Admission Tracks

Conditions for applying to the Early Admissions Track:

Early admission requires the following conditions:
• The student must be a Saudi national or Non-Saudi with a Saudi mother.
• The student must currently be in the final year of high school.
• Must submit an English language test and obtain a score of 55 or above in the STEP test or its equivalent in the TOEFL or IELTS tests.
• Apply for the KFUPM early admission test arranged by Qiyas center.

 

Conditions for applying to the Regular Admission Track:

Please note that the admission mechanism for this track depends on the comparison between applicants based on the weighted score, which is calculated in the following way: (50% for the General Aptitude Test (Qudrat) score + 40% for the Achievement Test (Tahisili) score + 10% for the high school score

Regular admission requires the following conditions:
• The applicant must be a high school graduate (General, Computer Science and Engineering, Health and life) or international school (natural sciences) in the current year or the previous year.
• The student must submit a General Aptitude Test (Qudrat) score; the student is entitled to use the test result obtained in the year of admission or the previous two years.
• The student must submit an Achievement Test (Tahisili) score; the student is entitled to use the test result obtained in the year of admission or the previous year.
• The student must submit an English language test and obtain a score of 55 or above in the STEP test or its equivalent in the TOEFL or IELTS tests.

Conditions for applying to SAT Track:

• The applicant must be a high school graduate (natural sciences) in the current year or the previous year.  
• Required minimum scores to apply is 1350+ in SAT.
• Satisfying minimum score does not guarantee admission. Seats are limited, and admission will be based on competition.
• To complete the application, the applicant must submit SAT scores and a letter of purpose and may be asked for an interview
• Students must submit the SAT scores to King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals' account from the SAT Test Center
 

Condition for applying to Olympiad Track:

 

• The applicant must be a Saudi national or non-Saudi with a Saudi mother.
• The applicant must be a high school graduate (natural sciences) in the current year or the previous year.
• Must be a winner of the International Olympiad competitions (specified in the application form).

 

Rules for IGCSE Students:

In addition of all the conditions above for each track, these are extra rules for IGCSE students:
• Grade 10 and Grade 11: He must finish them as a Regular Student in the School (attached School Grades for 10 &11)
• Grade 12: The student has the following three options:
a- He must finish GCSE 8 subjects (Minimum accepted grade will be B)
Or
b- He must finish 5 GCSE subjects (Minimum accepted grade will be B) and 1 A level subjects (Minimum accepted grade will be B)
Or
c- He must finish 5 GCSE subjects (Minimum accepted grade will be B) and 2 AS level subjects (Minimum accepted grade will be B)
• The entire alphabetic grade must be converted to percentage grade from the school