If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to refer to your College or the
Deanery of Admissions and Registration.
Graduation
Requirements
Residency
Requirement
Students must complete all the required courses for the academic programs with a
minimum GPA of 2.
Period of Study
❂❂ College of Engineering and Technology: 180 credit hours to be completed in a
period of minimum 4.5 years and maximum 10 years.
❂❂ All other Colleges: 144 credit hours to be completed in a period of minimum 3.5
years and maximum 8 years.
All students must complete at least 50% of courses at AASTMT to be awarded a
degree from AASTMT. The other 50% must be completed in an accredited institution,
and all the transferred courses must be approved by the Academic Department and
comply with AASTMT course transfer policy.
Fall and Spring Semesters
❂❂ Registration starts 1-2 weeks before the beginning of classes and continues during
Summer Semester
Summary of
Registration of
Courses
the first two weeks of classes.
❂❂ Average students with GPA >=2.2 and have completed more than 34 credit hours
may register directly via the student portal.
❂❂ Students placed on probation are required to register their courses under the
supervision of their academic advisors.
❂❂ Registration starts 1 week before the beginning of classes and continues during
the first week of classes.
Fall and Spring Semesters
❂❂ Average load is 18 credits hours and the minimum load is 9 credits hours (19
Academic Load
credit hours for Architectural Engineering and the College of Maritime Transport
and Technology). Students with a GPA 3 or above may register up to 21 credits
hours (22 credit hours for Architectural Engineering and the College of Maritime
Transport and Technology).
❂❂ Load for students placed on probation because their GPA is <2 is 12 credit hours
to be registered under the complete supervision of the Academic Advisor.
❂❂ Load for students in their final year is up to 21 credit hours, if their GPA is above 2.
Summer Semester
❂❂ Students may register up to 2 courses.
Academic
Rules
&
Regulations
www.aast.edu
Students are required to read the full version of the Academic Rules and Regulations posted
on AASTMT website but this is a brief summary of the main topics to give you a general idea
about the content. The full version includes other mandatory topics and details not included here.
Planned Leave
of Absence
Students of average academic standing may apply to take a planned leave of absence of
maximum 4 semesters. Students must follow the procedure included in the detailed rules
and regulations.
Honors
For students who enrolled starting Fall 2016, they must maintain a GPA of 3.3 in every
semester without any ‘F’ grade to graduate with honors.
For students who enrolled up till the second semester 2015/2016. they must maintain an
overall GPA of 2.8 and all their grades must be ‘C’ or above to graduate with honors
Course
Repeat Policy
Students are required to repeat any course/courses they fail and will be awarded a
maximum grade of B+.
For students who enrolled starting Fall 2016, regular students are allowed to repeat a
maximum of 5 courses to improve their GPA while students placed on probation are
allowed to repeat as many courses as they need to improve their GPA under the complete
supervision of their academic advisor.
Attendance Policy
Students must attend 85% of classes and will be automatically forced to withdraw from the
course if their absence exceeds 15%.
Change of Major
A student may submit a request to change his/her major and the request will be
evaluated by the Department Head based on the GPA as long as the student
fulfills the admission requirements of the new major.
Students who for any reason fail to fulfill the academic standards defined by AASTMT will
be automatically placed on probation.
A student is placed on probation if he/she fails to:
Probation
and Dismissaly
❂❂ Maintain a GPA of 2 in any semester.
❂❂ Complete 50% of the required number of achieved hours.
Students who remain on probation for 3 consecutive semesters are required to change
their major. Students who remain on probation for another 3 consecutive semesters in the
new major will be dismissed from AASTMT.
Students who exceed the maximum number of years of study will be dismissed.
Final
Exam Policy
Grading System
Appeal
Students who fail to achieve 30% in the final exam will be automatically awarded F grade
regardless of the total marks they have accumulated during the semester.
Please refer to the detailed tables below. Students are awarded letter grades according to
the total marks they accumulate during the semester. Moreover, students are required to
fulfill the final exam policy.
The total grade is divided as follows: 30% for the midterm assessment(s), 20% for the 12th
week assessment, 10% for participation/assignments/quizzes/attendance and 40% for the
final assessment/exam.
Students may submit an appeal to have their final examination / assessment revised, which
constitutes 40% of the total marks. The student must submit the appeal during the 30 days
following the end of the semester.
The grading system for the College of Engineering and Technology and the College of Maritime Transport and Technology
(for students who enrolled starting Fall 2016 i.e. registration number starts with 1610)
Grade
Points
4
3.83
3.7
3.3
3
2.7
2.3
2
1.7
1.3
1
Zero
A+
A
AB+
B
BC+
C
CD+
D
F
Percentage
97% - <=100
93% - <97%
89% - <93%
84% - <89%
80% - <84%
76% - <80%
73% - <76%
70% - <73%
67% - <70%
64% - <67%
60% - <64%
<60%
Overall evaluation upon graduation
Excellent
Very Good
Good
Pass
GPA from 3.7- 4
GPA from 3.3 - <3.7
GPA from 2.7 - <3.3
GPA from 2 - <2.7
>= 89%
84% - <89%
76% - <84%
70% - <76%
A, B, C are passing grades but C-, D and D+ are conditional pass grades.
The grading system for College of Management and Technology, College of International Transport and Logistics,
College of Language and Communication, College of Computing and Information Technology and College of Fisheries
Technology and Aquaculture
(for students who enrolled starting Fall 2016 i.e. registration number starts with 1610)
Grade
Points
12/3 = 4
11.5/3 = 3.83
11/3 = 3.66
10/3= 3.33
9/3 = 3
8/3 = 2.66
7/3 = 2.33
6/3 = 2
5/3 = 1.66
4/3 = 1.33
3/3 = 1
Zero
A+
A
AB+
B
BC+
C
CD+
D
F
Percentage
95% - <=100
90% - < 95%
85% - < 90%
80% - < 85%
75% - < 80%
70% - < 75%
65% - < 70%
60% - < 65%
56% - < 60%
53% - <56%
50% - <53%
< 50
Overall evaluation upon graduation
Excellent
Very Good
Good
Pass
GPA from 3.6- 4
>= 90%
GPA from 3 - <3.6
GPA from 2.6 - <3
GPA from 2 - <2.6
75% - <90%
65% - <75%
60% - <65%
A, B, C are passing grades but C-, D and D+ are conditional pass grades.
The grading system for College of Management and Technology, College of International Transport and Logistics,
College of Language and Communication, College of Computing and Information Technology, College of Engineering
and Technology, College of Maritime Transport and Technology and College of Fisheries Technology and Aquaculture
(for students who were enrolled up till the second semester 2015/2016)
Grade
Points
Percentage
12/3 = 4
95% - <=100
A
11.5/3 = 3.83
90% - < 95%
A-
11/3 = 3.66
85% - < 90%
B+
10/3= 3.33
80% - < 85%
B
9/3 = 3
75% - < 80%
B-
8/3 = 2.66
70% - < 75%
C+
7/3 = 2.33
65% - < 70%
C
6/3 = 2
60% - < 65%
C-
5/3 = 1.66
56% - < 60%
D+
4/3 = 1.33
53% - <56%
D
3/3 = 1
50% - <53%
F
Zero
< 50
A+
Overall evaluation upon graduation
Excellent
GPA from 3.4- 4
>= 85%
Very Good
GPA from 2.8 - <3.4
70% - <85%
Good
GPA from 2.4 - <2.8
60% - <70%
Pass
GPA from 2 - <2.4
50% - <60%
A, B, C are passing grades but C-, D and D+ are conditional pass grades.
Call:
19838
admission@aast.edu
www.aast.edu