27 thousand applicant so far

University urges graduates of Secondary schools to speed up applying

King Khalid University, represented by the Admission and Registration Deanship, urges all students, who wish to join the University in its main center, Abha, or in one of the colleges affiliated to it in the provinces of the region to speed up inserting their applications and desires of the disciplines, according to priority on the portal of the University (http:// registration (kku.edu.sa/kku /init).

The Dean of Admission and Registration at the University, Dr. Saad Bin Mohammed Bin Dajm stressed on the University pursuit and desire to absorb sons and daughters of the region, and give them the opportunity to complete their university education, with a commitment to the principle of justice and equality among all applicants in all admission processes .

He also revealed that the university has completed the approval of the start of admission in Bisha (students) in the faculties of Medicine, Engineering (Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering), and in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in Ahad Rafidah. Admission for the English Language Department will begin, students only. In Abha, admissions for Bachelor's degree in the Accounting Department (students) in the Faculty of Administration and home Economics will start too.

He pointed out that the number of students applying to the portal to enroll this year 1435/1436 amounted to approximately 27 thousand applications until 02/08/1435 AH. It worth noted that the deadline for closing the portal is 08/22/1435 AH, and he said, "No application could be accepted after that date, "he added," Only the applicant could enter his main data, and he should ensure validation and arrange desires according to priority. Regarding the marks of Secondary Certificate, it will be sent from the Ministry of Education, while the National Center for measurement and evaluation will provide university with the highest capacity and grades, obtained by students".

Bin Dajm explained that nomination for new students, both sexes, will be proceeded in three phases. The first phase will begin on Saturday 23/08/1435 to Tuesday 08/26/1435 AH for students who have qualified percentages ranging from 80% to 100 %, and the university will ensure that the students who obtain such ratios, will join one of the undergraduate programs depending on the student's ratio, and arranging the student's desires, and the number of seats that were approved in the last meeting of the University Council.

The second stage begins on Tuesday, 04/09/1435 AH for students who have qualified percentages ranging from 75 % to 79.99 % and the university will ensure that students who obtained those ratios, will join Regular Undergraduate programs.

Third and final phase will be on Tuesday, 09/11/1435 AH for students who obtained less than 75 %. Acceptance at this stage will be according to the availability in Regular or Affiliation BA (only female students )or community college Diploma .

He added the subsequent steps to close the e-portal relies primarily on text messages. He also stressed on keeping the mobile devices on the operating mode to follow up all incoming text messages from the university and the student takes full responsibility for that. There is no need for coming to the university. Only for female students, there is no need for sending flies by mail. All the admission processes will be automatic via text messages and e-portal and this make King Khalid University as the first Saudi University initiative in using this ability. For male students, they must send their files to the university after receiving the text messages which include sending their graduation certificates via Express Mail Service (EMS).

To make it easier for students and their parents, the deanship have established the service of (Guide for Academic Admission) on university website (Deanship of Registration and Admission), which includes a guide admission for the academic year 1435/1436 AH, as well as general conditions and the outline of the admission, and the dates of candidacy and calculating the marks of GAT and EAT and secondary rate.

In addition to that, the deanship offers the possibility of communicating with Registration and Admission Deanship through the official social networks:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/regandadmkku

Face book: https://backend.facebook.com/regandadmkku

You Tube: http://backend.youtube.com/user/regandadmkku

In which all students' queries will be answered in all matters relating to admission by the deanship specialists.

For non-saudi students who have legal residence permit , they must enter their requests on e-portal starting from 14/8/1435 to 25/8/1435 AH.

The Deanship will also receive your queries on the following telephones:

Office of Admission (males) 0172417952

Office of Admission (females) 0172414795