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UC Undergraduate
Studies Catalog 2019-2023 Section VI Application and
Admission Procedures |
Enquiries about this
and related matters can be sent to admissions@uc.edu.kh.
In order
to be accepted into a TVET Associate’s degree program, an applicant must:
·
complete grade 12 of high school (with or without high
school diploma); and
·
take and pass The University of Cambodia Undergraduate
Entrance Examination.
In order
to be accepted into a non-TVET Associate’s or a Bachelor’s degree program, an
applicant must:
·
have a high school diploma or an equivalent;
·
take and pass The University of Cambodia Undergraduate
Entrance Examination.
In
addition, students joining the International track to study degree programs
through the medium of English must either:
·
have a valid ITP TOEFL score of at least 500, an iBT
TOEFL score of 70 or a valid IELTS score of at least 5.5; or
·
have a Bachelor’s degree from a university in which
English is the language of instruction; or
·
take and pass The University of Cambodia’s English
Placement Exam.
On the
other hand, students majoring in languages other than English at the School of
Foreign Languages must meet the following minimum requirements:
·
a
certificate of Chinese Language Proficiency (HSK Level 3);
·
a
certificate of French Language Proficiency (DELF A1);
·
a
certificate of Japanese Language Proficiency (JLPT-N3); or
·
a
certificate of Korean Language Proficiency (TOPIK 3).
1. Application
Procedures
Application
forms may be obtained online at http://www.uc.edu.kh/
or from The University of Cambodia’s Office of Information, Admissions and
Registrations. Completed application forms in hard-copy should be submitted to
the latter.
The
University of Cambodia charges no application fee, but students are charged for
the application form.
Importance
of Filing Complete, Accurate, and Authentic Application Documents By University policy, all applicants for admission are required to list
all current and previous enrollments in any postsecondary institution on the
application form. Applicants for admission who fail to inform The University of
Cambodia of such enrollment at the time of application or who submit, or have
had submitted on their behalf, any required information or document that is
inaccurate, incorrect or fraudulent, or that has been altered without proper
authorization, may be denied admission to the University. If the omissions
and/or alterations are discovered after the student is enrolled, the student’s
admission may be rescinded and enrollment canceled. The student or prospective
student may also be referred to The
University of Cambodia Disciplinary Committee
for possible further action.
To
help prospective students to make an informed decision regarding their future,
the University holds an ‘Open House’ after the release of the Baccalaureate
results in order to inform them and their parents or guardians about studying
at a university: the facilities available and what is expected of students at
the University, and the scholarship opportunities available.
2. Scholarship
Opportunities
To better
facilitate each of the University’s mottoes (‘In Pursuit of Knowledge and
Wisdom’ and ‘Building Tomorrow’s Leaders’), and our active involvement in
helping Cambodia’s socio-economic
development and the alleviation of poverty, we offer a number of scholarships to
cover some or all of the tuition fees for those who have just finished high
school. These are competitive, based on applicants’ performance in an exam set
and tightly regulated by the University.
Being
awarded a scholarship means that the University has high expectations regarding
the performance of the recipients. To justify their not having to pay tuition
fees, they must meet higher standards than are set for fee-paying students:
they should not be complacent and ‘rest on their laurels’. Thus, apart from
complying with all rules and regulations of the University, including respect
for its Rules of Civility and Student Code of Conduct (see Section
IX), they are evaluated at the end of each term regarding (see Section
V.10):
ü attending at least 75% of classes for each of their courses, greater than
that required of fee-paying students;
ü
maintaining at least a GPA of 2.5 (C+) which
is higher than that for fee-paying students;
ü
passing all courses (they
have to retake the same course or do a replacement one, paying the fees to do
so); and
ü participating
in University’s activities, such as conferences, seminars, meetings, etc.,
from time to time.
Failure to
live up to these expectations means that Scholarships will be discontinued:
they will have to start paying full tuition fees if they want to continue their
studies at The University of Cambodia. This lapse will also be recorded in
their transcripts.
Ř Thereafter,
however, if a student can attain a suitable cumulative GPA score, and also meet
the minimum attendance requirement, during their subsequent period at the
University, then there is the possibility that they will be able to resume
receiving a Scholarship.
3. Admission
Procedures
ACC regulations
require that undergraduate students who are starting at a University for the
first time must do so in either term I or II.
University and MoEYS
regulations require that applicants must first pass an Entrance Exam (monitored
by MoEYS) to determine whether they have an adequate basic knowledge of their
chosen field of future study. The Entrance Exam comprises two components, which
vary with the applicants chosen major, as indicated in Table
7.
University
regulations also require that applicants to join an International Track program
taught through the medium of English must pass an English Placement Exam or
provide other evidence for competence in English (see above), to show that they
have adequate basic language skills to cope with doing courses in this medium
of instruction.
·
Students are not sure whether they meet this
requirement can take a Placement Test at UC’s School of Foreign Languages.
·
Where prospective students do not reach the necessary
level of competence, they can be advised to slot in at the appropriate level in
the FasTrax program of short courses (see Section IV.7.i) to bring this
up to the level required to join programs in the International Track where
classes are conducted in English.
Note that
students who have earned an Associate’s degree from another university must
also pass The University of Cambodia’s Entrance Examination before they can be
admitted into a Bachelor’s program. Please refer to Section
VI.4 for details about credit transfer procedures.
To ease
the transition from high school to university, with a greater emphasis on
self-reliance and the need for independent research and learning by undergraduates,
the Academic Foundation Department (see Section
II.1.iii) is responsible for running an Orientation Program for new
students, to make them aware of the different expectations. This program,
together with the Welcome Week activities organized with the UC Student Senate
(see Section IV.1.i), also provides an
introduction to the University at large and the various facilities and
resources which are at the students’ disposal to help them achieve their goals,
as well as the personal responsibilities of each student.
Having
satisfactorily passed these exams, the student can then proceed to register for
their first classes at UC (see Section VII).
Students who are in good standing at another accredited university may
transfer a certain number of credits which will be counted towards an Associate
or Bachelor’s degree at The University of Cambodia.
i. General The following criteria will be taken into
consideration for potential course transfers.
· Courses must
be equivalent to at least 3 credits (45 hours).
· The
subject matter of the course is equivalent to a course in The University of
Cambodia’s curriculum which counts towards a degree and meets (in order of
priority) either the University’s General Education requirements, the list of
acceptable elective courses and the particular requirements of the student’s
chosen major.
· The
equivalent of a University of Cambodia ‘C’ grade or better must have been earned for
each of these courses.
Thus
the University may not recognize all courses on a Foundation Year Certificate
from another institution because some of the courses have no equivalent or due
to differences in grading systems.
Students
who want to transfer courses must submit the original transcripts or study
records issued by their previous universities or institutions, together with the
relevant form which can be obtained from the Office of Admissions, Information
and Registrations. Based upon these, the student’s chosen College or School
will determine which courses are transferable and can be counted towards a
degree at The University of Cambodia and the student notified accordingly.
Ř Table 8 summarizes the maximum number of credits which may
be transferred in various cases, as decreed by the Ministry of Education, Youth
and Sports.
If the
student accepts the offer, then they can proceed to apply for admission to the
University (see preceding Section).
ii. Associate’s Degree Students who wish to transfer to
study for an Associate’s degree in the same field can bring a maximum of 24
credits (32% of the total degree requirement), regardless of whether they have
a Baccalaureate or not. Where they want to change to a different field,
students with a Baccalaureate can transfer up to 15 credits; whilst those
without a Baccalaureate can transfer a maximum of 9 credits.
iii. Bachelor's Degree Students who started their Bachelor's degree
on or after September 2005 at another university are required to have
successfully completed their Foundation Year: they can transfer up to all 30
credits. However, if they want to change field, they must do the six Foundation
Year credits relevant to their chosen new field as part of that major's
requirements.
Students who have continued beyond their Foundation Year (or who enrolled
prior to September, 2005) and wish to pursue their studies in the same field at
the University of Cambodia can transfer a maximum of 58 credits (43% of the
total degree requirement) as part of their Bachelor's program. However
if the student wants to change to a different field, the maximum allowable number
of transfer credits is 15. These may
include Foundation Year courses, where applicable.
* Students who received their Associate degrees from The University of
Cambodia can double-count another 15 credits: i.e. transfer a total of
30 credits.
iv. Transfer from Associate’s to Bachelor’s Degree for Students
with a Baccalaureate Students with an Associate’s degree from The
University of Cambodia or from another recognized university must major in the
same subject for their Bachelor’s degree.
Students with a Baccalaureate who did their
Associate’s degree at The University of Cambodia or elsewhere can double-count
45 credits towards their Bachelor’s program. However, all students must
complete an additional 15 credits or the equivalent of one normal full term of
course work at the University. Thus, all students with a Baccalaureate and an
Associate’s degree must do another 95 credits in order to be considered for a
Bachelor’s degree.
Students who have earned an Associate’s degree
from another recognized university must take the required University of
Cambodia Entrance Examination before they can be admitted into a Bachelor’s
program at the University. This is not required by students who have earned an
Associate’s degree from The University of Cambodia.
v. Transfer from an Associate’s to a Bachelor’s
Degree for Students without a Baccalaureate Students with an
Associate’s degree from The University of Cambodia or from another recognized
university must major in the same subject for their Bachelor’s degree.
Students
without a Baccalaureate who did their Associate’s degree at The University of
Cambodia can double-count 30 credits towards their Bachelor’s program; whilst
those with such a degree from another recognized university can double-count
only 15 credits. However, they must also complete an additional 15 credits or the
equivalent of one normal full term of course work at the University. Thus,
students without a Baccalaureate who did their Associate’s degree at The
University of Cambodia must do another 110 credits in order to be considered
for a Bachelor’s degree; whilst those with an Associate’s degree from another
recognized university must do the full 125 credits.
Students
who have earned an Associate’s degree from another recognized university must
take the required University of Cambodia Entrance Examination before they can
be admitted into a Bachelor’s program at the University. This is not required
of students who have earned an Associate’s degree from The University of
Cambodia.