Exemption Policy
If you have one of the following: IELTS or TOEFL iBT or PTE Academic test scores, you can apply for exemption. Exemption means that you do not have to study English at the ELI.
Important Notes
- The test score report must be valid (no more than two years old).
- You can apply for exemption throughout the academic year before the final teaching week of any module or semester.
- If you have English program grades prior to applying for exemption, they will remain on your KAU student academic record.
- If your application is accepted, your English language course will be updated to ‘TR’ on ODUS and will not be part of your grade point.
How to Apply for Exemption
- Go to the Electronic Requests System (ERS) website, make a new request and attach a copy of your official IELTS or TOEFL iBT or PTE Academic test score report along with your university ID card.
- Your documents will be reviewed by the Educational Affairs Office.
- Check if your exemption application has been accepted or rejected on ERS.
- If your application has been accepted, check your academic record on the ODUS Plus system to ensure that the status of the English language courses has been updated to ‘TR’. Make a request on ERS if it has not been updated two weeks after your application has been accepted.
| Institute Courses | IELTS (Minimum Overall Score) |
TOEFL iBT | Academic PTE (Minimum Score) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum Total Score Old Scale |
Minimum Total Score New Scale |
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| Health Faculties – ELIH | 5.5 (Academic Test) (Student is exempted from Level 1 only) |
51 (Student is exempted from Level 1 only) |
3.5 (Student is exempted from Level 1 only) |
39 (Student is exempted from Level 1 only) |
| Scientific Faculties – ELIS | 5 (Academic Test) |
42 | 3 | 31 |
| English Language Department – ELIE | 5 (Academic Test) |
42 | 3 | 31 |
| Faculty of Communication and Media – ELIC | 4 (General or Academic Test) |
30 | 2 | 18 |
| Humanities and Administrative Faculties – ELIA | 4 (General or Academic Test) |
30 | 2 | 18 |
| Literary Track – ELCA | 4 (General or Academic Test) |
30 | 2 | 18 |
A student shall be exempted from studying ELCA English language courses if he or she obtains a score equivalent to Level 2A or higher in the English Cambridge Placement Test (CEPT) or any other placement test approved by the English Language Institute.