SCHOOL OF SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING

Engineering Program
General Requirements
If engineering is your intended major, make sure to write it down in the appropriate
field on your application form (intended major). The following majors are available:
❑ Architectural Engineering*
❑ Computer Engineering
❑ Construction Engineering
❑ Electronics and Communications Engineering
❑ Mechanical Engineering
❑ Petroleum Engineering
The following are the minimum requirements to apply for the engineering majors.
Acceptance may be higher depending on available space.
❑ American High School Diploma:
To qualify for admission, completion of pre-calculus and physics courses in grades 11
or 12, and chemistry in Grades 10, 11 or 12 is required. In addition to a minimum SAT
I-MATH score of 560. If the student completes SAT II, the SAT-MATH score will only
be considered if it is higher than the SAT I-MATH score. Also, a minimum GPA of 3.0
in the science courses completed in Grades 10, 11 and 12 is required.
❑ British Certificate (IGCSE/GCSE):
Completion of four O-level science courses (math, physics, chemistry and a fourth science
or information technology course), plus EITHER two science courses at the AS-level (math
and physics or chemistry) OR an advanced-level math course is required to qualify for
admission. Students should score As or A*s in the 5(6) courses. However, a minimum
grade of B is accepted in no more than two courses of the 5(6), provided the two Bs are
not both in math courses.
❑ Canadian Certificate:
Completion of math courses in grades 11 and 12, a physics course in grades 11 or 12,
and a chemistry course in grades 10, 11 or 12 is required to qualify for admission.
A minimum overall score of 80 percent (overall and science subjects) is required to
qualify for admission.
❑ French Baccalaureate:

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Completion of math, physics and chemistry courses with a minimum grade of 70
percent in math, and an average of 70 percent in the three courses, is required to qualify
for admission.
❑ German Abitur:
Completion of math, physics and chemistry courses, with a minimum grade of 10 in
math and physics and an average of 10 in these three courses, is required to be eligible for
admission.
❑ International Baccalaureate (IB):
Completion of math, physics and chemistry courses with a minimum grade of 4 in math
and an average of 4 in the three courses is required to qualify for admission.
❑ Thanawiya Amma (Egypt):
Completion of two math, physics and chemistry courses is required to qualify for
admission. Students should not score below the average cut-off score of engineering
schools or national universities by more than 2 percent to qualify for admission. The
average cut-off score will be announced after the first round of tanseeq.
❑ Thanawiya Amma (Arab Countries):
Completion of math, physics and chemistry courses is required to qualify for admission.
After excluding any religion courses from the overall score, students should not
score below the average cut-off score of engineering schools for national universities
announced after the first round of tanseeq to qualify for admission.
*Important Note:
Students intending to major in architectural engineering must sit for a placement
test/workshop addressing the cognitive abilities of students. The test examines spatial
visualization and abstract reasoning.

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Actuarial Science
General Requirements

The following is a summary of the admission requirements for each certificate:

❑ American High School Diploma:

Completion of an advanced-level math course in grade 12, and one other science course
in grade 10, 11 or 12 is required to qualify for admission. A minimum SAT I-math score
of 560 is required to be eligible for admission.

❑ British Certificate (IGCSE/GCSE):

Completion of O-level and advanced-level math courses with a minimum grade of B
in each of the two courses is required to qualify for admission.

❑ Canadian Certificate:
Completion of an advanced-level math course in grade 12 and one other science
course in grade 10, 11 or 12 is needed to be eligible for admission. A minimum
overall score of 80 percent in addition to a minimum per subject score of 80 percent
are required to qualify for admission.
❑ French Baccalaureate:
Completion of a math and one other science course with a minimum average of
70 percent in both courses is required to qualify for admission.
❑ German Abitur:
Completion of a math and one other science course is required to qualify for admission.
A minimum grade of 10 in a math course and an average of 10 in both courses is
required to qualify for admission.

❑ International Baccalaureate (IB):

Completion of high-level math and one other science course with a minimum grade
of 4 in math and an average of 4 in both courses is required to qualify for admission.

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❑ Thanawiya Amma (Egypt):
Completion of pure math and applied math courses with a minimum score of 80 percent
in each is required to qualify for admission. A minimum overall thanawiya amma score of
90 percent is also required to qualify for admission.

❑ Thanawiya Amma (Arab Countries):

Completion of math with a minimum score of 92 percent and one other Science
course is required to qualify for admission. A minimum overall thanaweya amma score of
92 percent is also required to qualify for admission.

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Biology
General Requirements

The following is a summary of the admission requirements for each certificate.

❑ American High School Diploma:

Completion of an upper-level biology course is required to qualify for admission.
❑ British Certificate (IGCSE/GCSE):
Completion of AS-level biology, plus one additional AS-level science course with a
minimum score of B in each of the two courses, OR an advanced-level biology course
with a minimum score of B is required to qualify for admission.

❑ Canadian Certificate:
Completion of an upper-level biology course is required to qualify for admission.

❑ French Baccalaureate:
Completion of a biology course is required to qualify for admission.

❑ German Abitur:
Completion of a biology course is required to qualify for admission.

❑ International Baccalaureate (IB):

Completion of a biology course is required to qualify for admission.

❑ Thanawiya Amma (Egypt):

Completion of a biology course is required to qualify for admission.

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❑ Thanawiya Amma (Arab Countries):
Completion of a biology course is required to qualify for admission.
Excluding religion courses, students should not score below the average cut-off score of
science schools for Egyptian national universities by more than 2 percent. The cut-off
scores are announced after the first round of tanseeq.

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Chemistry
General Requirements

The following is a summary of the admission requirements for each certificate:

❑ American High School Diploma:

Completion of math, physics and chemistry courses with a minimum GPA of 3.0 in all
these science courses is required to qualify for admission.
❑ British Certificate (IGCSE/GCSE):
Completion of four O-level science courses (math, physics, chemistry and an additional
science or information technology course), plus EITHER two science courses at the
AS-level (chemistry and math or physics) OR an advanced-level chemistry course. An
average grade of B in the 5(6) courses is required to qualify for admission.
❑ Canadian Certificate:
Completion of math, physics and chemistry courses is required to qualify
for admission.
❑ French Baccalaureate:
Completion of math, physics and chemistry courses with a minimum average of 60
percent in these courses is required to qualify for admission.

❑ German Abitur:
Completion of math, physics and chemistry courses with a minimum grade of 10 in
chemistry and an average of 9 in all three courses is required to qualify for admission.
❑ International Baccalaureate (IB):
Completion of high-level chemistry in addition to math and physics courses, which may
be taken at the subsidiary level is required to qualify for admission. An average grade of
at least 3 in these three courses is also required to qualify for admission.

❑ Thanawiya Amma (Egypt):

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Completion of math, physics, chemistry and an additional science course is required to
qualify for admission. A minimum overall thanawiya amma score of 80 percent is required
to qualify for admission.

❑ Thanawiya Amma (Arab Countries):

Completion of math, physics and chemistry courses is required to qualify for admission.
A minimum overall Arab thanawiya amma score of 82 percent (after excluding any
religion course) is also required to qualify for admission.

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Computer Science
General Requirements

The following is a summary of the admission requirements for each certificate.

❑ American High School Diploma:
To qualify for admission, completion of pre-calculus, physics and another science or
computer course, which could be completed in Grades 10, 11 or 12 is required. In
addition, a minimum SAT I-MATH score of 560 and a minimum GPA of 3.0 in the
science courses completed in Grades 10, 11 and 12 are required.

❑ British Certificate (IGCSE/GCSE):

Completion of four O-level science courses (mathematics, physics and two other science
or information technology courses), plus EITHER two science courses in the AS-level
(math and physics), OR an advanced-level math course is required to qualify for
admission. Students should score As or A*s in the 5(6) courses. However, a minimum
grade of B is accepted in no more than two courses of the 5(6), provided the two Bs are
not both in math courses.

❑ Canadian Certificate:
Completion of math courses in grades 11 and 12, and a physics course in grade 11 or 12,
(another science or computer course may also be taken in grades 11 or 12) is required
to be eligible for admission. A minimum overall score of 80 percent, in addition to a
minimum per subject score of 80 percent are required to qualify for admission.

❑ French Baccalaureate:
Completion of a math, physics and another science or computer course is required to
qualify for admission. A minimum average of 70 percent in the three courses is required
to qualify for admission.

❑ German Abitur:
Completion of a math, physics and another science or computer course is required to
qualify for admission. A minimum grade of 10 in math and physics, and a minimum
average of 10 in the three courses are required to qualify for admission.

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❑ International Baccalaureate (IB):
Completion of a math, physics and another science or computer course is required to
qualify for admission. A minimum average grade of 4 in the three courses is required to
qualify for admission.

❑ Thanawiya Amma:
Completion of a math, physics, chemistry and two additional science courses is required
to qualify for admission. A minimum overall thanawiya amma score of 90 percent is
required to qualify for admission.

❑ Thanawiya Amma (Arab Countries):

Completion of a math, physics and another science course is required to qualify for
admission. A minimum overall Arab thanawiya amma score of 92 percent (excluding
any religion course) is also required to qualify for admission.

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Math
General Requirements

The following is a summary of the admission requirements for each certificate.

❑ American High School Diploma:

Completion of pre-calculus and another science or computer course, covered in grades
10, 11 or 12, is required to qualify for admission.

❑ British Certificate (IGCSE/GCSE):

Completion of three O-level science courses (mathematics and two other science or
information technology courses), plus EITHER AS-level math, OR an advanced-level
math course is required for admission. Students should score As or A*s in the 5(6)
courses. However, a minimum grade of B is accepted in no more than two courses of
the 5(6), provided the two Bs are not both in math courses.

❑ Canadian Certificate:
Completion of advanced-level math (calculus) in grade 12, and another science or
computer course taken in grades 10, 11 or 12 is required to qualify for admission.
A minimum overall, as well as per subject score of 80 percent, is required to qualify
for admission.

❑ French Baccalaureate:
Completion of one math and another science or computer course is required to qualify
for admission. A minimum average of 70 percent in these courses is required to qualify
for admission.

❑ German Abitur:
Completion of one math course with a minimum grade of 10 and one other science or
computer course is required to qualify for admission.

❑ International Baccalaureate (IB):

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Completion of high-level math and another science or computer course that can be a
subsidiary-level course is required to qualify for admission. A minimum average grade
of 4 in the two courses is required to qualify for admission.

❑ Thanawiya Amma (Egypt):

Completion of one math course with a minimum score of 80 percent, plus two other
science courses is required to qualify for admission. A minimum overall score of 90
percent is also required to qualify for admission.

❑ Thanawiya Amma (Arab Countries):

Completion of one math and another science course is required to qualify for
admission. A minimum overall score of 92 percent (excluding religion courses) is
also required to qualify for admission.

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Physics
General Requirements

The following is a summary of the admission requirements for each certificate:

❑ American High School Diploma:

Completion of two math courses and one physics course is required to qualify
for admission.

❑ British Certificate (IGCSE/GCSE):

Completion of two O-level science courses (math and physics), plus an AS-level math
course is required to qualify for admission.

❑ Canadian Certificate:
Completion of two math courses and one physics course in grades 11 and 12 is
required to qualify for admission.

❑ French Baccalaureate:
Completion of math and physics courses is required to qualify for admission.

❑ German Abitur:
Completion of math and physics courses is required to qualify for admission.

❑ International Baccalaureate (IB):

Completion of math and physics courses is required to qualify for admission.

❑ Thanawiya Amma (Egypt):

Only thanawiya amma math or science students are qualified for admission.

❑ Thanawiya Amma (Arab Countries):

Only thanawiya amma science students are qualified for admission.

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