program
- A student receives a first academic warning if their CGPA drops below 2.0 by the end of any semester except for the first semester at AAU. Having received the first warning, students are not allowed to register for more than 12 credit hours in the following semester, including any courses they need to retake.
- Students failing to raise their CGPA to at least 2.0 in the following semester, will be given a second warning and will not be allowed to register for more than 9 credit hours, including any courses they need to retake.
- Students failing to raise their CGPA to at least 2.0 in the following semester, will be given a Third warning and will not be allowed to register for more than 9 credit hours, including any courses they need to retake.
- Unable to raise their CGPA to at least 2.0, the students become liable to one of the following actions:
- Transfer the student to another major within the same college;
- Transfer the student to another college.
- Students are given two semesters to raise their CGPA after changing the major or college. Should they fail to do so, they will be dismissed from the university.
- In case of successfully completing at least 70% of the credit hours required for graduation according to the approved study plan for the program, then students will not be dismissed from the university, but will be permitted to continue in the same major until they reach the maximum study duration as stipulated in the AAU regulations.
- The summer semesters are not considered for an academic warning period.
Postgraduate program
- A student receives a first academic warning if their CGPA drops below 3.0 by the end of any semester except for the first semester at AAU. Having received the first warning, students are not allowed to register for more than 9 credit hours in the following semester, including any courses they need to retake.
- Students failing to raise their CGPA to at least 3.0 in the following semester, will be given a second warning and will not be allowed to register for more than 6 credit hours, including any courses they need to retake.
- Students failing to raise their CGPA to at least 3.0 in the following semester, will be given a third warning and will not be allowed to register for more than 6 credit hours, including any courses they need to retake.
- Unable to raise their CGPA to at least 3.0, the students become liable to one of the following actions:
- Transfer the student to another master program within the same college.
- A student is given two semesters to raise his/her CGPA after changing his/her major. If the student fails to do this, he/she will be dismissed from the university.
- If a student has successfully completed at least 70% of the credit hours required for graduation according to the approved study plan for his/her program, then he/she will not be dismissed from the university but will be permitted to continue in the same major until he/she reaches the maximum study duration as stipulated in the AAU regulations.
- The summer semester does not count for an academic warning period.
Students Enrolled in Postgraduate Diploma in Education Program
- Students receive a first academic warning if their CGPA drops below 2.0 by the end of any semester except for the first semester at AAU.
- The summer semesters are not considered for an academic warning period.