Doha College

From the application pool, shortlisted applicants are invited to an entrance assessment. Applicants successful at the entrance assessment are offered places if there are immediate vacancies or placed onto the waiting list for future intake. The waiting list is academically rank ordered / banded based on assessment outcome and will be re-ranked/reordered as each new round of assessments are completed. The waiting list for each Year group typically has 3 bands, the upper band, middle band and lower band. Applicants successful at the assessment are allocated to these bands based on how well they have presented at the entrance assessment. With each new round of assessments, additional students may be added to each band. Because of this fluidity, the admissions office is unable to provide parents with a specific number / specific ranking on the waiting list. However, the parents are always notified in writing about the band that their child has been allocated to, normally within two weeks from the assessment date. Within a particular band, sibling status is considered as well. However, the siblings are not prioritised over students who are allocated to a higher band than them. Applicants are required to be successful at the assessment to be considered for the waiting list. Re-assessments are not offered to attempt to improve positions on the waiting list.

The ideal time for apply for a September intake would be between mid-November to early January preceding the September. For example, the ideal time to apply for September 2015 would be between mid-November 2014 and early January 2015. Please refer to the Admissions page on the Doha College website for details on the application process.