Article (9): Enrollment Requirements and Scholarship System
- The Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University is a Public University. It offers Higher Education in Specialized Programs for Free (Scholarship from the Government) based on the Egyptian Constitution. The students who benefit from this Free Education are those who have completed The Egyptian High School Diploma (Thanaweya Amma) or equivalent, and enrolled to the Faculty of Engineering through the National Coordination Office in the same year of achieving this Diploma or equivalent. The student keeps his Free Education as long as he fulfils the conditions mandated by the Egyptian Laws for Universities and these Bylaws.
- All Programs in these Bylaws are offered with the Credit-Hour System.
- Programs in these Bylaws are divided into two categories: Specialized and Inter-Disciplinary. The Free Education students are allowed to be enrolled in the Specialized Programs, whereas the Inter-Disciplinary Programs (previously known as New Programs) have separate Tuition Fees decided by the Faculty Council every year.
- Students who are not enrolled directly to the Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, through the National Coordination Office, but has achieved the minimum Engineering Sector requirement, can join the Inter-Disciplinary Programs paying the separate Tuition Fees decided by the Faculty Council every year.
- Students who are enrolled directly to the Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, through the National Coordination Office, can join the Inter-Disciplinary Programs paying the separate Tuition Fees.
- The Council of the Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University can award extra scholarships for students who have achieved a minimum GPA, or students with limited financial abilities, according to the rules announced by the Council every year.
- The top Thirty students in the Egyptian High School Diploma (Thanaweya Amma – Mathematics Section), are fully exempted from paying any tuition fees if they join the Inter-Disciplinary Programs students. To maintain this exemption in the following semesters, the student should maintain a minimum GPA of 3.3 in every semester, otherwise the student will lose this privilege and the other rules will apply.
- If the Free Education student fails to achieve a minimum Semester GPA of 2.0 for 4 consecutive main semesters, he can be exceptionally allowed to register courses for 2 more semesters paying the separate Tuition Fees decided by the Faculty Council at the year of registering the course.
- If a student enrolled in any of the Specialized Programs fails a course two times, he is allowed to register this course again for 4 more times paying the separate Tuition Fees decided by the Faculty Council every year at the year of registering the course.
- Free Education students are allowed to register in the required courses to achieve the degree awarding requirements for his program. Any registered Credit Hours beyond the Program required Credit Hours for any reason is charged the separate Tuition Fees decided by the Faculty Council every year at the year of registering the course.
- Free Education students can only register courses in the main semesters. However, they can register courses in the summer semester paying the separate Tuition Fees decided by the Faculty Council every year at the year of registering the course.
- Free Education students have to register a minimum of 12 Credit hours every main semester.
- Any student not enrolled to the Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University can register any number of courses paying the separate Tuition Fees decided by the Council of Ain Shams University every year at the year of registering the course. This student is given a Transcript of the courses he has registered in, showing his grades. By any means, he is not awarded a Bachelor Degree from the Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University.