Enrolling at a Moroccan University
How enrolment works after you arrive: students placed through the Moroccan Agency for International Cooperation (AMCI) and students at a university they applied to directly follow different steps.
Example: master's programme
Example: 2026-27
Enrolment, step by step
The steps for the public route through AMCI.
- Go to AMCI in Rabat: Show your information letter at the AMCI help office, where all steps are done in one place. Finish your registration, grant and insurance papers.
- Enrol at your university: Show your electronic enrolment authorisation and follow the university's rules.
- Send AMCI your enrolment certificate: A copy of your enrolment certificate that your university has stamped as a true copy.
- Join student health insurance: Fill in the AMOE form on the university's website.
Universities you apply to directly
At Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane (AUI), a not-for-profit university that charges fees, new and international students register and attend an orientation programme before classes. AUI also holds a compulsory preregistration programme where you hand in original papers.
Residence card
Papers for enrolment
Bring these when you enrol.
AMCI students:
- Information letter (convocation) - From AMCI, in your name.
- Electronic enrolment authorisation - A unique number that the Ministry of Higher Education gives each student.
AUI students:
- Original certificates - For a bachelor's: your school leaving certificate. For a master's: your bachelor's degree. Bring the originals to preregistration.
- Preregistration payment - MAD 20,000, paid at preregistration.
Document Preparation Tips
- Keep copies of your enrolment certificate.
Orientation
AUI runs an orientation programme for new and international students.
AUI orientation fee
Course load
How many courses you take.
Credits
AUI: a normal semester is 5 courses, or 12 to 17 credits.
Frequently Asked Questions
Tips
- AMCI students: go to AMCI first, then to your university.
- Get your enrolment certificate early. The police (for your residence card), the bank and AMCI all ask for it.
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