King Abdullah
Scholarship Programme
Because of his concern
for sustainable development of human resources in the Kingdom, the
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
has created the King Abdullah Scholarship Programme. Academic
disciplines and scholarships are selected to fulfil the requirements
of both the private and public sectors.
The programme was launched in 2005 and continued for a period of five years. Then it was extended for five more years starting from 2010. The Programme provides students (after fulfilling certain conditions ) with the means to get to the world's best universities in different advanced countries around the world to pursue studies that lead to degrees (bachelors, masters and doctorate) and medical fellowships . However, shortly before 2010 the focus became more on medical and health specialities.
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| King Abdullah in a meeting with students. Photo taken from:http://www.sacm.org/ |
Kazakhstan Bolashak
Programme
Every
year 200 students from Kazakhstan,which were selected from about
5000, are sent abroad to study undergraduate and postgraduate
degrees. This programme is called 'Bolashak'. The programme started
15 years ago. To date, thousands of students have finished their
studying abroad in such universities as -, University
of Cambridge, University
of Toronto, University
of Oxford, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Technical
University Munich, Imperial
College London.
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| The founder of ' Bolashak',president of kazakhstan-N.A.Nazarbaev. Photo taken from: www.edu-cip.com |
The
programme in both countries focuses on the needs of the public as
well as the private sectors. Countries participating in both
programmes where students can study are almost similar. However, the
number of sponsored Saudi students far exceeds that of Kazakhstan.
In addition, Bolashak is slightly older than the King Abdullah
Scholarship Programme.
Written by Hanan and Sultan
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