page_title: College Preparatory Center
hierarchical_section_title: College Preparatory Center
caption_attribution_description: English: College Preparatory Center lawn, Building D appears in the background.
context_page_description: Saudi Aramco's College Preparatory Center is where College Preparatory Program takes place. It is a pre-requisite to enter the College Degree Program for Non Employees, a highly selective program run by the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Saudi Aramco. CPP is a 10-months program of study at the CPC for boys and STC which is located inside the seniors' campus, for girls. After those ten months, students move on to universities abroad either to the US, UK, Canada, China, Korea, Japan, or Australia and New Zealand to finish their 4-year bachelor's degree education under the CDPNE program.
  The program was exclusive for Saudi male students until Saudi Aramco announced it will give scholarships to female students during Summer-2006. For the Academic Year 2006–2007 251 males and 56 females were accepted in the program. For the Academic Year 2009-2010, 182 males and 43 females were accepted in the program.
  In 2003–2004, the admission rate was 1.20%, 148 admitted from a pool of 12,300 qualified applicants. Each student is assigned to a Saudi Aramco department related to his concentration of study.
context_section_description: Saudi Aramco's College Preparatory Center (CPC) is where College Preparatory Program (CPP) takes place.  It is a pre-requisite to enter the College Degree Program for Non Employees (CDPNE), a highly selective program run by the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Saudi Aramco (established in 1985). CPP (College Preparatory Program) is a 10-months program of study at the CPC (near Industrial Training Center in Dhahran) for boys and STC (Special Training Center) which is located inside the seniors' campus, for girls.  After those ten months, students move on to universities abroad either to the US, UK, Canada, China, Korea, Japan, or Australia and New Zealand to finish their 4-year bachelor's degree education under the CDPNE program.
  The program was exclusive for Saudi male students until Saudi Aramco announced it will give scholarships to female students during Summer-2006. For the Academic Year 2006–2007 251 males and 56 females were accepted in the program. For the Academic Year 2009-2010, 182 males and 43 females were accepted in the program. 
  In 2003–2004, the admission rate was 1.20%, 148 admitted from a pool of 12,300 qualified applicants. Each student is assigned to a Saudi Aramco department related to his concentration of study.  
  In 2013-2014, the admission rate was 2.2%, 350 boys and 82 girls admitted from a pool of more than 20,000 students all over the kingdom of Saudi Arabia	 
  During the Cpp year :
  CPP Students are divided into four tracks according to their Math and English placement test:
  CH: High level in both Math and English.
  CR: Regular Math and C in English.
  BR: Regular or High-level Math and B in English.
  AR: Regular or High-level Math and A in English.
  where C in English is the highest and A is the lowest.
  The year in CPP is divided into three trimesters in which students take different subjects according to their level and major. All students take ESL courses, research courses, computer & internet skills courses, and library skills courses. All the students also take AP preparation courses which are of great importance to the administration and faculty. All students except business students take AP Calculus AB, or AP Calculus BC. Some students take AP Computer Science, AP Chemistry, AP Physics B, AP Physics C, AP Statistics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics.
  During the year, C level students are offered to take two SAT tests, and one test for students in level B or A. All students are offered to take up to 3 IELTS tests if they didn't achieve the required record in the first time. In some cases, an early departure is allowed for selective students to study in Far East countries such as China, Korea, Japan, and Australia. Which started in 1998, however, this program stopped in 2015. The CPP is divided into three units. The units are subdivided into departments as follows:
  Chemistry & Geology Department (Chairman: Mr. Mohammad Fawwaz),
  Computer Science Department (Chairman: Dr.Hanan Mohamed),
  General Studies & English Department (Chairman: Mr. Ron Mortensen),
  Physics Department (Chairman: Mr. Ihab K. Ashkar),
  Mathematics Department (Chairman: Mr. Dennis Luy),
  Business Studies Department. (Chairman: Ms. Ria Madlangsakay),
  Personal Fitness & Sports (PE) Department. (Chairman: Mr. Musa Abdul-Aziz),
  Most of the staff who work in the CPP are from English speaking countries, and they are qualified. The style of education instruction mimics most American universities (schools) in the United States. 
  The requirements for applying CPC are as follows:
  Be a recent high school graduate
  a grade of 85 or higher in Qiyas assessment test must be scored in order for a student to be admitted to the program. But put in your mind to get a +90 score.
  a school GPA of at least 90% (3.60 / 4 ) must be scored in English, Maths, Computer, Physics, Biology, and Chemistry.
  All students must submit a Tahsili score regardless of how good it is. If you score lower than 90% in High school, you should have a grade of 80 or higher in the Tahsili test.
  Passing Math and English placement test
  The graduation requirements from CPC are as follo
caption: CPC Campus - Central lawn
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