The Transfer Terms 
1 - The student must be Saudi, or from a Saudi mother or a mother of Saudi children.

2 - The student must have studied at a recognized college or university.
3 - The student should not be dismissed from the university from which he transfers for disciplinary reasons.
4 – The student must have achieved the required average on which the admission to the specialization he wishes to transfer to is based.
5 – The student should pass at least 45 credit hours at the university from which one is transferring, with full attendance and a cumulative grade point average. The credit hours registered in the semester at the time of application will not be counted among the required academic units.
6 – The student should provide an acceptable reason for the transfer request.
7 - Approval of the dean of the college to which the student wishes to transfer under the terms of transfer that are approved by the College Board, and exist in the Deanship of Admissions and Registration.
7 - The number of credit units that a transferred student is required to study at King Saud University may not be less than (60%) of the total number of the required credit units for obtaining the bachelor's degree from the university.
8 – The Preparatory Year plan (health - scientific – humanities) shall be applied to student transferred to the college unless the plan is noted as equivalent to the preparatory year plan program which they already studied.

9 - The applicant must be medically fit and able to complete the academic program requirements.

10 - The applicant must not have previously obtained a bachelor’s degree.
 
Important Notice
 - Submitting the transfer application to the University does not mean the request is approved unless the approval of the transfer committee is issued.

- If you have not successfully passed the credit hours required for transfer at your university at the time of application, or if your desire to transfer to King Saud University is in a major that is not similar to  your major at your university, you can apply as a new student through the Unified Admission portal at the designated times in this regard.

- The applicant must not withdraw from the university in which he is currently studying until after obtaining approval for the transfer request from the Deanship of Admission and Registration Affairs at King Saud University.
 
 Required Documents
 The applicant for transfer to King Saud University must upload the documents mentioned below through the account that he will create on the portal, noting that failure to upload some or all of the documents may reduce or cancel the chances of approval of the transfer request.

- Justifications for the transfer request.

- National Identity.

- High School certificate.

- A recent, certified official academic record from the university, in which the grades of the last completed semester are recorded and the last cumulative GPA obtained and the number of credit hours passed (electronic records withdrawn from the student’s electronic account at his university will not be considered).

- A copy of the National Center for Assessment test results.

- Reason for discontinuity if the student discontinued from his university.

Accepting Transfer Requests

- The applicant can know the status of his application by logging into his account on the Online Academic Portal using the application number and password.
- The student who obtains the approval of the transfer committee shall be notified to deliver the originals of the required documents during the specified period to complete the procedures for his/her transfer and grant him/her a student number at King Saud University.

- Those whose transfer request is approved will be accepted according to the following:

 1- In one of the common first year tracks (Health Colleges/Scientific Colleges/College of Applied Medical Sciences/College of Nursing/College of Business Administration/Humanities colleges) if the program they are accepted in is among the programs in which the allocation is competitive after completion the Common first year.

 2- Directly in the program if the program is one of the programs that are accepted directly.

- The student whose transfer is approved shall apply to the Common First Year for course equivalency according to applicable procedures.
- After issuing his/her student number, the student shall access the Online Academic Portal for registration and check with his/her college in case of any problem in registration.
- The student should take out the university card from the Deanship of Admissions and Registration.
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Procedures for course equivalency for transferred students from outside the university
1 - The student applies to his/her college or the Common First Year track to which he has been transferred for equivalencies of courses that he/she already passed. He/she should enclose a copy of the transcript (original) ratified by the university from which he has been transferred along with descriptions of the courses that he passed and a copy of the form of the equivalency.
2 – The College Board or its proxy may approve the equivalency of passed courses, noting that the maximum is 40% of the study plan at King Saud University.
3 – The signed and ratified equivalency letter shall be sent to the Deanship of Admissions and Registration to implement it on the academic system after verifying  its compliance with regulating rules.
4 - The student should log into his/her account via the Online Academic Portal to ascertain that the courses have been noted as equivalent. The student should also check that the equivalent course has been cancelled from registration if it is registered in the semester when the equivalency was conducted.