JEDDAH, 30 January 2006 — Saudi undergraduate and graduate students are now able to go on scholarships to study at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.
An agreement between Prince Sultan University in Riyadh and Oxford took place this year to accept Saudi students to study humanities in the United Kingdom.
Majors included in the scholarship program are English, classic and new languages, comparative linguistics, oriental studies, law, European law, political and economic science, archeology and anthropology, history and modern history and geography.
Students can obtain more information through the Ministry of Higher Education’s website (www.mohe.gov.sa). The deadline for applying is Friday.
The ministry will activate its online application process for study in the United States in May.
In addition to medical fellowship studies and the other majors that were included in last year’s scholarships, such as, nursing, engineering, radiology, health sciences, medical laboratories and technologies, mathematics, physics, chemistry, law, computer, e-commerce and accounting, the ministry will offer more majors for all levels of higher education, from bachelor to Ph.D.
The new majors for the year 2006-2007 are classical and new languages, oriental studies, European law, English language, political science and economic science.
The ministry has implemented a new rule for students who will start their studies in January, February and March. These students will have to turn in their latest original diplomas in order to finalize the procedure for obtaining the scholarship.
The new rule was implemented to ensure the commitment of students to studying in the US.
Previously, some students would submit their diplomas to Saudi universities before going to the US in case they decide to drop out and return to continue their studies back home.
