Saudi Arabia launches new educational visa program to woo foreigner students

The new educational visa program launched by Saudi Arabia would contribute to providing educational options for foreign students wishing to study in Saudi Arabia. 

Study Abroad: Saudi Arabia has announced a new educational visa program to woo students and academics to the Kingdom. Foreigner studetns who wish to study in the Saudi universities can avail this educational visa which will be issued through the “Study in Saudi Arabia” platform for international students.

The educational visa issuance service aims an integration between the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and related sectors and also to facilitate procedures for students who wish to study in Saudi Arabia. With this new educational visa, the Kindom also aims to boost its educational and research sectors.

Minister of Education Al-Benyan said that the collective global approach to developing human capabilities will enable confronting future challenges and developments in the education sector. “There is a global agenda for developing human capital which is consistent with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030, which has made the Kingdom keep an effective leadership spirit in enhancing and developing human capabilities,” he said while stressing the need to consider long-term education outcomes and evaluate the impact, the level of education and competencies to achieve goals and satisfy ambitions, as reported by Saudi Gazette.

Al-Benyan added, “We have programs that began a few years ago, and we reached a better position in early education in 2019, where we reached 10 percent, and now we have reached 34 percent, and we seek to reach 90 percent by 2030. We must invest in our teachers to reach the best skills.”

The new visa service program will enhance the Kingdom’s role as a global educational destination and will enable international students to submit applications for admission to Saudi universities in an easier and simpler way. The platform provides short-term and long term academic, training and research programs, within a distinguished and modern educational environment.

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