Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University admission requirements, majors

What are the key facts about Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University?

The key facts about IAU in one table, from the Ministry of Education list¹ and the university's official pages²; each one is detailed in the sections below.

What colleges and majors does Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University offer?

IAU spreads 7 bachelor's programmes over 15 colleges². The largest is the College of Medicine with 1.

7 of these majors have a full tiswa guide on the courses and the job market, linked in the last column. The names are copied as IAU writes them on its own page².

What are the admission requirements at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University?

Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University is a public university in Dammam; admission to its bachelor programmes runs only through the national unified admission platform. This page carries over the admission conditions its admission portal publishes: the general rules, the weighted-score formula, and the extra requirements for the health programmes, the College of Sharia and Law and the education track.

IAU publishes the following admission rules², which we carry over as the official page states them:

• The applicant is Saudi, or non-Saudi with a Saudi mother.
• The applicant holds the Saudi general secondary certificate or its equivalent from within five years of graduation; for the health programmes, from the current or the previous year only.
• The applicant has scores in both the General Aptitude Test and the Achievement Test from the National Center for Assessment.
• The applicant has no current or previous record at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University.
• The applicant is not enrolled or admitted at another Saudi university.
• Admission to the health programmes requires passing the occupational fitness check at the university's Family and Community Medicine Center.
• A personal interview is required for the College of Sharia and Law, the College of Education track and the kindergarten track in Jubail.

How is the weighted admission score calculated at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University?

One formula for every programme: 30% of the secondary-school GPA, 30% of the Qudrat score and 40% of the Tahsili score. Admission is a ranking of applicants by weighted score until the available seats are filled, so a Tahsili point weighs more than a secondary-school point.³

The admission portal publishes a calculator: enter your percentage and two scores and it returns the weighted score at once, so run it before ordering your choices.³

What comes on top of the general rules for the health programmes and the College of Sharia and Law?

The health programmes (medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, public health and applied medical sciences) take secondary-school graduates of the current or previous year only, and require passing the occupational fitness check at the university's Family and Community Medicine Center.²

The College of Sharia and Law, the College of Education track and the kindergarten track in Jubail require passing a personal interview after the weighted-score ranking. Applications for all of it go through the national unified admission platform only.²

In short: the national platform is the only door, Tahsili is 40% of your score, and if a health programme is the goal your certificate must be from the current or previous year, with the fitness check in hand.

How much is the Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University stipend?

IAU pays a monthly stipend that depends on the type of major⁴: SR 1,000 a month (monthly stipend, scientific departments) and SR 850 a month (monthly stipend, theoretical departments).

The stipend compared across eight universities, with pay day and the IBAN steps, is in the student stipend guide.

Where else can you study the IAU majors?

If IAU does not admit you, the same majors appear at other universities on our list:

• Medicine: Alfaisal University (Riyadh), AlMaarefa University (Riyadh), University of Bisha (Bisha), IMSIU (Riyadh), Jazan University (Jazan), UJ (Jeddah), Jouf University (Sakaka), KAU (Jeddah), KFU (Al-Ahsa), KKU (Abha), KSU (Riyadh), Majmaah University (Majmaah), Najran University (Najran), PMU (Khobar), PNU (Riyadh), QU (Buraidah), REU (Riyadh), Shaqra University (Shaqra), Sulaiman Alrajhi University (Al-Bukayriyah), UT (Tabuk), Taibah University (Madinah), Taif University (Taif), UOH (Hail) and UQU (Makkah)
• Dentistry: Jazan University (Jazan), Jouf University (Sakaka), KAU (Jeddah), KFU (Al-Ahsa), KKU (Abha), KSU (Riyadh), Majmaah University (Majmaah), Najran University (Najran), PNU (Riyadh), QU (Buraidah), REU (Riyadh), Taibah University (Madinah), Taif University (Taif), UOH (Hail), Mustaqbal University (Buraidah) and UQU (Makkah)
• Nursing: AlMaarefa University (Riyadh), University of Bisha (Bisha), IMSIU (Riyadh), Jazan University (Jazan), UJ (Jeddah), Jouf University (Sakaka), KAU (Jeddah), KFU (Al-Ahsa), KKU (Abha), KSU (Riyadh), Majmaah University (Majmaah), Najran University (Najran), PNU (Riyadh), QU (Buraidah), REU (Riyadh), Shaqra University (Shaqra), Sulaiman Alrajhi University (Al-Bukayriyah), UT (Tabuk), Taibah University (Madinah), Taif University (Taif), UHB (Hafar Al-Batin), UOH (Hail) and UQU (Makkah)
• Pharmacy: Alfaisal University (Riyadh), AlMaarefa University (Riyadh), Jazan University (Jazan), Jouf University (Sakaka), KAU (Jeddah), KFU (Al-Ahsa), KKU (Abha), KSU (Riyadh), Najran University (Najran), PNU (Riyadh), QU (Buraidah), REU (Riyadh), Shaqra University (Shaqra), UT (Tabuk), Taibah University (Madinah), Taif University (Taif), UHB (Hafar Al-Batin), UOH (Hail) and UQU (Makkah)
• Public health: University of Bisha (Bisha), Jazan University (Jazan), KFU (Al-Ahsa), KKU (Abha), KSU (Riyadh), Majmaah University (Majmaah), PNU (Riyadh), QU (Buraidah), SEU (Riyadh), UOH (Hail) and UQU (Makkah)
• Architecture: Alfaisal University (Riyadh), University of Bisha (Bisha), Dar Al-Hekma University (Jeddah), IMSIU (Riyadh), Jazan University (Jazan), KAU (Jeddah), KFUPM (Dhahran), KKU (Abha), KSU (Riyadh), Majmaah University (Majmaah), Najran University (Najran), PMU (Khobar), QU (Buraidah), Taibah University (Madinah), Taif University (Taif), UBT (Jeddah), UOH (Hail), UPM (Madinah), UQU (Makkah) and Al Yamamah University (Riyadh)
• Business administration: Alfaisal University (Riyadh), University of Bisha (Bisha), IMSIU (Riyadh), Jazan University (Jazan), UJ (Jeddah), Jouf University (Sakaka), KFU (Al-Ahsa), KKU (Abha), KSU (Riyadh), Majmaah University (Majmaah), Najran University (Najran), PMU (Khobar), PNU (Riyadh), QU (Buraidah), SEU (Riyadh), Shaqra University (Shaqra), Sulaiman Alrajhi University (Al-Bukayriyah), UT (Tabuk), Taibah University (Madinah), Taif University (Taif), UHB (Hafar Al-Batin), UOH (Hail), Mustaqbal University (Buraidah), UPM (Madinah), UQU (Makkah) and Al Yamamah University (Riyadh)

Which fee mistakes do students make at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University?

• Missing this rule: The stipend goes to a regular student who is Saudi, born to a Saudi mother or on an external scholarship, within the programme's regular duration counted with the preparatory year, and with no academic warning; SAR 10 a month is deducted for the student fund.⁴
• Missing this rule: It stops for a deferred, dropped-out or apologising student, after the regular duration, on an academic warning (cumulative GPA under 2, or under 2.75 in the engineering colleges and dentistry) and on a disciplinary dismissal; a visiting student is paid once the other university's results are equated.⁴
• Missing this rule: A regular student with a cumulative GPA of 4.50 or more after two consecutive semesters of the same year gets a SAR 1,000 excellence reward in the same account.⁴
• Missing this rule: The IBAN (24 characters starting with SA, an account in the student's own name) is entered in the student records system under electronic services; a stipend not collected for more than three months is forfeited, and questions go to rem@iau.edu.sa or 013 3332737.⁴

Where does the IAU information on this page come from?

Every figure and name on this page was copied by hand from official pages. These are the sources we used,:

• iau.edu.sa
• admitportal.iau.edu.sa

Before you apply, read the unified admission guide and the university transfer guide.