Steps of the application process

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1. Foundation Year Programs for Bachelor Degrees
All accepted students in all programs offered by the University must complete an obligatory Foundation Year. Upon successful completion of this year, students are placed in their selected faculties based on the strength of their accumulative GPA for that year, on other requirements stipulated by faculties, and on the placement capacity of each faculty. Acceptance in the Natural Sciences track for both male and female applicants is open only for holders of the Saudi Secondary School Certificate, Science major. Acceptance in the Administration and Arts track is open for holders of the Saudi Secondary School Certificate, Arts & Religion majors, Science major, and Administration major. Each faculty determines the track that it wants its applicants to be admitted into according to its field of study. It is also possible fora faculty to stipulate more than one track for acceptance of applicants in certain departments.
The following table describes each specialized track in the Foundation Year and the associated faculties that applicants can choose from after the successful completion of the Foundation Year.
Associated Faculties
Specialized Track
Natural Science track accepts Secondary School certificates in Natural Science or equivalent science degree
Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacology, Engineering, Computer Science, Environmental Design, Meteorology. Science, Applied Medical Sciences, Oceanography, Geology, some specializations in Home Economics, Medical and Applied Sciences for women, some specialization in the Faculty of Design for women, the scientific faculties in Rabigh Campus (Medicine, Engineering, Computer Science, some specializations in the Faculty of Science and Humanities in Khulays Campus, some specializations in the Faculty of Science and Humanities in
Al-Kamel Campus, the Faculty of Science for women, some specializations in the College of Education, some specializations in the Faculty of Mass Communication, some specializations in the Faculty of Administration for women in Rabigh Campus. Administration Sciences & Humanities track accepts the following High School certificates, Arts, Islamic Law Sharia, Administration, Quran Memorization, Home Economics or equivalent degrees.
Arts and Humanities, Economics and Administration, some departments within Home Economics, some specializations in the Faculty of Design for women, the English Department in Khulays Campus, some departments within the College of Education, some specializations in the Faculty of Mass Communication, some specializations in the Faculty of Administration for women in Rabigh Campus, the Faculty of Languages and Translation for women.
Courses in the first and second level of the Foundation Year are unified core courses and obligatory for all students of each specialized track.

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