Kuwait Times, Tuesday, Jul 05, 2022 | Zul Hijjah 6, 1443
Kuwait University to accept foreign students for a fee
Kuwait:
Kuwait University will accept 7,953 students in all its colleges
for the 2022-2023 academic year, including foreign students for a fee. Kuwait
University Council approved the numbers proposed by the admission and
registration deanship, acting Kuwait University Secretary General and official
spokesman Dr Murdhi Al-Ayyash said following a meeting held Monday under the
chairmanship of Rector Dr Yousuf Al-Roumi.
Ayyash said the council accepted the proposed number of students, while
authorizing the rector for any change in the numbers. He said the council also
accepted a proposal of the office of the deputy rector for planning with regards
to regulations for accepting foreign students in various specialties in exchange
of fees.
This is one of the practical initiatives that aims at strengthening the ranking
of Kuwait University, because it is one of the international ranking indicators
required by higher education establishments. Ayyash said the basic rules for
acceptance and transfer at Kuwait University were approved for the 2022-2023
academic year, besides amending articles 6 and 8 of its teaching faculty affairs
rules.
Official sources said Kuwait University prepared a report on measures to improve
its ranking among international universities, following criticism for a drop in
its current ranking, which is not acceptable for a university that was
established in 1966, while universities that were founded later are ahead of it.
Sources said the remedial report included an item to increase the number of
foreign students, as a lack of them is one of the reasons that caused the drop
in the ranking.
They said Kuwait’s plan to build a new government university called Abdullah
Al-Salem University may ease the burden on Kuwait University in accepting
students and it can expand in accepting foreign students like other regional and
international universities. Sources said the university is not likely to admit
foreign students for free and is expected to charge fees from them, the value of
which will be determined later. Sources added admitting foreign students will
not be at the expense of Kuwaiti students who meet the conditions for
admittance.