Repeating Courses

For Undergraduate Students

You may repeat any course taken at Qatar University in which a final grade of “D+” or below was earned. The following applies to all students repeating a course: 

• Undergraduate students who failed a required course must obtain the approval of their academic advisor and the head of department of their program before repeating the course.
• Undergraduate students who failed a course twice shall receive an academic warning.
• Students repeating a course do not earn additional cumulative credit.
• In the event that a student repeats and completes a course, the highest grade obtained in all attempts of the course will be used in the calculation of the cumulative GPA
• Grades for all attempts of a course will appear on the student’s official transcript regardless of whether or not the grade has been excluded from the calculation of the student’s cumulative GPA.
• A notation of “R” will appear next to the grade(s) of repeated courses on the student’s transcript.
• The repeat course policy does not apply, with the exception indicated below, to courses that use the same course id (same subject and number) but where different topics are offered in different terms. Such courses include special topics courses.

Exception: For courses that use the same course id (same subject and number) but where different topics are offered in different terms, the course repeat policy is to be applied only when the repeated course taken by the student cover the same topics as the previously attempted course.

• Students seeking to repeat a deactivated course may register in an equivalent or substitute course and replace the grade obtained in the original course subject to approval for the course grade replacement from the head of the department before registering in the course.
• Following the awarding of a degree, no changes in the grade point average will be made, even if students repeat a course.
• Students who cross-register a course at another institution with which QU has an articulation agreement shall receive the grade obtained from the other institution.  In all other cases, a course repeated at another university will be transferred with a grade of “TC” and will be used to satisfy degree requirements but will be excluded from the cumulative GPA calculation.
• Students wishing to repeat courses with a grade of D or D+ for the third time shall request approval from the Academic Advisor.

For Graduate Students

The following applies to all Graduate students repeating a course:  

• Graduate students who have completed a course with a grade of C or C+ grade, as defined in the graduate grades policy, are permitted to repeat a course. Students are allowed to repeat a course only once.
• Graduate students are allowed to repeat a failed course only once. Failing a course for the second time will result in an academic dismissal.
• In the event that a student repeats a course, the highest grade obtained will be used in the calculation of the cumulative GPA.
• Grades for all attempts of a course will appear on the student’s official transcript.
• The course repeat policy does not apply, with the exception indicated below, to courses that use the same course id (same subject and number) but where different topics are offered in different terms. Such courses include special topics courses.
  • For courses that use the same course id (same subject and number) but where different topics are offered in different terms such as “Special Study or Special Topics”, the course repeat policy is to be applied only when the repeated course taken by the student cover the same topics as the previously attempted course.
• Students seeking to repeat a deactivated course for which there exists an equivalent course that does not have the same title or catalog number as the original course, must receive approval for the course grade replacement from the College Dean or designee before registering in the course.