​​​​​Graduation Requirements

Students may graduate according to the catalog degree requirements in effect at the time of first enrollment or any subsequent catalog degree requirements, provided that the degree, the program, and required courses are still being offered, and provided that the student has:

• - Fulfilled all academic and major requirements of the degree program
• - Completed a minimum of 60 credit hours (according to the hours required for each academic program) for an associate degree; 18 credit hours of residency must be taken at CCQ
• - Completed a minimum of 120 credit hours for a bachelor's degree, provided that 30 credit hours of them were studied at the Community College of Qatar
• - Achieved a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 at the completion of the degree programs
  - Students are not required to apply for a graduation application and they are graduated systematically upon the completion of the graduation procedures of the current term, excluding students who have completed the grauation postponing form.
  

Graduates and Expected Graduates Policy

1. Expected graduates:
- If a student wants to obtain the graduation statement and attends the graduation ceremony, they are not required to apply for a graduation application and they will be graduated systematically upon the completion of the graduation procedures of the current term, excluding students who have completed the graduation postponing form
- Graduates who apply for graduation are not allowed to register additional courses in the upcoming semesters unless they are accepted to a new program, or excluding students who have completed the graduation postponing form and approved it at the records section.
- In the case of postponing graduation: the student will not be given the graduation statement or be allowed to attend the graduation ceremony afterwards (excluding students who are accepted to a new program either Associate Degree or Bachelor’s Degree).

2. Graduation Postpone Application:
Students can postpone their graduation to raise the GPA at the same current program with specific following requirement:
1. Student is required to apply for the graduation postpone during specific dates at the end of each academic semester.
2. The students who applied for graduation postpone are allowed to repeat courses, for one academic year only.
3. If the student did not register any courses in the following semester after applying for graduation postpone, will turn their status into Graduated once they completed the graduation requirements.
4. In the case of graduation postpone, the student will not be given the graduation statement or allowed to attend the graduation ceremony afterwards (excluding students who are accepted to a new program either Associate Degree or Bachelor’s Degree).

3. Student who graduated in previous semesters:
- Students who have already graduated are not allowed to register additional courses unless they are accepted into a new program.
-Students are entitled to get a diploma and a bachelor's degree in a maximum of two academic programs at the Community College of Qatar.

Graduation Ceremony
In order to participate in the graduation ceremony, the student must fulfil the following conditions:
- The student must have completed the requirements of the degree plan.
- The GPA must be 2.00 or above.
- Only students who have completed all degree requirements at the end of the fall, spring, or summer semester are eligible to participate in the graduation ceremony.
- To graduate with honors, the student must achieve a cumulative GPA of 4.

The following is the minimum number of hours required to graduate from each academic program:

Each academic program offered at the Community College has a degree plan that includes a number of earned hours that the student must complete to fulfill the requirements to graduate from the program, and upon that the student gets the degree whether a diploma or a bachelor's degree. The number of earned hours for each program may vary depending on the type of program offered. The table below shows the programs offered by the College and the number of hours gained for each major.​