Students enrolled in a Faculty of Engineering at another Public university are allowed to be transferred to the Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, if they fulfil the following conditions:

• The student must be transferring to Level 1 only from another equivalent level. It is not allowed to transfer students from higher levels to Level 1.
• The student must have a minimum GPA of 2.3 in the Freshman Year if he is transferred from a Credit-Hour System or a minimum Grade of “Good” if he is transferred from a Semester-Based System.
• It is not allowed to transfer students who are dismissed from their Faculty because of exceeding the maximum number of academic probation or failures.
• Transfer requests are processed at Ain Shams University Administration.

The Education and Student Affairs Committee can study any changes in these rules according to the study needs.

Transfers to Specialized Programs

• Student transferred to Specialized Programs must be registered in the mainstream system in his home university.
• The student must have been awarded the Egyptian High School Diploma (Thanaweya Amma) from a school within the Geographical Area of Ain Shams University.
• The student place of accommodation lies within the Geographical Area of Ain Shams University. This has to be recorded in the student National ID and it has to be more than 12 months old.
• The student is not allowed to change his place of accommodation to another address outside the Geographical Area of Ain Shams University for the next 12 months following his enrolment at the Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University.
• It is not allowed to transfer students from another University in Greater Cairo (Cairo, Shoubra, Helwan, Matareya).
• The student is not allowed to use the University Accommodation City as long as he is a student enrolled at the Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University.
• Maximum number of transferred students to Level 1 is not more than 5% of the total number of students in the same level at the Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University.
• The applying students are ranked in a descending order based on their grades in the Freshman year or marks in the preparatory year. If two students are equal, then the High School Diploma mark is considered.
• To join a certain program, the student grade must be more than the minimum grade of this program for the Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University students.
• The students are distributed among different programs based on a special coordination provided that the maximum number of transferred students is not than 5% of the total number of students in the same level in this program.
• The student maintains his right of Free Education throughout the rest of his study complying with the other articles in this Bylaws.

Transfers to Inter-Disciplinary Programs

• It is possible to transfer students from any Faculty of Engineering at a public university to the Inter-Disciplinary Programs and pay the applicable Fees, approved by the Faculty at the enrolment year.
• It is possible to transfer students from higher levels to Level 1, but with a maximum of 68 CH or their equivalence from the Semester-Based System.
• The student can be accepted if his Cumulative GPA exceeds 2.0 after performing equivalence to his previous courses.
• The student pays equivalence fees of Two Credit Hours as administration fees to process the equivalence request.

Transfers from the Military Technical College

• The student must have resigned or dismissed for medical reasons only.
• To transfer to Freshman Year, the student must have achieved the National Coordination Office minimum limit for the Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University to join the Specialized Programs, and minimum limit of Public Faculty of Engineering to join the Inter-Disciplinary Programs on the same year that he has obtained the Egyptian High School Diploma (Thanaweya Amma).
• To transfer to a higher level, an equivalence is performed for his courses.

Transfers from Non-Engineering Faculties

• The student must have achieved the National Coordination Office minimum limit for the Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University to join the Specialized Programs, and the minimum limit of Public Faculty of Engineering to join the Inter-Disciplinary Programs on the same year that he has obtained the Egyptian High School Diploma (Thanaweya Amma).

Acceptance of students who hold an Undergraduate Degree

• The High School Certificate should be obtained within the last 10 years.
• The High School Certificate should be Mathematics Major or equivalent.
• The undergraduate degree should be obtained from any University certified by the Supreme Council of Universities.
• The student can be only admitted to the Interdisciplinary Programs and cannot transfer to the Specialized Programs.