Taibah University Scholarships for Non-Saudi Students — Bachelor's Scholarship

Taibah University is a public university in Medina, founded in 2003, with six branch campuses in the surrounding governorates. It admits non-Saudi students to its bachelor’s programs on scholarship places, under executive rules set by its university council.

There are two routes. The external route is for applicants living outside Saudi Arabia and offers free, partial or paid places. The internal route is for non-Saudis with legal residency in the kingdom and runs mainly as a paid program, with 20% of its seats set aside as free scholarships.

Every application goes through the Ministry of Education’s Study in Saudi platform. Free and partial places cover engineering, computing, science, business, law, humanities and design. Medicine and health programs are open to external applicants on the paid route only.

Benefits & funding

Free scholarship: a study place with no tuition, and a study visa issued free through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Free scholarship: travel tickets under the universities’ financial regulations, university housing, and academic, social, cultural and training support.
Free scholarship: two months’ stipend on arrival as a settling-in allowance, one month’s stipend each year for books, and three months’ stipend at graduation for shipping books home.
Free scholarship: health care for the student and for family members brought to live in the kingdom, subsidised meals, and yearly residence renewal handled by the university.
The pages read for this record do not state the monthly stipend amount.
Partial scholarship: part of the free package, such as a study place only, or a place with housing.
Paid place: tuition of SAR 611 per credit hour in business, basic sciences and other colleges, SAR 900 in engineering and technology, SAR 1,470 in health sciences and SAR 2,039 in medicine, before VAT.
Paid place: a training or internship fee of SAR 5,000 to SAR 30,000 depending on the field, plus a non-refundable SAR 250 administrative fee.

Eligibility

Open to non-Saudi nationals of any country. Saudi citizens and children of Saudi mothers go through regular admission.
Age 17 to 24 for bachelor’s study under the 2026 guides. The university’s standing rules set the ceiling at 25 and let the council make exceptions.
External route: live outside Saudi Arabia and hold a secondary certificate from outside the kingdom, obtained no more than five years ago.
Internal route: hold valid legal residency in the kingdom and a Saudi secondary certificate or equivalent, plus employer approval for study certified by the Chamber of Commerce where the residency type calls for it.
No earlier scholarship from any Saudi institution, no earlier Taibah record at the same study level, and no dismissal from another university for disciplinary reasons.
Pass the approved medical examination.
Where a home government requires Saudi students to hold its approval to study there, external applicants from that country need their own government’s approval to study in Saudi Arabia.
Paid medicine and health programs for external applicants: a secondary average of at least 90%, SAT 1 of at least 1350, and IELTS 6 or equivalent.
Every paid external place requires a financial guarantee covering tuition and living costs, plus valid medical insurance for the visa holder and accompanying family members.
Some programs admit one gender only: six engineering programs, both geology programs, occupational therapy and prosthetics take men only, while clinical nutrition, the two speech and hearing tracks, and fashion, interior and graphic design take women only.

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Application process

1
Check the 2026 program list for your route, gender and field. External applicants can reach medicine and health programs on the paid route only.
2
External applicants prepare a birth certificate translated into Arabic, a police clearance and a medical report issued within the last six months, and a transcript and secondary certificate translated and attested by the Saudi cultural attaché, plus a valid passport and a 4×6 photo.
3
Internal applicants upload their Saudi secondary certificate and a copy of valid residency from Absher or Tawakkalna.
4
Paid medicine and health applicants add SAT 1 and IELTS results. Every paid external applicant also provides a financial guarantee—an embassy-attested bank statement, support from a sponsoring institution, or an embassy-attested undertaking from a guardian—and valid medical insurance for the visa holder and accompanying family members.
5
Apply on the Study in Saudi platform and choose Taibah University inside the announced window.
6
Confirm the preliminary admission within the stated period. The university then seeks Ministry of Education approval and sends the final decision by SMS or email.
7
Pay any administrative and tuition fees, receive the study visa one to two months before the arrival semester, and bring original documents to the Deanship of Admission and Registration one week before classes.

Program timeline

Taibah announces the 2026 round for applicants inside and outside the kingdom on Study in Saudi.
May 3, 2026
Applications close.
May 21, 2026
After screening
preliminary admission, then Ministry of Education approval and a final notice by SMS or email.
One to two months before the arrival semester
study visa issued.
One week before classes
original documents checked at the Deanship of Admission and Registration.
Next round
not yet announced.