Part of the student academic challenge is to maintain the required grade point average on their corresponding specializations. Certain regulations are imposed on student under probation such as:

• A student is not entitled to appeal on the grounds of his/her ignorance of the content of these bylaws or decisions or circulars issued on their implementation. (Article 50)
  
  
• A full-time student will be under academic probation, if his/her GPA is less than 2.0 in any semester. Accordingly, he/she will be allowed to register for only three courses with a maximum of 12 credit hours. Should he/she be subjected to academic probation for a second successive time, he/she will be allowed to register for only two courses, with a maximum of 8 credit hours. As for the part-time student, he/she will not be allowed to register for more than one course with a maximum of 4 credit hours (Article 51).
  
  
• Academic probation expires at the end of each semester, when the student passes all the courses and obtains a minimum GPA 2.0. A student under academic probation must repeat all the courses he/she failed. He/she will be dismissed if he/she fails to obtain the required GPA 2.0 at the end of the following semester, after having already been under academic probation. (Article 52).
  
  
• A student obtaining D or F grade in a course for the first time may repeat that course to get a better grade. Accordingly, his/her old grade will be replaced by the new grade, irrespective of the latter being lower or higher. (Article 53).
  
  
• If a course is attempted three or more times, the second attempt and the attempts that follow will be reconsidered for calculating the GPA. The number of substituted courses or credit hours should not exceed:
  

  a. 9 credit hours for the Diploma level

  b. 12 credit hours for the Higher Diploma level, and

  c. 15 credit hours for the B. Tech. level