Thinking of studying overseas, with a
full scholarship, that covers everything, from your tuition fees, to your
monthly allowance, and even an annual ticket to return home? There’s a perfect country
that offer this awesome chance: Saudi Arabia.
Being one of the richest countries in
the world, Saudi Arabia emphasizes on the importance of education, thus giving
their full support in this sector. There are even some top-notch universities
that are considered one of the top ones in the Arab region, like King Abdul
Aziz University in Jeddah, or King Saud University in Riyadh, or King Faisal
University, also in Riyadh, and others.
So, for now, I’ll like to introduce the university that I’m currently
studying at, which is King Saud University, and the procedure in applying for
it.
Firstly, you need to know something: applying for any university doesn’t
guarantee that you’ll be accepted. Even though you have that perfect As on your
report card, accompanied by a whole bunch of credentials on your CV, doesn’t
really guarantee that you’ll get a place, moreover if you’re competing with
people all over the world. So, what I want to emphasize here is that, this
fight won’t be easy, so you have to be strong, and go all the way for it.
Next
step, what you need to know is that, not all universities in Saudi allow
foreigners to enrol themselves in their degree courses directly; it’s 100%
impossible for foreigners to do that in certain universities. Yes, Islamic
University of Madinah does offer this, since it’s a university that accepts a
larger portion of foreigners than locals. However, unis like KSU is actually a
local one that accept a few percent of non-locals, therefore, the only way to
get your degree course here is through their Arabic Language Diploma course.
Won’t I waste my time then? Naah,
believe me, you won’t. This programme actually helps you in adapting and
adjusting yourself to the environment here. I studied Arabic for like 6 years
before, but still face lots of difficulties in communicating and understanding the
language itself when being placed in an all-Arabic community. To make it worst,
the locals don’t use formal Arabic in their daily life, but colloquial
one, which is really difficult for you to decipher and understand, except if
you actually live with them. Therefore, take this chance to get yourself used
to it, which will actually help you in your journey here.
Then, make sure you have the needed documents. For Diploma in Arabic
Language for Non-Native speakers programme in KSU, the documents needed aren’t
that hard, and not that much. I’ve summarized what you need in this following
list:
1.
High
school certificate or an equivalent. A’ level cert, or any certs equivalent to high
school level, in Arabic or English language.
If it’s not in either language, then you’ll have to get it
translated in either one.
2.
Your
passport.
3.
High
school cert transcript, in Arabic or English language, and your score must be
80 or higher.
4. High school report cards/book from Year 1 until final year.
5. Saudi
visa-sized picture.
6. CV,
in Arabic or English.
So that’s all you need for this
application. And yeah, never forget to constantly ask Allah for the best. Insya
Allah, everything will go well!
The website for KSU’s application is here: https://ali-admit.ksu.edu.sa/ksu.
And yeah, you can ask me anything if you need any help for this application.
May Allah ease all of our affairs. Aameen!
