Postgraduate Diploma
The Higher Institute for Future Studies offers a Postgraduate Diploma as an advanced academic program that aims to enhance the specialized and cognitive skills of students in various fields. The program focuses on providing students with scientific foundations and advanced research methodologies, enabling them to keep pace with developments in their specializations and enhance their practical and professional capabilities.
The diploma is designed to serve as a transitional step between undergraduate and advanced postgraduate studies, preparing students to continue their academic careers or effectively integrate into the job market by applying modern concepts and advanced technologies in their fields.
To be accepted into a general postgraduate diploma program, applicants must:
- Hold a first-class university degree or its equivalent, issued by a university or other academic institution recognized by their country.
- The overall grade point average (GPA) in the undergraduate degree must not be less than 2.33 points on a four-point scale, or its equivalent.
- The applicant must meet the additional requirements of the program they wish to enroll in (including the language requirement), as approved by the College of Graduate Studies.
- The applicant must not have previously been academically dismissed from the postgraduate diploma program to which they are applying.
Admission to the Postgraduate Diploma Programme is strictly on a regular basis, provided that all the required conditions mentioned above are met. The programme can accept both full-time and part-time applications.
Minimum Time Limit:
The minimum time limit for completing the graduate diploma program requirements is one academic year.
Maximum Time Limits:
- Full-time students: The student must complete the graduate diploma program requirements within two years from the date of enrollment. With the approval of the College of Graduate Studies, the student may be granted an opportunity to continue enrolling in the program for a period not exceeding one semester.
- Part-time students: A student enrolled part-time must complete the graduate program requirements within three years. With the approval of the College of Graduate Studies, the student may be granted an opportunity to continue enrolling in the program for a period not exceeding one semester.
For students admitted after completing graduate courses at an accredited university or whose courses were accredited at other academic institutions, a deduction of the normal time limit for completing the graduate diploma program is made by one semester for every six credit hours, and fractional time limits are waived.
1- The College of Graduate Studies accredits courses completed within the general graduate program, with a maximum of nine units at a level determined by the Academic Supervisory Committee, subject to the following conditions:
- The student’s GPA in the course must not be less than 2.67 points on a four-point scale or its equivalent.
- The period between passing the course and its accreditation must not exceed two years.
- The accredited course must be within the requirements of the general graduate diploma program to which the student is admitted.
- The units of these courses are counted towards the general graduate diploma program to which the student is admitted.
2- Upon the recommendation of the program committee, general graduate diploma courses taken by the student at other academic institutions may be accredited, subject to the following conditions:
- The academic institution must be recognized by its country.
- The courses must be relevant to the program and at the graduate level.
The student’s GPA in each of these courses must not be less than 2.67 points on a four-point scale or its equivalent. - The completion of these courses must not have occurred more than two years prior to admission to the program.
- The credit hours for these courses shall not exceed (30%) of the required course units in the program. These credit hours are counted toward the requirements of the Academy’s Postgraduate Diploma program and are not included in the calculation of the average grade point average.
- A course previously approved for a first-year social science degree or any other academic degree may not be accredited.
- No more than (9) credit hours may be accredited from the items mentioned in items (1) and (2) above.
