Applied Visual Communication
Since its establishment in 2001, the Faculty of Applied Visual Communication has strived to prove itself as an outstanding educational institution which later reflected on the growing number of its student body.
Admission Regulations
- MIU admits applicants, seeking to apply for the Fall and Spring semesters, up to one year in advance of their anticipated date of first enrollment.
- All qualified applicants must sit for an English Placement Exam (EPE) upon which the level of English Language of each student is determined; however, passing this exam is not an indication of acceptance. Students must complete all the admission procedures which include a medical examination conducted by the university.
- Students can apply with copies of their certificates but will not be considered fully registered without the submission of their original documents.
- Transfer students must submit an official transcript from their former university alongside with the remaining required documents.
- MIU accepts various types of high school certificates that are all calculated according to the regulations set by the Supreme Council of Egyptian Universities.
- MIU will not determine the final acceptance of candidates who have not submitted complete applications or documents.
Academic Advising
Credit Hours
Courses are calculated in credit hours. Each course carries a certain number of credits that are awarded after the successful completion of that course. Credit hours usually equal the number of hours spent in class per week and also reflect the workload or level of difficulty of a course.
Graduation
To graduate, a student must pass all required courses and achieve a minimum of 2.00 in both the cumulative and the major GPAs.
Honors
Students with a cumulative points average of 3.6 or above at graduation are granted a BA/BSc with high honors. Students with a cumulative points average between 3.4 and 3.6 at graduation are granted a BA/BSc with 2nd class honors.
General Information
A student has to pay his/her tuition fees before the beginning of the semester. Scholarships are valid for the first year only and any later discount will be determined upon the student’s academic performance which is directly reflected on his/her cumulative GPA. Students must check regularly their Student Portal.
Academic Advising Center Staff
- Youssef Sedky: DNT Advising Center Head
- Mohamed Negm: DNT Advising Assistant Head
- Ali Labib: DNT Advising Center Supervisor
- Nouran Hussein: DNT Advising Senior Advisor
- Omar Ammar: DNT Advising Senior Advisor
- Fady Saeed: DNT Advising Center Advisor
- Yara Salama: DNT Advising Center Advisor
- Sara Farouq: DNT Advising Center Admin
The number of credit hours a student carries in one semester. A regular student carries the following number of credit hours:
- Faculty of Pharmacy (12-22 Credit Hours)
- Faculty of Engineering (12-22 Credit Hours)
- Faculty of Business Administration & International Trade (12-18 Credit Hours)
- Faculty of Mass Communication (12-18 Credit Hours)
- Faculty of Al-Alsun (12-18 Credit Hours)
- Faculty of Computer Science (12-18 Credit Hours)
- Faculty of Dentistry (load is determined by academic year. The academic load in the summer term is 2 courses).
- English is the primary medium of instruction in MIU. Accordingly, MIU conducts an English placement test to measure the English language proficiency for our applicants.
- The minimum level accepted is FAE01 (Fundamentals of Academic English Level 1)
- If the applicant scores less that this level, He/She will take an intensive English course + 2 courses ONLY.
Online Advising
Each student is responsible for choosing and registering in his/her courses during the on-line advising period; otherwise, the schedule will be done by the academic advisor and the student will not be allowed to make any adjustments on it. The students should maintain regular contact with their assigned advisors to ensure fulfillment of university and departmental requirements and to remain aware of any changes in programs and requirements.
An academic advisor assists in the following:
- Selection of courses each semester.
- Approval of the student’s academic load and add/drop procedures.
- Follow up on the student’s academic progress.
- Follow up cases of probation & suspended students.
- Each student is required to achieve a GPA not less than 2.00.
Students must maintain a minimum CUM GPA of 2.00 at the end of the academic semester or will be placed on a probation student, i.e. take a light load (4 courses + English Fundamentals (non credit) OR 3 courses + ENG100 or Freshman (credit).
Students who fail to maintain a GPA of 2.00 will be placed on academic probation and will be restricted to a load of 12 credit hours or 4 courses per semester. Students on probation who are enrolled in the faculties of Pharmacy or Engineering can register for a maximum of 14 credit hours.
The probationary period provides students with an opportunity to correct the deficiency in their GPA. This period may last for no more than three regular semesters. If students fail to achieve the required grade average by the end of the probationary period, they will be expelled.
A student is not allowed to increase his/her academic load (i.e. take an overload) unless he/she spends ONE academic year and achieves a GPA of 3.00 or above
- Faculties of Al-Alsun, Mass Communication, Business Administration, Computer science Overload (More than 18 Credit Hours).
- Faculties of Pharmacy, Engineering Overload (More than 22 Credit Hours).
When a student fails in a course he/she receives an F grade; in this case the credit hours are counted with zero points and no hours are earned.
In case of repeating the course in which the student received an F, the maximum grade to be achieved is C or less. An R letter is written before the grade, which stands for (Repeated). Once the course is repeated, its points will appear in the student transcript with zero credit hours, as the credit hours of the repeated course are waived in the cumulative GPA and are only counted once when he/she failed.
Repeating a failed course helps the student raise his/her GPA.
- Each student is granted an e-mail account issued by the university through which most of the transactions between MIU and its students are done. Accordingly, students are required to check it regularly to be updated with the latest news, regulations, and events happening at the university.
- Schedules are sent to all students twice a semester, first at the beginning of the semester and second after the drop /add period.
- A student may add/drop a course or two during the first week of classes, depending on the available vacancy in the added course. It is the students’ responsibility to check his/her new schedule after add/drop to make sure that the action is done.
- A student can drop any course(s) till the 10th week of the semester (the exact date is set in the university calendar).
- Adding or dropping courses must be signed by the student and approved by his/her academic advisor.
- A student must continue attending in the section he is registered in; if he/she attends in another section, he/she will be considered absent even if the two sections are taught by the same Instructor.
- Students are obliged to check regularly their Student Portal as the “Not Permitted Students” list will be uploaded on it.
- A student who does not settle his/her financial obligations will be considered absent till the payment transaction takes place. Absence is counted starting the first day of classes and students with unsettled financial liabilities are not registered on class lists until they settle them.
Exams
- The student is responsible for printing out his/her exam schedule. It is forbidden to take such information via phone.
- Being absent in the final exam will lead to receiving an “F” grade even if the student scored the highest marks during the semester.
- The student must be examined with the section he/she is registered in; if he/she attends another section, he/she will be granted an F in his/her final exam.
- No medical excuses will be accepted unless the student is hospitalized and the university physician is informed on the same day. Yet, such excuses are discussed by both the Students’ Support Committee and the Medical Committee to decide the possibility of accepting or rejecting excuses.
Results
- The final results are sent to the students’ e-mail (approximately 2 weeks after the last day of final exams).
- The results of students who have financial liabilities or missing documents (Drafting, Th.Amma, Birth Certificate, etc.) will not be announced, and they will not be allowed to register for the coming semester.
- Official transcript of academic record is issued, upon request, to either the student or his/her guardian.
A student may change his/her major from one department or one faculty to another after fulfilling the following requirements:
- Fill in a petition at the (SSO) following the announced dates.
- The student should meet with his/her academic advisor.
- The student’s score on the secondary school certificate should not be less than the score required for the new major and he/she must have studied the required subjects for the new major during the secondary stage.
- Approval of Change of Major also depends on the student’s CUM GPA.
- Approval is subject to availability of places in the new major.
- Student’s GPA and academic status may change according to the major s/he transfers to.
- The student should pass the aptitude exam if requested.
The student must be aware of the transfer regulations of the university and sign all the conditions set by his/her academic advisor.
Grades
A grade is the letter system by which students are evaluated through quizzes, exams, papers, attendance, participation in class, etc. The grade point average (GPA) is a number ranging from 0.00-4.00, which is a summary of students’ academic performance throughout the years.
The GPA includes the following
- Semester GPA It is the GPA of one semester only.
Cumulative GPA
It is the GPA of the courses taken throughout the years attended by the student at MIU (students must achieve a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.00 to be able to graduate).
Major GPA
It is the GPA of the courses completed for the major (students must achieve a minimum Major GPA of 2.00 to be able to graduate).
The grade point average (GPA) is calculated by multiplying the grade value by the number of credit hours the course represents; the result is the column listed as Total Quality Point. The total quality point is then divided by the total credit hours, excluding the credit hours for WS/WU.
Grade Scale
Faculty of Pharmacy & Dentistry, Faculty of Engineering (starting class of 2014)
Other Faculties
Other grades used but not calculated in the Grade Point Average (GPA) of the student are