Announcing the names of the accepted students in the foreign scholarship plan for the year (2023-2024)

The Minister of Education grants the names of male and female students accepted in the foreign scholarship plan for the year (2023-2024)

·         With ## accepted students, an increase of ## from last year’s 3,454.

·         Direct instructions from the Minister of Education to meet the needs of the labor market and provide the health system with highly qualified medical specialties.

·         The scholarship plan included several disciplines in various countries, to ensure the diversity of outputs.

·         60% increase in the number of human medicine and dentistry seats compared to last year.

·         Application for Merit Scholarships and Direct Dispatch for medical specialties is "continuing" until February 2024.

·         An orientation meeting for the accepted students on the 10th and 11th of this month.

His Excellency the Minister of Education, Dr. Hamad Al-Adwani, approved the names of those admitted to the foreign scholarship plan of the Ministry of Higher Education for the year (2023-2024) for students who obtained high school diplomas in the years 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 of various types from public, private, and foreign schools.

The Acting Undersecretary of the Ministry of Higher Education, Ms. Lamia Al-Melhem, announced in an official statement the names of the students accepted in the Ministry’s Foreign scholarship plan for the academic year (2023-2024), where Al-Mulhim congratulated the male and female students accepted in the external scholarships and their families, wishing them success in their academic lives, and pointing out the increase of number of the accepted students compared to last year’s 3,454 students by ##, as the number reached ##.

Al-Mulhim also explained that the foreign scholarship plan for this year, which was put forward by the Ministry of Higher Education, included several specializations in several new countries, Including specialization in immunology and pathology in (Australia), as well as specializations that have been included in (new countries) such as aviation management, meteorology in (Canada), dentistry, aviation engineering, occupational therapy and oral health in (Australia), and specialization in science Medical laboratories in (United States of America), speech therapy specialization in (New Zealand), and radiology specialization in (United Kingdom), and medical specializations such as human medicine specialization in the Royal College of Surgeons (RCSI) in (Kingdom of Bahrain), and allied medicine had a share in the process Registration, and this diversity comes in accordance with the interest of the Ministry of Higher Education to diversify the educational outcomes in line with the requirements of the labor market and to provide the health system with medical specialties of high quality and efficiency, as the seats of medical specialties (medicine _ dentistry) have been increased in the original foreign scholarships plan This year by 60% compared to last year, which came under the guidance and direct follow-up of His Excellency the Minister of Education, and the determined efforts of the cultural offices in the delegating countries and their fruitful cooperation with the Ministry of Higher Education.

Al-Mulhim also explained that the Ministry also grants various external scholarship programs, including merit scholarships and direct dispatch missions for medical specializations. Students wishing to receive foreign scholarships can apply through the official website of the Ministry, and registration is open and continuous until February of 2024, noting that the Ministry does not specify specific seats for the direct scholarship plan. If the conditions of the universities in the countries of delegation are met, the student obtains academic admission, and the conditions for direct scholarship missions are met, the student will be accepted directly into the scholarship.

This comes in the pursuit of the Ministry of Higher Education to provide several paths and opportunities for our children who wish to study abroad in the specializations needed by the local labor market.

Al-Mulhim stressed the need for students to adhere to the immigration laws in the countries of scholarship, as well as adhering to the scholarship and equivalency regulations of the Ministry of Higher Education to facilitate their academic journey throughout the scholarship period to complete the mission approval procedures.

In conclusion, Al-Mulhim called on students and their parents to follow the account of the Ministry of Higher Education through the official social media platforms on Twitter and Instagram to know the procedures and requests related to ‘after admission to foreign scholarships’, through the #Wajhni campaign, and there will also be an orientation meeting held by the Ministry of Higher Education in cooperation with Kuwait University for the accepted students In the foreign missions over three periods on Monday 10th July and Tuesday 11th July, where a text message will be sent to the accepted students to know the date of the meeting.

The following are the names of the accepted students: