• DSA Home
• Version Française
• Admissions Home
• Undergraduate
  • Undergraduate General Requirements
  • Scholarships
  • Course Descriptions
  • Freshmen
  • Transfer
  • Transient
  • International
  • Deferred Enrollment
  • Course Schedule
• Graduate
  • Graduate Application
  • How to Apply
  • Application Material
  • Deferred Enrollment
  • Scholarships
  • Course Descriptions
• Important Dates
• GAT
• TOEFL
• Tuition & Fees
• Method of Payment
• Refund Policies
• Confirmation
• AUI Students
• Freshman Committee Regulations
• Admission Package
• Institutional Visits
• Forms
• Financial Aid & Scholarships

Transfer

Transfer candidates for admission must have completed at least one year of college-level work in a recognized English speaking university and earned the minimum equivalent of 30 semester credits at the time of matriculation to the University. To be considered for admission, transfer students must have a minimum grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 grading scale and be in good standing with their home institution.

Applicants with fewer than 30 semester credits are considered first-year applicants for the purpose of admission, and must provide secondary school records, applicable test scores, as well as all post-secondary school records. A 2.5 grade point average is required. They should follow the procedure outlined for freshmen admission.

Transfer admission is based on the following:

• Evaluation of University transcripts
• Successful interview, where applicable
• Placement Tests in Arabic, French and English Writing, where applicable

Application Material for Transfers

• Complete and submit an online application
• Post required application material to the Office of admissions and Outreach before the published deadlines
  1. Application Fee of 500 DH
  2. Certified copy of high school diploma (High school diplomas based on distance education, GED and similar tests are not accepted towards admission)
  3. Official transcripts of all university level course work completed and/or attempted
  4. Official university catalog and syllabi of all transferable courses
  5. Two Copies of identity card, “CIN” (passport for internationals)
  6. Six passport size recent color photographs
  7. Short essay of 200 to 300 words long explaining why you wish to join Al Akhawayn University.
     
     
• Applicants (whose native language is not English) who do not have a TOEFL score of 530 in the TOEFL must pay an additional 480 DH with the application material to take Al Akhawayn Institutional TOEFL, or arrange to take the international TOEFL at Amideast. An official score report must be available at Admissions before November 30th for the spring session; June 30 for the Fall session. International TOEFL score reports typically take four to five week to arrive.
  

Interview

Selected candidates may be invited for an interview with the Admissions Committee. The Committee includes academic administrators and faculty members. The interview focuses on inter-personal skills, motivation, fluency of expression and general potential. No specific language is required for the interview and not all candidates are required to take an interview. The date and time of the interview where required will be communicated via the personal account.

Transfer Policy

AUI will evaluate credits only from recognized, accredited academic institutions. Applicants must submit records of all institutions previously attended, even if they do not wish to transfer credits to AUI. Only credits earned in courses judged to be satisfying AUI program requirements may be considered for transfer. Basic skills and remedial courses, and those of a primarily technical nature are not transferable to AUI. Courses in which a grade of ‘D’ has been obtained will not be considered for credit transfer.

A student who is not eligible to return immediately to his/her former institution is not eligible to enroll at AUI. Normally, a student who is dismissed for disciplinary or academic reasons from AUI or from another institution will not be admitted.

While a student may transfer with sophomore or higher standing, this will not always insure that the student will enroll in upper-level courses the first semester of enrollment. Further, all of the University Core Curriculum courses must be completed in addition to all other major/minor courses.

All transcripts employed during the transfer credit evaluation process must have been produced by the issuing institution within the previous twelve months, and must bear the original or facsimile signature of the registrar and the seal of the issuing institution. Transcripts which appear in their original form in languages other than English, Arabic or French, must be accompanied by a certified English translation.

Transferable courses included on the Transfer Credit Evaluation form are subject to review and exclusion should the candidate change his or her major at any time during studies at AUI. Courses completed at the secondary school (pre-university) level are not transferable to AUI. Undergraduate-level courses are not transferable as graduate-level courses.

Transferred students who have successfully earned more than 60 credits in other institutions using the American system of higher education may be exempted from CAD courses. (See Center for Academic Development)

Students with fewer than 60 credits of successful post-secondary study will be considered for exemption from two CAD courses (SSK 1201 and SSK 1203), and will be required to produce evidence of written work and transcripts to determine whether exemption from the other CAD courses will be considered on individual merits.

Credit Type: Al Akhawayn University is a semester credit institution. Students who have completed one or more years of university studies at institutions using a system other than a semester or quarter system may find that their university studies will be prolonged if they transfer to AUI. Transferable credits earned at non-semester credit institutions are converted to semester credits during the evaluation procedure. For example, a five credit course earned at a quarter credit institution typically transfers to AUI as three semester credits.

In Progress (IP) courses at the Sending Institution: Courses which are incomplete at the time of issuance of the official record by the sending institution are denoted on the Transfer of Credit Evaluation form as IP (in progress). IP courses which appear on the evaluation are transferable to AUI providing the minimum satisfactory grade of C for undergraduate programs or B for graduate programs is subsequently earned by the admission candidate and AUI receives an official record of the final grade in the course.

Minimum Grades for Transferable courses: Undergraduate courses which are transferable to AUI must be completed with the grade of A, B, C or Pass (Plusses and minuses inclusive). Graduate courses which are transferable to AUI must be completed with the grade of A or B (Plusses and minuses inclusive). Courses with the grades of Incomplete (I), In Progress (IP) and Withdrawn (W) at the time of the credit evaluation are not transferable.

Transfer Credit Maximums: For undergraduate programs, a maximum of 68 semester credits are transferable to AUI, of which no more than twelve can be at the junior or senior level.