University of Ha’il is a public university in the city of Ha’il in northern Saudi Arabia. Its Scholarships Administration, part of the Deanship of Student Affairs, awards study seats to non-Saudi men and women for bachelor’s degrees.
There are two routes. Internal scholarships serve non-Saudis of any nationality already living in the kingdom. External scholarships serve students abroad from countries with Islamic, Arab, fraternal or cultural ties to Saudi Arabia, and both routes run through the Ministry of Education’s Study in Saudi platform.
The university lists its 2024 scholarship graduates by nationality. Yemen (207), Syria (127) and Palestine (97) lead a list of more than 30 countries.
Benefits & funding
- The scholarship is a funded study seat on one of the university’s bachelor’s programs.
- For external scholarships, the Ministry of Education lists health care for the student and accompanying family, a payment on arrival, housing, annual travel tickets under the regulations, and the same benefits as regular students.
- A partial scholarship gives fewer benefits than a full one, such as the seat alone or the seat with housing.
- The university’s Housing and Nutrition Administration provides housing for scholarship students.
- The Deanship of Student Affairs also runs welfare activities for scholarship students, such as Eid clothing and a Ramadan Umrah trip.
- Neither the university nor the Ministry publishes a monthly allowance figure.
Eligibility
- Open to non-Saudi nationals of any country; where the applicant lives picks the route (in Saudi Arabia: internal; abroad: external), and men and women may apply on both.
- Applicants must be 17 to 25 years old on both routes.
- A secondary-school certificate or its equivalent is required.
- Internal route: legal residency in Saudi Arabia, valid for at least four months on the submission date.
- Internal route: Qudurat and Tahsili test scores, fluent spoken and written Arabic, and no admission at another Saudi university.
- Internal route: the same admission standards as Saudi applicants apply.
- Internal route: the university’s web page requires the certificate to be under two years old, while its 1447 AH admission guide allows up to five.
- External route: applicants live outside Saudi Arabia, with a certificate no more than three years old; the university’s current page accepts one from inside or outside the kingdom, while its 1445 AH international student guide required one from outside.
- External route: good conduct, medical fitness, full-time daytime study, a signed pledge to follow university rules, and every document attested by the Saudi embassy in the home country.
- External route: no earlier scholarship at a Saudi university and no dismissal from a previous university.
- External route: a female applicant needs a mahram who holds a scholarship or legal residency.
- Health and medical majors are not offered to scholarship students.
- Some majors admit one gender only: most engineering majors and archaeology take men, while interior design engineering and kindergarten education take women.
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Eligible nationalities
USA · Canada · Mexico · Guatemala · Costa Rica · Nicaragua · Honduras · El Salvador · Panama · Belize · Cuba · Haiti
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Jamaica · Bahamas · Barbados · Dominican Republic · Dominica · Grenada · Antigua and Barbuda · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Trinidad and Tobago · Anguilla · Aruba · Bermuda · Bonaire · Saba · Sint Eustatius · British Virgin Islands · Cayman Islands · Curaçao · Montserrat · Puerto Rico · Guadeloupe · Sint Maarten · Turks and Caicos Islands · US Virgin Islands · Greenland · Brazil · Argentina · Chile · Colombia · Peru · Ecuador · Paraguay · Bolivia · Uruguay · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · Falkland Islands · UK · France · Germany · Italy · Spain · Portugal · Netherlands · Belgium · Luxembourg · Switzerland · Austria · Sweden · Norway · Denmark · Finland · Iceland · Faroe Islands · Gibraltar · Guernsey · Jersey · Isle of Man · Åland Islands · Svalbard and Jan Mayen · Ireland · Poland · Czechia · Hungary · Romania · Serbia · Greece · Bulgaria · Estonia · Latvia · Lithuania · Ukraine · Russia · Albania · Andorra · Belarus · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Croatia · Cyprus · Kosovo · Liechtenstein · Malta · Moldova · Monaco · Montenegro · North Macedonia · San Marino · Slovakia · Slovenia · Vatican City · China · Hong Kong · Macau · Taiwan · Japan · South Korea · North Korea · Singapore · Malaysia · Thailand · Vietnam · Indonesia · Philippines · India · Nepal · Brunei · Pakistan · Bangladesh · UAE · Israel · Palestine · Türkiye · Mongolia · Cambodia · Laos · Myanmar · Timor-Leste · Sri Lanka · Bhutan · Afghanistan · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Bahrain · Georgia · Iran · Iraq · Jordan · Kazakhstan · Kuwait · Kyrgyzstan · Lebanon · Maldives · Oman · Qatar · Syria · Tajikistan · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan · Yemen · South Africa · Kenya · Nigeria · Egypt · Morocco · Ghana · Uganda · Cameroon · Algeria · Angola · Benin · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cabo Verde · Central African Republic · Chad · Comoros · Côte d'Ivoire · DR Congo · Republic of the Congo · Djibouti · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Eswatini · Ethiopia · Gabon · Gambia · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Lesotho · Liberia · Libya · Madagascar · Malawi · Mali · Mauritania · Mauritius · Mozambique · Namibia · Niger · Rwanda · São Tomé and Príncipe · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Somalia · Somaliland · South Sudan · Sudan · Tanzania · Togo · Tunisia · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Western Sahara · Saint Helena · Australia · New Zealand · Fiji · Papua New Guinea · Samoa · Solomon Islands · Tonga · Vanuatu · Kiribati · Marshall Islands · Micronesia · Nauru · Palau · Tuvalu · American Samoa · Cook Islands · French Polynesia · Guam · New Caledonia · Northern Mariana Islands · Pitcairn Islands · Niue · Tokelau · Wallis and Futuna
Education required
High School
Age requirement
17–25 yrs
Appears to be for women “female applicant”
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Application process
- 1Create an account on the Study in Saudi platform, choose the resident or international user type, and complete the profile in full.
- 2Pick University of Ha’il majors and rank them as wishes; the list can be edited until the portal closes.
- 3Upload the secondary certificate, passport, residency or civil ID, and the completed basic-data form.
- 4Internal applicants are ranked on a weighted score within their nationality; nominees receive an SMS and follow the result on the platform.
- 5External applications are checked by the university, then the Saudi embassy reviews and approves the documents; accepted students obtain a study visa through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- 6The university may ask external applicants for an interview or recommendations.
Program timeline
Each summer
the university’s annual admission cycle opens during the summer vacation.
Wish registration
applications are filed on Study in Saudi within the period the platform sets; the application-status page opens after that period ends.
After nomination
internal nominees receive an SMS, and external applicants move to embassy review and the study visa.
Next cycle
the university has not yet published dates on its pages.