Academic Advising

The principal purpose of academic advising at Alfaisal University is to aid YOU, the student, in planning your academic career. Successful academic advising occurs when you and your advisor work together as partners and seeking academic advising prior to registering for classes is critically important.

Academic advising is a service that offers students opportunities to learn much more than what courses they should take to complete a major. Academic advising includes advice about a wide array of matters related to students' choices of majors and courses, including appropriateness between those choices and students' career goals, further educational goals, and abilities.
Ultimately, responsibility for making decisions about your life goals and educational plans rests with you.

Below you will find responsibilities that Alfaisal University finds important for both our advisors and our students. Please go over them carefully and use them as one of your guides to success.

Advisor Responsibilities to the Student

Your advisor will meet with you during the orientation to help you in your academic/ educational transition to Alfaisal University.

Your advisor will be prepared to meet with you within the first week to assist with schedule changes in the drop/add period when necessary.

Your advisor will assist you in identifying educational, career, and personal goals.

Your advisor will encourage you to take an active role in your academic program and will counsel you on regulations, programs and graduation requirements

Your advisor will serve as a primary communication source to you by providing current information about academic policies, procedures, regulations and programs during pre–registration and registration.

Your advisor will maintain a current file on your progress toward your major and degree requirements, commensurate with your goals and objectives.

Your advisor will have knowledge of college referral sources and services which may assist you in your educational, career, and/or personal development.

Your advisor will actively listen to you and make every effort to facilitate your needs.

Your advisor will confront you openly and honestly on issues of integrity, academic honesty, behaviors, rights and responsibilities.

Your advisor will post his office hours and adhere to them.

Student Responsibilities to the Advisor

You have the responsibility to meet with your advisor during orientation.

You have the responsibility to meet with your advisor within the first week of classes to open communications and adjust your schedule during the drop/add period when necessary.

You are an active participant in the advisor/student relationship. As such, you will communicate concerns, needs, and problems in an effort to keep your advisor apprised.

You are responsible to be knowledgeable about college policies, procedures, and regulations as well as program and graduation requirements. Sources of information include the college catalog and the Student Handbook.

You are responsible to schedule a pre-registration advising appointment with your advisor to discuss program development in relation to course selection, major/career goals, and scheduling of classes during the tenth to twelfth weeks of the semester.

You are responsible to prepare in advance for the pre-registration advising appointment. You are responsible to know course requirements for your major program, think about course selection and develop a tentative outline of courses and class schedule.

You are responsible to go to your advisor when you need him as an informational source.

You have the responsibility to maintain a personal advising file, which includes program requirements, advising notes, and other information disseminated by your advisor.

You are responsible to be familiar with, and committed to upholding, the rules of academic honesty.

You are responsible to know the office hours and location of your advisor.

The Division of Student Affairs and the Office of Admissions is now located in the King Faisal Palace.

Our hours of operation are:

Sat.- Wed. 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

We look forward to seeing you there!