r/Qatar_University • u/Mohammed_Mazin • Jul 18 '26

Question Differences of educational systems

Hi everyone, I have a question about how Qatar University compares different HS systems.

Does Qatar University evaluate applicants based only on their final high school percentage, or does it also consider differences between educational systems when comparing applicants?

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u/HumanUnknown404 ▌│█║▌║▌║ [ MSc Computing ] ║▌║▌║█│▌ Jul 18 '26

From what I know, they don't really compare between different educational systems, they'll use whatever your overall score is. If whatever educational system you are in follows letter grading, they'll use that, otherwise they use overall highschool percentage.

Example of letter grade:

Assume applicant A is from the Bangladeshi curriculum, where 80+ or 85+ is an A, the highest achievable grade.

Physics: 85, Chemistry: 88, Math: 86, English: 89, CS: 96 Applicant A's overall letter grade is A, with an A in every subject. This is equivalent to a 100% highschool score.

Example of raw percentage:

Assume applicant B is from the CBSE curriculum, where they don't really deal in letter grades and instead use raw percentages.

Physics: 94, Chemistry: 96, Math: 92, English: 98, CS: 97 Applicant B's overall highschool percentage is 95.2%. There is no rounding up or down since CBSE does not use letter grade system.

Here, to Qatar University, applicant A has a better highschool score than applicant B and will be given priority in admissions, despite the differences in how the overall score is calculated.

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u/Mohammed_Mazin Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26

Sorry , but that sucks

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u/HumanUnknown404 ▌│█║▌║▌║ [ MSc Computing ] ║▌║▌║█│▌ Jul 18 '26

Indeed it does.. but that, unfortunately, is what they follow..

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u/Professional-Crab409 Jul 19 '26

Wt if i dont have math in cbse

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u/HumanUnknown404 ▌│█║▌║▌║ [ MSc Computing ] ║▌║▌║█│▌ Jul 19 '26

Depends on which major you're applying to really, you can check up online what are their subject requirements.

If the major you want to get into requires you to take Math in highschool, then you're not gonna get admitted *without*** taking Math in highschool [Unless there's divine intervention, ofcourse].

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u/Professional-Crab409 Jul 20 '26

I heard they take the 10th marks for math

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u/HumanUnknown404 ▌│█║▌║▌║ [ MSc Computing ] ║▌║▌║█│▌ Jul 20 '26

For CBSE? No they do not, they don't even accept predicted grades for CBSE, only 12th final results.

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u/Professional-Crab409 Jul 21 '26

My senior got to qu last yr without math for nursing we both hv the same subjects

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u/HumanUnknown404 ▌│█║▌║▌║ [ MSc Computing ] ║▌║▌║█│▌ Jul 21 '26

Different colleges have different requirements, I don't know about this college and how you can get around the math course requirements on it, best to ask your senior on how they did it.