Services and Activities at Al Yamamah University
Al Yamamah University provides state-of-the-art facilities, student-focused services and a healthy academic environment to help students fulfill their educational and personal goals.
Al Yamamah University provides an optional medical insurance plan for all its full-time students. The medical insurance plan covers all medical expenses incurred on visits to selected private clinics and hospitals.
In addition, the University has two clinics: one for boys located in the sports building at the main campus, and another for girls located in the basement of the girl’s campus. These clinics provide primary health care and are ready to handle emergencies.
The university hosts a number of carefully chosen restaurants and cafeterias that offer a variety of food and beverages.
The main campus has a canteen that serves a wide variety of rich and healthy food, snacks, sandwiches and beverages all competitively priced.
The women’s campus houses a food court that allows students, staff and faculty to enjoy a friendly atmosphere with a meal from a number of cafeterias competing to provide the best catering service.
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Academic Advising
YU sees academic advising as one of the most important elements that help students succeed in their academic study. Students are assigned academic advisors to assist them in selecting their course of study and planning their schedules. Advisors help students receive a well-balanced education and interpret the university’s policies and procedures.
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The University encourages students, faculty and staff to pursue and attain a healthy lifestyle by integrating body and mind through recreation and sporting activities. We believe that these activities are especially essential for students to reach their full individual potential.
For that purpose, YU campus houses a sports club on the main campus. The club has courts for volleyball, basketball and handball, along with a bowling alley, as well as a fully equipped gym area; to welcome those who want to keep fit, or just want to spend some leisure time there. Apart from that, the outdoor sporting facilities include a soccer field, and tennis and basketball courts, prepared for hosting public sports' events.
Not overlooking the importance of sports and well-being for girls, we have incorporated an exercise/recreation area in their building with a gym, an exercise studio and recreation facilities including a bowling alley. These facilities will help contribute to the mission and vision of Al Yamamah University, which is to provide the best possible resources for students to develop their full potential.
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Al Yamamah University supports the personal and social growth of individual students, especially the development of their leadership skills. As such, the university authorizes the establishment of a Student Council to:
- Promote student understanding of and appreciation for the complexities of the operation of an institution of higher education
- Promote student participation in the discussion of issues relevant to the development of the university, using Roberts Rules of Order
- Promote student representation and leadership, on behalf of the larger student body, to the administration especially on matters involving students
- Promote transparency in the operation of the university
- Support YU in the development of student services in accordance with the values of YU
- Support YU in organizing, promoting, and conducting activities beneficial to the experience of students, while they're at YU
- Help disseminate information of interest to students
The student council units meet every two weeks during the academic year (fall and spring semesters), as two separate bodies, for men and for women. The council presidents plan the agenda for each meeting in cooperation with the student advisor.
Every full- and part-time student enrolled either in SILC or academic credit courses is a member of the council, and eligible to participate in council sponsored activities. However, only full-time students, in good standing, may run for and hold the offices of unit President, Vice President, and Secretary.
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Respecting its mission, the university sponsors enrichment opportunities through its career centre. This centre serves as a resource for students in leadership development and career planning. It plans and implements programs during the academic year to draw diverse groups of students together and engage them in a variety of activities. Its goal is to nurture students and equip them to be "job ready" graduates with a wide range of skills and professional knowledge.
The centre offers the following programs:
Co-op:
The Co-op is an essential part of all programs offered at YU. It aims to integrate learning in the classroom with related work experience, providing students with an opportunity to learn new skills and build impressive resumes. To participate in this program, students must have completed 60 credits of the school’s business curriculum. In order to complete it successfully, they must finish 150 hours in a work site arranged by the university.
In order to ensure the success of this program, the centre chooses to partner with the best companies operating here in Saudi Arabia for the students to work for.
Part-time Jobs:
Part-time Job program is provided to facilitate the employment of competent students in offices and service areas on campus on a part-time basis. It aims to assist students in gaining educationally-related work experience prior to graduation. It is a great opportunity for students to earn money, acquire new skills and make use of their free time. The career centre is always ready to receive interested students and arrange to place them in positions that fit their educational background and level.
Volunteering:
Students are encouraged to utilize their free time by volunteering to assist the university’s staff. Students who are interested can go to the Career Centre, sign up for the Volunteer program and they will be assigned small tasks on campus.
The Centre has established guidelines and criteria to acknowledge and reward volunteers: they earn points based on hours of volunteer work; one hour of volunteering equals one point. Points will be tracked and managed through records by Career Center.
Activities:
The academic aspect of university life is just one element of students’ overall experience in YU. The university offers a variety of trips, events and clubs that cater to all interests.
The centre continuously arranges field trips and organizes cultural, educational and sport events. In addition, it encourages volunteering among students to help them develop awareness of volunteer work and encourage them to make devotion to society.
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Al Yamamah University Debate Club (YUDC)
YUDC was established in the summer semester of 2007-2008 as the first collegiate debate club in Riyadh and probably in Saudi Arabia. The main purpose of YUDC is to help the students learn and improve their public speaking, dialoguing, active listening and negotiation skills through a program of activities, debates and public speaking events.
What we hope for is to prepare a generation of skilled debaters ready for the interdependent world, which believes in civilized dialogue as the only effective means of communication and integration.
The club members meet on weekly basis to practice debating and public speaking. The activities include, among other things:
- Training in public speaking
- Active listening
- Learning to build arguments
- Researching information
- Watching and critiquing debates (such as the Doha Debates)
- Organizing monthly public debates and debate tournaments
The debate topics tackle a variety of educational, social, economic and global issues of special interest to the young generation.
Membership is open to all students who have sufficient proficiency in English and a desire to improve their debating skills.
You can get more information by contacting:
Mr. Asaad AL-ASAAD
YUDC Director/Coach
Saudi INTERLINK
Al-Yamamah University
PO Box: 45180
Riyadh, 11512
asaad@yu.edu.sa
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Since joining the World Trade Organization (WTO) in December 2005, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, relying on its enormous resources, has sought to propel its performance in the international competitiveness index into the top ten most attractive countries for foreign investment by the year 2010.
To contribute to this noble achievement, Al Yamamah University is poised to provide the national and the regional markets with highly qualified young entrepreneurs and for that cause, it has established YU INVESTEMNT RESEARCH CENTER (IRC).
Since its inauguration on Tuesday 26 January 2010, the Investment Research Center at Al Yamamah University has provided the students with the following services:
- Initial training of 30 students on Reuters 3000XP (how to look for stock pricing and trend analysis of the stock market);
- training of six senior students at Reuters Agency with two students receiving Reuters Certificates;
- initial presentation on Reuters 3000XP for the EMBA Cohort A ( 28 students);
- a sponsored field trip to Al Marai plant (28 students from the Advanced Finance class);
- invited a guest speaker from Falcom Investments to present Falcom Watch (an On-line stock analysis platform);
- invited a senior guest speaker from SABB to present Corporate and the retail banking services in KSA;
- created and provided active students in the center with Certificates of Appreciation;
- the creation of the Investment Research Center’s website: www.SABBIRC.com;
- concluded and signed a second contract with SABB to launch a second Investment Research Center this time on the female campus located in room B101 in the Women’s College. This new center will be equipped with the latest Dell computer lab of 30 Pcs and will host the Bloomberg Financial application.
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YUCWC was established during Fall semester 2008 as one of the first collegiate English creative writing clubs in Saudi Arabia. The main purpose of YUCWC is to encourage students’ creative writing abilities in various genres, such as poetry, prose, memoir, and nonfiction by having workshops, as well as reading and discussing various works in English literature.
YUCWC gives students the opportunity to use their English for creative purposes, supports students to improve their vocabulary and command of the language in order to become better creative writers, and provides them with a positive outlet for their creativity and emotions.
Club members meet on a weekly basis. Activities include:
- Students bringing in original work to be critiqued by club members
- Vocabulary building activities
- Reading and discussing literature from various genres
- Discussing effective techniques used by professional writers
Students are encouraged to write in the genre/s that interest them; and club members are not required to write in a specific genre if they are not comfortable doing so.
All students who have successfully finished ENG 05R are welcome to join the club.
You can get more information by contacting:
Ms. Lizz Alezetes
Al Yamamah Student Clubs & Activities Chairperson
YUCWC Co-Sponsor
Saudi INTERLINK
Al Yamamah University
Women’s College
PO Box 45180
Riyadh, 11512
e_alezetes@yu.edu.sa
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Al Yamamah University Library is dedicated to providing information and resource materials to the YU community in an appropriate, reliable, timely and efficient manner. The library is committed to free and open access to information for all members of Al Yamamah community. The goal of the staff is to provide the best possible service to our users.
The library is the heart of learning in the institution and has the potential to intensify students’ intellectual thirst for knowledge and offers many services. Group study rooms are available in the central library with the purpose of providing a location for group discussion and collaborative learning in a peaceful environment. Besides serving students, administrators, faculty and staff, visitors to the university are welcome to use the library and its resources. A women’s branch library has been established in the women’s building of Al Yamamah University and is administered by the central library.
Mission:
Al-Yamamah Library staff, services, resources, and collections advance the pursuit of knowledge and offer a gateway to the world of information and ideas. In support of this mission, the library serves as an intellectual gathering place that fosters and enhances learning, education, research and personal fulfillment.
Vision:
The library's resources and services enrich the quality of education at Al Yamamah by enabling learners to select, evaluate and use information to enhance their creativity and knowledge.
Collections and Facilities:
Occupying an area of 1,500 square meters, the library has a stack capacity of 35,000 volumes and seating space for about 200 library users. The present collection is primarily in Arabic and English with emphasis on Business Administration and Information Systems. The holdings also include periodicals, reports, database subscription, DVDs, CDs, etc. Computers with internet access facilities and wireless networking are also available. The library is committed to free and open access to information for all members of Al Yamamah community.
Gifts & Exchange:
We welcome gifts of materials which may be of value to the library. We will choose what is to be cataloged from any set of donated books, and those books will be integrated with the rest of the collection.
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The main campus has two parking lots, one for faculty members and the administration staff with capacity for more than 150 cars, and one for students, accommodating more than 500 cars.
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