It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to Al Yamamah University (YU). I invite you to join the many that will walk through the doors of opportunities which YU offers young people of Saudi Arabia and the region. Our goal is to provide state-of-the-art, innovative academic programs and, through close cooperation with Saudi business communities, to integrate your academic learning with the actual knowledge you need in real work environment.
Our dynamic faculty and dedicated staff are ready to help you as you step through the threshold of Al Yamamah experience. Our academic programs are designed in collaboration with universities of high caliber as Simon Fraser in Canada and DePaul in the USA, and reviewed by King Fahd University for Petroleum and Minerals, a leading university in Saudi Arabia. This is because we aim to provide the best possible education through programs that match the standards of international accreditation agencies taking into consideration the needs of the marketplace in Saudi Arabia.
To prepare students for professional careers, we have made cooperative arrangements with international universities and national businesses. These will provide students’ a variety of opportunities to broaden their perspectives by gaining practical work experience and studying some courses abroad.
In practical terms, upon completing studies in YU, graduates will:
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Have an excellent command of spoken and written English so that they can operate on an equal footing with international counterparts here and abroad
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Know how to apply information technology to meet the needs of today’s workplace
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Be able to think critically and creatively while acting independently and responsibly
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Work effectively and sensitively with a wide variety of people while behaving in mature and self-directed ways.
I invite you to visit our magnificent campus, read about our programs or meet with our faculty and staff to learn more about studying in a world-class institution, just a few miles from the heart of Saudi Arabia.
Ahmed M. Al-Eisa