General Foundation Program (GFP)

About General Foundation Program (GFP)

Mission, Vision, Goals GFP

Vision Of GFP

The GFP’s vision is to pursue the path of excellence in developing a fully viable, working and appropriate centre that caters for the needs of all foundation students with varied learning abilities and language competencies, thereby helping AL-Buraimi University College to achieve its mission to promote the cause of education in serving the community and contributing in nation-building activities

Mission Of GFP

To equip our aspiring student graduates with English proficiency, basic IT skills, numeracy and study skills in pursuing their graduate studies thereby contributing to the welfare of the society through various endeavors.

Student Entry

The Admission and Registration Department enrolls all students seeking admission to BUC by advertising from time to time and by accepting the students allotment from the MOHE. Admission is open to students who have cleared their General Diploma Certificate Examination (Grade 12) from a recognized board of education and possess the relevant attested certificate. New entrants will take the Placement Tests for English, Mathematics and Computing Exam conducted by the UFP. Information regarding admission criteria for all new entrants is mentioned in the Student Guide . New students will take the Oxford English Online Test, the in-house Computer Based Mathematics Test and IC3 Test. Students who score Pre-A1 – A1, A2 are placed in Level 1, B1 in Level2, while students who score between B2 and above join the Academic Departments. Students who score less than 50% marks in the Computer Based Mathematics Tests will have to study the courses of Mathematics while those students who fail the IC3 Placement Test will have to study IC3.

Students who fall under the following categories are exempted from the English Placement Test:

Submitting an IELTS score no less than 5 or a TOEFL (Paper Based Test) score no less than 500 and TOEFL (CBT) no less than 180.
Passing the Foundation Program Certificate from another educational institution in or outside Oman (Students must submit original documents including a transcript and description of the courses certified by the educational institution where the student studied).

English Oxford Placement Test Information:

https://elt.oup.com/feature/global/oxford-online-placement/test-format?cc=om&selLanguage=en