King Abdullah Aziz University is located in Jeddah, the largest seaport city in Saudi Arabia. 1967 started as a private university, and later 197 1 was transformed into a public university. The university now has colleges of engineering, medicine, applied medicine, pharmacy, science, earth science, marine science, meteorology and agriculture, environment and design, humanities and information science, with more than 37,000 students.
China students can choose from the following schools to study in Saudi Arabia, such as KAUST of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, NYUA D of new york University in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and MIST of Masdar Institute of Science and Technology.
These schools are the best for China people to study in Saudi Arabia in recent years, and they are good targets for studying abroad, with good conditions and good teachers. According to the introduction of Shenzhen Post-80s Quartet Forum, NYUAD mainly recruits undergraduates, while KAUST and MIST only recruit master students and doctoral students.
It is reported that King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has just been established. This is a veritable emerging university funded by King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. It is the first coeducational university in Saudi Arabia, allowing boys and girls to attend classes and eat together. KAUST is also recognized by the Ministry of Education of China, and you can apply for degree certification when you return from studying abroad.
The application process of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology is not much different from that of European and American universities, which mainly includes submitting personal statements and letters of recommendation online, mailing transcripts, TOEFL scores, GRE scores and other materials, and then waiting for an interview notice.
During the application process, China students were "shocked" by the "big battle" and "no shortage of money" in the enrollment process of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. It is reported that the school will be responsible for all the expenses on the second day after receiving the notice of Kauste's preliminary examination. The interview was conducted in a five-star hotel in Shanghai, and the interviewers were all senior school officials.
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology offers generous scholarships and excellent living conditions. As the first admitted student, before going to Saudi Arabia, the remaining tuition fees for senior three in China were all borne by Saudi schools.
In addition, the school also provides a living allowance of $500 per month; During my master's degree in Saudi Arabia, tuition is free, and I can get about $20,000 a year. No need to pay rent, utilities, etc. ; Kauste also provides medical insurance and annual round-trip air tickets for visiting relatives.
The school environment also makes China students talk about it. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology is located on the Red Sea, with excellent living facilities, a library, a sports ground and a beach, and the school building is a townhouse. After-school life in Shenzhen is also very rich, playing golf, sailing and taking a diving license.
Living conditions are excellent, but Kauste is by no means a resort for eating, drinking and having fun, and the school is extremely strict with students' academic requirements. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology adopts western education. A class has only three hours of classroom study time a week, but it takes three hours to familiarize yourself with textbooks and handouts before class and six hours to finish homework after class. There are still various projects or reports to deal with in the middle and at the end of the course.
In terms of hardware, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology has benefited from strong financial support and first-class research facilities. The 2,000-square-meter micro-nano processing experimental center (ultra-clean room), the material characterization experimental center equipped with six scanning electron microscopes (SEM) and six transmission electron microscopes (TEM) of the company, and the IBM Blue Gene Shaheen Supercomputing Center ... These facilities are expensive, and it is difficult for most universities in the world to have such facilities.
Excellent teachers from all over the world are another attraction of studying in the Middle East. Masdar Institute of Technology in the United Arab Emirates is a cooperative school with MIT, and has hired many professors from all over the world, many of whom are from MIT.
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology is surrounded by walls and barbed wire. To enter the school, you need to go through two levels. Every checkpoint is patrolled by armed security personnel, and the identity documents of every entrant are carefully checked. On campus, there are almost no taboos except eating pork and drinking.
If you step out of school, you need to adapt to many aspects. China students studying in the Middle East must know some local customs. For example, women in Saudi Arabia need to wear black robes and headscarves; For foreign women, headscarves are not necessary, but black robes are necessary.
Almost all restaurants and some large public service facilities in Saudi Arabia have two areas, namely "single area" and "family area". If men go out by themselves, whether they are married or not, they must receive services in the "single area". And if there are women among the peers, even if they are unmarried, they can receive services in the "family" area.
In addition, Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that does not allow women to drive. For Muslims, they need to pray once a day at sunrise, noon, afternoon, sunset and evening. Each prayer lasts for 20 to 30 minutes, and all business places will be closed after 80.
Ramadan is celebrated every September in the Islamic calendar. During this period (about 28 days), Muslims do not eat or drink from sunrise to sunset. Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar and other countries stipulate that all food stores are not allowed to open during the day during Ramadan.