School Restrictions

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SCHOOL RESTRICTIONS

IMPORTANT NOTICES:

The list of approved programs and/or schools are subject to change without prior notice.
Enrollment is only approved at the main campus of U. S. Universities/Community Colleges unless otherwise indicated. Satellite campuses are NOT allowed.
All programs offered by Shorelight Education are RESTRICTED. Admissions to programs administered by or through Shorelight for Summer 2019 or beyond will not be authenticated.
The following Pathway programs are NOT approved: Navitas, ONCAMPUS, Global, Shorelight Education, Study Group, etc.
Courses / Degrees offered through Continuing Education, Professional Colleges / Division, Adult Learning Division, Open University, and Evening Division are NOT approved.
Online, hybrid, weekend, part-time degree programs are NOT allowed and will not be authenticated.
Weekend (Saturday / Sunday) classes are NOT allowed.
Non-traditional courses are NOT allowed at 2-year / Community Colleges effective Summer 2016.
Non-traditional courses are NOT allowed at the graduate level (Master's, PHD).
Sponsored Students: Please contact your Kuwaiti Cultural Division advisor for further assistance and additional information. Written approval must be obtained from the Cultural Division office before submitting applications to the schools.
NOTE: Per Ministry of Higher Education policy, the following are considered non-traditional courses: online, hybrid/web enhanced/blended, flex/hyflex/roo-flex, distance education, independent/directed study, correspondence, credit by exam, continuing education, satellite campus, ITV, CD-Video lectures, and remote.
Students must confirm with Cultural Office whether the degree is Pre-Professional, 1st Professional or Post-Professional to be in compliance with MOHE Degree Equivalency Requirements.
(FOR WEST COAST STUDENTS) Please note, Merit universities are not applicable at the Master's / Doctoral level of study.

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SCHOOL	State	Coast	School Restrictions	Academic Restriction	ESL Restrictions
BUNKER HILL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (BOSTON) MAIN CAMPUS	Massachusetts	East	*Online courses are not approved
CAL POLY HUMBOLDT	California	West	*Students are not allowed to enroll in summer and winter courses at this university UNLESS it is their home university effective Winter 2023. Will honor Summer 2022 concurrent enrollment requests only for those students whose home universities are within the California State University system. Non-degree students are not allowed to enroll at this University at any time
CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY - SAN LUIS OBISPO	California	West	*Students are not allowed to enroll in summer and winter courses at this university UNLESS it is their home university effective Winter 2023. Will honor Summer 2022 concurrent enrollment requests only for those students whose home universities are within the California State University system. Non-degree students are not allowed to enroll at this University at any time
CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY-POMONA	California	West	*Students are not allowed to enroll in summer and winter courses at this university UNLESS it is their home university effective Winter 2023. Will honor Summer 2022 concurrent enrollment requests only for those students whose home universities are within the California State University system. Non-degree students are not allowed to enroll at this University at any time
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY - BAKERSFIELD	California	West	*Students are not allowed to enroll in summer and winter courses at this university UNLESS it is their home university effective Winter 2023. Will honor Summer 2022 concurrent enrollment requests only for those students whose home universities are within the California State University system. Non-degree students are not allowed to enroll at this University at any time
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY - CHICO	California	West	*Students are not allowed to enroll in summer and winter courses at this university UNLESS it is their home university effective Winter 2023. Will honor Summer 2022 concurrent enrollment requests only for those students whose home universities are within the California State University system. Non-degree students are not allowed to enroll at this University at any time
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY - DOMINGUEZ HILLS	California	West	*Removed from the NBAQ list and school is restricted for all degree levels; admission letter must be dated August 9 2017 or prior.
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY - EAST BAY	California	West	*Students are not allowed to enroll in summer and winter courses at this university UNLESS it is their home university effective Winter 2023. Will honor Summer 2022 concurrent enrollment requests only for those students whose home universities are within the California State University system. Non-degree students are not allowed to enroll at this University at any time
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY - FRESNO	California	West	*Enrollment to the ESL program and ALL Degree Levels is now RESTRICTED/CLOSED effective Fall 2005.
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY - FULLERTON	California	West	*Removed from NBAQ list. The school is restricted for ALL degree levels and ESL program per Ministerial Decree (164/2020) dated October 21, 2020. Admissions for Spring 2021 will be the last term to be authenticated and no further admissions will be approved.	Electrical Engineering = * Effective Fall 2018 enrollment in all Engineering Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Applications submitted after March 20, 2018 will not be honored. Mechanical Engineering = * Effective Fall 2018 enrollment in all Engineering Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Applications submitted after March 20, 2018 will not be honored. Civil Engineering = * Effective Fall 2018 enrollment in all Engineering Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Applications submitted after March 20, 2018 will not be honored. Computer Engineering = * Effective Fall 2018 enrollment in all Engineering Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Applications submitted after March 20, 2018 will not be honored.	Removed from NBAQ list. The school is restricted for ALL degree levels and ESL program per Ministerial Decree (164/2020) dated October 21, 2020. Admissions for Spring 2021 will be the last term to be authenticated and no further admissions will be approved.
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY - LOS ANGELES	California	West	*Enrollment to the ESL program and ALL Degree Levels is now RESTRICTED/CLOSED effective Fall 2005.
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY - NORTHRIDGE	California	West	*Removed from the NBAQ list; therefore, the school is restricted for ALL degree levels and the ESL program.	Social Work = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Environmental & Occupational Health Science = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Athletic Training / Sports Medicine = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Theater Arts = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Biology = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Environmental Health = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Anthropology = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Audiology = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Fashion Merchandising = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Molecular & Cellular Biology = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Computer Science = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Family & Consumer Sciences = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Parks & Recreation Management = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Physical Education = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Political Science / Government = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Community Health Education = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Radiography = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Speech-Language Pathology (Professional Degree) = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Biotechnology = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Physical Therapy = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Chemistry = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Accounting = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Civil Engineering = * Effective May 4, 2015 enrollment in all Engineering Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Electrical Engineering = * Effective May 4, 2015 enrollment in all Engineering Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Mechanical Engineering = * Effective May 4, 2015 enrollment in all Engineering Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Dietetics / Nutrition = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Manufacturing Systems Engineering = * Effective May 4, 2015 enrollment in all Engineering Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Communications Disorders (Pre-Professional) = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Geographic Information Systems = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Linguistics = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Nursing = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Cinema / Film / Video / Television = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Occupational Health / Industrial Hygiene = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Psychology = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Women's Studies = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Management Information Systems = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Economics = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Finance = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. International Business = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Marketing = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Management = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Production / Operations Management = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Real Estate = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Supply Chain Management / Logistics = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Computer Engineering = * Effective May 4, 2015 enrollment in all Engineering Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Health Services Administration = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. English & Literature = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Physics = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Interior Design = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students. Journalism / Mass Communications = * Effective December 10, 2015 enrollment in all Undergraduate majors is RESTRICTED/CLOSED due to over-enrollment of Kuwaiti students.
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY - STANISLAUS	California	West	*Students are not allowed to enroll in summer and winter courses at this university UNLESS it is their home university effective Winter 2023. Will honor Summer 2022 concurrent enrollment requests only for those students whose home universities are within the California State University system. Non-degree students are not allowed to enroll at this University at any time
CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY	North Carolina	East	*Removed from the NBAQ list; therefore, the school is restricted for ALL degree levels and the ESL program. Admission letter must be dated August 9 2017 or prior.
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA	District of Columbia	East	*	Biomedical Engineering = All Undergraduate / Graduate Engineering Programs are closed / restricted effective Spring 2024. Admissions after Fall 2023 will not be honored. Civil Engineering* = All Undergraduate / Graduate Engineering Programs are closed / restricted effective Spring 2024. Admissions after Fall 2023 will not be honored. Electrical Engineering* = All Undergraduate / Graduate Engineering Programs are closed / restricted effective Spring 2024. Admissions after Fall 2023 will not be honored. Mechanical Engineering* = *All Undergraduate / Graduate Engineering Programs are closed / restricted effective Spring 2024. Admissions after Fall 2023 will not be honored.	This ESL program is restricted. Final enrollment is Fall 2023.
CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY	Connecticut	East	*Removed from the NBAQ list; therefore, the school is restricted for ALL degree levels and the ESL program. Admission letter must be dated August 9 2017 or prior.
CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY	Tennessee	East	*Removed from the NBAQ list; therefore, the school is restricted for ALL degree levels and the ESL program. Admission letter must be dated August 9 2017 or prior.	Electrical Engineering = Enrollment for Engineering programs is closed effective November 5 2015. Chemical Engineering* = Enrollment for Engineering programs is closed effective November 5 2015. Mechanical Engineering* = Enrollment for Engineering programs is closed effective November 5 2015. Civil Engineering* = *Enrollment for Engineering programs is closed effective November 5 2015.
CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY	Ohio	East	*Admission through Shorelight is not approved, effective Fall 2023	Computer Engineering = * Enrollment to Undergraduate Engineering programs is restricted effective Fall 2018. Applications after March 20 2018 will not be honored. Electrical Engineering = * Enrollment to Undergraduate Engineering programs is restricted effective Fall 2018. Applications after March 20 2018 will not be honored. Chemical Engineering = * Enrollment to Undergraduate Engineering programs is restricted effective Fall 2018. Applications after March 20 2018 will not be honored. Civil Engineering = * Enrollment to Undergraduate Engineering programs is restricted effective Fall 2018. Applications after March 20 2018 will not be honored. Mechanical Engineering = * Enrollment to Undergraduate Engineering programs is restricted effective Fall 2018. Applications after March 20 2018 will not be honored. Pharmaceutical Sciences = *Program is not approved for students whose scholarship major is Pharmacy.