Abdullah Al Salem University offered teaching assistant scholarship positions for the 2026–2027 academic year through its College of Medicine & Health Sciences. Recipients were to pursue master’s or PhD study in an approved program aligned with one of the advertised specialties.
The combined notice covered epidemiology, biostatistics, bioinformatics, healthcare policy, medical ethics, anatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, microbiology, and biochemistry. Applicants could select only one program, and the university stated that specialist committees would evaluate applications and that not every advertised position had to be filled.
Benefits & funding
- The opportunity was issued as a teaching-assistant job-linked scholarship for master’s or PhD study at an approved university.
- The official notice and application page did not publish a salary amount, stipend, tuition coverage, travel support, insurance, award count, or study length.
Eligibility
- Applicants had to be Kuwaiti nationals and no older than 35 when applying.
- Master’s routes required a bachelor’s degree in medicine, biological sciences, medical sciences, or medical and health profession sciences; pharmacology, microbiology, and biochemistry routes also accepted the matching named bachelor’s field.
- PhD routes required a relevant master’s degree, with each specialty listing its accepted fields and, for anatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, microbiology, and biochemistry, permitted research areas.
- Applicants needed final, unconditional admission to an aligned program on AASU’s approved university list, with the required accreditation, official signature, and Cultural Office authentication.
- IELTS Academic 6.5 in every component or an equivalent result was required, dated no more than two years before the announcement closed.
- The minimum bachelor’s GPA was 3.00 out of 4.00 or equivalent, except clinical medicine qualifications, for which 2.67 out of 4.00 or equivalent was accepted.
- Applicants also had to pass a personal interview and meet the notice’s conduct, medical fitness, qualification-equivalency, and full-time prior-study requirements.
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Eligible nationalities
Kuwait
Education required
Bachelor · Master
Age requirement
≤ 35 yrs
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Application process
- 1Select one eligible specialty and confirm that the intended course and university appear on the relevant AASU scholarship list.
- 2Obtain final, unconditional admission that is valid for entry within one year after the announcement closes, then secure the required accreditation and Cultural Office authentication.
- 3Complete the online teaching-assistant scholarship form and upload every required document clearly, validly, and in the stated order.
- 4Submit before the deadline; the chosen program could not be changed after submission, and shortlisted applicants had to pass an interview.
Program timeline
Applications opened.
Mar 1, 2026
Closing date printed in the PDF announcement.
Mar 31, 2026
Closing date shown on the live application page; the page now states that applications are no longer accepted.
Apr 30, 2026