Student Admissions 

According to the regulations of ministry of higher education in Jordan, no student with an average less than 65%, in the scientific branch of the Jordanian General High School Exam (JGHSE), or its equivalent exams abroad, is admitted in science programs; such as computer science, computer information systems, business information technology, mathematics, physics, chemistry, etc. JGHSE is a national examination administered by the ministry of education (MoE). Students are admitted to the CS department according to their JGHSE exam score.

Two tracks of admission are available: the competition-based "regular" track and the noncompetition "parallel" track. Regular track is essentially for Jordanian students who have high grades, either in the JGHSE or its equivalent exams abroad. In this case, students apply through a central admission committee, which coordinates unified admission to all Jordanian public universities. The admission is done on a competitive basis. Students with the higher JGHSE scores will be given priority in admission. Records show that the majority of accepted students in CS program are on this track, with a JGHSE score above 65% in the past five years as shown in Table 1-1. This table shows the minimum JGHSE scores admitted to the CS undergraduate program in the last five years for each year.

​Table 1-1 History of freshmen JGHSE admission grades over the past five years.

In the "parallel" track, admission requirement is also a minimum of 65% score in JGHSE or equivalent, where the students apply directly to the university. Student selection and admission to this track is also competitive based on the JGHSE score or its equivalent and university’s standards. After admission, students from both tracks attend the same classes, have the same exams and get the same certifications. The only difference between the two tracks is that the parallel track has higher fees than the regular track. Nevertheless, in both tracks the admission is done on a competitive basis. Students with the higher grades will be given priority in admission.

The bulk majority of students in the CS program are admitted on a national competition basis. However, exceptions do exist in the form of privileged admissions to sons and daughters of a few selected groups including, for example, the university employees, schoolteachers working at the ministry of education, and students studying at less privileged areas, and members of armed forces, and military. Each of these groups competes separately on a seat block according to preset quotas and all are still subject to the 65% JGHSE score minimum requirements.

   Student Transfer from other Institutions​

Articulation 26. The conditions of eligibility for transfer from other institutions are:

 a)  Students are permitted to be transferred to the Mutah University, if vacancies are available, under the following conditions:

1.  The student should be admitted through a central admission committee.

2.  The university or university college from which the student is to be transferred must be recognized by the Mutah University.

3.  The student must have completed, at least, 30 credit hours in his/her university with good GPA. The credit hours transferred will not be included in the students GPA at the Mutah University.

4.  The student should be transferred to the same program in the university from which the student is to be transferred

5.  The student should not have any penalty except warning penalty.

b) The student may be transferred to the Mutah University if his JGHSE scores meets the minimum score admitted to the CS undergraduate program.

c)  Acceptance of transfer students is supervised and administered by the university "Transfer Committee" consisting of one of the vice presidents, the dean of the faculty of student specialization and the admissions director.

d) The student is required to fill an application of transfer from the admissions office. There the application will be administered by the transfer committee.

Articulation 27

a) If a student is accepted as a freshman at the Mutah University, and has completed courses in his/her university, he/she may be exempted from no more than 50% of the study plan courses in the Mutah University.

b) The CS department council is responsible to equivalence the courses completed in another university.

c) The student must pass the equivalent course(s) by a minimum grade of 60%. All the equivalent courses will not be included in his/her GPA. 

  Student Transfer from another Department/Program​

Articulation 28. The conditions of eligibility for transfer are:

 a) The transferring applications are electronically applied via the website of the admission unit during the first four weeks of the first, second, or  third semester.

b)  A student, at Mutah University, is permitted to transfer to a different program if there is a vacancy.

c)   The entry grade in the student major should not be less than that of the new major.

d)  The student’s JGHSE must meet the entry requirements.

e)    1. When a student is transferred to another major, he/she may choose the passed courses to be considered for equivalency and such courses, if found equivalent, will be calculated into the GPA.

        2. The academic profile for the previous major is maintained making it available when he/she wants to return back to it.

f)    The student that transferred to new major is assigned to him new student number.

g)   With the exception of conditions (b to d) and providing a vacancy is available:

 1.  The student may transfer to another major/program providing his/her GPA is not less than 76% in four courses specified by the department council. In order to transfer to the CS program, the specified courses and credit hours are listed in the Table 1-2.

Table 1-2 Credit hours list for transfer to CS Program.

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