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Freshman Year

University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) offers global university degrees which are aligned with the UOW Australia campus. This alignment allows prospective students who meet UOW direct entry requirements to finish their bachelor degrees in three years, instead of the existing four-year programs.

Any prospective student that does not directly qualify for an advance entry three-year program, is still able to enroll in any of our bachelor’s degree, through a one-year Freshman Year.

The Freshman Year is a year-long program, designed to provide students with foundational knowledge to succeed in their preferred areas of specialisation.

The Freshman Year will provide students the foundational knowledge on Academic Language Skills, Mathematics and Statistics, General Education, computing and a specialist subject which will lead to admission to specific bachelor degree.

 

  • Admission requirements
  • English Language Requirements

The minimum academic entry requirements and admissions criteria to be eligible for a bachelor degree depends on your high school curriculum. The minimum requirements based on the most common high school systems are outlined below:

 

School System Bachelor Degree
Direct Entry
(4 Years)
UAE
Al-Thanawiyya Al-Aama
Elite or Advanced Track 70%,
General Track 75%
Arab Countries
Al-Thanawiyyah Al-Aama
70%
American High School Diploma Overall average grade of C
(70% or 2.5/4.0)
Bangladesh
HSC
GPA of 3.0 / 5.0
British GCE Curriculum Minimum 5 IGCSE/GCSE subjects – Grade D
and 2 AS or 1 A level subject (s) – Grade D

Completion of Year 13
Chinese Senior High School 60%
Colombia
Título de Bachiller Académico
3 out of 5 or
6 out of 10
International Baccalaureate Diploma 21 Points
India
CBSE & ICSE, Grade 12
50%
Iran
Pre-University Certificate
11
Japan
Upper Secondary School Diploma
2.5 out of 5
Kenya 31
Mexico 6 out of 10
Nepal
School Leaving Certificate Examination
2.3 out of 4
Nigeria
WAEC & NECO
Minimum of 7 subjects with no
more than 1 “Pass”
CIS Countries
Attestat
Average 3/5
South Korea
CSAT
70%


Notes:

  • Students with qualifications from other curriculum should contact the Student Recruitment and Admissions department at UOWD to determine their eligibility.
  • All students applying from non UAE MoE curriculum must provide an equivalency of their Secondary School Certificate from the Ministry of Education, UAE; stating the completion of Grade 12. 
  • A student who does not satisfy the criteria for Equivalency of Secondary School Certificate, may be subject to conditional admission, based on receiving a Letter of No Objection to Conditional Admission issued by the Ministry.

At UOWD, all classes are taught in English and in order to enrol in a bachelor’s degree you will need to submit one of the following certificate of English language proficiency:

 

English Language Testing Bachelor Degree
Direct Entry
(4 Years)*
IELTS
Academic
Overall IELTS (Academic) score
of 5.0 & Minimum score of 5.0 in
Reading & Writing
TOEFL
Internet-based
61
TOEFL
Computer based
173
TOEFL**
International paper based
500


Notes:

* Students with a minimum overall score of 6.0 in academic IELTS (or equivalent) and a minimum score of 6.0 in reading and writing(or equivalent) are eligible for advanced standing for English Language subjects.

** Students admitted under this criterion must complete the test at AMIDEAST.

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