Dropping and adding procedures and controls
First: dropping and adding procedures
Dropping or withdrawaling is not allowed for first and second-level courses across all colleges, except for the College of Languages and Applied College, where dropping or withdrawing is only allowed for first-level courses.
A registered student in the second level, with registered courses from an advanced level, shall be entitled to drop and add courses from the advanced level according to the conditions.
2- The student/graduate shall review the academic plan to ensure that the previous and current requirements of the registered courses are fulfilled. The certificate evaluation shall be reviewed to identify required courses to register before initiating any drop or add action. Student shall assume full responsibility for any lapses in this regard.
3-The student with struggles shall register for the courses with setbacks first. The student is allowed to add any additional courses afterward according to her academic plan to complete at least the minimum required credit units.
4- The student shall be entitled to add courses from two higher levels as a maximum. The registration progressing according to the academic plan levels, starting from the lower level to the higher level, in accordance with the provisions of the transitioning between levels.
5- The student shall adhere to the maximum and minimum of the educational burden permitted for registration (without prejudice to the number of hours of level in the approved study plan), as follows:The educational burden for the first and second semesters:
| Program | Minimum | Maximum |
| Undergraduate | 15 | 22 |
| Diploma (Applied College) | 14 | 18 |
The educational burden for the undergraduate and diploma summer semester
| الساعات المطلوب تسجيلها |
| 12 |
The educational burden for the warned student and student entitled to a chance following academic dismissal for low grade:
| Number of hours required to be registered |
| 12 |
When adding an elective course, the following must be taken into consideration:
1-The elective courses must be outside the student's academic plan.
2- The total number of credit hours for registered courses as elective is equal to the total number of required elective courses in the academic plan.
3- The student who fulfills the elective courses shall not be entitled to register an additional elective course. In the case of registration, the course shall be deleted by the Deanship of Admission and Registration.
4- The student shall access the schedule through the (Student Detail Schedule) page. The student shall be committed to attending all registered courses and monitor the schedule until the end of the third week.
Important definitions …
Student Detail Schedule: is a schedule that displays all details of the registered course, including lecture times and the final exam schedule. Meanwhile, the weekly schedule shows the timings of recorded lectures for each week without specifying the final exam timing.
The student is not allowed to attend a section not registered in, and attendance in such a section will not be counted. She will be considered deprived in that course and attending more than one section for the same course is not allowed.The university email is very important for the student, as it is used to access instructions and updates regarding the registration process.:
Here is an explanation of the messages that may appear to students during the add/drop period or when submitting an electronic schedule adjustment form:
| | The message/ status | The explanation |
| 1 | You do not have permission to modify the schedule, either because you are accessing it outside of your allotted time or because you have exhausted your add/drop actions. | You are not allowed to access during this period, either because you entered the service during a period other than the one assigned to your university ID, or because you are enrolled in a level that does not have the authority from the college for add/drop actions. The student can check the enrolled level through the student records page (Student Information). |
| 2 | Pending Batch - Pending Function | The course is outside the study plan and cannot be registered. |
| 3 | Pending Level | The course is for a higher academic level, and you cannot be registered. |
| 4 | The division is closed | The enrollment limit has been reached, and registration is not possible. |
| 5 | Maximum hours exceeded | You are not entitled to register for more than the maximum allowed study load. |
| 6 | Previous course not passed | You have not met the prerequisite for the course you wish to add, so you cannot register. |
| 7 | The course has been passed. | The course has been passed in a previous semester, so you cannot register. |
| 8 | The seats reserved for your major are closed, and currently available seats are for other majors. | The remaining seats in the section are for majors other than yours, so you cannot register for the course. |
| 9 | Time conflict with a registered course | The course conflicts in time (lecture or exam time) with a course already registered in your schedule, so you cannot register. |
| 10 | Minimum requirements prevent you from dropping a course | The course cannot be dropped, as you have exceeded the minimum allowed study load for registration, which is 12 hours. |
Second: Guidelines for submitting an electronic schedule adjustment form.
The service for submitting requests electronically will be available after the add/drop period ends. Each student is entitled to submit or modify a maximum of five add/drop requests within the specified period. Therefore, requests must be entered carefully and prioritized. No additional requests will be considered. Submitting a request does not guarantee its execution, and responses to requests, whether approved or not, will be provided by the college within a period not exceeding 24 hours.
